Mandi Bahauddin

Mandi Bahauddin منڈی بهاؤالدین
City
Mandi Bahauddin Location within Pakistan Mandi Bahauddin Mandi Bahauddin (Pakistan)
Coordinates: 32°34′47″N 73°28′53″E
Country	Pakistan
Province	Punjab
District	Mandi Bahauddin District
Established	1506 AD
NA/PP	2/5 N.A (108,109) P.P(116,117,118,119,120)
No. of Towns	2 Phalia Malakwal
Government
• Type	City District
• Union Councils	27
Area
• Total	7,623 km2 (2,943 sq mi)
Elevation	204 m (669 ft)
Population  (2015)
• Total	400,000
• Density	52/km2 (140/sq mi)
Demonym	Bahauddinian
Time zone	UTC+5 (PST)
Postal code	50400
Dialling code	0546

Mandi Bahauddin (Punjabi, Template:Lang-ur) is a city in central Punjab, Pakistan.It is also the capital of Mandi Bahauddin District. The city is some 220 metres above the sea level and is located in central Punjab, between the rivers Jhelum (north 12 km) and Chenab (south 39 km).

History

Early history

The recorded history of Mandi Bahauddin goes back to the era before Common Era, connecting the region with the historic figure of Alexander the Great. Some 8 km northwest of the modern-day Mandi Bahauddin town, village Mong on the southern bank of Jhelum River (Greek Hydaspes), the battle Battle of the Hydaspes River was fought between Raja Porus (Sanskrit Paurava) and Alexander. This historic battle of Hydaspes River, which Indian sources refer to as the "Battle of Jhelum", took place in 326 BCE. The kingdom of Raja Porus was situated in the northern Punjab of modern Pakistan. This battle proved the last major fight of Alexander's career, for the Macedonians, after being put up a fierce resistance by Porus' soldiery and having heard of a massive 4,000 elephant force mustered by eastern kingdoms, refused to march further east i.e. Ganges Plains.The Sadar Gate built during the British era in 1933 is present here.

Administration

Mandi Bahauddin, the capital of the district, is also the Tehsil headquarters. Mandi Bahauddin Tehsil has 27 Union Administrations / Union Councils.

Education

Education level in Mandi Bahauddin is moderately high.Some of the top schools of Pakistan such as Beaconhouse School System are operating here.The first branch of Beaconhouse opened in 2007 and now the school have three different branches.Later some other top schools such as Roots Millennium School and Allied School top colleges such as Pubjab Group Of Colleges opened and Concordia Colleges opened here.Rangers Public School, an army controlled school is operating since 1990s. Many government schools are also opend for poor people but hygiene and educational level of these schools is relatively low.

Notable

• Ch. Nazar Muhammad Gondal, former Federal minister
• Chaudhry Imtiaz Ahmed Ranjha, a politician
• Chaudhry Mumtaz Ahmad Tarar, a politician MNA 1985 (Independent) 1988 (PPP) 1997 (PML-N) 2013 (PML-N)