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- For other uses of the name Toba Tek Singh. see Toba Tek Singh (disambiguation).
| ਟੋਭਾ ਟੇਕ ਸਿੰਘ ٹوبہ ٹیک سنگھ |
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| Toba Tek Singh | |
| Coordinates: 30°35′N 72°17′E / 30.58°N 72.29°ECoordinates: 30°35′N 72°17′E / 30.58°N 72.29°E | |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Province | Punjab |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3,252 km2 (1,255.6 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 149 m (489 ft) |
| Population (1998) | |
| • Total | 1,621,593 |
| • Density | 498/km2 (1,289.8/sq mi) |
| Time zone | PST (UTC+5) |
| Number of towns | 6 |
| Number of Union councils | 3 |
| http://www.tobateksingh.gov.pk/ | |
Toba Tek Singh (Punjabi: ਟੋਭਾ ਟੇਕ ਸਿੰਘ, Urdu: ٹوبہ ٹیک سنگھ) is a city and tehsil of Toba Tek Singh District in the Western Punjab (Pakistan). It is located at 30°58'0N 72°29'0E.[1]
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[edit] History
During British rule Toba Tek Singh was a tehsil of Lyallpur District. The population of the town in 1998 was 2549000[2] Toba Tek Singh originates its name from a Sikh Saint, Tek Singh. Tek Singh helped travelers by providing them shelter and food, regardless of their race or religion. In the local language, "Toba" means 'pond of water.' Tek Singh devoted his life to serving the travelers and created a pond and grew many trees around it. Much controversiality has occurred due to a Muslim city being named after a Sikh Saint, but there have been no changes uptil now.[citation needed]
Toba Tek Singh has several institutions of higher education including:
Accountancy Institutes
- CCAPS the new COMSAT UNI,GOvt. College of commerce,National College of Commerce Jinah Public School[citation needed]
[edit] Language
Punjabi is the most spoken language. There is big and old religious school(madrassa)Jamia Darululoom Rabbania.It is working since 1940 It belongs to deobandi school of thought[citation needed].
[edit] In popular culture
Sadat Hasan Manto, an Urdu Novelist [3] wrote a short story entitled "Toba Tek Singh" which is a satire on Partition; in the story, an inmate in an asylum frets over the question of whether his home town Toba Tek Singh is now in India or Pakistan. It was adapted into a short movie of the same name [4] directed by Afia Nathaniel [5] in 2005.
