Raiya Chak Maddu

Raiya Chak Maddu

رائیہ چک مدو
Raya Chak Maddo
Raiya Chak Maddu رائیہ چک مدو Raya Chak Maddo
Village
Country	Pakistan
Region	Punjab Province
District	Jhelum District
Tehsil	Jhelum
Police Station	Saddar Jhelum District
Union Council	Kotla Faqir
Post Office	Village Lota
Elevation	230 m (760 ft)
Time zone	UTC+5 (PST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+6 (PST)
Postal Code	49601
Area code	0544
Local Bank	National Bank of Pakistan Muhammadi Bazar Branch Jhelum

Raiya Chak Maddu (pronounced [raːiːjaː tʃək məd̪u]) is a village in the union council of Kotla Faqir Jhelum Tehsil. The village is part of the Jhelum District of the Punjab province of Pakistan. This village is divided into three separate parts. One part, now called "Main Old Locality", comprises the dwellings of old inhabitants. The second part, called "New Abadi Dhoke Musalliyan" lies to the west of the main locality, and third part, called "New North-Western Abadi" adjacent to Village Bhumbalan lies north-west of the main locality; both separated from it by agricultural land and being populated by new settlers. .To see satellite image of Village Raiya Chak Maddu, click at: Village Raiya Chak Maddu on wikimapia

Important Locations

There are three mosques in village to say prayers situated each in all parts and a Basic Health Centre for the health care of the locals and people from adjacent villages. "Main Mosque" is situated within the older main locality whereas "New Mosque" and the "Basic Health Centre Kotla Faqir" are located within the jurisdiction of new western settlement (hereinafter to be referred as "New Settlement"). New Mosque has been constructed recently, therefore, named accordingly. And the third mosque named Khudai Mosque is located within the locality of New North-Western Settlement.

A big Water Tank/pond/Water Reservoir to waste used water and sewage lies in the western side of main locality whereas a Muslim graveyard along with a site fixed for funeral prayers called "Janaza Gah" is located adjacent to the northern side of the main locality. Local people raise water-buffalos which go for a swim into the pond and bathe in the summer hot.

There also lies Jattan Da Bagh (Mango and Date-Palm Orchard - Pride of Raiya) in the middle way of Main Old Locality and New North-Western Settlement, which was founded by Baba Dadu (Late) father of Baoo Noor Ahemd (Late) and Fazal Ahmed (Late) of Raiya, named after owners' family's caste being Jutt. This BAGH had every thing in it from black peper to mango trees and dates but sadly not being looked after by last 2 generations.

Geography and climate

Village lies at the foots of Pothohar Plateau and ground is fairly plain. It enjoys all 4 seasons. Summer is really hot and temperature can reach above 48°C during June and July. Monsoon starts in middle of July and lasts for 4–6 weeks. Winter is mostly dry and cold but December month is relatively wet and temperature can fall below 0°C.

Roads and Paths

Village is well connected by different roads to other villages and Jhelum city. A metal road has been laid on south-eastern side of the main locality which leads to nearby Muhammadi Bazar along the Cantonement boundaries which boundary has been separated recently through a fence by Cantonment authorities. A paved path also leads to southern side to connect another metal road called Lota Road connecting Muhammadi Bazar and Village Chappar. From this juncture, Lota road further leads to Village Chappar on western side touching the southern boundaries of New Settlement. A wide unpaved road connects the main locality of the village to the historical Rohtas Road near Village Chittan from north-eastern side. Heavy and light vehicles can easily approach the boundaries of main locality from all above three sides although cannot cross the locality due to its narrow streets. Streets of main locality are completely paved but require the attention of Local Bodies in the New Settlement and New North-Western Settlement for this purpose.

History

Village Raiya Chak Maddu derives its name by blend of two words i.e. “Raiya” and “Chak Maddu”. Basically the present location was called “Raiya” whereas “Chak Maddu” lied to its north eastern side near Historical Rohtas Road nearby Village Chittan opposite to present day Brick Kiln owned by Ch Arshad Mehmood Advocate on Chittan-Raiya Road where somebody can still trace the remains of such settlement.

The word Chak Maddu rhymes with the word Chak Bhuddo which is a nearby Village lying on the northern side of present Village Raiya Chak Maddu. Historically, the word “Chak” as an affix or suffix of the names of settlements or villages on the banks of some canal or water course indicates a planned small colony whose inhabitants are of one or more clans, set up by some official arrangement by the government or ruler to promote agriculture. Such a settlement supported adjoining agricultural lands by irrigating them from the canal or water course. Therefore, Chak Maddu definitely was such sort of village lying nearby historical Grand Trunk Road (Sharah-e-Azam well-built since the era of King Sher Shah Suri of Muslim India).

History of Jhelum reveals that in the Ghakkhar Era, Rani of Ghakkhars officiating his minor son Bujj Shah as regent in this area, planned to complete a task of excavating a canal, later on to be called “Rani Bah or Ghakkhari Nehr”, originally proposed by her predecessor husband Sultan Ghakkhar Shah of Ghakkhar extraction. This canal originated from the right bank of River Jhelum nearby her capital town (Raj Gaddi) of the regency called Varyam presently located across the Mangla Dam near the historical Village Sultanpure. Present day disused town of Varyam, later on, in an attack on it, in a controversy to take hold of the region, is known to be extirpated by King Saleem Shah Suri or Islam Shah Suri of Muslim India being capital town of the Ghakkhar tribe who inflicted continuous fierce battles against him to challenge his writ and authority; remains of which still can be seen in that area. Rani Bah, originated from this town, passed by the Villages Baral, Jallo Chak up to Bura Pindi; from whereon it split into two separate sections. Left section joined to River Jhelum making way between Villages Chak Hafizan and Chak Daulat while crossing through the Villages of Chak Daria, Qazi Chak, Chak Jamal, Chak Braham, Chak Nasir-ud-Din, Chak Lateef Ullah etc. in a zigzag shape. The other section led to Jallo Chak passing by Chak Abdul Khalik and further crossing the present GT Road, it entered into small hilly area of present day Langar Pur Pabbi. It further crossed through the Villages Chak Essa, Chak Bhuddo, disused Village Chak Nanak near Village Banni, Miana Chak and finally, on its tail, passed by Village Chak Maddu prior to its final destination into River Jhelum. It remained in use till Sikh Era or Sikh Empire although it became disused in British Era with the passage of time.

Routes of the canal are still visible and even recoded as Rani Bah in the official records of Department of Revenue at some places. The word “Chak” making part of names of above villages as affix or suffix clearly corroborates the historicity of the Canal (Rani Bah).

The names of two Villages “Raiya” and “Chak Maddu”, later on, merged into composite Village Raiya Chak Maddu when inhabitants of Village Chak Maddu migrated to Village Raiya at the present place to avoid continuous annual flooding which had been affecting them always in the past.

Clans

The principal clans residing in the village are listed below:

Genealogy of Sadat-e-Raiya

                                   Hazrat Mukarram
                                          |
                                     Hazrat Karam
                                          |
                              Hazrat Imam Muhammad Ghaus
                                          |
                            Hazrat Peer Ghulam Muhi ud Din
                                          |
                            Hazrat Peer Imam Nasir ud Din
                                          |
                       Hazrat Imam uz Zaman Peer Sultan Ahmed
                                          |                            
                               Hazrat Peer Ameer ud Din  
                                          |
                                  Peer Fazal Shah
                                          |
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Syed Fazal Haq Shah                                                                  A daughter
       |                                                                                   |
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 |           |           |       |     |      |      |      |         |                    |
 Daughter 1  | Syed Mushtaq Shah | Daughter 3 |  Daughter 5 |   S Maqsood ul Hassan Shah   |
        S Munawwar Shah  |    Daughter 2   Daughter 4   Daughter 6    |                    |
                         |                                            |                    |
                         |          ---------------------------------------------          |
                         |          |           |   |          |      |         |          |
                         |         Mansoor Shah |  Jawwad Shah |    Mashud Shah |          |
                         |          |     Tanveer Shah      Gohar Shah      A daughter     |
                         |      A daughter                                                 |
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 |              |       |         |    |           |      |       |     |        |         |
Ali Haider Shah |   Zulfiqar Shah |  Iftikhar Shah |  Amjad Shah  |  Daughter 3  |         |
                |       |         |                |              |              |         |
            Daughter 1  |    Daughter 2      Asghar Shah  Tahir Shah  S Ahmed Ali Shah Adv |
                        |                                                                  |
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|               |                 |                     |                                  |
Daughter 1   Daughter 2     S Saqab Hassnain Shah    Daughter 3                            |
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|           |             |         |         |                |             |
Hanif Shah  |     Abdul Latif Shah  |     Aziz ur Rehman Shah  |    Qamar uz Zaman Shah
     Walayat Hussain Shah |    Badi uz Zaman Shah        Habib ur Rehman Shah                     
      |                   |     Died:22-09-1971           Died:07-03-1974               
      |       --------------------------------------------
      |       |           |         |          |         |                                   
      |  zahoor ul Hassan |  Manzoor ul Hassan | Mazhar ul Husnaini         
      |       |           |                    |                                          
      |       |         Daughter1          Daughter2                                     
      |       |           |
      |       |           |                                                                   
      |       |           ------------------------------------
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|             |      Rifat Kamal  Asmat Kamal  Daughter  Azmat Kamal     
|   _____ married______|
|  |          |             
|  -------------------------------------------
|  |            |             |              |
| Daughter1     |       Izhar-ul-hassan      |
|  |       Daughter2          |           Daughter3  
|  |                          |              |
|  |                          |       ----------------- 
|  |                          |       |               |
|  |                          |   Aleem ud Din    Naeem Ahmed
|  |                  -------------------------- 
|  |                  |                        |           
|  |          Abdullah Abul Hassan   Abdulrehman Abul Hassan            
|  |                         
|  -------------------------------------------- 
|     |        |       |          |           |
| Midhat Kamal |   Najabat Kamal  |      Sa'adat Kamal
|         Azeemat Kamal       Daughter
|
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      |                     |              |                |
  S Khursheed Shah   S Faiz Shah        S Riaz Shah    S Ijaz Shah
      |
      |                                  
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  |                   |                 |                       |               |
Syed Qamar Shah   Syed Zaheer Shah   Syed Zamir Shah    Syed Baddar Shah  Syed Azhar Shah
  |                   |
  |                   |
  |            -----------------       
  |                   
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  |                |               |
S Anwaar Shah     S Ansaar Shah  S Absaar Shah

Education

Agriculture

Majority of inhabitants got freehold. Adjoining soil of the main locality is fertile but sandy in and around the New Settlement. Local farmers, in the past, depended mostly on "persian wheel system" pulled by a yoke of oxen or seasonal rainfall to irrigate their agricultural fields which now has been replaced by modern Tubewells, changing from petrol or diesel to electric tubewells. Customary way of ploughing also has been replaced by modern tractors which saves time and hard work. Farmers yield different crops in different seasons including major crops of wheat and millet.

Religion

All inhabitants are Muslims by faith, majority of which follow Fiqa-e-Hanfi (Sunni Sect).

Notable people

Lawyers and Highly Educated Celebrities

Syed Ahmed Ali Shah Advocate in his Chamber at District Courts Jhelum (Pakistan)

Syed Ahmed Ali Shah Advocate District Courts Jhelum[5] (To see online

membership, please click at Membership of Punjab Bar Council [6] and select column Licence Number under Select Type and further insert 61901 in column To Search to get the online membership result); also has been selected as a student of Diploma in Taxation Laws in University Law College of University of the Punjab at Quaid-e-Azam Campus, Lahore for the Session 2010-11, to see online merit list at serial No. 61, click at Merit List Diploma in Taxation Laws [7]; and to see satellite image of Punjab University Law College, click at: Punjab University Law College on wikimapia [8]

Chaudhary Arshad Mehmood Advocate District Courts Jhelum, Ex-General

Councilor of local Union Council Kotla Faqir, Ex-Employee of Agriculture Department Jhelum;

Syed Izhar-ul-Hassan Shah M.A. Islamic Studies;
Chaudhary Akhtar Hussain B.A. B.Ed.

==Civil Service, Police, Army, Political, Teachers, Expatriates and other Distinguished Personalities==

Chaudhary Arshad Mehmood son of Chaudhary Abd ur Rashid, residing in United Kingdom, richest person of

Village Raiya who donated Rs. 50,00,000/- and managed the construction of metal road from this Village to Muhammadi Bazar Jhelum in the year 2004 or 2005 in memory of his beloved late father, also constructed a floodlight Footbal Stadium (Soccer Field) in the Village for youngsters including many other jobs of welfare; quite young, very sociable, active and helping hand for the poors and guarding against the benefits of his close family here, who earned his wealth up to million Pounds by his genius in young age. He by his giving hand earned fame in the whole district and dominated all other pillars of past and present in the Village. He is really no match to returning emmigrants in the village who just leave the country and waste years for their individual lavishes and make boasts after coming back for a short stay to make fool of the simpleton villagers. He practically, instead of boasting, set new standards for the welfare of his village which are not expected by any other returning emigrant in near future;

Syed Qamar ul Hassan Shah employee of United Bank Limited, Branch operation manager (BOM)
Syed Mazhar ul Hasnaini former Country Manager PIA Iran, former member Public Safety Commission District

Jhelum and present Nazim-e-Aala Milad Committee Union Council Kotla Faqir;

Syed Zahoor-ul-Hassan Shah Retired Govt. Teacher
Syed Zulfiqar Ali Shah, first person to become legal in France in the year 1980 and finally to become French

National in 1997. • Chaudhary Muhammad Mumtaz Lambardar of the Village (Village Headman), Retired Pakistan Army;

Chaudhary Kaley Khan Ex-General Councilor of local Union Council, Retired Employee of Pakistan Post Office

Jhelum;

Chadhary Sajid Nazir Ex-Chairman of local Union Council;

Raiya Chak Maddu 8

Chaudhary Muhammad Shafi Patwari Retired of Revenue Department Jhelum;
Chaudhary Muhammad Abbas Honorary Captain Retired Pak Army;

Dead

Lectern near F-6 aircraft installed by PAF authorities in Jhelum depicts Mr Hashmi as Wing Commander (Retd.)

Syed Fazal Haq Shah (Late) son of Peer Fazal Shah and father of Syed Mushtaq

Hussain Shah, originally belonged to District Mardan, first British era matriculate in local Syed Family and the whole village, migrated from village "Baisa Kalan or Baisa Khurd" (known as Dandi Baisa presently located within Tehsil Sara-i-Alamgir) to village "Raiya Chak Maddu" to become pioneer of settlement of Sadaat Family in the Village, patron of the whole next generation of Sadaat in the Village because all later Sadaat in the Village are his descendants or descendants of his real sister, retired as Head Clerk in 1953 from the Office of Deputy Commissioner/DRC Jhelum Kutchehri after putting in 25 years meritorious service, then a noble job and valuable source of income to educate and upbring his dependant children, orphan maternal nephews and other relatives. He died of protracted paralysis on March 31, 1968 at the age of about 70 years in village Raiya Chak Maddu and was buried in the graveyard of the same village;

Peer Syed Walayat Hussain Shah (Late) son of Syed Ameer Hussain Shah and maternal nephew of above

mentioned Syed Fazal Haq Shah, retired ADIS who was re-appointed as Head Master of ASC Centre Middle Scool Jhelum Cantt. now renamed as Major Muneer Shaheed High School Jhelum Cantt.and a great scholar of Islam in Punjab . He died of long-standing illness on January 2, 1969 at the age of about 68 years in village Raiya Chak Maddu and was buried in the graveyard of the same village;

[Syed Mushtaq Hussain Shah] (Late) son of Fazal Haq Shah (Late); Tehsildar (R) and Pensioner of Department of

Revenue-Government of Punjab. He served in the Department for 42 years 7 months and 13 days (August 18, 1950 to March 31, 1993). He was born on April 1, 1933 and died of illness on August 28, 2005 at the age of 72 years 1 month 27 days and was buried in the graveyard of village Raiya Chak Maddu on August 29, 2005;

Syed Manzoor ul Hassan Hashmi (Late) Ex-Wing Commander PAF;
Hafiz Khursheed-ul-Hassan Shah son of Syed Walayat Hussain Shah, Ex-Assistant Sub Inspector (Law Instructor

Deenyat) PRTC Qazzafi Stadium Lahore, Punjab Police, died of sudden attack of paralysis and rupture of vein in head on July 8, 1978 at the age of about 48 years at Mayo Hospital Lahore and was buried in the graveyard of village Raiya Chak Maddu;

Chaudhary Allah Ditta (Late) Subaidar Retired Pak Army who donated his 12 Kanals land for the construction of

Basic Health Centre Kotla Faqir located in this village;

Chaudhry Naseer Ahmad Thanedar (R) (He was never a Thanedar, please click to see and refer his original cadre

Thanedar's original cadre on Facebook [9]) (The long ago cadre of Thanedar is not being used under the present relevant Police laws in Pakistan instead Police officials of such low cadre are termed as Constables or Head Constables who work sub-ordinate to Assistant Sub-inspectors, Sub-inspectors or Inspectors);

Chaudhary Abd ur Rehman (Late) Honorary Captain (R) Pak Army;
Chaudhary Muhammad Khan Mehr (Late) son of Muhammad Din, former Lambardar of the Village;
Chaudhary Muhammad Din Mehr (Late) son of Allah Jawaya, former Lambardar of the Village;
Chaudhary Allah Jawaya Mehr (Late), former Lambardar of the Village.

Gallery

Village Scene
Village Main Pond
Village Main Pond

Nearby Locations

Direction	Villages and Places	Direction	Villages and Places
North	Village Chak Bhuddo Historical Rohtas Road Village Banni Village Gharmala (32°57′01.68″N 73°40′52.86″E elev 789 ft)^[4] Village Monan	North East	Historical Rohtas Road Village Chittan Village Kotha
South	Village Lota Lota Road Pind Dadan Khan Road Village Bagga Village Beli Bahrwaal River Jhelum	South West	Village Naugaran Pind Dadan Khan Road Nala Kahan Villag Ghurrha Saleem Village Sanghoi
East	Boundaries of Jhelum Cantonment West Colony Jhelum Cantonment	South East	Jhelum Cantonment Pind Dadan Khan Road Muhammadi Bazar Village Eidgah Village Kotla Faqir^[5] River Jhelum
West	Village Chappar Village Chak Essa Nala Kahan Malote-Sanghoi Road	North West	Village Bhumlan Village Miana Chak Village Bhattiya Village Khokhar Malwana Village Beg Pur Village Bhaloola Village Baddo Historical Rohtas Road

References

External links

[1] ttp://www.tmajhelum.com/Union-Councils.html

[2] ttp://www.nrb.gov.pk/lg_election/union.asp?district=12&dn=Jhelum

[locsource-3] ttp://www.fallingrain.com/world/PK/04/Raiya_Chak_Maddu.html

[4] ttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gharmala

[5] ttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kotla_Faqir

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