Lalamusa

Lala Musa
لالہ موسیٰ
City
Lala Musa is located in Punjab, Pakistan
Lala Musa
Lala Musa
Lala Musa is located in Pakistan
Lala Musa
Lala Musa
Coordinates: 32°42′1″N 73°57′28″E / 32.70028°N 73.95778°E / 32.70028; 73.95778
Country Pakistan
Province Punjab
DivisionGujrat
DistrictGujrat
Government
 • Chairman, Municipal CorporationNadeem Asghar Kaira
Elevation
261 m (856 ft)
Population
 (2023 census)[1]
 • Total
121,036
Highways N-5

Lala Musa (/lɑːləmuːsʌ/; Punjabi: لالہ موسٰے; Urdu: لالہ موسیٰ), is a city located in the Gujrat District of the Punjab province of Pakistan with a population of 91,500 in 2018.[2]

History

Toponymy

According to local legends, the city was inhabited by people of the Arain tribe, and the city was named after two brothers from the same tribe, named Lālah (لالہ) and Mūsá (موسٰی) who settled in the old city.[3]

Geography

Lalamusa is situated on the Grand Trunk Road (National Highway 5). It is geographically located at latitude (32.7 degrees) 32° 42' 0" North of the Equator and longitude (73.96 degrees) 73° 57' 35" East of the Prime Meridian on the Map of the world and lies at an altitude of about 250 meters.

It also has major neighbouring cities such as Kharian (16 km) and Gujrat (22 km).[2]

Transport

This city is connected through the Grand Trunk Road (National Highway 5) which allows it to be linked to major cities like Islamabad (96.313 miles/155km to the west) and Lahore (92 miles/148km to the east).

A railway station (Lala Musa Junction Station) also serves the city for longer journeys operated by Pakistan Railways with around 20 trains travelling throughout the country.[4]

Government institutions

The Punjab Local Government Training Academy is situated in Lalamusa.[5]

Cultural and leisure sites

Public parks

Lala Musa has a number of public parks and nature reserves like Fatima Jinnah park, Haji Asgar park, etc.

Notable people

  • Roshan Ara Begum was a vocalist belonging to the Kirana gharana (singing style) of Hindustani classical music. She is also known by her honorific title Malika-e-Mauseeqi (The Queen of Music) and The Queen of Classical Music in both Pakistan and India.
  • Javed Chaudhry is an Urdu-language journalist from Lala Musa, who is known for his infamous column 'Zero Point'.
  • Qamar Zaman Kaira is a senior leader of Pakistan People's Party and a former federal information minister and governor of Gilgit-Baltistan.[6]
  • Alam Lohar, a Punjabi folk singer, belonged to Lalamusa. He died in a road accident on 3 July 1979 and was buried in a city graveyard.[7]
  • Arif Lohar is a famous folk singer who is also from Lalamusa.
  • Suri Sehgal, an Indian-American scientist and philanthropist, grew up in Lala Musa city before the partition of Punjab between India and Pakistan.[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Population of Lalamusa per 2023 census of Pakistan". Citypopulation.de (Denmark) website. Archived from the original on 30 August 2024. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Tehsils & Unions in the District of Gujrat (see Lalamusa I, II and III under Tehsil 'Kharian')". National Reconstruction Bureau, Government of Pakistan website. Archived from the original on 14 February 2009. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
  3. ^ Ashuftah, Ishaq (1988). لالہ موسی، لالہ موسی ہے – Lālah Mūsá, Lālah Mūsá hai (in Urdu). Lālah Mūsá Ikaiḍamī. p. 16. OCLC 28764989. آج جس جگہ لالہ مُوسٰی کی آبادی ہے یاد رہے کہ وُہ اس شہر کی اصل نہیں ہے بلکہ جسے "پرانا لالہ مُوسٰی" کہا جاتا ہے وہی اصل شہر تھا اور وہاں ارائیں طبقہ آ کر شروع میں آباد ہُوا۔ اس گاؤں نما قصبہ میں دو بھائی لالہ اور مُوسٰی نامپ رہا کرتے تھے۔ جن کے نام پر اس شہر کا نام رکھا گیا۔
  4. ^ "Lala Musa Railway Station Time Table of Pakistan Railways Trains". Urdupoint website. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  5. ^ Punjab Local Government Training Academy, Lalamusa
  6. ^ Gurmani, Nadir (17 May 2019). "PPP leader Qamar Zaman Kaira's son killed in a road accident (in Lalamusa)". Dawn newspaper. Archived from the original on 31 March 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
  7. ^ "Aalam Lohar - Biography". UrduWire.com website. Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
  8. ^ University, © Stanford. "Oral history with Suri Sehgal, 2016 October 23". The 1947 Partition Archive - Spotlight at Stanford. Retrieved 2 September 2020.