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Fatehjang railway station is one of the important railway stations in the Attock district. It is about 50 km away from Jund City, which is the last tehsil of Attock District in Punjab after which the KPK Province starts.
History, toponymy and geography
According to local tradition, its current name is attributed to an elder of the modern settlers here who fought many wars and always won. There is still a
mosque of old times in the
Purana Mahallah of the city. Its architecture suggests that the mosque is one thousand years old and may have been built during
Ghaznavid rule. This mosque is one of the archeological sites that have been protected under the country's law. During the
Sikh Empire, the regional
feudal lords remained the local rulers and paid tribute to the Sikh government. Fateh Jang came under
British rule in 1848 after the region was conquered by the
British Empire. Fateh Jang became a
tehsil of
Rawalpindi during
British rule. Then in 1940,
Attock District was formed and Fateh Jang was included in it. At that time, 203 villages were included in the tehsil Fateh Jang and it consisted of 1393 square kilometers. In 1891, the population of the tehsil was 113041 people. In February 1910, Fateh Jang was declared as notified area, while in January 1924, it got the status of a "small town Committee". Later it got the status of a town committee and then a
municipality. Today, the tehsil Fateh Jang consists of 14 union councils.
North of Fateh Jang city, there is some plain area of Kala Chatta mountains, the green valley of Khairi Murat in the south, while between these two mountain ranges, there is a narrow plain in the east and an open plain in the west.
Demography
Fateh Jang is inhabited by the
Gheba,
Alpial, Awan,
Bhatti,
Gurjar,
Maliar, Khattar and
Mughal people tribes.
Education
There are male and female degree colleges, commerce colleges, vocational institutes, several public and private schools in the city.
Notable educational institutes
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Government High School No.1 for Boys (Estd. 1927)
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Government Degree College for Boys (Estd. 1976)
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Government Degree College for Women (Estd. 1983)
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Neoken Public School (Estd. 1989)
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Cadet College Fateh Jang (Estd. 2001)
Notable places
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Indar Kot Masjid, the oldest mosque in the city
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Moorat village, an ancient place where archaeological discoveries dating before the Common Era have been made
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Kot Fateh Khan, a state considered area during the Sikh Empire and British times
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Fateh Jang Railway Station, established in 1881
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New Islamabad International Airport, established in 1881
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Tanaza Dam, located in the footsteps of the mountain Kheri Moorat
Notable people
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Khudadad Khan (famous as Fateh Jang Khan), the conqueror of this city
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Malik Ataa Muhammad Khan of Kot Fateh Khan
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Malik Noor Zaman (born 1938), former headteacher of GHS No.1 Fateh Jang (1975 – 1993)
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Khan Iqbal Khan Maqsood (1929-2007), former great teacher of High School Fateh Jang, a poet and prose writer
