Guliana, Gujrat

Town/ٹاؤن in Punjab, Pakistan

Guliana

گلیانہ

town/ٹاؤن

Coordinates: 32°48′0″N 73°58′0″E﻿ / ﻿32.80000°N 73.96667°E﻿ / 32.80000; 73.96667
Country|  Pakistan
Province| Punjab
Division| Gujrat
District| Gujrat
Tehsil| Kharian
Thana| Guliana [1]
Demonym| Gulyanvi
Highways|  N-5
M-12

Guliana, also spelt Galiana and Gulyana, is a town Union Council of Gujrat District in the Punjab Province of Pakistan.[2] It is located at 32°48'0″N 73°58'0″E and has an altitude of 270 metres (890 ft).[3]

Guliana is a very old village, now a town in the area. The village is mainly Gujjar dominant amounting to 70% of the population by caste Hashmi/Qureshi constitute the majority of the remaining 30%. It used to be a famous business route during pre-partition era (before 1947 AD) for surrounding villages and towns and for Kashmir. It is located on roads from Kharian and Lalamusa towards Bhimber via Kolta Arab Ali Khan and to Manglia.

Surrounding Villages are West Side Dhal Ghair, Dhal Kakka and Chak Kamal, North Side Bhagwal, Dham Jand Sharif, and Chak Bakhtawar, East Side Kotli Bajar, South Side Chechian and Bhangwala.

Notable people from this village include:-

* Suri Sehgal, an Indian-American scientist and philanthropist, was born in Guliana in 1934, Suri migrated to India aged 13 and then to the United States. Suri had a long career as a crop scientist, seedsman, entrepreneur and expert in the global hybrid seed industry.

## References

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1. ^ "SDPOs and Police Stations - Gujrat | Punjab Police".
2. ^ Tehsils & Unions in the District of Gujrat - Government of Pakistan Archived 2009-02-14 at the Wayback Machine
3. ^ "Maps, Weather, and Airports for Guliana, Gujrat, Punjab, Pakistan". www.fallingrain.com. Retrieved 2024-08-25.

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Administrative subdivisions of Kharian Tehsil

Capital|

* Kharian

Union councils|

* Achh
* Amra Kalan
* Bagrianwala
* Baharwal
* Barnali
* Bhaddar
* Bhagwal
* Chak Jani
* Chakori Bhalowal
* Chakori Sher Ghazi
* Charryawala
* Dhoria
* Gulshan E Razzaq Housing Scheme
* Dinga-I
* Dinga-Ii
* Dilawarpur
* Fateh Bhand
* Guliana
* Gunja
* Haji Muhammad
* Jaurah
* Karnana
* Kharian
* Khawaspur
* Kolian Shah Hussain
* Kotla Arab Ali Khan
* Kotla Qasim Khan
* Lalamusa-I
* Lalamusa-Ii
* Lalamusa-Iii
* Lalamusa-Iv
* Langrial
* Mandeer
* Malka
* Miana Chak
* Mirza Tahir
* Murala
* Noonanwali
* Panjan Kissana
* Sabour
* Sehna
* Sikaryali
* Thikrian
* Thutha Rai Bahadar
* Warachanwala

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