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Chak 105 GB, Banga

The village in Jaranwala tehsil where Bhagat Singh was born in 1907. The 2017 census records its name as Bonga.

Reading this chak's number

Chak No. 105 GB Banga

105 The survey number

Given to this square of land by British surveyors before anyone lived on it. The land was mapped and numbered first, then settled.

GB The canal branch

The Gugera Branch of the Lower Chenab Canal waters it.

Banga The settlers' own name

Bhagat Singh's family was granted land here and named the new village after Banga, the area they had left behind in Jalandhar district.

Census circle
Awagat
People (2017)
8,135
Households (2017)
1,323
Tehsil
Jaranwala, Faisalabad district

Source: Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, Population Census 2017, population by census block for Faisalabad district.

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Bhagat Singh's Birthplace

The farmhouse at Banga, Bhagat Singh's birthplace

Bhagat Singh was born here on 28 September 1907. He became one of the most celebrated figures of the independence movement against British colonial rule, and was executed by the British in 1931 at the age of 23.

His birthplace is now a gazetted national heritage site, drawing visitors from across India and Pakistan.

Bhagat Singh in Jaranwala's history

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