3000 years old city of Punjab sangla hill/sangla tribes and Porus resisted Alexander.Iftikhar usmani

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History Shangla, Sngla & Sangla were the names of Sangla Hill in different periods of time…. It is famous due to its Unique name, it is reported in the books of history that Sangla was the sub caste of (Rajpoots) and due to these Sangla Rajpoots it was named Sangla, there is a hill in north-west of city (215 feet high, with Dark Brown Stone color) due to that hill its Modern Name Sangla hill was derived, Like other Rajpoots Sangla (Rajpoots) were also worriers, so when Alexander The great Attacked Sangla Hill they defend and fight with them, Alexander had to stay there on hill and at last the peace agreement was signed… * (but in some books of History it is also coded that Alexander won the war after many Months and Destroyed the city {Rule of the Company, By: Mr. Bare Eunice}) There is a well built by Greeks near Hill, Shows That The Greeks stayed there more than 6 months.. The Modern Sangla Hill was established in 1896 it was irrigated with canal of Rakh-Branch (RB) the canal was dug in 1892 during colonial rule. The Rakh Branch originates from canal Lower Chenab. And Lower Chenab comes out from Head Khanki at the river Chenab. It passes and produces tributaries in three districts such as Hafizabad, Nankana Sahib and Faisalabad. Many famous towns are situated at near the Rakh Branch such as Safdarabad,Sangla Hill, Salarwala, Chak Jhumra, Gutwala, Abdullahpur and Faisalabad. The canal ends at Samundri. At that time (1896) the Sangla was administrated by Deputy Commissioner GugraWala, and city population contained 1689 persons and Sangla was rewarded with Chack Number 298, in 1900 it was considered as Small Town, it was established with modern sewerage system.. There were two pools for bath also…. At the time of independence in 1947 Sangla was a big market of Food & animals, and every month there was a big exhibition of Animals, the Trade of Animals boosted the Economy of Sangla Hill, but due to lack of interest of Govt. and establishment of Lahore to Faisalabad Rode via Shahkoat that market was shifted to Faisalabad and Lahore… The Economy became flop, but in 1971 Fauji foundation Sugar Mills was Established which started providing Employment to the Citizens of Sangla hill, now this Mill is named Huda Sugar Mill (pvt limited). In 2005 Sangla hill was ranked to Tehsil head quarter and sub. Divisional. Courts were established here in 2007... Now Sangla hill is well developed city of region... with the population of 2,00,000.