Mong, Punjab

Mong or Mung is a town and Union Council of Mandi Bahauddin District in the Punjab province of Pakistan.^[1] It is located at 32°39′00″N 73°31′00″E / 32.6500°N 73.5167°E / 32.6500; 73.5167Coordinates: 32°39′00″N 73°31′00″E / 32.6500°N 73.5167°E / 32.6500; 73.5167 at an altitude of 217 metres (715 feet).^[2]

Mong, a historic and densely populated village was built on the ancient city of Nicaea which was founded by Alexander the Great in commemoration of his victory over Raja Porus in the battle of Hydaspes. This historical "Battle of the Hydaspes River" was fought between Alexander the Great of Macedonia and Raja Porus of Kingdom of Porus in 326 BCE, on the left bank of Hydaspes River (now River Jhelum) in Pakistan. As a result of this battle, Alexander founded two cities, Nicaea (Victory) at the site of modern day Mong and Bucephala at the site of Phalia in district Mandi Bahauddin.

Campaigns and landmarks of Alexander's invasion of the Indian subcontinent.

According to the Imperial Gazetteer of India: “ The overthrow of the Bactrians by the Parthians in the latter half of the second century brought another change of rulers, and the coins of the Indo-Parthian Maues (c. 120 B. c.), who is known to local tradition as Raja Moga, have been found at Mong. At the end of the first century A. D., ie whole of the Punjab was conquered by the Yueh-chi. ”

Centuries later, almost at the same location, few kilometers away from Mong, the Second Anglo-Sikh War in January 1849 in the region of Lord Guff, the British and the Khalsa Sikh Army fought at the place of Chillianwala.

According to population Arain, Khokhar and Jat are three main races respectively. Still most of the families work on their small native land farms though fair number of workers is employed in Saudi Arabia and other Gulf States. Few have moved to Europe as well. In a terrorist attack, 8 Ahmadis were gunned down and 20 were injured on October7, 2005 while at morning worship. Some famous players of Kabaddi on district level were born here and Volleyball happens to be a favourite game of the village.

References

1. ^ Bahauddin Tehsils & Unions in the District of Mandi Bahauddin - Government of Pakistan
2. ^ Location of Mung - Falling Rain Genomics

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