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Kunjah
Sign in to saveKunjah (Punjabi and ) is a city in Gujrat District of Punjab, Pakistan. It is also the city where Major Shabir shareef Shaheed a recipient of Nishan-e-haider belonged to.
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- Locality
- کنجاہ
- Region
- پنجاب
- Country
- پاکستان
- Population
- 28,103
- Timezone
- Asia/Karachi
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- 217
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Kunjah (Punjabi and ) is a city in Gujrat District of Punjab, Pakistan. It is also the city where Major Shabir shareef Shaheed a recipient of Nishan-e-haider belonged to.
== History == Various accounts date the founding of Kunjah anywhere from the 4th century BCE during the time of Alexander the Great to the 8th century CE. Kunjah is named after a raja named Kunjpal who is also often credited to be the founder of the town. Islam was brought to the region by the Umayyad Caliphate early in the 8th century and soon replaced Buddhism as the dominant religion. Kunjah grew in prominence in the 9th and 10th centuries.
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