Manglia

Manglia (Urdu: منگلیہ ) is a medium village of Tehsil Kharian, District Gujrat, in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is located at 32°86'N 73°97'E with an altitude of 271.5 metres (Approx). Manglia has many castes – Syed,Malik, Awan, Jutt,Mughal, Kasbi etc. Mostly persons of the village are Private/Government/Overseas employees, but some persons are businessmen or agriculturist. The most famous personality of the village was Brigadier Siddique Salik shaheed. He is known for his role as a Director-General of the Inter-Services Public Relations which he headed from 1985 until his death in 1988 in a plane crash in Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan, he also authored two eyewitnessed books on the liberation war took place in East-Pakistan, giving accounts of politics and strategies involving the breakup of nation's unity that culminated the creation of modern-day Bangladesh. Manglia is also known for its wrestlers,The greatest and most professional wrestlers of gujrat Malik Abdul Latif (late) Bahader pehlwan,Malik Qadeer and Malik Tariq were also from here and they had served Pakistan Armed forces. Coordinates: 32°52′N 73°59′E / 32.867°N 73.983°E / 32.867; 73.983

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