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Kala Gujran is a town and union council of Jhelum District in the Punjab Province of Pakistan. It is part of Jhelum Tehsil, and is located at 33°10'48N 72°57'59E with an altitude of 467 metres .Kala Gujran is near Jhelum City. Pakistan Tobacco Company is situated in Kala Gujran. There is a small industrial estate in which there are approximately 80 mills. Until its recent decline the Fauji Mill complex was a major employer in the area, it used to produce cloth for export and distribution nationally.Pakistan national motorway 2 named G.T. Road passes through the town. There are two major bus stops, named Phatik and Kala Mor. The Rescue 1122 office is also situated there.There is an annual Daand Mela held in the outskirts of Kala Gujran in Jada. Held in March every year held in collaboration within a circuit of melas including kantrili and Chakmal in Gujrat city it is an established event dating back hundreds of years.HistoryKala Gujran is located on the route of the old GT road and predates the city of Jhelum in its importance. It has been a significant market town and Gujjar stronghold since ancients times with the Hindu and then the Sikhs rulers leaving relics in the old bazaar.In particular the area surrounding the old school has lakes locally known as the five sisters, so called as they drained into each other with five pippal trees planted in line. There were five ancient Hindu temples (mandirs) on the site, abandoned and subsequently destroyed during Partition. The leading temple had a traceable underground tunnel leading directly to a covered "kooh" (Persian water wheel irrigation system in an outpost agricultural settlement) on the town's northbound outskirts, along the Chak Jamal Rd. This was reputedly run by a powerful courtesan presumably to afford safe passage for the chieftains or priests during times of conflict. There are reports of some local "koohs" having tablets of stone at the bottom with carvings dating back hundreds of years.