Pind Dadan Khan - Tehsil 4.76

Pind Dadan Khan is a town in Jhelum District, Punjab, Pakistan, it is the capital of Pind Dadan Khan Tehsil, which is an administrative subdivision of the district. It is located at 32°34'60N 73°2'60E on the bank of River Jhelum, about 28 kilometres from the M2 motorway.
Important personalities from Pind Dadan Khan include Nawabzada Ghzanfar Ali Khan who was one of the ministers from Muslim league in the 1946 cabinet and later was Minister of Health, Food and Agriculture in the newly created Islamic Republic of Pakistan. He was later appointed as the minister of refugees and rehabilitation (Dec 1947 onwards).

Another important person was Mr. Mohammad Ramzan Chotana who had the honour making the "Lehaf-i-Kaba" in 1930's. He was and is the only person from Indopak region who had this honour (since the second time when Lehaf-i-Kaba was made during Ayub's era was not accepted by Saudi government). Mr Ramzan Chotana was also awarded several gold medals for his excellent expertise in various technical fields by the British Government.
The area is well known for Khewra Salt Mines, Asia's largest salt mine, in use for over 2000 years, and which features an underground mosque. The area has a long history going back to the time of Alexander the Great's invasion (see Punjab (Pakistan)). The small town of Jalalpur Sharif is located in Pind Dadan Khan and is said to be where Alexander the Great's famous horse, Bucephalus is buried.

This pind (from Punjabi word for village), is named after Nawab Dadan Khan, the Muslim Governor of Lahore in the 1700s.

Nawab Dadan Khan Kamboh, once Governor of Lahore during Mughal era, founded the town, which he called after his own name, and which has become the chief center of the salt trade here. One of his son Nawab Mahabat Khan Kamboh was ruler of Peshawar who built Mosque Mahabat Khan in Peshawar. Nawab Dadan Khan Kamboh belongs to Hasan Mahmudi Kamboh of Meerut.

During British rule it became headquarters of the subdivision and tehsil of the same name in Jhelum District of British Punjab. It was on the Sind-Sagar branch of the North-Western Railway.

The population according to the 1901 census was 13,770. It was formerly the dépot to which salt was brought from the Mayo Mine, and from which it was carried across the river to the railway; but the bridging of the Jhelum at Haranpur and the extension of the railway to Khewra have ruined this trade.Brass vessels are made in the town, which also has a considerable weaving industry, while its embroidered luugis are often sold at high prices. Boat-building is largely carried on, and river boats of Pind Dddan Khan make are in request throughout the whole course of the Jhelum. Unglazed pottery of a deep red colour, ornamented with black patterns and remarkably strong and good in quality, is a speciality of the town, as are stout leathern riding-whips made after English patterns.

The municipality was created in 1867. During the ten years ending 1902-3 the receipts averaged Rs. 28,700, and the expenditure Rs. 28,100. In 1903-4 the income was Rs. 22,300, chiefly from octroi; and the expenditure was Rs. 27,000. The town has a high school, maintained by the municipality. There is also a Government dispensary.Raja gazanfar ali khan (quaids partner in pakistan movement) is basically from pind dadan khan.

The tehsil is administratively subdivided into 16 Union Councils, these are:
* Sauwal
* Ahmedabad
* Chak Shadi
* Daulatpur
* Dharyala Jalap
* Golepur
* Gujjar
* Haranpur
* Jalalpur Sharif
* Kandwal
* Khewra-I
* Khewra-Ii
* Lilla
* P.D.Khan
* Pindi Saidpur
* Toba
* kundal