Lalamusa

Lala Musa

لالہ موسیٰ
Lala Musa لالہ موسیٰ
City
	Lala Musa Lala Musa
	Coordinates: 32°42′1″N 73°57′28″E / 32.70028°N 73.95778°E
Country	Pakistan
Province	Punjab
Division	Gujrat
District	Gujrat
Government
• Chairman MC	Nadeem Asghar Kaira
Elevation	261 m (856 ft)
Population (2023 census)
• Total	121,036
Highways	N-5

Lala Musa (/lɑːləmuːsʌ/; Punjabi: لالہ موسٰے; Urdu: لالہ موسیٰ), is a city located in the Gujrat District of the Punjab province of Pakistan with a population of 91,500 in 2018.^[2]

History

Toponymy

According to local legends, the city was inhabited by people of the Arain tribe, and the city was named after two brothers from the same tribe, named Lālah (لالہ) and Mūsá (موسٰی) who settled in the old city.^[3]

Geography

Lalamusa is situated on the Grand Trunk Road (National Highway 5). It is geographically located at latitude (32.7 degrees) 32° 42' 0" North of the Equator and longitude (73.96 degrees) 73° 57' 35" East of the Prime Meridian on the Map of the world and lies at an altitude of about 250 meters.

It also has major neighbouring cities such as Kharian (16 km) and Gujrat (22 km).

Transport

This city is connected through the Grand Trunk Road (National Highway 5) which allows it to be linked to major cities like Islamabad (96.313 miles/155km to the west) and Lahore (92 miles/148km to the east).

A railway station (Lala Musa Junction Station) also serves the city for longer journeys operated by Pakistan Railways with around 20 trains travelling throughout the country.^[4]

Government institutions

The Punjab Local Government Training Academy is situated in Lalamusa.^[5]

Cultural and leisure sites

Public parks

Lala Musa has a number of public parks and nature reserves like Fatima Jinnah park, Haji Asgar park, etc.

Notable people

Roshan Ara Begum was a vocalist belonging to the Kirana gharana (singing style) of Hindustani classical music. She is also known by her honorific title Malika-e-Mauseeqi (The Queen of Music) and The Queen of Classical Music in both Pakistan and India.
Javed Chaudhry is an Urdu-language journalist from Lala Musa, who is known for his infamous column 'Zero Point'.
Qamar Zaman Kaira is the senior leader of Pakistan People's Party and a former federal information minister and governor of Gilgit-Baltistan.^[6]
Alam Lohar, a Punjabi folk singer, belonged to Lalamusa. He died in a road accident on 3 July 1979 and was buried in a city graveyard.^[7]
Arif Lohar is a famous folk singer who is also from Lalamusa.
Suri Sehgal, an Indian-American scientist and philanthropist, grew up in Lala Musa city before the partition of Punjab between India and Pakistan.^[8]

References

^ Citypopulation.de Population of Lalamusa
^ "Gujrat District – Population of Cities, Towns and Villages 2017-2018". .politicpk.com. 20 May 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
^ Ashuftah, Ishaq (1988). لالہ موسی، لالہ موسی ہے – Lālah Mūsá, Lālah Mūsá hai (in Urdu). Lālah Mūsá Ikaiḍamī. p. 16. OCLC 28764989. آج جس جگہ لالہ مُوسٰی کی آبادی ہے یاد رہے کہ وُہ اس شہر کی اصل نہیں ہے بلکہ جسے "پرانا لالہ مُوسٰی" کہا جاتا ہے وہی اصل شہر تھا اور وہاں ارائیں طبقہ آ کر شروع میں آباد ہُوا۔ اس گاؤں نما قصبہ میں دو بھائی لالہ اور مُوسٰی نامپ رہا کرتے تھے۔ جن کے نام پر اس شہر کا نام رکھا گیا۔
^ "Lala Musa Railway Station Time Table of Pakistan Railways Trains". Urdupoint website. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
^ https://plga.punjab.gov.pk/ ^{[bare URL]}
^ Gurmani, Nadir (17 May 2019). "PPP leader Qamar Zaman Kaira's son killed in a road accident". Dawn (newspaper). Retrieved 21 January 2023.
^ "Aalam Lohar - Biography". IMDb.
^ University, © Stanford. "Oral history with Suri Sehgal, 2016 October 23". The 1947 Partition Archive - Spotlight at Stanford. Retrieved 2 September 2020.

External links

Fallinggrain: Lalamusa - Pakistan page

[1] Citypopulation.de Population of Lalamusa

[2] "Gujrat District – Population of Cities, Towns and Villages 2017-2018". .politicpk.com. 20 May 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2023.

[3] Ashuftah, Ishaq (1988). لالہ موسی، لالہ موسی ہے – Lālah Mūsá, Lālah Mūsá hai (in Urdu). Lālah Mūsá Ikaiḍamī. p. 16. OCLC 28764989. آج جس جگہ لالہ مُوسٰی کی آبادی ہے یاد رہے کہ وُہ اس شہر کی اصل نہیں ہے بلکہ جسے "پرانا لالہ مُوسٰی" کہا جاتا ہے وہی اصل شہر تھا اور وہاں ارائیں طبقہ آ کر شروع میں آباد ہُوا۔ اس گاؤں نما قصبہ میں دو بھائی لالہ اور مُوسٰی نامپ رہا کرتے تھے۔ جن کے نام پر اس شہر کا نام رکھا گیا۔

[4] "Lala Musa Railway Station Time Table of Pakistan Railways Trains". Urdupoint website. Retrieved 21 January 2023.

[5] ttps://plga.punjab.gov.pk/ ^{[bare URL]}

[6] Gurmani, Nadir (17 May 2019). "PPP leader Qamar Zaman Kaira's son killed in a road accident". Dawn (newspaper). Retrieved 21 January 2023.

[7] "Aalam Lohar - Biography". IMDb.

[8] University, © Stanford. "Oral history with Suri Sehgal, 2016 October 23". The 1947 Partition Archive - Spotlight at Stanford. Retrieved 2 September 2020.

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