Kunjah

Kunjah (Punjabi and Urdu: کنجاہ) is a city in Gujrat District of Punjab, Pakistan.

Islam was brought to the region by the Umayyad Caliphate early in the 8th century and soon replaced Buddhism as the dominant religion.

Starting during the Muslim period, Kunjah was considered a strategically important town.

Ibrahim Bin Masood used Kunjah as his main base for his attack on neighboring districts.

Maharaja Ranjit Singh granted Kunjah and several villages as jagir to one of his most trusted officers, Diwan Moti Ram.

The place was Moti Ram's ancestral hometown and worth over three lakh rupees annually.

The main religion is Sunni Islam, with a small Shi'a and Ahmadiyya minority and a few Christians.

Other festivals are also held but they are losing their touch nowadays due to the busy lives of the modern days and children getting more interested in the TV films and Computer Games rather than the oldies.

Sushaila Nayyay, the personal physician of Mohandas Gandhi was born in this town in 1917 before partition of Indo pak sub continent.

Kunjah street map in 2007