Haveli Lakha

Haveli Lakha

Haveli Lakha is part of Depalpur Tehsil and is administratively subdivided into three Union councils. Haveli is famous for its Reed Stools and Hubble Bubble which are sent to numerous other cities of Punjab and even to Karachi

According to the 2009 census it had a population of 141,741. Haveli Lakha has been politically significant as it has produced people of such high stature as Mian Muhammad Yasin Wattoo (former Federal Minister of Finance from village Jamal Kot), Mian Manzoor Ahmed Wattoo (former Chief Minister of Punjab from village Wasaway Wala).

History

There is the tradition about the name of Haveli Lakha; the town was founded by Lakha who had his Mansion here. The passengers used to stay there. As this mansion was near then Delhi-Multan Road, so it got the name “the Haveli of Lakha” which gradually became “Haveli Lakha”.

Depalpur

 Depalpur is very ancient as well as historic city about 2000 years old, this is the city has been damaged and rebuilt several times during this period. According to the Indian historian Abnashi Chander the actual name of this city was Siri Puria. After that Raja Depa Chand renamed Depalpur, which was the name of his beloved son Raja Depa.

This is the famous Minar of Razaqia Masjid Depalpur

According to historians, it was about 2000 years ago when Aryans entered the Subcontinent they began to live in the land of Pert Sindhu (The Land of Seven Rivers) including River Ravi, Chinab, Satluj, Jhelum, Beas, Indus and Kabul. So the famous civilisation which was developed at that time was Ajodhan (Pakpattan), Qabula and Depalpur. Now the Depalpur is a tehsil of district Okara and it is an older tehsil than Okara. This area also remained the part of Montgomery District before 1982 when Okara became a district.