Sandal Bar Explained

Sandal Bar (Panjabi; Punjabi: ساندل بار), also known as the Jungle Bar^[1], is the section of the Bar region in western Punjab located between the rivers Ravi and Chenab, and comprises the southern part of Rechna Doab. It corresponds to the present-day Faisalabad, Jhang, Toba Tek Singh and Chiniot districts.^[2] Sandal Bar is named after Sandal, grandfather of the 16th-century Punjabi chieftain Dulla Bhatti who, according to the popular folklores, led a revolt against the Mughal rule in the Sandal Bar during the reign of Akbar.^[3] Until the late-19th century it was sparsely populated, when it was brought under irrigation after the establishment of Chenab Colony (Lyallpur) in 1892.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Book: Latif, Syad Muhammad . History of the Punjab from the Remotest Antiquity to the Present Time . Sang-e-Meel Publications . 1997 . 9789693507355 . 294.
2. News: Punjab Notes: Bar: forgotten glory of Punjab. Dawn. Mushtaq . Soofi. 13 June 2014. 26 May 2023.
3. Book: Singh, Surinder . Mughal Centralization and Local Resistance in North-Western India: An Exploration in the Ballad of Dulla Bhatti. Singh . Surinder . https://books.google.com/books?id=QVA0JAzQJkYC&pg=PA89&dq=&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi-1f-iu-2HAxUzRvEDHa3YDq4Q6AF6BAgGEAM#v=onepage&q=&f=false . Popular Literature and Pre-modern Societies in South Asia . Gaur . Ishwar Dayal . 2008 . Pearson Education India . 978-81-317-1358-7 . en. 89–112.
4. Book: Gilmartin, David . Blood and Water: The Indus River Basin in Modern History . 2015 . University of California Press . 978-0-520-35553-8 . 146 . en.