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'''Chung''' is a historical village
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Chung
▲Chung is predominantly Waraich village for three centuries. The total population is 2,137 people including 866 as scheduled cast. There are about 432 houses in the village. It has a lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, the literacy rate of the village was 54.87 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. Male literacy stands at 60.38 % while the female literacy rate was 48.33 %.<ref>{{cite book|title=Census of India 2011 Punjab, District Census Hand Book, Tarn Taran}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.citypopulation.de/php/india-villages-tarntaran.php?cityid=038088 | title=Chung (Patti, Tarn Taran District, India) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map, Location, Weather and Web Information}}</ref>
==History==
During the [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] period, the Mirza clan of
During the reign of Maharaja [[Nau Nihal Singh]] (1839–40), more Waraich [[Jatt tribe|Jatt]] migrated there. They changed the name of the village to Chung, as Chung is another name for the Waraich clan. Since then the village has never been deserted.<ref>{{cite book|title=Punjab District Gazetteers: Amritsar, 1976}}</ref>
== Guru Nanak Dev University College, Chung==▼
The village was electrified in 1975.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RkRaAAAAIAAJ&q=chung+village+patti | title=Debates: Official report| year=1974}}</ref>
Having a sprawling campus, this college is situated in the lush green surroundings of the countryside Chung. It has been established in 2011 as a constituent college of Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar. The college offers degree classes in commerce and science subjects. It is under the new scheme of Punjab Government with special purposes of raising the standard of higher education especially in the rural areas.▼
▲== Guru Nanak Dev University College, Chung==
==Mela Pir Rodey Shah==▼
At a distance of 2 km from the village, there is a Tykya of Pir Rodey Shah, where a Mela is held on every 4, 5 July of year. It attracts visitors from all over the District. A major attraction is Dangal show among the local Pehwans. Invited Punjabi folk singers also enthralled visitors.▼
There are two highways heading to Chung. These roads intersect each other at town [[Bhikhiwind]].▼
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▲==''Mela'' Pir Rodey Shah==
▲At a distance of 2
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[[Sardar Chuhar Singh]].<ref> Chiefs and families of note in the Delhi, Jalandhar, Peshawar and Derajat divisions of the Panjab (1890) by Massy, Charles Francis, 1845-[https://archive.org/details/chiefsfamiliesof00massrich/page/221?q=%E2%80%9CSardar+Jawala+Singh+Jarauli%E2%80%9D#search/%20Jarauli%E2%80%9D] </ref>▼
==Notables==
[[Sardar Rai Singh Bhangi]], an eighteen century [[Sikhs|Sikh]] warrior.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.280259/page/n51?q=chaumak |title = History of the Sikhs 1769 1799 Vol Ii|year = 1944}}</ref>▼
▲* [[Sardar Chuhar Singh]].<ref>
Pir Baba Rodey Shah.▼
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▲* Pir Baba Rodey Shah.
== References ==
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