GOVERNMENT HIGH SCHOOL MIANWALI

GOVERNMENT HIGH SCHOOL MIANWALI

LOCAL HINDU BUSINESSMEN ESTABLISHED THE HISTORIC SCHOOL EAST OF MIANWALI TOWN IN 1902. IT WAS UPGRADED TO MIDDLE LEVEL IN 1917 AND SOME MORE MUDROOMS WERE ADDED TO ITS EXISTING THREE-MUDROOM STRUCTURE. THE SCHOOL WAS UPGRADED TO HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL WITH THE HELP OF HINDU BUSINESSMAN RAM MOHAN ROY IN 1927 AND IT WAS NAMED RAM MOHAN ROY HIGH SCHOOL. MR ROY PROVIDED FUNDS FOR A SPACIOUS AND BEAUTIFUL SCHOOL BUILDING THAT IS STILL INTACT.

SPECIAL THANKS TO MR SHAKEEL HAIDER ASST PROFESSOR FOR CONTRIBUTING HISTORICAL PICTURES

IN 1934, LANDOWNER SHIRI GOLATI LAL DONATED HIS 32-KANAL AGRICULTURAL LAND TO THE SCHOOL. ANOTHER PHILANTHROPIST FROM ISAKHEL TEHSIL, LALA BODH RAJ, DONATED HIS 18-ROOM INN TO THE SCHOOL IN 1925. THE SCHOOL MADE THE INN, WHICH HAD TWO-KANAL AREA, ITS BOARDING HOUSE IN 1927. IN ADDITION TO ITS STRUCTURE, THE SCHOOL HAD A 64-KANAL PLAYGROUND.AFTER PARTITION, THE SCHOOL WAS NAMED GOVERNMENT HIGH SCHOOL FOR BOYS AND IT WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE REHABILITATION DEPARTMENT AS EVACUEE PROPERTY. LATER, IT WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.

A FEW YEARS LATER, THE SCHOOL STARTED LOSING ITS PROPERTY. IN 1966, THE PAKISTAN AIR FORCE GOT CONTROL OF 16 OF THE 32-KANAL LAND, DONATED BY SHIRI GOLATI LAL, TO SET UP AN OIL DEPOT FOR ITS MIANWALI BASE. LATER, LAND GRABBERS OCCUPIED THE REMAINING 16-KANAL AGRICULTURAL LAND.