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.
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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.
