# Daska > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Daska > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Daska.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daska > Source revision: 1324383895 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) This article is about a city in Pakistan. For the U.S. legislation known as DASKA, see [Defending American Security from Kremlin Aggression Act](/source/Defending_American_Security_from_Kremlin_Aggression_Act). "Ingan" redirects here. For the molecule abbreviated as "InGaN", see [indium gallium nitride](/source/Indium_gallium_nitride). **Daska** (; ) is a city in [Punjab, Pakistan](/source/Punjab,_Pakistan), serving as the headquarters of the [Daska Tehsil](/source/Daska_Tehsil). It is one of the four [tehsils](/source/Tehsil) of [Sialkot District](/source/Sialkot_District). ## Demographics ### Population Historical population Year Pop. ±% 1951 15,375 — 1961 20,406 +32.7% 1972 34,487 +69.0% 1981 55,555 +61.1% 1998 102,883 +85.2% 2017 175,170 +70.3% 2023 228,626 +30.5% Sources:[1] According to the [2023 census](/source/2023_Pakistani_census), Daska had a population of 228,626. [Punjabis](/source/Punjabis) form an ethnic majority in the city, belonging to different tribes — [Punjabi–Kashmiris](/source/Kashmiris_in_Punjab), [Mughals/Mirza](/source/Mughals/Mirza) and [Rajputs](/source/Rajputs) are dominant in the urban area; with several [Gujjar](/source/Gujjar) and [Jatt](/source/Jats) clans being dominant in the rural areas. Tribes such as the [Awan](/source/Awan_(tribe)), [Arain](/source/Arain), [Khokhar](/source/Khokhars), and [Gakhar](/source/Gakhars) are also present in smaller numbers. A significant [Pashtun](/source/Pashtuns) population, mostly from the [Kakazai](/source/Kakazai) tribe, is found in urban and rural areas, having migrated centuries ago. There are also a significant number of the ethnic [Mewati](/source/Mewati) people from [Haryana](/source/Haryana), having migrated there during the partition of India. ## History ### 17th-19th centuries Daska was founded during the reign of [Shah Jahan](/source/Shah_Jahan), and was initially named Shah Jahanabad, according to Mughal revenue records.[2] It was later renamed Daska as it is *das* ("ten") *koh* (Mughal unit of distance) from [Sialkot](/source/Sialkot), [Pasrur](/source/Pasrur), [Gujranwala](/source/Gujranwala), and [Wazirabad](/source/Wazirabad).[3] During the Afghan [Durrani](/source/Durrani) invasion of the 18th century, Daska was ruined, and its inhabitants were forced to seek shelter in the nearby mud fort of Kot Daska.[4] Daska was later repopulated during the Sikh era.[5] Daska was captured by [Ranjit Singh](/source/Ranjit_Singh) in 1802 and made part of the [Sikh Empire](/source/Sikh_Empire).[6] ### 20th century In 1929, Daska was the site of Hindu-Sikh riots when [Akali](/source/Nihang) [Sikhs](/source/Sikhs) attempted to seize control of [Gurdwara](/source/Gurdwara) Sant Wayaram Singh. The local Hindu community claimed it was originally built to be a [Hindu temple](/source/Hindu_temple).[7] In August 1947, 5,000 refugees from surrounding areas gathered at Daska Camp for two weeks before being escorted to the Indian border by the [Pakistan Army](/source/Pakistan_Army).[8] ### 21st century In January 2025, the Government of Punjab demolished the Ahmadi worship building constructed by Muhammad Zafarullah Khan.[9][10] ## Notable people - [Fazal Idaho](/source/Fazal_Idaho) (born 1948) - Pakistani politician ## References 1. ["Population by administrative units 1951-1998"](https://repository.lahoreschool.edu.pk/xmlui/bitstream/handle/123456789/13673/Administrative%20Units.pdf?isAllowed=y&sequence=1). [Pakistan Bureau of Statistics](/source/Pakistan_Bureau_of_Statistics)[dead link] 1. Commissioner, Pakistan Office of the Census (1962). [*Population Census of Pakistan, 1961: Dacca. 2.Chittagong. 3.Sylhet. 4.Rajshahi. 5.Khulna. 6.Rangpur. 7.Mymensingh. 8.Comilla. 9.Bakerganj. 10.Noakhali. 11.Bogra. 12.Dinajpur. 13.Jessore. 14.Pabna. 15.Kushtia. 16.Faridpur. 17.Chittagong Hill tracts*](https://books.google.com/books?id=E8AZAAAAMAAJ) 1. [*Gazetteer of the Jhang District: 1883*](https://books.google.com/books?id=3agIAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA3-PA89). 1883. 1. [*Gazetteer of the Jhang District: 1883*](https://books.google.com/books?id=3agIAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA3-PA89). 1883. 1. [*Gazetteer of the Jhang District: 1883*](https://books.google.com/books?id=3agIAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA3-PA89). 1883. 1. bahādur.), Muḥammad Laṭīf (Saiyid, khān (1891). [*History of the Panjáb from the Remotest Antiquity to the Present Time*](https://books.google.com/books?id=RzBAAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA356). Calcutta Central Press Company, limited. 1. Nijjar, Bakhshish Singh (1996). [*History of the United Panjab*](https://books.google.com/books?id=luropwVYb0kC&pg=PA157). Atlantic Publishers & Dist. ISBN 978-81-7156-534-4. 1. Page, Co-Director Media South Asia Project Institute of Development Studies David; Page, David; Singh, Anita Inder; Moon, Penderel; Khosla, G. D. (2002). [*The Partition Omnibus*](https://books.google.com/books?id=1mJuAAAAMAAJ). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-565850-7. 1. Gabol, Imran (18 January 2025). ["Ahmadi worship place in Sialkot built by ex-FM Zafarullah Khan razed"](https://www.dawn.com/news/1886020). *DAWN.COM* 1. Chakraborty, Debdutta (19 January 2025). ["Pre-Partition Ahmadi mosque demolished by Maryam Nawaz govt. Pakistanis call it ‘religious tyranny’"](https://theprint.in/go-to-pakistan/pre-partition-ahmadi-mosque-demolished-by-maryam-nawaz-govt-pakistanis-call-it-religious-tyranny/2452627/). *ThePrint* --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Daska](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daska) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daska?action=history)). 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