Maan, Punjab

Maan (Urdu: مان) is a sizable village in Gujranwala Tehsil of Gujranwala District, in Punjab, Pakistan.^[1] It was founded by the Sikh Mann Sardars of Mughalchak.

Hari Ram Gupta records that the traditions of the Mann chiefs of Mughalchak trace their origins to Laddha Singh, who is said to have founded the village of Maan during the late fifteenth century and became chaudhri of twenty-two villages, establishing the family's local influence.^[2]

Lepel Henry Griffin in the Chiefs of Punjab notes that four generations later, Nika Mann, is said to have expanded the terriroties and established the settlement of Nika Man. According to these traditions, Nika Man later lost the expanded territory to Mirza Kila, the governor of Eminabad. The Mann sardars subsequently reclaimed the expanded territory from Mirza Kila and re-named it Mughal Chak, which symbolically meant territory that used to belong to the Mughals.^[3]

It has a population of about 10,000 of which the Maans are in majority. Others include Rajputs that came from India at the time of partition, Butts and others workers class people. Most of worker class people migrated to Gujranwala.