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Toba Tek Singh (Punjabi: ٹوبھا ٹیک سنگھ, Urdu: ٹوبہ ٹیک سنگھ) is a Pakistan city and capital of Toba Tek Singh District in the Punjab province . It is surrounded by cities of Gojra , Kamalia , Rajana , Pir Mahal and Shorkot .
The story is set two or three years after the 1947 partition, when the governments of India and Pakistan decided to exchange some Muslim, Sikh and Hindu lunatics, and revolves around Bishan Singh, a Sikh inmate of an asylum in Lahore, who is from the town of Toba Tek Singh.
Toba Tek Singh is a short story based on the partition of India, written by Saadat Hasan Manto. It was first written in Urdu and published in 1955. It is interwoven with the theme of partition and its emotional and psychological effects on the human psyche.
Sep 1, 2003 · One day, Bashan Singh asked him whether Toba Tek Singh was in Pakistan or India. Guffawing, he replied: “Neither, because I haven’t yet decided where to put it!” Bashan Singh begged this “God” to resolve the status of Toba Tek Singh and thus end his perplexity.
Toba Tek Singh District ( Urdu: ضلع ٹوبہ ٹیک سنگھ, Punjabi: ضلع ٹوبھا ٹیک سنگھ) is a district of Faisalabad Division in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is located between 30°33' to 31°2' Degree north latitudes and 72°08' to 72°48' Degree longitudes. [2] . It became a separate district in 1982. [3] Etymology.
Situated in the center of the Punjab, Toba Tek Singh is surrounded by District Jhang and District Faisalabad from northwest and east respectively. On the south, River Ravi makes a natural boundary and separates it from the District Sahiwal and District Khanewal.
Aug 15, 2020 · Listed in the BBC's 100 stories that shaped the world, Toba Tek Singh by Saadat Hasan Manto is praised as a classic that translates the trauma of the Partition through the post-Partition exchange of lunatics across the India and Pakistan border.
Aug 30, 2019 · Toba Tek Singh Analysis & Themes by Saadat Hasan Manto - English Summary. Table of Contents. Tragedy. Separation. Identity. Sanity. Tragedy. The story is set in the background of the biggest tragedy and episode of violence in the history of independent India.
Aug 17, 2019 · Where is Toba Tek Singh?: Rereading Partition literature. As we celebrate the 72nd year of independence, reading literature centred on the traumatic experience of Partition might offer...
Our History. The city and district is named after a Sikh religious figure Tek Singh. Mr. Singh was a kind-hearted man who served water and provided shelter to the worn out and thirsty travelers passing by a small pond (‘Toba’ in Punjabi). The area and the surrounding settlement acquired the name Toba Tek Singh.
