Dera Bugti

Dera Bugti (Balochi: ڈیرہ بگٹی) is a town in Dera Bugti District, Balochistan, Pakistan. It was the hometown of Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti. Most of the inhabitants of Dera Bugti belong to the Bugti family. It is not far from the Punjab state.

Etymology

The word Dera means abode or settlement in Balochi languages. Dera Bugti thus means the settlement or city of Bugti tribe. Many cities in South Asia have Dera as a pre-fix such as Dera Ismail Khan and Dera Ghazi Khan.

There is another mean for it. DeraBugti (Dar Booy) is an old Persian (Dar = tree + Booy = live) word which means tree of immortal fruit, Alkahest.

Administration

The town of Dera Bugti serves as the headquarters of the district and tehsil of the same name. The town of Dera Bugti itself functions as a Union council. Dera Bugti is homeland of all Bugti tribes. In this District, four natural gas fields are working and the gas is being provided all parts of Pakistan, But most areas of this district are still deprived from gas, are Sui Gas Field which is managed by PPL, Pir Koh Gas Field, Loti Gas Field and Uoch Gas Field managed by OGDCL. Many Government Departments are working in the district like Education (Schools and Colleges), Forest, Agriculture, Health, B&R, PHE, etc but entering into the town one must cross the Government (Boys) Degree College, Dera Bugti.

Dera Bugti District

Dera Bugti is a district within the Balochistan province of Pakistan.

Administration

The district is administratively subdivided into three sub-divisions, these are:

Population

The population of Dera Bugti district was estimated to be over 450,000 in 2008. Over 99% of the people of the area are Muslims. The Bugti is the Baloch tribe in the district.

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Coordinates: 28°50′N 69°00′E / 28.833°N 69.000°E / 28.833; 69.000

Gulzar

Sampooran Singh Kalra (born 18 August 1934), known popularly by his pen name Gulzar, is an Indian poet, lyricist and film director. Born in Jhelum District in British India, his family moved to India after partition. He started his career as a lyricist in the 1963 film Bandini and worked with many music directors including R. D. Burman, Salil Choudhury, Vishal Bhardwaj and A. R. Rahman. He directed films such as Aandhi and Mausam and TV series during the 1970s and 1980s. He also directed Kirdaar in 1993.

Gulzar also wrote poetry, dialogues and scripts. He was awarded Padma Bhushan, the third-highest civilian award in India, the Sahitya Akademi Award and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award — the highest award in Indian cinema. He has won several Indian National Film Awards, 20 Filmfare Awards, one Academy Award and one Grammy Award.

Early life

Gulzar was born in a Kalra Arora Sikh family, to Makhan Singh Kalra and Sujan Kaur, in Dina, Jhelum District, British India (now in Pakistan). Before becoming a writer, Sampooran took up lot of small jobs in Mumbai one of them was in a garage where he used to touch up accident cars by creating shades of paint, in his own words "I had a knack for colors". His father rebuked him for being writer initially. He took the pen name Gulzar Deenvi and later simply Gulzar.

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Dera

Dera or Dehra (Urdu: ڈیرہ ‎) is a Saraiki-language word meaning camp or settlement. In Punjabi, it is usually used as a place where men meet and socialize in the village.

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DERA

Dera (Urdu: ڈیرہ ) is a Saraiki-language word meaning camp or settlement.

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