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Tanda is a town in Gujrat District in the Pakistani province of Punjab. It is a Union council, an administrative subdivision of Gujrat Tehsil.HistoryThe word Tanda means "traveling body or gangs" in the Labanki language. Before the Partition of Punjab in 1947 the town had a large population of Sikhs belonging to the Labana community. Labanas were brought in by Choudhery of Mota (an adjacent village) to protect them from the gangs of thieves use to come down from Kashmir mountain mostly from Village Naryana of Jammu & Kashmir to loot the villagers. After partition they migrated to East Punjab, conversely Gujjar tribes from Jammu & Kashmir migrated into the Tanda area at the same time. Labanas established a community school in Tanda for the free education of their community, for this cause their tribe decided that no women will wear jewelry and all held should be deposited for the establishment of school. This school with boarding house very quickly established its repo and even before partition considered one of the best schools in the zone.GeographyTanda is located at. Tanda is the name of a small locality, which is a well-known small city of Gujrat. A village located 5 km near Tanda named Barila Sharif. That village is famous for saint and graves; there was a famous grave of Hazrat Qanbeet A.S that is 70 yards long. All over the Punjab people visited that place.