The sixteenth century document
Ain-i-Akbari mentions Maingri
Pargana of the
Rachna Sarkar in the Lahore
Subah of
Mughal Empire, inhabited by
Gujjars and Silhariya, as comprising 62,293
Bigha of agricultural land generating a revenue of 1.475 million
Dams, and the local forces consisting of 20 cavalry and 1,000 infantry. The area was later annexed by the
Jammu Rajas in early eighteenth century, in 1778
Kanhaiya Sardars took it and in the early nineteenth century it was annexed by
Ranjit Singh. The area was then annexed by the British after the
Second Anglo-Sikh War in 1849. Later on, Maingri became a
Zail of Shakargarh Tehsil. In 1853, Shakargarh Tehsil of
Sialkot District was transferred to
Gurdaspur District and it remained an administrative subdivision of Gurdaspur District until
Partition in 1947. Under
Radcliffe Award, three of the four tehsils of Gurdaspur district on the eastern bank of the
Ujh river (which joins the Ravi a little further down) – the tahsils of Gurdaspur, Batala and Pathankot – were awarded to India and only one, Shakargarh, was assigned to Pakistan. After the creation of Pakistan, Shakargarh became a part of
Sialkot District once again. In July 1991, two tehsils (Narowal and Shakargarh) were split off from
Sialkot District and Shakargarh became a tehsil of the newly formed
Narowal District. ==References==