Golodass

Golodass (Anwer Abad) is a village situated In District Ghizer Tehsil Punial Gilgit Baltistan. This village is at two hours distance from Gilgit City towards north west on inshkoman road. Golodass has an enriched culture with a divers society. Raja family is considered to be ruling family of the area. Raja of Punial, His Highness Raja Anwer Khan has repopulate this village after 1905. His palace is still situated in Golodass. Raja Mir Aman Khan was the first school teacher (Ustad) who started educating village people first time in the village. Most of the village people are his students. Languages spoken in Golodass are Burushaskhi, Shina, Khowar, and also Urdu. Golodass is well known for its hospitality, welcoming and happy mountainous people, green beauty, and long water channels. Nearby villages are Hatoon, Hasis, Gahkuch bala, Damas, and Silpi .

Golodass, previously named as “Golo koi” and its second name "Anwer Abad", with a population of 2500 (Approx) people, located in Punial Ghizer Gilgit Baltistan. The village was drowned in 1905 by heavy floods but resettled in 1935. Raja of Punial, His Highness Raja Anwer Khan extended the village by populating the barren upper portion of the village with help of Hub-e-Ali of Hunza in 1935. Raja Mir Aman Khan came here in 1960 and started to run its first school as only teacher in the village. The Residents of the village are all migrants from different parts of Gilgit region including Hunza, Punial region, Yasin, Gupis, Phandar, Darel, Chilas, and other areas. Due to different backgrounds, we find a mixture of culture and languages in the village. The natives can speak Brushaski of Hunza and Yasin, Shina, Khuwar and Gujrati. The village is called the Hub of all cultures due to its diversity in culture. Majority of population is from Hunza. Gujur are in second majority. Rajas are only few royal family members.

Golodass is Previously known as “Golo koi” due to its dense population and its natural beauty. It was said that the sun couldn’t reach the ground because of its dense gardens but it was turned into desert when heavy floods hit the area in 1905 and drowned it. In 1928 and onwards the Raja of Punial, His Highness Raja Anwar Khan decided to populate the upper barren portion of the village. The difficult task was to bring water to the village though rocky mountains and sliding areas of Hindukush Terrains. The Raja tried twice to make a canal from Ishkoman river but failed. Then His Highness contacted Hub-e-Ali of Hunza who was considered to be an expert in making water channels. Hub-e-Ali accepted this offer from His Highness Raja Anwar Khan and Shifted to Golodass with his family. After so many difficulties and strong efforts Hub-e-Ali and other 13 members successfully build the canal in 1935. They stayed there with their family and work hard to turn this barren land into cultivation and started helping His Highness Raja Anwar Khan in populating the village. Many other people from Hunza also migrated to the village in later years. Raja Mir Aman Khan, was the first school teacher in the village, came here from Bubur Village Punial in 1965. He served and educated the people of this area more than thirty years up to 1997. Raja Mir Aman Khan introduced the Golodass with its second name Anwer Abad. Majority of population is from hunza and also are Gujurs. The Gujars of the village were brought by Rajas as their servants who are famous for their hard work related to cattle production and forming. The people from Yasin and Phudar valley migrated there after the 1980s.

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