Pioneers of Cultural Change
Bhaun got few people who contributed in many good works and helped the poor people by providing facilities like education and social sport. Syed Khalid mehmood shah is a big name who really helped the poor people of Bhaun and represented the Bhaun in many big events and forums. Jemadar Rahmat Khan was the founder of Muslim High School (Now Govt High School) before partition of India. Bhaun was known for its contributions towards the Armed Forces and local business activities. People of Bhaun due to lesser education opportunities used to serve mostly in the ranks, barring a few, who during British Regime availed opportunity to become officers despite less education. However the young generation in early sixties gave a new dimension to the culture of the village.Ch Ghulam Rasool (late),Adnan Shah, Ch. Zahoor, Imtiaz Bakhshi, Manzoor Bakhshi (later Colonel), Iqbal Minhas (later Brigadier), Raja Ameer, Malik Muhammad Safdar Faizi and many others, brought a revolutionary change in the thinking of younger generation by attaining higher education and adopting promising careers. They were the people who introduced kabadi and other sports in Bhaun. Rather than abandoning the education at an early stage and accepting the minimum they opted to pursue higher education and venture into new jobs like banks, PIA, CSS and revenue department. Hazrat Qudsi sahib was a great wali Allah from Bhaun, helped many Muslims.
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