piplan railway station was build in 1901
The town (Tehsil) name Piplan itself was given historically before the India-Pakistan partition in 1947. Many Hindus used to live in Piplan and the name of this small town was Peepul or Peepul wala (Peepul: fig tree, regarded as sacred by both Hindus and Buddhists, who call it a "bo tree"). Later, after the partition of 1947, the name was changed to Peepul
-Aan, now written as Piplan. Many people say the tree was located near to the main railway station of Piplan, however the tree has been cut down.[citation needed] In a recent research by two well known researcher of Punjab University, Piplan is also the birth place of famous Hindu ruler "Chandar Gupat Moria".
1947 Massacre of Hindus
There was a huge massacre of the Hindu residents who decided to flee the area after partition in 1947. They all had gathered at the station and were waiting for the train, suddenly struck by the locals with guns and arms, they were all killed in less than an hour, all the dead bodies numbering hundreds were buried in a well near the station. The well still exists but is filled with sand and beneath it lies the unseen remains of the doomed Hindus and Sikhs. School Education is good but college is still for behind. There are two boys secondary schools and only one girls secondary school. There is big need of more secondary schools. Govt. is not providing facilities in education. No primary school is established since 1976.
[edit]Sports activities
Piplan has always been a hub of sports activities for the surrounding areas. The sports include cricket, volleyball, badminton, tug of war, wrestling, hockey, and football. There used to be annual school based games in which the high schools from the surrounding areas participated. Muhammad Iqbal Zafar is a famous volleyball player who played at national and international levels, representing Pakistan's National Volleyball team as captain. He is currently serving as a member of the Punjab Police. Syed Amir Hider Naqvi was a player of Kabadi before partition and remained unbeatable in the subcontinent. He won all major tournaments of Kabadi held in major cities of the subcontinent from 1935 to 1947.Mr.Ghulam Fareed is well known in foot ball Khalid Mahmood is famous in cricket. Qammar Zaman Naiza Bazi, Late Muhammad Bashir is great player of Kabbadi. Piplan is very famous in kabootar bazi and murgh bazi.
[edit]Languages
Though Piplan is a town of Mianwali District, unlike Mianwali it has no cultural influence from the Pakhtun tribe. Majority of the People speak Saraiki language. Those who speak Saraiki are called native people locally. A large number of people living in the town and the surrounding chakook belong to the Ranghar Rajput families. Ranghar spoke a dialect of their own, called Ranghari, which is itself a dialect of Haryanvi. They The Ranghar use the titles of Rana or Rao. Living In the surrounding chakook also a large number of people speak Punjabi in Lahori or Faisal Abadi ascent and constitute a large portion of the population. They belong to the Arain, Gujjar and Jatt families. Most of them have farming as their profession. In the education system only Urdu and English are spoken and written, but in offices and businesses Saraiki is commonly used. There could also be found Nomad Pushtun tribesmen scatterd around the city and the adjoining villages who speak Pushtu as their first language and Saraiki as second language. Afghan refugees could also be found around Jal Janoobi and Muhallah Mustafa Abad. Chunks of Merwat and Mohmand pushtuns could also be found with a few Khattaks who speak Pushtu as first and Saraiki and Urdu as their second language.
