. ▁The ▁name ▁K als ian ▁is ▁origin ated ▁from ▁k ala ▁sh i in , ▁which ▁was ▁taken ▁from ▁the ▁early ▁days ▁of ▁its ▁settlement ▁by ▁its ▁found ers . ▁When ▁sett lers ▁from ▁other ▁parts ▁of ▁sub - cont inent ▁came ▁to ▁this ▁part ▁to ▁lay ▁their ▁foot print s , ▁they ▁had ▁a ▁black ▁pan ther ▁in ▁their ▁neighbourhood ▁j ung le ▁and ▁afterwards ▁they ▁named ▁the ▁place ▁k ala ▁sh i in ▁and ▁then ▁it ▁kept ▁on ▁changing ▁and ▁last ly ▁had ▁K als ian ▁in ▁the ▁reg ist ries ▁of ▁Government ▁books . ▁Another ▁theory ▁regarding ▁the ▁origin ▁of ▁the ▁name ▁K als ian ▁is ▁that ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁sett ling ▁the ▁for ef athers ▁found ▁here ▁black ▁mud ▁which ▁was ▁in ▁P un j abi ▁pron ounce ▁as ▁K AL I ▁See hn ▁that ▁afterwards ▁changed ▁to ▁k als ian The ▁ne a er est ▁city ▁from ▁village ▁K als ian ▁Bh ati ian ▁is ▁K hang ah ▁Dog rah () ▁ ▁on ▁the ▁s oth , ▁A j ni yy ah ▁w ala ▁() ▁on ▁the ▁north , ▁and ▁Far oo q ▁Ab ad ▁on ▁the ▁east <0xDB> <0x94> ▁It ▁is ▁situated ▁between ▁villages ▁As w ah ▁Bh att ian ▁( ), ▁Tak ha ▁Bh att ian (), ▁G aj iana ▁Nau ▁() ▁and ▁B aka ▁Bh att ian ▁() ▁ ▁Dem ograph ics ▁Before ▁the ▁partition ▁of ▁India , ▁in ▁this ▁village ▁lived ▁Muslim , ▁H ind us ▁and ▁S ikh ▁with ▁peace fully