Under the British, Daska was given the status of revenue sub-district (Tehsil) in 1868. At the time of the partition of the subcontinent in 1947, the non-Muslim population emigrated to India and the Muslim population from India, immigrated to Pakistan. Daska, like other towns of the newly-created state of Pakistan, received a substantial number of immigrants. The influx of the settlers outnumbered the outflow of non-Muslim inhabitants of Daska.  The town thereafter  expanded both in terms of area and population at much higher pace, further spurred by the   growth of industry .. From 1960 onward hundreds of industrial units/ workshops came up in different parts of the town and the town started to specialize in the manufacturing of agro-engineering equipments, woodworks and diesel engines.