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Karnana, India
Karnana is a small to medium size village in Punjab, India, approximately 5 km from Banga in Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district (formerly known as Nawan Shahir). It falls in Tehsil/Mandal Banga or Bangian. Other tehsils in this district besides Banga are Aur, Balachaur, Saroya and Nawansahir. Population According to ‘Census Report for Punjab 1883’ ( Denzil Ibbetson) and ‘Census Report for Punjab 1892’ (E.D.Maclagan) this village was populated by Parihar Rajputs. Karnana, Sahlon and Sarhal Mundi are the only villages listed in early records as Rajput according to the book titled ‘Rajput jo sikh bane’. Karnana has a mix of Sikh and Hindu Rajput families plus Brahmin and Chamars few other minority casts. The total population of this village is 2869 (M 1465, F1404) according to the last available census data. History The historical origin of this village can be traced back to the early sixteenth century. It is believed that the foundation of this village was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Karnana may refer to: * Karnana, Pakistan, village in Pakistani Punjab * Karnana, India Karnana is a small to medium size village in Punjab, India, approximately 5 km from Banga in Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district (formerly known as Nawan Shahir). It falls in Tehsil/Mandal Banga or Bangian. Other tehsils in this district ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amb, India
Amb is a town situated in the district of Una in Himachal Pradesh state of India. It is situated in the Shivalik region of Indian subcontinent. It is a sub-division and tehsil of Una district. The town was named Amb after the name of the goddess Amba, deity situated in nearby Chintpurni. Geography and Demographics Amb is located in the Soan valley surrounded by mountains of the Shivalik ranges. It has a population of around 15,000 people. Some localities of Amb are Heera Nagar, Pratap Nagar, Adarsh Nagar, Sham Nagar. Language The local language is Himachali ahari Hindi and English languages are used for official purpose. Education Amb has various educational institutions including a government senior secondary school, Indian Public School, Shivalik Hill Pub Sr. Sec. School, Sudha Model School, Swami Vivekananda school, Sh. Guru Nanak Dev Sr. Sec. School and Maharana Pratap College being one of them. Maharana Pratap Govt. College, Amb came into being on 18 June 1997 when the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jahangir
Nur-ud-Din Muhammad Salim (30 August 1569 – 28 October 1627), known by his imperial name Jahangir (; ), was the fourth Mughal Emperor, who ruled from 1605 until he died in 1627. He was named after the Indian Sufi saint, Salim Chishti. Early life Prince Salim was the third son born to Akbar and his favourite Queen Consort, Mariam-uz-Zamani in Fatehpur Sikri on 30 August 1569. He had two elder brothers, Hassan Mirza and Hussain Mirza, born as twins to his parents in 1564, both of whom died in infancy. Since these children had died in infancy, Akbar sought the blessing of holy men for an heir-apparent to his empire. When Akbar was informed of the news that his chief Hindu wife was expecting a child, an order was passed for the establishment of a royal palace in Sikri near the lodgings of Shaikh Salim Chisti, where the Empress could enjoy the repose being in the vicinity of the revered saint. Mariam was shifted to the palace established there and during her pregnancy, Akba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akbar
Abu'l-Fath Jalal-ud-din Muhammad Akbar (25 October 1542 – 27 October 1605), popularly known as Akbar the Great ( fa, ), and also as Akbar I (), was the third Mughal emperor, who reigned from 1556 to 1605. Akbar succeeded his father, Humayun, under a regent, Bairam Khan, who helped the young emperor expand and consolidate Mughal domains in India. A strong personality and a successful general, Akbar gradually enlarged the Mughal Empire to include much of the Indian subcontinent. His power and influence, however, extended over the entire subcontinent because of Mughal military, political, cultural, and economic dominance. To unify the vast Mughal state, Akbar established a centralised system of administration throughout his empire and adopted a policy of conciliating conquered rulers through marriage and diplomacy. To preserve peace and order in a religiously and culturally diverse empire, he adopted policies that won him the support of his non-Muslim subjects. Eschewing t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Babur
Babur ( fa, , lit= tiger, translit= Bābur; ; 14 February 148326 December 1530), born Mīrzā Zahīr ud-Dīn Muhammad, was the founder of the Mughal Empire in the Indian subcontinent. He was a descendant of Timur and Genghis Khan through his father and mother respectively.F. LehmannẒahīr-al-Dīn Moḥammad Bābor In Encyclopædia Iranica. Online Ed. December 1988 (updated August 2011). "Bābor, Ẓahīr-al-Dīn Moḥammad son of Umar Sheikh Mirza, (6 Moḥarram 886-6 Jomādā I 937/14 February 1483 – 26 December 1530), Timurid prince, military genius, and literary craftsman who escaped the bloody political arena of his Central Asian birthplace to found the Mughal Empire in India. His origin, milieu, training, and education were steeped in Muslim culture and so Bābor played significant role for the fostering of this culture by his descendants, the Mughals of India, and for the expansion of Islam in the Indian subcontinent, with brilliant literary, artistic, and histo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daroli Kalan
Daroli Kalan (Daroli Kalan & Daroli Khurd) is a village in Jalandhar - I in Jalandhar district of Punjab State, India. ''Kalan'' is Persian language word which means Big and ''Khurd'' is Persian word which means small when two villages have same name then it is distinguished with Kalan means Big and Khurd means Small used with Village Name. It is located from district headquarter. The village is administrated by Sarpanch an elected representative of the village. Demography , The village has a total number of 1124 houses and the population of 4767 of which 2320 are males while 2447 are females. According to the report published by Census India in 2011, out of the total population of the village 1220 people are from Schedule Caste and the village does not have any Schedule Tribe population so far. See also *List of villages in India Villages India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daroli
Daroli is a village in Belgaum district in the southern state of Karnataka, India. 2001 Census of India References Villages in Belagavi district {{Khanapur-geo-stub ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minhas
The Minhas or Manhas is a Rajput Clan. They are found in Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir. These are spread in most of the part of Gagwan and Jhatgali of district Ramban. It is found in Hindu, Muslim and Sikh communities. Notable people Notable people with this surname, who may or may not have a connection to the clan, include: * Khudadad Khan, the first Indian soldier to receive a Victoria Cross in the First World War. * Bagicha Singh Minhas, an Indian economist. * Dolly Minhas, an Indian actor and model. * Manjit Minhas, a Canadian entrepreneur and television personality. * Masud Minhas, an Indian field hockey player. * Mithun Manhas, an Indian first-class cricketer. * Mushtaq Minhas, a Pakistani politician and former television journalist. * Rashid Minhas, a Pakistan Air Force officer. * Zaffar Iqbal Manhas, an Indian writer, poet, social activist, and Pahari politician. * Muhammed Akbar Khan Muhammed Akbar Khan ( ur, محمد اکبر خان), MBE ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Una District
Una is a district in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. Una shares its border with the Hoshiarpur and Rupnagar districts of Punjab and Kangra, Hamirpur and Bilaspur district of Himachal Pradesh. The terrain is generally plain with semi hills. Una has five tehsils, namely Ghanari, Haroli, Amb, Bangana and Una itself. It was a tehsil of Hoshiarpur district until the Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966 and Kangra district until 1972, after which it became a district of Himachal Pradesh. Geography Una lies in the western part of Himachal Pradesh, with the Sivalik Hills of the Himalayas rolling on western side and Solah Singhi range on the eastern side. The Satluj river alongside Shahtalai, known for the shrine of Baba Balak Nath passes through south of district near Nangal Dam and Beas passes at the north of district near Pong Dam, Talwara. The altitude varies from more than 409 meters in plains to over 1000 meters in hills. Swan River which is basically seasonal river and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hindu
Hindus (; ) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism.Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pages 35–37 Historically, the term has also been used as a geographical, cultural, and later religious identifier for people living in the Indian subcontinent. The term ''"Hindu"'' traces back to Old Persian which derived these names from the Sanskrit name ''Sindhu'' (सिन्धु ), referring to the river Indus. The Greek cognates of the same terms are "''Indus''" (for the river) and "''India''" (for the land of the river). The term "''Hindu''" also implied a geographic, ethnic or cultural identifier for people living in the Indian subcontinent around or beyond the Sindhu (Indus) River. By the 16th century CE, the term began to refer to residents of the subcontinent who were not Turkic or Muslims. Hindoo is an archaic spelling variant, whose use today is considered derogatory. The historical development of Hindu self-identity within the local In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Punjab, India
Punjab (; ) is a States and union territories of India, state in northern India. Forming part of the larger Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, the state is bordered by the States and union territories of India, Indian states of Himachal Pradesh to the north and northeast, Haryana to the south and southeast, and Rajasthan to the southwest; by the Indian union territory, union territories of Chandigarh to the east and Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), Jammu and Kashmir to the north. It shares an international border with Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab, a Pakistani province, province of Pakistan to the west. The state covers an area of 50,362 square kilometres (19,445 square miles), which is 1.53% of India's total geographical area, making it List of states and union territories of India by area, the 19th-largest Indian state by area out of 28 Indian states (20th largest, if UTs are considered). With over 27 million inhabitants, Punjab is List of states and union territories of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sikh
Sikhs ( or ; pa, ਸਿੱਖ, ' ) are people who adhere to Sikhism, Sikhism (Sikhi), a Monotheism, monotheistic religion that originated in the late 15th century in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, based on the revelation of Guru Nanak. The term ''Sikh'' has its origin in the word ' (), meaning 'disciple' or 'student'. Male Sikhs generally have ''Singh'' ('lion'/'tiger') as their last name, though not all Singhs are necessarily Sikhs; likewise, female Sikhs have ''Kaur'' ('princess') as their last name. These unique last names were given by the Gurus to allow Sikhs to stand out and also as an act of defiance to India's caste system, which the Gurus were always against. Sikhs strongly believe in the idea of "Sarbat Da Bhala" - "Welfare of all" and are often seen on the frontline to provide humanitarian aid across the world. Sikhs who have undergone the ''Amrit Sanchar'' ('baptism by Khanda (Sikh symbol), Khanda'), an initiation ceremony, are from the day of thei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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