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Sikanderpur, Punjab
Sikanderpur is a village in the district of Jalandhar, Punjab, India. Sikanderpur is midway between Alawalpur and Dhogri, near Pathankot road. It was founded nearly 200 years ago by People with Cheema surname who relocated from Mulanpur to here. The village has population of 1500 with many of the people having emigrated to the UK, Canada and USA. Sikanderpur can be reached by road from Delhi or the best way is to come via Amritsar Airport. There are regular flights to Amritsar on Jet Airways, Air India. Moreover due to its close proximity to Adampur, which has domestic airport it is easy to reach here. Sikanderpur is hardly 15 km from Jalandhar and 6 km from Adampur. Population of Sikanderpur is Punjabi Speaking practising Sikh religion. Sikander pur is self sufficient due to the income generation from the Community Palace, which fuels development programs. Moreover, village houses Cooperative Society which has bank and provides seed and equipment support to the farmers. Vill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
States And Territories Of India
India is a federal union comprising 28 states and 8 union territories, with a total of 36 entities. The states and union territories are further subdivided into districts and smaller administrative divisions. History Pre-independence The Indian subcontinent has been ruled by many different ethnic groups throughout its history, each instituting their own policies of administrative division in the region. The British Raj mostly retained the administrative structure of the preceding Mughal Empire. India was divided into provinces (also called Presidencies), directly governed by the British, and princely states, which were nominally controlled by a local prince or raja loyal to the British Empire, which held ''de facto'' sovereignty ( suzerainty) over the princely states. 1947–1950 Between 1947 and 1950 the territories of the princely states were politically integrated into the Indian union. Most were merged into existing provinces; others were organised into ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
