Bathinda is a city and

municipal corporation A municipal corporation is the legal term for a local governing body, including (but not necessarily limited to) cities, counties, towns, townships, charter townships, villages, and boroughs. The term can also be used to describe municipally owne ...

Punjab Punjab (; Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising ...

, India. The city is the administrative headquarters of

Bathinda District Bathinda district is in Malwa region of Punjab, India. The district encompasses an area of 3,385 square kilometers. By area, Bathinda district is the second-largest in Punjab, after Ludhiana District. It is bounded by Faridkot district and Moga ...

. It is located in northwestern India in the

Malwa Malwa is a historical region of west-central India occupying a plateau of volcanic origin. Geologically, the Malwa Plateau generally refers to the volcanic upland north of the Vindhya Range. Politically and administratively, it is also syno ...

Region, west of the capital city of

Chandigarh Chandigarh () is a planned city in India. Chandigarh is bordered by the state of Punjab to the west and the south, and by the state of Haryana to the east. It constitutes the bulk of the Chandigarh Capital Region or Greater Chandigarh, which al ...

and is the fifth largest city of

. Bathinda is home to the

Maharaja Ranjit Singh Punjab Technical University Maharaja Ranjit Singh Punjab Technical University (MRSPTU), formerly Maharaja Ranjit Singh State Technical University, is a State technical university of Punjab located in Bathinda, Punjab, India. It was established in 2015 and has jurisdiction ...

Central University of Punjab Central University of Punjab is a Central University located in Ghudda village of Bathinda, Punjab, India. It has been established through an Act of Parliament: "The Central Universities Act, 2009" by Govt. of India. The territorial jurisdict ...

and

AIIMS Bathinda All India Institute of Medical Sciences Bathinda (AIIMS Bathinda) is a medical college and medical research public university based in Bathinda, Punjab, India. As one of the All India Institutes of Medical Sciences, it operates autonomously ...

. The city is also home to two modern thermal power plants,

Guru Nanak Dev Thermal Plant The Guru Nanak Dev Thermal Plant at Bathinda was one of the three coal-fired thermal power stations in Punjab (the other being at Lehra Mohabat and Ropar). It was a medium-sized power station with four units that were begun to be built in earl ...

and

Guru Hargobind Thermal Plant Guru Hargobind Thermal Plant (''GHTP Lehra Mohabbat'') is located on National Highway No. 7 (earlier NH 64) which runs from Bathinda to Chandigarh. The Generators used are cylindrical rotor type, that were manufactured in India by BHEL. Source ...

at Lehra Mohabbat. Also located in the city is a

fertilizer A fertilizer (American English) or fertiliser (British English; see spelling differences) is any material of natural or synthetic origin that is applied to soil or to plant tissues to supply plant nutrients. Fertilizers may be distinct from ...

plant, two cement plants (

Ambuja Cements Ambuja Cements Limited, formerly known as Gujarat Ambuja Cement Limited, is a major Indian cement producing company. The Group markets cement and clinker for both domestic and export markets. Partnership The company had entered into a strategi ...

and UltraTech Cement Limited), a large army cantonment, an air force station, a zoo, and a historic

Qila Mubarak Qila Mubarak, is a historical monument in the heart of the city of Bathinda in Punjab, India. It is recognized as monument of national importance and maintained by Archaeological Survey of India. It has been in existence from 1100 to 1200 AD ...

fort.

History

Bhatinda was changed to Bathinda to conform to the phonetical expression as locally pronounced. According to

Henry George Raverty Henry George Raverty (31 May 1825 – 20 October 1906) was an officer and linguist in the British Indian Army. Life Raverty was born in Falmouth, Cornwall. He served from 1843 to 1864, rising to the rank of Major in the 3rd Bombay Native Infa ...

, Bathinda was known as ''Tabar-i-Hind'' (Labb-ut-Twarikh) or ''Tabarhindh'', which roughly translates as ‘Gateway to India’. The earliest mention of Tabar-i-Hind occurs in the ''Jami-Ul-Hakayat'' written about 607 Hijri or 1211 AD. In 1004,

Mahmud of Ghazni Yamīn-ud-Dawla Abul-Qāṣim Maḥmūd ibn Sebüktegīn ( fa, ; 2 November 971 – 30 April 1030), usually known as Mahmud of Ghazni or Mahmud Ghaznavi ( fa, ), was the founder of the Turkic Ghaznavid dynasty, ruling from 998 to 1030. At th ...

besieged and captured the local fort, which was located on the route from the northwest into the rich

Ganges The Ganges ( ) (in India: Ganga ( ); in Bangladesh: Padma ( )). "The Ganges Basin, known in India as the Ganga and in Bangladesh as the Padma, is an international river to which India, Bangladesh, Nepal and China are the riparian states." is ...

valley. In 1176,

Muhammad Ghori Mu'izz ad-Din Muhammad ibn Sam ( fa, معز الدین محمد بن سام), also Mu'izz ad-Din Muhammad Ghori, also Ghūri ( fa, معز الدین محمد غوری) (1144 – March 15, 1206), commonly known as Muhammad of Ghor, also Gh ...

attacked and occupied the fort of Bathinda.

Prithvi Raj Chauhan Prithviraja III (IAST: Pṛthvī-rāja; reign. – 1192 CE), popularly known as Prithviraj Chauhan or Rai Pithora, was a king from the Chauhan (Chahamana) dynasty who ruled the territory of Sapadalaksha, with his capital at Ajmer in present- ...

, the ruler of this region, managed to recover possession of the fort thirteen months later in 1191 after the

First Battle of Tarain The First Battle of Tarain, also spelt as the First Battle of Taroari, was fought in 1191 between the invading Ghurid army led by Muhammad of Ghor and the Rajput confederacy led by Prithviraj Chauhan, near Tarain (modern Taraori in Haryana, In ...

. However, Prithviraj Chauhan was killed in the

Second Battle of Tarain The Second Battle of Tarain was fought in 1192 between the Ghurid forces of Muhammad Ghuri and the Rajput Confederacy of Prithviraj Chauhan. It took place near Tarain (modern Taraori), which is , north of Delhi. The battle ended in a decisi ...

and the fort of Bathinda once again came under the control of

. In 1488, Bathinda was conquered by

Rao Bika Rao Bika Rathore (5 August 1438 – 17 June 1504), was the founder of the Kingdom of Bikaner in present-day Rajasthan. He was a scion of the Rathore clan of Rajputs. He was a son of Rao Jodha, founder of the kingdom of Marwar. Establishment ...

, son of

Rao Jodha Rao Jodha Rathore(28 March 1416 – 6 April 1489) was a ruler of Mandore in the present-day state of Rajasthan. He was the son of Rao Ranmal (Rao Ridmal) of the Rathore clan. He is known for his illustrious military career and for founding the ...

(founder of

Jodhpur Jodhpur (; ) is the second-largest city in the Indian state of Rajasthan and officially the second metropolitan city of the state. It was formerly the seat of the princely state of Jodhpur State. Jodhpur was historically the capital of the Ki ...

) and became part of

Bikaner Bikaner () is a city in the northwest of the state of Rajasthan, India. It is located northwest of the state capital, Jaipur. Bikaner city is the administrative headquarters of Bikaner District and Bikaner division. Formerly the capital of ...

princely state. Bathinda was an important fort in the area from

Delhi Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, primarily its western or right bank, Delhi shares borders w ...

Lahore Lahore ( ; pnb, ; ur, ) is the second most populous city in Pakistan after Karachi and 26th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 13 million. It is the capital of the province of Punjab where it is the largest city. ...

during the time of the

Delhi Sultanate The Delhi Sultanate was an Islamic empire based in Delhi that stretched over large parts of the Indian subcontinent for 320 years (1206–1526).

. In 1634, a battle named

Battle of Lahira The Battle of Lahira was fought between Mughal Empire and Sikhs in 1634. Battle Guru Hargobind's popularity became a cause of the tension between Sikhs and Mughals. The concerned Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan, sent his two generals, Husein Mirz ...

(at Lahira in Bathinda) was fought between

Guru Hargobind Gurū Hargobind (Gurmukhi: ਗੁਰੂ ਹਰਿਗੋਬਿੰਦ, pronunciation: l 19 June 1595 – 28 February 1644), revered as the ''sixth Nānak'', was the sixth of ten Gurus of the Sikh religion. He had become Guru at the young age of e ...

and

Mughals The Mughal Empire was an early-modern empire that controlled much of South Asia between the 16th and 19th centuries. Quote: "Although the first two Timurid emperors and many of their noblemen were recent migrants to the subcontinent, the d ...

. The town had become an important trade and commercial centre under Mughal rule and the

Mughal Emperors The Mughal emperors ( fa, , Pādishāhān) were the supreme heads of state of the Mughal Empire on the Indian subcontinent, mainly corresponding to the modern countries of India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh. The Mughal rulers styled t ...

such as

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, Hum ...

and

Aurangzeb Muhi al-Din Muhammad (; – 3 March 1707), commonly known as ( fa, , lit=Ornament of the Throne) and by his regnal title Alamgir ( fa, , translit=ʿĀlamgīr, lit=Conqueror of the World), was the sixth emperor of the Mughal Empire, ruling ...

undertook many projects to enhance the fort of Bathinda. In circa 1754, the town was conquered by Maharaja Ala Singh, the

Maharaja of Patiala The Maharaja of Patiala was a maharaja in India and the ruler of the princely state of Patiala, a state in British India. The first Maharaja of Patiala was Baba Ala Singh (1695–1765). Yadavindra Singh became the maharaja on 23 March 1938. H ...

and since then it followed the history of erstwhile princely state of

Patiala Patiala () is a city in southeastern Punjab, India, Punjab, northwestern India. It is the fourth largest city in the state and is the administrative capital of Patiala district. Patiala is located around the ''Qila Mubarak, Patiala, Qila Mubarak ...

. With the dawn of independence and merger of Patiala and East Punjab States into a division called PEPSU, Bathinda become a full-fledged district with headquarters at Bathinda city.

Demographics

Population

As per provisional reports of Census India, population of Bathinda city in 2011 is 285,813; male and female are 151,782 and 134,031 respectively. The sex ratio of Bathinda city is 868 females per 1000 males. The number of literate people in Bathinda city are 211,318 of which 118,888 are males while 92,430 are females, average literacy rate is 82.84 percent of which male and female literacy is 87.86 and 77.16 percent respectively. Total children (ages 0 to 6) in Bathinda city are 30,713: 16,472 boys and 14,241 girls. Child sex ratio of girls is 865 per 1000 boys.

Religion

Hinduism Hinduism () is an Indian religion or '' dharma'', a religious and universal order or way of life by which followers abide. As a religion, it is the world's third-largest, with over 1.2–1.35 billion followers, or 15–16% of the global p ...

is the majority religion in Bathinda city with 62.61% people following the faith.

Sikhism Sikhism (), also known as Sikhi ( pa, ਸਿੱਖੀ ', , from pa, ਸਿੱਖ, lit=disciple', 'seeker', or 'learner, translit=Sikh, label=none),''Sikhism'' (commonly known as ''Sikhī'') originated from the word ''Sikh'', which comes fro ...

is the second most popular religion in the city which is followed by 35.04% of the people. Minorities are Muslims, Christians, Buddhists and Jains.

Sikhs Sikhs ( or ; pa, ਸਿੱਖ, ' ) are people who adhere to Sikhism (Sikhi), a 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 ...

count for 70.89% of the population in

on a whole in spite of not being a majority in the city.

Geography and climate

Bathinda is in the northwestern region of India and is a part of the Indo-Gangetic alluvial plains. The exact cartographic co-ordinates of Bathinda are . It has an average elevation of 201 metres (660 ft). Bathinda's climate corresponds to semi-arid with high variation between summer and winter temperatures. Average annual rainfall is relatively low, in a range of 20 mm to 40 mm. In recent times, Summer temperatures of 49 °C (120 °F) and winter temperatures of 1 °C (about 33 °F) were not unknown in Bathinda, lowest being -1.4 °C (29.48 °F) in the winter of 2013

Government and politics

Bhatinda city is governed by Municipal Corporation Bhatinda. The administrative wing is headed by Municipal Commissioner Bikramjit Singh Shergill, while the elected wing is headed by Mayor.

Transportation

Bhatinda Railway Station has connectivity to most of the major cities in India. Four national highways:

NH 7 National Highway 7 (NH 7) is a highway connecting Fazilka (Punjab) to Mana (Uttarakhand) in India. It passes through the Indian states of Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand. The NH-7 (old NH-58) connects Hindu pilgrim centres ...

(

Fazilka Fazilka, also known as Bangla, is a city and a municipal council in Fazilka district of Punjab, India. In 2011, it was made the headquarter of the newly created Fazilka district. The Trans-Afghanistan Pipeline (TAPI) project originating in Tu ...

Badrinath Badrinath is a town and nagar panchayat in Chamoli district in the state of Uttarakhand, India. A Hindu holy place, it is one of the four sites in India's Char Dham Hindu pilgrimage, pilgrimage and is also part of India's Chota Char Dham pilgr ...

National Highway),

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(Kenchiyan,

Hanumangarh Hanumangarh is a city in the Indian state of Rajasthan, situated on the banks of the river Ghaggar also identified as Ancient Sarasvati river, located about 400 km from Delhi. It is the administrative seat of Hanumangarh District. The ci ...

Pathankot Pathankot is a city and the district headquarters of the Pathankot district in Punjab, India. Pathankot is the 6th most populous city of Punjab, after Ludhiana, Amritsar, Jalandhar, Patiala and Bathinda. Its local government is a municipal cor ...

National Highway), NH 148B (Bathinda to

Kotputli Kotputli is a city and municipal corporation in Jaipur district of Rajasthan, India, located between Jaipur city and New Delhi. Kotputli was formed from the main town of Kot and the nearby village of Putli. The nearby areas like Patan, Narehda ...

) and NH 754 (Bathinda to

Jalalabad, Fazilka Jalalabad is a city and a municipal council, just outside of Fazilka city in Fazilka district in the Indian state of Punjab. It is just 11 km from International India-Pakistan Border. History Mamdot Nawabi was created by Qutubuddin Khan in ...

) pass through/near the city.

Education

College education

Colleges within Bathinda include:

Central university of Punjab Central University of Punjab is a Central University located in Ghudda village of Bathinda, Punjab, India. It has been established through an Act of Parliament: "The Central Universities Act, 2009" by Govt. of India. The territorial jurisdict ...

Adesh University Adesh University (AU) is private university in Bathinda, Punjab, India. The university was established in 2012 under Adesh University Act, 2012 (Punjab Act 6 of 2012). The campus is spread out on 100-acre land. Associated colleges * Adesh Ins ...

* Adesh Institute of Medical Sciences and Research * Akal University,

Talwandi Sabo Talwandi Sabo is a town and Municipal Council in Bathinda district, Punjab, India. It is famous for being one of the five Takhts of Sikhism (Sikh Religious Places), Takht Sri Damdama Sahib. It is also famous for its Baisakhi, which is celebrate ...

* DAV College, Bathinda *

Government Rajindra College, Bathinda Government Rajindra College in Bathinda, Punjab, India, is affiliated to the Punjabi University. This is a renowned institution of the Malwa region of State of Punjab. Government Rajindra College is accredited with B+ Grade by NAAC in Februar ...

* Guru Kashi University *

Bathinda College of Law Bathinda College of Law or commonly known as BCL is a private law school situated beside Badal Road in Bathinda, Bathinda district in the Indian state of Punjab. It offers undergraduate 3 years law course and 5 year Integrated B.A. LL.B. which is ...

* Institute of Hotel Management, Catering Technology and Applied Nutrition, Bathinda

DAV College, Bathinda

Established in 1969, the college is a pioneer of education in the region.

Central University of Punjab

The

Bathinda (Punjab) has been established through the Central Universities Act 2009 which received the assent of the President of India on 20 March 2009. Its territorial jurisdiction extends to the whole State of Punjab. It started its functioning from Camp Office in April 2009, which happens to be the residence of the Vice Chancellor, and from November 2009 it shifted to its City Campus spread over an area of 35 acres. Construction of the main campus has started on 540 acres of land in Ghudda Village (21.5 km from Bathinda ISBT) on Badal Road.

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, a Navratna Public Sector Undertaking, is providing PMC services for the project.

Maharaja Ranjit Singh Punjab Technical University

Maharaja Ranjit Singh Punjab Technical University (MRSPTU), formerly Maharaja Ranjit Singh State Technical University, is a State technical university of Punjab located in Bathinda,

, India. It was established in 2015 and has jurisdiction over 11 districts namely

Bathinda Bathinda is a city and municipal corporation in Punjab, India. The city is the administrative headquarters of Bathinda District. It is located in northwestern India in the Malwa Region, west of the capital city of Chandigarh and is the fifth l ...

Ferozepur Firozpur, also known as Ferozepur, is a city on the banks of the Sutlej River in Firozpur District, Punjab, India. After the partition of India in 1947, it became a border town on the India–Pakistan border with memorials to soldiers who d ...

, Moga, Faridkot,

Sri Muktsar Sahib Sri Muktsar Sahib (/ʃriː ˈmʊktsər saːhɪb/) (often referred to as Muktsar (/ˈmʊktsər/)) is a historical city and district headquarters in Punjab, India. The 2011 Census of India put the total population of Sri Muktsar Sahib municipality ...

Barnala Barnala is a city in the state of Punjab of India. Barnala city serves as the headquarters of the Barnala district which was formed in 2006. Prior to formation of Barnala district, this city was located in Sangrur district. It is situated ne ...

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Sangrur Sangrur is a city in Sangrur district of the Indian state of Punjab, India. It is the headquarters of Sangrur District. Geography Sangrur is located at . It has an average elevation of 237 metres (778 feet). Climate Health s ...

Fatehgarh Sahib Fatehgarh Sahib is a city and a sacred pilgrimage site of Sikhism in the north west Indian state of Punjab. It is the headquarters of Fatehgarh Sahib district, located about north of Sirhind. Fatehgarh Sahib is named after Fateh Singh, the 7-y ...

and

. University will function from upgraded

Giani Zail Singh Punjab Technical University Campus Maharaja Ranjit Singh Punjab Technical University (MRSPTU), formerly Maharaja Ranjit Singh State Technical University, is a State technical university of Punjab located in Bathinda, Punjab, India. It was established in 2015 and has jurisdiction ...

Adesh Institute of Medical Science and Research

Adesh Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Adesh Institute of Medical Science and Research (AIMSR) is a private medical college associated with a 750-bed tertiary care teaching hospital. It has 150 M.B.B.S. annual seat intake. The college is located on the Barnala Bathinda Highway in ...

(AIMSR) is a private not for profit Medical College associated with a 750-bed Tertiary Care Teaching hospital. It has 150 M.B.B.S. annual seat intake. The college is located on the Barnala Bathinda Highway. The college was established in 2006 under Adesh Institutions. AIMSR is approved by

Medical Council of India The Medical Council of India (MCI) was a statutory body for establishing uniform and high standards of medical education in India until its dissolution on 25 September 2020 when it was replaced by National Medical Commission. The Council grante ...

and permitted by Ministry of Health & Family Welfare. It was affiliated to

Baba Farid University of Health Sciences Baba Farid University of Health Sciences was established in July 1998 by Punjab Act No. 18. Punjabi and headquartered in Faridkot. Faculties University has about 920 MBBS and 1,070 BDS seats across Punjab. Notable affiliated colleges incl ...

, Faridkot from 2006 to 2011 MBBS Admissions Batch and is affiliated to

, Bathinda starting 2012.

Notable people

Baba Ratan Hindi Baba Ratan Hindi ( ar, بابا رتن الهندي; pa, ) was a legendary person, alleged to be one of the non-Arab companions of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Born in Punjab, he was a trader who used to take goods from India to Arabia. There ...

, who claimed to be the first Indian Muslim *

Harbhajan Mann Harbhajan Singh Mann (born 30 December 1965) is an Indian-Canadian singer, actor and film producer associated with Punjabi music and cinema. His movies include ''Jee Aayan Nu (2002)'', ''Asa Nu Mann Watnan Da (2004)'', ''Heer Ranjha (2009)'' and ...

, actor and singer * Rajinder Gupta, businessman, founder of TridentGroup *

Mehar Mittal Mehar Mittal (24 October 1934 – 22 October 2016)The ...

, actor and producer *

Mayank Markande Mayank Markande (born 11 November 1997) is an Indian cricketer. Markande comes from from Patiala. He studied in Yadavindra Public School and was part of the school's cricket team. He made his international debut for the India cricket team in Feb ...

, cricketer * Gurpreet Singh, artist *

Manny Aulakh Manny Aulakh (born 17 November 1991) is a Canadian international cricketer who plays for the Canada national cricket team. Aulakh is a right-hand batsman and bowls right arm fast-medium. Career Aulakh made his first-class cricket debut agains ...

, Canadian international cricketer *

Avneet Sidhu Avneet Kaur Sidhu (Bathinda, 30 October 1981) is an Indian sport shooter. She won the gold medal in the Women's 10m Air Rifle (Pairs) with Tejaswini Sawant at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. She contested in the 10 m air rifle and 50 m rifle thr ...

, Commonwealth games gold-winning shooter *

Parduman Singh Brar Parduman Singh Brar (15 October 1927 – 22 March 2007) was an Indian athlete who specialized in shot put and discus throw events. He was one of the few Indians to have won multiple medals at the Asian Games. Career Brar was India's national ...

, Shotputter, Asiad gold medallist *

Balkar Sidhu Balkar Singh Sidhu (born 10 October 1971) is an Indian politician and Punjabi singer. He is the Member of legislative assembly from the Rampura Phul Assembly constituency and a member of the Aam Aadmi Party. Early life and career Balkar Sid ...

, singer *

Amrit Maan Amrit Maan is an Indian singer, songwriter and actor associated with Punjabi film and music. He rose to fame after the release of his debut, ''Desi Da Drum'' in 2015. He is also known for his debut film Channa Mereya. Early life Maan was born i ...

, actor, singer and lyricist *

Balwant Gargi Balwant Gargi (4 December 1916 – 22 April 2003) was an Indian Punjabi language dramatist, theatre director, novelist, and short story writer, and academic. Early life On 4 December 1916, in Canal House in Sehna, Barnala (Punjab), Balwant Garg ...

, writer and dramatist *

Riaz ur Rehman Saghar Riaz-Ur-Rehman Saghar ( Punjabi, ur, ریاض الرحمان ساغر, (born 1 December 1941, Bathinda, Punjab, British India; died 1 June 2013, at Lahore, Pakistan) was a poet and a film song lyricist active in Pakistani cinema. He had been ...

, Pakistani poet and lyricist *

Gurdial Singh Gurdial Singh Rahi (''Gurdi'āl Sigh''; 10 January 1933 – 16 August 2016) was an Indian writer and novelist who wrote in Punjabi. He started his literary career in 1957 with a short story, "Bhaganwale." He became known as a novelist when he p ...

, novelist *

Kuldeep Manak Kuldeep Manak, also spelled as Kuldip Manak (born Latif Mohammed Khan; 15 November 1951 – 30 November 2011), was an Indian singer best known for singing a rare genre of Punjabi music, ''kali'', also known by its plural form ''kalian'' or kali ...

, singer *

Janmeja Singh Sekhon Janmeja Singh Sekhon is an Indian politician and belongs to the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal. He is Minister for PWD in the present Punjab Government.

, politician *

Sunny and Inder Bawra Sunny Bawra and Inder Bawra are an Indian music composer duo active in films and television. Personal information Inderjeet Singh Bawra and Paramjeet Singh "Sunny" Bawra are the sons of Major Singh Bawra. They were born and raised in Bhatinda, ...

, composer duo * Kul Sidhu, theatre artist and actress *

Mehreen Pirzada Mehreen Pirzada (born 5 November 1995) is an Indian actress and model who predominantly appears in Telugu, Hindi, Tamil and Punjabi films. Pirzada made her acting debut in 2016 with the Telugu film ''Krishna Gaadi Veera Prema Gaadha''. She mad ...

, actress

Environmental Issues

There has been increasing incidence of various types of cancer in and around Bathinda. It is attributed to the presence of polluting industries and the indiscriminate use of modern pesticides and other toxic materials in farming. A 2007 epidemiological study found that the surface waters of Bathinda are contaminated with

arsenic Arsenic is a chemical element with the symbol As and atomic number 33. Arsenic occurs in many minerals, usually in combination with sulfur and metals, but also as a pure elemental crystal. Arsenic is a metalloid. It has various allotropes, but ...

cadmium Cadmium is a chemical element with the symbol Cd and atomic number 48. This soft, silvery-white metal is chemically similar to the two other stable metals in group 12, zinc and mercury. Like zinc, it demonstrates oxidation state +2 in most of ...

chromium Chromium is a chemical element with the symbol Cr and atomic number 24. It is the first element in group 6. It is a steely-grey, lustrous, hard, and brittle transition metal. Chromium metal is valued for its high corrosion resistance and hardne ...

selenium Selenium is a chemical element with the symbol Se and atomic number 34. It is a nonmetal (more rarely considered a metalloid) with properties that are intermediate between the elements above and below in the periodic table, sulfur and tellurium, ...

and

mercury Mercury commonly refers to: * Mercury (planet), the nearest planet to the Sun * Mercury (element), a metallic chemical element with the symbol Hg * Mercury (mythology), a Roman god Mercury or The Mercury may also refer to: Companies * Merc ...

primarily due to the discharge of untreated waste water from surrounding industries. Unscientific farming practices, that emerged after the introduction of

Green Revolution The Green Revolution, also known as the Third Agricultural Revolution, was a period of technology transfer initiatives that saw greatly increased crop yields and agricultural production. These changes in agriculture began in developed countrie ...

, are also alleged to be a reason for growing incidence of not just cancer but also, high rates of spontaneous abortions, reproductive ailments, genetic deformities,

anaemia Anemia or anaemia (British English) is a blood disorder in which the blood has a reduced ability to carry oxygen due to a lower than normal number of red blood cells, or a reduction in the amount of hemoglobin. When anemia comes on slowly, th ...

diarrhoea Diarrhea, also spelled diarrhoea, is the condition of having at least three loose, liquid, or watery bowel movements each day. It often lasts for a few days and can result in dehydration due to fluid loss. Signs of dehydration often begin wi ...

, vomiting, fluorosis and a host of skin ailments including rashes and boils. Many young couples are also reported to be migrating out to save their children from adverse effects. Hence the government has completely banned the use of ground water in the city for drinking purposes. In the cleanliness survey, conducted by the Union Ministry of Urban Development, Bathinda scored an all-India rank of 79 and number 1 rank in Punjab.

Suburbs of Bathinda

Bhucho Mandi Bhucho Mandi is a suburb of Bathinda and a municipal council in Bathinda district in the state of Punjab, India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, th ...

15 km *

Goniana Goniana is a Suburban town in Bathinda District in the Indian state of Punjab. It is located about 12 km from Bathinda City on National Highway 54 (NH 54) It is also known as ‘’’Goniana Mandi’’’. Demographics Goniana Mandi is ...

14 km *

Maur Mandi Maur is a suburb town of Bathinda City and a municipal council in Bathinda district in the Indian state of Punjab.It has a class II Municipal committee, located on the Bathinda- Delhi railway line, and the Bathinda- Mohali (Ajitgarh) state highw ...

37 km *

Rampura Phul Rampura Phul is a city in the Bathinda district in the Indian States and territories of India, state of Punjab (India), Punjab. Phul Town serves as a Tehsil for villages in nearby area. History Rampura Phul was established in 1680 by Rama Cho ...

30 km *

29 km * Raman 42 km *

Sangat, India Sangat is a Suburb town of Bathinda City and a municipal council in Bathinda district in the Indian state of Punjab. Sangat Mandi is situated away from Bathinda District headquarter in south. Sangat is Small commercial hub of area. Demographics ...

21 km * Bhagta Bhai, Kotha Guru ka 35 km

References

External links

Official website of Bathinda district
{{Punjab (Indian state), state=collapsed Articles containing potentially dated statements from 2001 All articles containing potentially dated statements