Maujia (sometimes spelled wrong as Maujiya or Moujiya) is a village in the

tehsil A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluka, or taluk) is a local unit of administrative division in some countries of South Asia. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administr ...

and district of

Mansa Mansa may refer to: Places In India * Mansa, Gujarat, a town in northern Gujarat, Western India; the capital of: ** Mansa, Gujarat Assembly constituency ** Mansa State, a princely state under the Mahi Kantha Agency in India * Mansa district, P ...

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 ...

. It is a notable village of the area as a huge operation between the Indian Army and Babbar Khalsa members took place here in September, 1991.

Geography

Maujia is approximately centered at .

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The city of

, lies 8 km to its north. Surrounding villages include Dulowal,

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Chhapian Wali Chhapian Wali (also spelled as Chhapianwali or Chhapiyanwali) is a village in Mansa district of Punjab, India. It was on the list for more than 90 per cent of voting in the February 2012 elections. Geography The village approximately centere ...

Talwandi Aklia ''Talwandi Aklia'' (also known as Chhoti Talwandi) is a small village in Mansa district of Punjab, India Punjab (; ) is a state in northern India. Forming part of the larger Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, the state is bordered ...

(Chhoti Talwandi), Gharangna and Uddat Bhagat Ram.

Demographics

In 2001, according to the census, the village had the total population of 1,251 with 219 households, 669 males and 582 females. Thus males constitute 53% and females 47% of the population with a

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of 870 females per thousand males.

The 1991 operation

In the month of September 1991, the police got informed that there were some Babbars stayed in the village of Maujia. On the information, the police surrounded the village on the evening of 7 September and then intense firing started on both sides in which Bhai Paramjeet Sikh Phulewal, Bhai Khem Singh Fauji (Badal Kalan) and Bhai Gurmel Singh of

Raipur Raipur ( ) is the capital city of the Indian state of Chhattisgarh. Raipur is also the administrative headquarters of Raipur district and Raipur division, and the largest city of the state. It was a part of Madhya Pradesh before the state of Chh ...

were killed.

References

{{mansa district Villages in Mansa district, India