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Doaba
Doaba, also known as Bist Doab or the Jalandhar Doab, is the region of Punjab, India that lies between the Beas River and the Sutlej River. People of this region are given the demonym "Doabia". The dialect of Punjabi spoken in Doaba is called "Doabi". The term "Doaba" or "Doab" is derived from Persian (do āb, literally "two odies ofwater"), and signifies a region lying between and reaching to the confluence of two rivers. The river Sutlej separates Doaba from the Malwa region of India to its south and the river Beas separates Doaba from the Majha region, split between Pakistan and India, to its north. Scheduled castes form more than 40% of the population in Doaba. This area is also called the NRI Hub of Punjab as a consequence of the migration of a significant percentage of Doabias. Districts of Doaba Doaba comprises the following districts: *Hoshiarpur *Kapurthala *Jalandhar * Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar Sub-divisions Manjki Manjki includes a large part of Nak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malwa (Punjab)
Malwa () is a geographical region in the south of Punjab state in India. It is located between south of the Sutlej river, north of the Ghaggar river, east of Pakistan, and west of the Sivalik Hills. Etymology The name of the region is derived from the '' Malavas'', an ancient Indic tribe which inhabited the area in antiquity. History Early history The city of Ferozepur, located in the Malwa region, was founded sometime in the latter half of the 14th century by Firuz Shah Tughlaq the third of the Delhi Sultanate. Later-on during the Mughal Empire, Ferozepur acted as the capital of the Multan subah (province) according to the ''Ain-i-Akbari''. With the shifting course of the Sutlej River, the region fell into decline, as the river which formerly provided a means of sustenance and fertility to the land became destructive and transformed the landscape of Malwa into mounds and deserts. Malwa had essentially taken on the appearance of a desert by the early 16th century ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jallandhar
Jalandhar () is a city in the state of Punjab in India. With a considerable population, it ranks as the third most-populous city in the state and is the largest city in the Doaba region. Jalandhar lies alongside the historical Grand Trunk Road and is a well-connected junction for both rail and road networks. The National Highway 1 (NH1), crosses Jalandhar, further enhancing its connectivity. The city is located northwest of the state capital Chandigarh, southeast of the city of Amritsar, and north of Ludhiana. The national capital, Delhi, is approximately . History The history of Jalandhar District comprises three periods — ancient, medieval and modern. Ancient The city may be named after Jalandhara, a Nath Guru who was from here. The city was founded by Devasya Verma as mentioned in the Vedas. Other possibilities include that it was the capital of the kingdom of Lava, son of Rama or that the name derives from the vernacular term ''Jalandhar'', meaning area inside ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar District
Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district is one of twenty-three districts of state of Punjab, India. It is located in Doaba region. It consists of three subdivisions, Nawanshahr, Banga, and Balachaur. There are three legislative seats in the district, Nawanshahr, Balachaur and Banga. They fall under the Anandpur Sahib Lok Sabha Constituency. Nawanshahr, the district headquarters is about from Chandigarh, the state's capital. As of 2011, it is the third least populous district of Punjab (out of 22), after Barnala and Fatehgarh Sahib. History Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district was formed from the Hoshiarpur and Jalandhar districts of Punjab on 7 November 1995, as the sixteenth district of Punjab State named from the headquarters town of Nawanshahr. Nawanshahr was founded by the migrants from Rahon near the Sutlej River as Rahon was in danger of being flooded. They named it Nawanshahar (meaning "New City"). Dewan Banna Mal Misr (Gautam) was born in Gautam Brahmin (Shori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Punjab, India
Punjab () is a States and union territories of India, state in northwestern India. Forming part of the larger Punjab, 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 Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), Jammu and Kashmir to the north and Chandigarh to the east. To the west, it shares an international border with the identically named Pakistani province of Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab, and as such is sometimes referred to as East Punjab or Indian Punjab for disambiguation purposes. 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 larges ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hoshiarpur City
Hoshiarpur () is a city and a municipal corporation in Hoshiarpur district in the Doaba region of the Indian state of Punjab. It was founded, according to tradition, during the early part of the fourteenth century. In 1809, it was occupied by the forces of Maharaja Karanvir Singh and was united into the greater state of Punjab in 1849. Hoshiarpur has an average elevation of . Hoshiarpur district is located in the north-east part of the Indian state of Punjab. It falls in the Jalandhar Revenue Division and is situated in the Bist Doab portion of the Doaba region. Hoshiarpur shares a boundary with Kangra district, and Una district of Himachal Pradesh in the northeast. In the southwest, it borders Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district, Jalandhar district, and Kapurthala district, and in the northwest it borders Gurdaspur district. Demographics As per provisional data of 2011 census, Hoshiarpur City had a population of 168,843 out of which 88,290 were males and 80,153 were femal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jalandhar District
Jalandhar district is a district in Doaba region of the state of Punjab, India. The district headquarters is the city of Jalandhar. Before the Partition of India, Jalandhar was also the headquarters of the Jalandhar Division, with constituent districts Jalandhar, Hoshiarpur, Ludhiana, Ferozepur and Kangra. The entire Jalandhar Division was awarded to India when Punjab was partitioned. History Classical Parmar Rajputs established ancient city of Jalandhar in the 7th century, which is presently known as Jalandhar district. The City consistently had to deter invasion, which were endeavours of invaders. Jalandhar was the site of the Katoch Rajput kingdom of Jalandhara, also known as Trigartta. The date of its founding is unclear, but its presence is observed by the Chinese pilgrim Xuanzang in the seventh century, and Kalhana records the defeat of Prithvi Chandra Raja of Trigartta by Sankara Varmma of Kashmir towards the end of the ninth century.Government of Punjab, Pun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hoshiarpur District
Hoshiarpur district is a district of Punjab, India, Punjab state in northern India. Hoshiarpur, one of the oldest districts of Punjab, is located in the North-east part of the Punjab state and shares common boundaries with Gurdaspur district in the north-west, Jalandhar district and Kapurthala district in south-west, Kangra district and Una district of Himachal Pradesh in the north-east. Hoshiarpur district comprises 4 sub-divisions, 10 community development blocks, 9 urban local bodies and 1417 villages. The district has an area of 3365 km2. and a population of 1,586,625 persons as per census 2011. Hoshiarpur, along with the districts of Nawanshehar, Kapurthala and parts of Jalandhar, represents one of the cultural regions of Punjab called Doaba or the Bist Doab - the tract of land between two rivers, namely Beas and Sutlej. The area, along with the Shivalik foothills on the right side of Chandigarh-Pathankot road in Hoshiarpur, is sub mountainous. This part of the district ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phagwara
Phagwara (; ISO 15919, ISO: ''Phagawāṛā'') is a city and a municipal corporation in the Kapurthala district of Punjab, India, Punjab. It is located from the district headquarters of Kapurthala, from the national capital New Delhi, from State Capital Chandigarh, from Amritsar, from Ludhiana, and from Jalandhar. Phagwara is known for its production of sugar, glucose, starch, fine fabric textiles, and auto parts, and for the Shri Hanuman Garhi Temple dedicated to the Hinduism, Hindu deity, Hanuman. History Phagwara was initially a market town in the region of Punjab, founded by Chaudhary Phaggu Mal Basra, a Hindu Jats, Jatt landlord of the area. In 1635, the Sikh gurus, Sikh Guru, Guru Hargobind, Guru Hargobind Sahib visited the city. Bhai Phaggu was a Gurmukh, Masand, and a Guru Amar Das, Sri Guru Amardas Ji devotee. Guru Amardas sent Bhai Phaggu to Sasaram, Bihar to preach Sikhism.; He spent the rest of his life in Bihar. Guru Tegh Bahadur, Guru Teg Bahadur once visit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Majha
Majha ( ''Mājhā''; ; from "mañjhlā" )Punjabi language, Punjabi: ਮਾਝਾ , is a region located in the central parts of the historical Punjab region, presently split between the republics of Pakistan and India. It extends north from the right banksThe left/right bank of a river is determined by looking in the direction of flow of the river (facing downstream). of the river Beas river, Beas, and reaches as far north as left bank of the river Ravi River, Ravi, constituting upper half of the Bari Doab. The Majha region was partition of Punjab, partitioned between India and Pakistan in 1947. It includes four districts of Indian Punjab, India, state of Punjab — Amritsar district, Amritsar, Tarn Taran district, Tarn Taran, Gurdaspur district, Gurdaspur, and Pathankot district, Pathankot. In the Pakistani Punjab, Pakistan, province of Punjab, the Majha region proper includes Lahore District, Lahore and Kasur District, Kasur districts. However, it is not uncommon to include th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phillaur
Phillaur is a town and a municipal council as well as a tehsil in Jalandhar district in the Indian state of Punjab. The city is situated 20 km from Ludhiana, 45 km from Jalandhar and 140 km from Amritsar. It is situated on the border of the Doaba and Puadh regions.This city was Founded by a Hindu Jat Maharaja Chaudhary Phul Rai Sanghera, during the 12-13th century to 1947 as Kingdom of Phulnagar, butthat later came to be known as Phillaur., during the 12-13th century to 1947 as Kingdom of Phulnagar, that later came to be known as Phillaur. Overview Phillaur is the railway junction on the border line of Ludhiana Main and Ludhiana Cantonment (older spelling: Ludhiana). It was a junction for Lohian Khas and Ferozepur. During the pre- partition days, it was the main timber market of the Punjab Region. It is situated on the banks of River Satluj, the southernmost of the five rivers of the Punjab region. The timber that was cut in the higher regions of the Shivalik range was t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Talwan, India
Talwan is a village in Punjab near the city of Nurmahal. Nurmahal is a sub-tehsil in the district Jalandhar in the Indian state of Punjab. Talwan town is situated on the bank shore of Sutlej river that is the longest of the five rivers that flow through the historic crossroads region of Punjab in northern India and Pakistan. Talwan lies on the Jalandhar-Nurmahal-Talwan Major District Road 82 (MDR 82) of Punjab. The development block for Talwan is Nurmahal. The nearest railway station to Talwan is Nurmahal railway station at a distance of 8 km. Talwan falls into Dhagara(village) Notable people from Talwan Swami Shraddhanand Munshi Ram, better known as Swami Shraddhanand (22 February 1856 – 23 December 1926) was an Indian independence activist and Arya Samaj sannyasi who propagated the teachings of Dayananda Saraswati. This included the establishment of educatio ... (Munshiram) who was a freedom fighter, social reformer and founder of Gurukul Kangri, was born in Talwan. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faisalabad
Faisalabad, formerly known as Lyallpur, is the List of cities in Punjab, Pakistan by population, second-largest city and primary List of cities in Punjab, Pakistan by population, industrial center of the Pakistani province of Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab. Located in the Rachna Doab of Central Punjab, central Punjab, it is the List of cities in Pakistan by population, third-most populous city in Pakistan. Established in 1892 as a List of cities in Punjab, Pakistan by population, planned city, the #Demographics, population of the city increased six times in the decade following the Partition of India, partition of British India as hundreds of thousands of East Punjabi Punjabi Muslims, Muslim immigrants settled the city. Historically one of the largest villages of Punjab, Lyallpur was one of the first planned cities within British India. It was restructured into City Districts of Pakistan, city district status; a devolution promulgated by the 2001 Local government in Pakistan, local ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
