Ajnala is a

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, near Amritsar city and a

nagar panchayat A nagar panchayat () or town panchayat or Notified Area Council (NAC) in India is a settlement in transition from rural to urban and therefore a form of an urban political unit comparable to a municipality. An urban centre with more than 12,00 ...

Amritsar district Amritsar district is one of the twenty three districts that make up the Indian state of Punjab, India, Punjab. Located in the Majha region of Punjab, the city of Amritsar is the headquarters of this district. As of 2011, it is the second most ...

in the state of

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. Kalian Wala Khuh, a martyrs place, is a tourist destination. Ajnala is located at in western Punjab near the border with

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. It has an average elevation of 213 metres (698 feet). Ajnala is the hometown of famous Indo-Canadian Punjabi singer AP Dhillon. During his 2021 India tour, Dhillon visited his Ajnala .

History

Indian Rebellion of 1857

During the Indian Rebellion of 1857, 282 sepoys of the 26th Native Infantry mutinied at Lahore and subsequently surrendered, believing they were going to be given a fair trial. They were summarily executed without trial by Frederick Henry Cooper, then–deputy commissioner of the district. The bodies were dumped into a deep dry well near the police station which was later filled with charcoal, lime, and dirt. In March 2014 the head of a local Sikh

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announced that the remains of those buried had been uncovered in the excavation of a well within the shrine. The well is known as Shaheedan da Khu in the

Punjabi language Punjabi, sometimes spelled Panjabi, is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language native to the Punjab region of Pakistan and India. It is one of the most widely spoken native languages in the world, with approximately 150 million native sp ...

, which means "the martyrs’ well".

Shaheedan da Khu

Inscription of Kalianwala Khu ( Black well) or Shaheedan da Khu.jpg, Inscription of Kalianwala Khu ( Black well) or Shaheedan da Khu Kalianwala Khu ( Black well) or Shaheedan da Khu 02.jpg, Memorial of Kalianwala Khu ( Black well) or Shaheedan da Khu under construction Kalianwala Khu ( Black well) or Shaheedan da Khu 01.jpg, Kalianwala Khu ( Black well) or Shaheedan da Khu, Ajnala

Old Tehsil, Ajnala

Old Tehsil, Ajnala is part of List of State Protected Monuments in Punjab, India and at S-PB-4. Old Tehsil, Ajnala 01.jpg, Pillar from the entrance Old Tehsil, Ajnala 03.jpg, inner view Old Tehsil, Ajnala 04.jpg, inner view Old Tehsil, Ajnala 05.jpg, Pillar and main boundary wall from the entrance Old Tehsil, Ajnala 06.jpg, outer left pillar from the main entrance Old Tehsil, Ajnala 07.jpg, outer pillar and boundary wall

Demographics

As of 2011 census, Ajnala has population of 21,107 of which 11,347 are males while 9,760 are females. Literacy rate of Ajnala is 82.19 % higher than state average of 75.84 %. In Ajnala, Male literacy is around 86.05 % while female literacy rate is 77.72 %. Ajnala Nagar Panchayat has total administration over 4,060 houses to which it supplies basic amenities. Population of Children with age of 0-6 is 2397 which is 11.36 % of total population of Ajnala (NP). The table below shows the population of different religious groups in Ajnala city and their gender ratio, as of 2011 census.

Politics

The city is part of the Ajnala Assembly Constituency.

References

{{Amritsar district Cities and towns in Amritsar district Monuments and memorials in Punjab, India