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The two fairy-bluebirds are small passerine bird species found in forests and plantations in tropical southern Asia and the Philippines. They are the sole members of the genus Irena and family Irenidae, and are related to the ioras and leafbirds.
The Radcliffe Line was the boundary demarcation line between the Indian and Pakistani portions of the Punjab and Bengal provinces of British India. It was named after its architect, Sir Cyril Radcliffe, who, as the joint chairman of the two boundary commissions for the two provinces, received the responsibility to equitably divide 175,000 square miles (450,000 km2) of territory with 88 million people.
Gurdaspur district is a district in the Majha region of the state of Punjab, situated in the northwest part of the Republic of India. Gurdaspur is the district headquarters. It internationally borders Narowal District of the Pakistani Punjab, the Punjab districts of Amritsar, Pathankot, Kapurthala and Hoshiarpur. Two main rivers Beas and Ravi passes through the district. The Mughal emperor Akbar is said to have been enthroned in a garden near Kalanaur, a historically important town in the district. The district is at the foothills of the Himalayas.
Lahore Division is an administrative division of Punjab Province, Pakistan. Before 2000 it comprised four Districts - Kasur, Lahore, Nankana Sahib District and Sheikhupura. Under the reforms of 2000, this tier of government was abolished, but in 2000 divisions were restored. However, the restored Lahore Division has only comprised Kasur and Lahore Districts; a new division, Sheikhupura Division was created to comprise Nankana Sahib and Sheikhupura Districts.
Dinanagar is a town and a municipal council in Gurdaspur district in the Majha region of the state of Punjab, India. It takes its name after Adina Beg, one of Akbar's loyalists to whom the emperor granted Jagirs in this area. The town came up during Akbar's regime and old buildings, bazaars and the walled portion of the town and its gates are a witness to this. It was the summer capital of maharaja Ranjit Singh.
Benjamin Gilani is an Indian actor of film, television and theatre. He portrayed Jawaharlal Nehru in the 1993 film Sardar. He also acted in the movie "Hum Dum".
According to the 2008 Global Hunger Index, Punjab has the lowest level of hunger in India. Less than one-fourth of children below the age of five are underweight, although Punjab "came off worse than countries like Gabon and Vietnam when measured on the index".
Shakargarh, is a tehsil located in Narowal District, Punjab, Pakistan. Shakargarh was only tehsil of district Gurdaspur which was included in Pakistan at the time of the independence of Pakistan in 1947.
Buttar Sivia is a village in the Amritsar district of Punjab, India. It is predominantly inhabited by people of the Buttar, Sivia and randhawa clan.
Global Institutes consist of Global Institute of Management and Emerging Technologies (GIMET), Global Institute of Management (GIM), Global Institute of Pharmacy (GIP) and Global Polytechnic College (GPC) an engineering, management, Pharmacy and Polytechnic college located in Amritsar, Punjab, India, on the Amritsar-Batala-Gurdaspur-Jammu & Kashmir Highway (NH54). They offer engineering, pharmacy and management studies at the bachelors and masters levels. It is affiliated with Punjab Technical University. It is approved by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE).
Ashwani Sekhri is an Indian politician and a member of Indian National Congress. He is a Member of Punjab Legislative Assembly (MLA) and represent Batala.
The Amritsar–Pathankot line is a railway line connecting Amritsar and Pathankot Junction both in the Indian state of Punjab. The line is under the administrative jurisdiction of Northern Railway.
Shankarpura is a village located in Batala Tehsil of Gurdaspur district in Punjab, India.
Bhullar is a village in Batala in Gurdaspur district of Punjab State, India. The village is administrated by Sarpanch an elected representative of the village.
Cheema is a village in Batala in Gurdaspur district of Punjab State, India. The village is administrated by Sarpanch an elected representative of the village.
Kala Afghana is a village in Batala tehsil located in Gurdaspur district of Punjab State, India. It is 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) from sub district headquarter which is Batala and55 kilometres (34 mi) from district headquarter and 12 kilometres (7.5 mi)from Sri Hargobindpur. The village is administrated by Sarpanch an elected representative of the village.
