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 district is a district of 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.
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 دو آب meaning "land of two rivers". The river Sutlej separates Doaba from the Malwa region to its south and the river Beas separates Doaba from the Majha region to its north.
Garhdiwala is a town and a municipal council in Hoshiarpur district in the state of Punjab, India.
Garhshankar is a city in Hoshiarpur district in the state of Punjab, India.
Mahilpur is a city and a Nagar Panchayat in Hoshiarpur district in the Indian state Punjab. It is situated on Hoshiarpur to Garhshankar stretch of State Highway 24. It is famous for the game of football in the region. Mahilpur is connected by road to nearby districts, states such as Jaijon, Jalandhar, Pathankot, Mohali, Chandigarh. Mahilpur is a development block. Mahilpur block has 140 villages in it. It as also known as the soccer-town of India given the craze of football among the people of Mahilpur town and its surrounding villages. It belongs to the Kandi area in the Doaba region of Punjab.
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 in its current place and is the oldest surviving fort in India. It was here that Razia Sultan, the first woman to take charge of the Delhi throne was incarcerated upon her defeat and dethroned. The bricks of the fort date back to the Kushana period when emperor Kanishka ruled over Northern India/Bactria. Raja Dab, along with emperor Kanishka, is believed to have built the fort. Qila Mubarak in latter part of the 10th Century was under the rule of Jayapala, a ruler of the Hindu Shahi dynasty.
Ghorewaha is a village in Tanda tehsil, Hoshiarpur district of Punjab State, India. It is located 25 kilometres (16 mi) west of the district headquarters at Hoshiarpur, 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) from Tanda, 42 kilometres (26 mi) from Jalandhar, and 166 kilometres (103 mi) from the state capital of Chandigarh.
Chaudhry Ali Akbar Khan was a Pakistani politician and diplomat. He was elected as a member of the Punjab Provincial Assembly in British India in 1946. A prominent Pakistan Movement activist, Khan went on to serve in the newly-independent state of Pakistan as the provincial education minister of Punjab from 1953 to 1955 under chief minister Malik Feroz Khan Noon, and as the federal Minister for Home and Kashmir Affairs in the cabinet of president Ayub Khan from 1965 to 1966.
Rawalpindi is a village in Tehsil Phagwara, Kapurthala district, in Punjab, India.
Singriwala is a village in Hoshiarpur district, in Punjab, India.
Shekhe Pind is a village located by the old hoshiarpur road near Lamba Pind in Jalandhar district of Punjab, India. As per the last 2011 Indian census, the population of district is 487. Most of the people migrated from Pakistan region post partition. Most of the population of the village is Sikhs. There are three gurudwaras in this village. The village is situated 7 km away from sub-district headquarter Jalandhar - I and 7km away from district headquarter Jalandhar. The pin code of the village is 030344. Most prosperous people in village are from sc and kamboj caste.. Also a lot of people are living abroad.
Panjab University Swami Sarvanand Giri Regional Centre (PUSSGRC) in Hoshiarpur, Punjab, India, is an integral part of Panjab University, Chandigarh.
Kukanet is a village in Bhunga Block of District Hoshiarpur in Punjab. It is situated in the low hills of Shivalik ranges of the which extends across the whole of northern India. The district headquarter Hoshiarpur is about 40 km away from Kukanet. It is approximately 175 km from Chandigarh. Kukanet is located at the border of Punjab and Himachal Pradesh. The closest town of Himachal Pradesh under District Una is Daulatpur to Kukanet. Nearby villages include Dholbaha (13 km), Baroom(shares the boundary), Bahera(7 km). Although the nearest post office is in Dholbaha, but Kukanet has a branch post office as well. Kukanet's pincode is 144206.
The 2014 World Kabaddi Cup was the fifth edition of the circle style World Kabaddi Cup, held from 7 December to 20 December 2014 with the opening ceremony on 6 December 2014 at the Guru Gobind Singh Stadium in Jalandhar. The tournament took place in Punjab, India.
Maulvi Ghulam Rasool Alamapuri was a popular saint and Sufi poet and author of Punjabi and Urdu languages.
Singhpuria Misl, also known as the Faizulpuria Misl, was founded by the Sikh warrior Nawab Kapur Singh, a Virk Jat who was born in 1697 and later became a prominent Khalsa leader. The misl took its original name from a village Faizullapur in Amritsar and then changed the name of the village to Singhpura, with the misl eventually following.
Khanaura is a village in the Hoshiarpur district of Punjab, India.
Dandoh is a village in the Hoshiarpur tehsil, Hoshiarpur district of Punjab, India. It is one of 415 villages in Hoshiarpur. the closest railway station to Dandoh is Hoshiarpur railway station. The village is situated about 134.5 km from Chandigarh, the state capital.
Tikshan Sood is an Indian politician who was elected for three consecutive terms to the Punjab Legislative Assembly, India, as a Bharatiya Janata Party candidate.
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