Lohgarh

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Lohgarh
Village
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Lohgarh
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Lohgarh
Lohgarh (India)
Coordinates: 30°38′33″N76°48′51″E / 30.642546°N 76.814085°E / 30.642546; 76.814085
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
State Punjab
District Mohali
Languages
  Official Punjabi
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
140603

Lohgarh is a village in Notified Area Committee of Zirakpur in district Mohali in state of Punjab in India. [1] This is not to be confused with another namesake Lohgarh (Bilaspur) in Haryana which was capital of the First Sikh State under Banda Singh Bahadur from 1709 to 1715.

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Colonies in Lohgarh

Gurudwara Lohgarh Sahib

It is a Sikh Gurudwara established by Budha Dal.

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