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 and Kapurthala districts in south-west, Kangra and Una districts 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.
Jalandhar district is a district in Doaba region of the state of Punjab, India. District headquarters is Jalandhar city.
Doaba also known as Bist 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.
Adampur is a town, a municipal council and a sub-tehsil in Jalandhar district in the Indian state of Punjab.
Balachaur is a town in Balachaur Tehsil in the Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar District of Punjab, India.
Dasuya (Dasua) is a town and a municipal council in Hoshiarpur district in the state of Punjab, India. It is one of the major subdivisions with 398 villages under its jurisdiction.
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.
Matharu or Matharoo is a prominent Sikh clan belonging to the jatt Community.
The Khangura is a gotra of Jatts from the Punjab region in India.
Muggowal or Mugowal is an agricultural village in the Hoshiarpur District of Punjab in India. It is birthplace of the founder of Ad-Dharm movement and Bahujan activist Babu Mangu Ram Mugowalia.
Padhiana is a village in the tehsil and district of Jalandhar, Punjab, India. It falls in Adampur block of the district. The village has 794 hectares of land. The population of Padhiana was 2885 at the 1991 census.
Punjab has a long history of education.
Lakhpur is a village near Sahni (Lakhpur-Sahni), Tehsil Phagwara, Kapurthala district, in Punjab, India.
Talhan is a village in Jalandhar district, near the Jalandhar Cantonment, in Punjab, India.
Domeli is a village in Tehsil Phagwara, Kapurthala district, in Punjab, India.
Singhpuria Misl was founded by the great Sikh warrior Chaudhary Nawab Kapur Singh, a Virk Jat. Who was born in 1697 AD. He was the founder of Sighpuria Misl but later he became an esteemed Khalsa leader. This misl got its name from a village Faizullapur in Amritsar and then changed the name of the village to Singhpura, and the misl eventually followed suit and became Singhpuria. Following are its heads:
Duhre (ਦੂਹੜੇ) is a village in Jalandhar district of Punjab State, India. It is located 24 kilometres (15 mi) from district headquarter Jalandhar and 166 kilometres (103 mi) from state capital Chandigarh. The village is administrated by a sarpanch who is an elected representative of village as per Panchayati raj (India).
Dadwal, also written as Dadhwal and Dhadwal, is a surname prevalent in Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu.
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