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Encyclopedia > Gurdaspur District

Gurdaspur District is a district in the state of Punjab, situated in the northwest part of India. Gurdaspur is the district headquarters. It borders Pakistan, Jammu and Kashmir, the Punjab districts of Amritsar and Hoshiarpur, and the state of Himachal Pradesh. Two main rivers Beas and Ravi passes through the district. Akbar is said to have been enthroned in a garden near Kalanaur, a historically important town in the district.[1] The divisions of a district. ... The divisions of a district. ... This article details the Indian state of Punjab. ... Gurdaspur is a city in the state of Punjab, situated in the northwest part of India. ... Jammu and Kashmir   (IPA: , Kashmiri: جۄم تٕہ کٔشِیر ज्वम त॒ कॅशीर, Urdu:جموں Ùˆ کشمیر, Hindi:जम्मू और कश्मीर) (often abbreviated as Kashmir), is the northern-most state of Republic of India, lying mostly in the Himalayan mountains. ... Amritsar District is one of 19 districts in the state of Punjab in North West India. ... The District of Hoshiarpur comprises an area of 3,365 sq. ... India is subdivided into twenty-eight states and seven union territories; the states and territories are themselves further subdivided. ... Himachal Pradesh   (Hindi: हिमाचल प्रदेश, IPA: ), formerly the Punjab Hill States, is a mostly mountainous state in northern India. ... Jalaluddin Muhammad Akbar (Persian: جلال الدین محمد اکبر), (alternate spellings: Jellaladin, Celalettin) also known as Akbar the Great (Akbar-e-Azam) (October 15, 1542 – October 27, 1605) was the son of Nasiruddin Humayun whom he succeeded as ruler of the Mughal Empire from 1556 to 1605. ... Kalanaur, a historical town of Gurdaspur District, is situated towards the west of Gurdaspur at a distance of 25 Kilometres on the bank of Kiran Rivulet which originates from The Chhamb of Behrampur and flows in a Zig – Zag serpentine path and merges into the Ravi river after covering a...


The current M.P.(member of Parliament) of Gurdaspur is Vinod Khanna ,the famous bollywood actor of yesteryears who once famously remarked during his election campaign "Main Gurdaspur ko Paris mein badal doonga"(I will turn Gurdaspur into Paris).


External links

  • Official Gurdaspur District Website
  • Map of Gurdaspur District


State of Punjab (India)
Punjab Topics | History | Politics | Punjabi people
Capital Chandigarh
Districts AmritsarBathindaFirozpurFaridkotFatehgarh SahibGurudaspurHoshiarpurJalandharKapurthalaLudhianaMansaMogaMuktsarNawanshahrPatialaRupnagarMohaliSangrur
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Gurdaspur - LoveToKnow 1911 (453 words)
GURDASPUR, a town and district of British India, in the Lahore division of the Punjab.
It is bounded on the N. by the native states of Kashmir and Chamba, on the E. by Kangra district and the river Beas, on the S.W. by Amritsar district, and on the W. by Sialkot, and occupies the submontane portion of the Bari Doab, or tract between the Beas and the Ravi.
Pathankot and the neighbouring villages in the plain, together with the whole hill portion of the district, formed part of the area ceded by the Sikhs to the British after the first Sikh war in 1846.
Gurdaspur - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (486 words)
Gurdaspur is a city in the state of Punjab, situated in the northwest part of India.
It is located in the center of and is the administrative head of Gurdaspur District.
Chamba, on the E. by Kangra district and the Beas River, on the S.\V. by Amritsar district, and on the \V. by Sialkot, and occupies the submontane portion of the Ban Doab, or tract between the Beas and the Ravi River.
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