Jalandhar

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Jalandhar
City
Devi Talab Mandir
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Coordinates: 31°15′25″N 75°26′36″E / 31.2569°N 75.4432°E / 31.2569; 75.4432Coordinates: 31°15′25″N 75°26′36″E / 31.2569°N 75.4432°E / 31.2569; 75.4432
Country	India
State	Punjab
District	Jalandhar
Named for	In Water
Government
• Divisional Commissioner	Sh Raj Kamal Chaudhuri, IAS[1]
• Deputy Commissioner	Sh Ghanshyam Thori, IAS[2]
• Member of Parliament	Santokh Singh Chaudhary, Congress
• Mayor	Sh. Jagdish Raja[3]
Area [4]
• Total	110 km2 (40 sq mi)
Elevation	228 m (748 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	862,196
Demonym(s)	Jalandhariye
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	144 001
Area code(s)	0181
Vehicle registration	PB08,PB90,PB37 PB67,PB33
Literacy	82.3%
Website	jalandhar.nic.in

Jalandhar is a city in the Indian state of Punjab. Jalandhar lies alongside the Grand Trunk Road and is a well-connected rail and road junction. Jalandhar is 146 km^[5] northwest of Chandigarh, the state capital of Punjab and Haryana and 82.5 km (51.2 mi) South-East of Amritsar.

History[]

The history of Jalandhar District comprises three periods — ancient, medieval and modern.

The city may be named after Jalandhara, a demon king, who is named in the Puranas and Mahabharata. The city was founded by Devasya Verma as mentioned in Vedas. Other possibilities include that it was the capital of the kingdom of Lava, son of Rama or that the name derives from the vernacular term Jalandhar, meaning area inside the water, i.e., tract lying between the two rivers Satluj and Beas.^[6] The whole of Punjab and the area of present Jalandhar District was part of the Indus Valley Civilization. Harappa and Mohenjo-daro are the sites where remains of the Indus Valley Civilization have been found extensively. The archaeological explorations made during recent years have pushed the ancient times of Jalandhar District of Harappa period.

Jalandhar was conquered by the Ghaznavids during the reign of Ibrahim of Ghazni between 1058 and 1089.^[7] It later formed part of the province of Lahore during the Delhi Sultanate and Mughal Empire. The 18th century saw upheaval in Jalandhar amidst an anarchy caused by the disintegration of the Mughals and power struggles involving Persians, Afghans and Sikhs. It was captured by the Faizullahpuria Misl in 1766, and in 1811 Maharaja Ranjit Singh incorporated it within the Sikh Empire.^[8]

In 1849, following the annexation of the Punjab by the East India Company, the city of Jalandhar, written in English as Jullundur by Company officials, became the headquarters of the Division and District of the same name. In 1858 Company rule in India ended and the city became part of the British Raj. In the mid to late 19th century, the Punjab administration regarded Jullundur as too densely populated and farmed to capacity. This led to the district being a chief recruitment area for settlers to colonise the newly irrigated Punjab Canal Colonies in western Punjab.^[9]

The Khilafat Movement started in the district in early 1920 to bring pressure on the government to change their policy towards Turkey. Mahatma Gandhi extended sympathy and support to this movement however in response the District was declared a 'Proclaimed Area' under the Seditious Meetings Act. In 1924, Pakistani general and military dictator Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq was born in the city.

Prior to the partition of India, Muslims were in plurality in Jalandhar. According to 1941 census, Muslims made up 45.2% of the population, compared to Hindus and Sikhs being 27.6% and 26.5% respectively.^[10] Within a period of 10 years, from 1941 to 1951, Muslim population in Jalandhar reduced from 45.2% to 0.2%.^[10]

Climate[]

The city has a humid subtropical climate with cool winters and long, hot summers. Summers last from April to June and winters from November to February. Temperatures in the summer vary from average highs of around 48 °C (118 °F) to average lows of around 25 °C (77 °F). Winter temperatures have highs of 19 °C (66 °F) to lows of −7 °C (19 °F). The climate is dry on the whole, except during the brief southwest monsoon season during July and August. The average annual rainfall is about 70 cm. In 2018, Jalandhar witnessed Heavy rainfall, with over 20% increase from average rainfall.^[11] Since it is in the northern plains, it feels really cold during winters and very hot during summers.

Demographics[]

Population[]

As per provisional data of 2011 census Jalandhar had a population of 873,725, of which 463,975 were male and 409,750 female.

Literacy[]

The literacy rate was 86.22 per cent.^[13] For males and females respectively the literacy rate was 88.82% and 83.30%

Religion[]

As per the census of 2011, Hinduism and Sikhism are the religions of the vast majority of people in Jalandhar.

Economy[]

Jalandhar has been selected in the second phase of the smart city project and 200 crores have been allocated to the municipal corporation for initializing the project.

Jalandhar exports goods like furniture and glass to neighboring cities, and is a global hub for the manufacture of sporting equipment. Jalandhar is famous for its sports industry and equipment manufactured in Jalandhar has been used in many international sporting games including Olympics, Commonwealth Games, Asian Games, among others. It is also a hub for manufacturing of hand tools. Jalandhar is also famous for its leather industry, leather for footwear, leather goods, furniture being sold to export houses located at Delhi, Agra, Kanpur and other Indian cities. Together with hand tools it is a major production centre of industrial tool bags being used by workmen in America and Europe.

Many new malls and shopping complexes are being established at a very rapid pace and as such is also a hub of the NRI's many of whom are from the Jalandhar region.

Transport[]

By air[]

The nearest airport is Adampur Airport, northwest of Jalandhar which currently handles only scheduled operation on maiden flights of private carrier Spicejet to Delhi, Mumbai and Jaipur. The nearest fully-fledged International Airport is Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport in Amritsar. It is second busiest airport in North India, and is connected to other parts of the country by regular flights. Several airlines operate flights from abroad, including London Stansted, Birmingham, Dubai, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and Doha. The airport handles as many as 48 flights every week up from the occasional, intermittent ones some years ago.

By rail[]

Direct train service is available for other major cities like Mumbai, Calcutta, Chennai, Patna, Guwahati, Pune, Haridwar, Varanasi, Jaipur and Jammu Tawi. Some prestigious trains that halt in Jalandhar City railway station are Howrah Mail, Golden Temple Mail (Frontier Mail), New-Delhi Amritsar Shatabdi Express, Paschim Express. Now many trains of Jammu route are extended up to Mata Vaishno Devi-Katra.

Jalandhar City Railway Station is well-connected to other parts of the country, Jalandhar City is a major stop between the Amritsar-Delhi rail link which is serviced by Shatabdi Express, Intercity Express, and others

Direct Service to major cities such as Mumbai, Calcutta, Chennai, Patna, Guwahati, Pune, Haridwar, Varanasi, Jaipur and Jammu Tawi are available. There are prestigious services such as the Howrah Mail, Golden Temple Mail (Frontier Mail), New-Delhi Amritsar Shatabdi Express, Paschim Express.

By road[]

There is one of the largest networks of bus services of Punjab at Shaheed-e-Azam Sardar Bhagat Singh ISBT (Jalandhar), Himachal Pradesh, Delhi, Haryana, Pepsu, Chandigarh, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Uttrakhand, Rajasthan State Roadways, apart from private operators.

Religious places[]

• Devi talab mandir
• Nakodar Darbar Baba Murad Shah Ji
• Cantonment Church
• Gurudwara sahib ji
• Gurdwara Guru Tegh Bahadur Nagar^[15]

Leisure[]

• Niku Park
• Prithvi's Planet
• Wonder Land^[16]

Media[]

Doordarshan Kendra, Jalandhar is an Indian television station in Jalandhar, owned and operated by state-owned Doordarshan, the television network of Prasar Bharati (Broadcasting Corporation of India).^[17] It was established in 1979 and produces and broadcasts the 24-hour Punjabi language TV channel, DD Punjabi, which was launched in 1998 and covers most of the state of Punjab, India.

The city is the region's headquarters for newspapers, national television and radio stations. These include Daily Ajit, Jagbani, Punjab Kesari, Dainik Bhaskar, Dainik Jagran, Hindustan Times, The Tribune, Hind Samachar, etc.^{[18][19][20][21]}

State-owned All India Radio has a local station in Jalandhar that transmits programs of mass interest. FM local radio stations include:

• Radio city 91.9 MHz
• BIG FM 92.7 92.7 MHz
• 94.3 FM-My Fm- 94.3 MHz
• Radio Mirchi 98.3 MHz
• All India Radio 102.7 MHz

Healthcare[]

The Municipal Corporation of Jalandhar claims that the city has over 800 hospitals, ^[22] that makes it the city with the highest number of hospitals in Asia. Three new Health Centres were set up in Jalandhar on 9 September 2020.^[23]

Sports[]

Cricket[]

Cricket is very popular in grounds and streets of the city. There is an international-standard stadium at Gandhi Stadium formerly known as Burlton Park. The Indian cricket team played a Test Match against the Pakistan cricket team on this ground on 24 September 1983.^[24]

Kabaddi[]

Major Kabaddi matches are usually held at Guru Gobind Singh Stadium.

Guru Gobind Singh Stadium[]

Guru Gobind Singh Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Jalandhar. It is usually used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of JCT Mills Football Club. People can be seen jogging, playing soccer, weight-lifting, etc. in the stadium most of the time. The Punjab government has started new projects at the stadium.

Surjit Hockey Stadium[]

Surjeet Hockey Stadium is a field hockey stadium in Jalandhar, Punjab, India. It is named after Jalandhar-born Olympian Surjit Singh. This stadium is home of the franchise Sher-e-Punjab of the World Series Hockey.

Sports college[]

There is a Government Sports College in the city and it is a focus for many of the National Sports Councils. In this college, many sports are played like cricket, hockey, swimming, volleyball and basketball.

Education[]

Higher education institutions include

Universities[]

• DAV Institute of Engineering & Technology
• DAV University
• Doaba College
• GNA University
  

  GNA University Campus
• Guru Nanak Dev University Regional Campus
• Lovely Professional University
• Kanya Maha Vidyalaya
• Lyallpur Khalsa College for Women
• Lyallpur Khalsa College
• Khalsa College
• Mata Gujri Institute of Nursing
• Mehr Chand Polytechnic College
• NIT Jalandhar
  

  Dr. B. R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar
• Punjab Institute of Medical Sciences
• Punjab Technical University
• D.A.V. College, Jalandhar

Schools[]

• Apeejay School, Mahavir Marg^[25]

• ^{[26][promotion?]}
• ^[27]
• |St. Joseph's Sr. Sec. Boys School, Defence Colony]]
• ^[28]
• Cantt^[29]
• , Urban Estate Phase-II^[30]
• ^[31]
• ^[32]

Jalandhar Cantonment[]

Notable people[]

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Name	Occupation
Avneet Kaur	Actor
Yash Chopra	Producer/Director[33]
Anurag Singh (director)	Director, Producer, Writer
Diljit Dosanjh	Actor, Singer
Karambir Singh	24th Chief of Naval Staff of Indian Navy
Dr. Ranbir Singh Kanwar	Sugarcane Researcher, Director of Research (Agriculture) PAU, Director of Research Himachal Pradesh Agricultural University[34]
Vanya Mishra	Winner of Miss India Femina 2012
Lawrence Durrell	Expatriate British novelist, poet, dramatist, and travel writer[35]
Sunil Dutt	Actor[36]
Kundan Lal Saigal	Actor/Singer[37]
Amrish Puri	Actor[38]
Jazzy B	Singer
Sukhwinder Panchhi	Singer
Apache Indian	Singer
Sarbjit Cheema	Singer
Kanth Kaler	Singer
Nooran Sisters	Singers
Master Saleem	Singer
Hans Raj Hans	Singer
Jagjit Singh	Singer
Bahadur Singh	Indian former shot putter who won gold medal
General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq	Chief of Army Staff, 4th Chief Martial Law Administrator and the sixth President of Pakistan
Diwan Bhai Abdul Hamid	Revenue and Chief Minister of Kapurthala State
Hafeez Jullundhri	Writer and poet
Baba Kashmira Singh	Head of Sidhant Sant Samaj or Gurbani
Paul Nischal	NRI President, first Indian candidate for the British Political Party
Col. Balbir Singh Kular	Hockey Player
Varinder Singh Ghuman	Bodybuilder, Wrestler and Punjabi Film Actor
Ajit Pal Singh	Hockey Player
Surjit Singh	Hockey Player
Pargat Singh	Hockey Player
Inder Kumar Gujral	Former Prime Minister of India
Harbhajan Singh	Cricketer
Wasim Sajjad	Two-time Acting President of Pakistan, Ex-Chairman of Senate
Sheikh Anwarul Haq	Former Chief Justice
Mian Mohammed Sharif	Surveyor General
Lala Amarnath	Cricketer
Sushil Kohli	Swimmer
Lala Jagat Narain	Freedom fighter and founder of Punjab Kesri
Basheer Hussain Najafi	One of the six Grand Ayatollahs
Taruwar Kohli	Cricketer
Sardar Swaran Singh	Politician
Udham Singh (field hockey)	Hockey Player
Darshan Singh (field hockey)	Hockey Player
Salma Mumtaz	Actress
Ashwini Kumar Chopra	Journalist, Politician (MP-Karnal)
Kartar Singh Duggal	Writer
Kulwant Singh Virk	Writer
Ishar Singh (poet)	Poet
Sadhu Singh Hamdard	Freedom fighter and Writer
Prem Parkash	Writer
Ajit Saini	Writer and Army General
Hasrat	Writer
Gurbachan Singh Talib	Writer
Gurdial Singh	Writer and novelist
Lal Singh Thind	Military officer and farmer
Chaudhry Muhammad Ali	Former Prime Minister of Pakistan
Swami Shraddhanand	Indian educationist and an Arya Samaj missionary
Wazir Ali	Cricketer
R. Paul Dhillon	Indo-Canadian journalist
Arun Shourie	Politician, author, and journalist
Amanjot Singh	Social Worker
Agha Sadiq	Writer and poet
Fateh Ali Khan	Singer. Father of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Dharam Singh Uppal	Athlete
Balbir Singh Sr.	Hockey Player
Mandeep Singh	Cricketer
Vimi	Actress
Ranvir Shorey	Actor
Sugandha Mishra	Singer, Anchor, Comedian
Nalini Priyadarshni	Poet, Writer
Vijay Sampla	State Minister in Union Govt
Bhagat Chunni Lal	Minister in Punjab Govt
Ram Kapoor	Indian Actor
Sardar Buta Singh	Ex-Home Minister of India
Sukhbir Singh	Punjabi Musician, Singer
Amarjit Kaypee	Former highest run scorer in Ranji Trophy (Cricket)
Akshaye Khanna	Indian Actor
Surbhi Jyoti	Indian Actress
Jyotica Tangri	Playback singer, appeared in several reality TV shows
Lord Wilberforce	British Judge
Jass Manak	Singer
Garry Sandhu	Singer

References[]

External links[]

Look up Jalandhar in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jalandhar.

• Jalandhar travel guide from Wikivoyage
• Official website