Jalandhar

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Jalandhar is a city in the state of Punjab, India. It has an urban population of almost a million, and another million live in the rural areas outside the city.

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The city is located almost 400 km from Delhi, and about 90 km from Amritsar. Jalandhar is named after Jaldhar, a demon king who lived in water as his name suggests. If the name is divided in two parts JAL & DHAR. JAL means water and DHAR means to live in. It was the capital of Punjab until 1953, when it was replaced by Chandigarh.

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The city is the media and mass communication hub of the region having the regional headquarters of the national television and radio channels. The city is well known for its production of sports equipment and leather goods. Many major sports equipment manufacturers such as BDM, Cosco, JJ Jonex, Spartan and F.C. Sondhi group are based here. In sports goods the worlds best footballs, cricket and hockey equipment are made in Jalandhar all the major sports giants like, adidas, reebok, mitre do there outsourcing from jalandhar.

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in Leather goods Jalandhar is the worlds biggest manufactre of tool pouches and aprons with all major u.s and european customers buying from factories in Jalandhar.

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Jalandhar also has the biggest printing industry in India. with major publishing and advertising companies like, mbd, aay bee advertisers having their main offices in jalandhar

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Jalandhar is famous for it s sports industry, but very few know the name of Hindustan Hydraulics who has pioneered in the manufacturing of hitech CNC machines for sheet metal industry. The company has its customers not only India but in countries like Germany, Holland, USA who are better known for the manufacturing of Machine Tools around the world.

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A number of popular punjabi folk and Bhangra singers belong to this city including Apache Indian-Steven Kapoor, Hans Raj Hans, Jasbir Jassi, Jazzy B, and Sarabjit Cheema. Some Bollywood singers that have come out the city include the legendary K.L. Saigal.

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Jalandhar is also home to some of the major educational institutions of the region. Notable among them are: the National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar (NITJ), Beant Singh Institute of Medical Sciences, the Punjab Technical University, Apeejay College of Fine Arts, Apeejay Institute of Management, DAV College, DOABA College, Lovely Institute of Management, and the C. T. Institute of Management and IT.

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Jalandhar Cantonment

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Jalandhar Cantonment is one of the oldest contonments in India, the construction of which was started in 1848 after the first Anglo-Sikh War, when the British settled in Northern India. The original scope of this cantonment was limited to troops to quell disturbances from adjoining States for the maintenance of peace and order. The departure of British from India and subsequent partition of the country changed the complexion of the Cantonment. It has gained tremendous importance on account of its nearness to the border with Pakistan. The Cantonment is located between latitude 30 degree 18' and longitude 75 degree 37' on the South West and at a distance of 2 Km from Cantonment Railway Station and 5 Km from City Railway Station. It is situated beside Grand Trunk Road at a distance of 89 Km from Amritsar and 371 Km from Delhi. It covers an area of 5.87 sq.miles. It is on Amritsar-Delhi Broad Guage Main Line. A Class-I airfield at Adampur is situated at a distance of 19Km. The airfield is linked with Jalandhar Cantonment by rail and road.

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Delhi: :This article deals with the city of Delhi. For the capital of India see New Delhi....

1953: 1953 is a common year starting on Thursday....

Chandigarh: Chandigarh is a city in India that serves as the capital of two states: Punjab and Haryana. However, the city does not belong to either state. Rather, the city is administered by the federal government and hence classified as a union territory. Chandigarh was due to transfer to Punjab alone in 1986,...