Patiala

Patiala is a city in Punjab state of India. It is the administrative headquarters of Patiala District, and was the capital of the chief princely state of erstwhile Ponjab Province of British India. The city of Patiala also is a famous seat of learning. It hosts Punjabi University, a government medical college, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Mohindra College, M M Modi college, and Bikram College.

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Patiala District lies between 29 49’ and 30 47’ north latitude, 75 58’ and 76 54' east longitude in the southeast part of the state. It is surrounded by Fatehgarh Sahib and Rupnagar districts and the Union Territory of Chandigarh to the north, Fatehgarh Sahib and Sangrur districts to the west, Ambala and Kurukshetra districts of neighbouring Haryana state to the east, and Kaithal District of Haryana to the south.

Punjab: Punjab or Panjab is derived from the Persian panj-?b,in which it means " five rivers"....

India: The Republic of India is a country in South Asia which comprises most of the Indian subcontinent. India has a coastline which stretches over seven thousand kilometres, and shares its borders with Pakistan to the west, the People's Republic of China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the northeast, and Bangladesh...

Princely state: A princely state or native state was a feudal monarchy in British India ruled by a hereditary ruler, who was nominally sovereign....