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Phagwara

Coordinates: 31°13′N 75°46′E / 31.22°N 75.77°E / 31.22; 75.77
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Phagwara
City
Phagwara is located in Punjab
Phagwara
Phagwara
Location in Punjab, India
Phagwara is located in India
Phagwara
Phagwara
Phagwara (India)
Coordinates: 31°13′N 75°46′E / 31.22°N 75.77°E / 31.22; 75.77
Country India
StatePunjab
DistrictKapurthala
Founded byChaudhary Phaggu Mal Basra
Named forPhagu Da Wara
Government
 • TypeDemocracy
 • BodyGovernment of Punjab, India
Area
 • Total
20 km2 (8 sq mi)
Elevation
234 m (768 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total
117,954
 • Rank288
 • Density6,117/km2 (15,840/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
144401
144402
Telephone code01824
Vehicle registrationPB-36
Post officePhagwara H.O
Satnampura S.O

Phagwara (Punjabi: [pʰɐgɐʋaːɽaː]; ISO: Phagawāṛā) is a city and municipal corporation in the Kapurthala district of Punjab, India. It is located 40 kilometers from the district headquarters of Kapurthala, 124 kilometres (77 mi) away from Chandigarh, 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) away from Goraya, and 20 kilometers from Jalandhar. The city is famous for its sugar, glucose, starch, fine fabric textiles, and auto parts manufacturing. Phagwara is also known for the Shri Hanuman Garhi Temple of the Hindu God, Hanuman.

History

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Phagwara was initially a market town in the region of Punjab, founded by Chaudhary Phaggu Mal Basra, a Hindu Jatt landlord of the area. The Sikh Guru Hargobind Sahib visited the city in 1635.

Bhai Phaggu was a Gurmukh, Masand, and a devotee of Sri Guru Amardas Ji. Guru Amardas sent Bhai Phaggu to Sasaram, Bihar to preach Sikhism and spent the rest of his life in Bihar. Once Guru Teg Bahadur visited Bhai Phaggu in Bihar and called him Chacha ji. Due to this, Bhai Phaggu ji is also known as Chacha Phaggu.[1] When Guru Hargobind Sahib (the sixth Sikh Guru) visited Phagwara in 1635 to see Bhai Phaggu's home, he was not respected by the people of the city, who were completely opposed to the nature of Bhai Phaggu. As a result of this, he said ‘Phagu Da Warra, Bahron Mitha Andra Khara!' Thus, Phagwara’s name originates from this phrase.[2]

The town's property originally belonged to him. From the early Mughal era until 1803, Bhai Phaggu's family was the most powerful chiefly family of the Punjabi region of Doaba. At its height, they controlled approximately 240 villages in Phagwara and Banga Tehsils. His descendent Chaudhary Trilok Chand Basra was married to Princess Rajinder Kanwar, who was the daughter of Maharaja Ala Singh of Patiala.[3] [4] He was later succeeded by Chaudhary Chuhar Mal Basra, who was the last chief of the family. He was defeated and ejected from his cheiftain by Maharaja Ranjit Singh in 1803.[5][6][4]

A famous historical Vaar for Phaggu Mal :-

"ਬੋਲੇ ਤੀਜੇ ਪਾਤਸ਼ਾਹ ਗੁਰ ਪਰਉਪਕਾਰੀ

ਕਹਿੰਦੇ ਫੱਗੂ ਮੱਲ ਜੀ ਕਰ ਲਵੋ ਤਿਆਰੀ

ਸੇਵਾ ਲੈਣੀ ਤੁਸੀ ਤੋਂ ਦਿੱਲ ਅਸਾਂ ਨੇ ਧਾਰੀ

ਜਾਵੋ ਸਾਸਾ ਰਾਮ ਨੂੰ ਲੈ ਕੇ ਜ਼ਿੰਮੇਵਾਰੀ

ਸਿੱਖੀ ਦਾ ਧੰਨ ਤੁਸਾਂ ਕੋਲ ਹੈ ਬਰਕਤ ਭਾਰੀ

ਸਫਲ ਕਰੇਗਾ ਗਰੇਵਾਲ਼ ਸੇਵਾ ਬਨਵਾਰੀ"

Gurudwara Bhai/Chacha Phaggu Ji at Sasaram, Bihar

Geography

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Shri Hanuman Garhi Temple
Shiv Mandir Pakka Bagh
Gurdwara Sukhchain Sahib

Phagwara is in the Kapurthala district, in the state of Punjab in India. The city is located on the land between the Beas and Satluj rivers and is a typical Doaba city.[7] It has an average elevation of 767 feet (234 m).

a view of the city
View of Lovely Professional University at night

Demographics

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As per provisional data of the 2011 census, the Phagwara urban agglomeration had a population of 117,954, with 62,171 males and 55,783 females. The literacy rate was 87.43 per cent.[8] The city of Phagwara had a population of 97,864, with 51,386 males and 46,478 females. Phagwara has an average literacy rate of 86%, higher than the regional average of 75%; male literacy is 89% and female literacy is 83%. In Phagwara, 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.[9]

The table below shows the population of different religious groups in Phagwara city, as of the 2011 census.

Population by religious groups in Phagwara city, 2011 census[10]
Religion Total Female Male
Hindu 73,845 34,877 38,968
Sikh 20,635 9,988 10,647
Muslim 1,434 663 771
Buddhist 730 347 383
Christian 280 134 146
Jain 233 123 110
Other religions 64 27 37
Not stated 643 319 324
Total 97,864 46,478 51,386

Education

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Universities
Colleges
  • Guru Nanak College
  • Pyramid college of business and technology
  • Kamla Nehru college for women.
  • Ramgarhia Institute of Engineering & Technology
  • Ramgarhia Polytechnic College, First Polytechnic of United Punjab (Since 1950)
  • Ramgarhia College of Education
  • Ramgarhia College
Schools
  • Sant Sarwan Dass Model School Hadiabad,Phagwara
  • G.D.R convent senior secondary school
  • Government Senior Secondary School (Boys) known as J.J. School
  • Government Senior Secondary School (Girls)
  • Aman Public School
  • Arya model senior secondary school
  • St. Joseph's Convent School
  • Kamla Nehru Public School
  • Swami Sant Dass Public School
  • Mele Singh Missionary School
  • Cambridge International School
  • Saffron Public School
  • Tagore Public High School
  • Jain Model Senior Secondary School
  • Lord Mahavira Jain Public School
  • St. Sai Ram Sunrise High School
  • New Sunflower High School
  • Guru Harkrishan National Model Senior Secondary School
  • S.D. Model senior secondary School
  • MAA Ambay girls Senior secondary School
  • T.W.E.I. Senior Secondary School
  • Ramgarhia Senior Secondary School
  • Dehradoon international public school, Bhabiana
  • Ramgarhia ITI, Rampur Khalyan
  • Kanya Maha Vidaylaya School
  • Apple Orchard School

Villages/Estates in Phagwara tehsil

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References

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  1. ^ "Gurdwara Sri Chacha Phaggu Mal | Discover Sikhism". www.discoversikhism.com. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
  2. ^ Kapurthala, District of. "Gov. Of Kapurthala". Gov. Of Punjab.
  3. ^ The Panjab Past and Present. Department of Punjab Historical Studies, Punjabi University. 1985.
  4. ^ a b www.DiscoverSikhism.com. History Of The Sikhs Vol. IV The Sikh Commonwealth Or Rise And Fall Of Sikh Misls.
  5. ^ Government of Punjab (1908). Punjab District Gazetteers, Volume XIV A. Jullundur District, with maps, 1904. Lahore, Civil and Military Gazette Press.
  6. ^ Rao, Ram Sukh (1980). Ram Sukh Rao's Sri Fateh Singh Partap Prabhakar (in Punjabi). J. Kaur.
  7. ^ "Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Phagwara".
  8. ^ "Urban Agglomerations/Cities having population 1 lakh and above" (PDF). Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
  9. ^ "Phagwara Town Population Census 2011 - 2023". Population Census.
  10. ^ https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/11389, India - C-01: Population by religious community, Punjab - 2011, Phagwara (M Cl), Row 77
  11. ^ "Google Maps".
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