Gurdaspur District
Gurdaspur district is a district in the state of Punjab in India. Gurdaspur is the headquarters of the district. It borders Narowal District of the Pakistani Punjab, Kathua District of Jammu and Kashmir, the districts of Amritsar and Hoshiarpur in Punjab, and Chamba and Kangra districts of Himachal Pradesh. Two main rivers, Beas and Ravi, pass through the district. The Mughal emperor Akbar is said to have been enthroned in a garden near Kalanaur, a historically important town in the district.[2] The district is in the foothills of the Himalayas.
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| Coordinates: 32°02′00″N 75°24′00″E / 32.0333°N 75.40°ECoordinates: 32°02′00″N 75°24′00″E / 32.0333°N 75.40°E | ||||||
| Country | India | |||||
| State | Punjab | |||||
| District | Gurdaspur | |||||
| Region | Majha | |||||
| Founded by | Jahangir | |||||
| Government | ||||||
| • Type | Municipality | |||||
| • Body | Municipal Council Gurdaspur | |||||
| • Member of the Legislative Assembly | Barindermeet Singh Pahra | |||||
| • Member of Parliament | Sunny Deol | |||||
| • Deputy Commissioner | Muhammed Amir, IAS[1] | |||||
| Area | ||||||
| • District | 45 km2 (17 sq mi) | |||||
| • Rank | 5th | |||||
| Elevation | 241 m (791 ft) | |||||
| Population (2015) | ||||||
| • District | 120,564 | |||||
| • Density | 649/km2 (1,680/sq mi) | |||||
| • Metro | 744,092 | |||||
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) | |||||
| PIN | 143521 | |||||
| Vehicle registration | PB-06, PB-18, PB-58, PB-99, PB-85 | |||||
| Website | gurdaspur | |||||
Gurdaspur District Media
Coin of Dharaghosha, king of the Audumbaras, in the Indo-Greek style, from Gurdaspur district, circa 100 BC.
Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur, which commemorates the first Sikh commune founded by Guru Nanak on the right bank of Ravi, went to Pakistan in the Partition of India
A symbol of Islam, the star and crescent, in a green. Created by Kbolino in Inkscape, who releases the image into the public domain for all intents and purposes.
The Sikh Khanda symbol (U+262C).
AUM, a stylised letter of Devanagari script, used as a religious symbol in Hinduism
Basic Latin cross
Populations of Muslim and Non-Muslims in Gurdaspur District, based on Census Data. In the 1881 Census, Non-Muslims were in majority, at 52.49%. While the Non-Muslims had a slight majority, the proportion of Muslim population increased in the following decades. By 1930s, Muslims were the majority population in the District.
References
- ↑ "Punjab Police Amritsar". gurdaspur.nic.in. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
- ↑ "History of Gurdaspur". Archived from the original on 2005-08-02. Retrieved 2013-12-25.
