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The city may be named after Jalandhara, a Nath Guru who was from here. [citation needed] The city was founded by Devasya Verma as mentioned in the 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. [4]
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The Trigarta capital was moved from Jalandhara to Nagarkot (Kangra) in 1070 A.D. due to constant contact in Jalandhar with various ambitious invading forces who usually were en route to central India. [16] Ferishta mentioned another account of the 1st century A.D. when the king of Kanauj, Raja Ram Deo, went on conquest and overran the hills. He ...
Punjab Assembly election, 2017: Jalandhar Cantonment [6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% INC: Pargat Singh: 59,349 SAD: Sarabjit Singh Makkar 30,225 BSP: Amrik Chand Margin of victory 29,124 Turnout: Registered electors: 184,483 [7] Swing to INC from SAD: Swing
2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election: Jalandhar Central Party Candidate Votes % ±% AAP: Raman Arora : 33,011 : 31.30 : INC: Rajinder Beri 32,764 31.0 0.30 BJP: Manoranjan Kalia 27,993 26.50 SAD: Chandan Kumar Grewal 10,907 10.30 Majority 247 0.23 Turnout: 1,06,554 61.1 AAP gain from INC
Jalandhar district is a district in Doaba region of the state of Punjab, India. The district headquarters is the city of Jalandhar . Before the Partition of India , Jalandhar was also the headquarters of the Jalandhar Division , with constituent districts Jalandhar, Hoshiarpur , Ludhiana , Ferozepur and Kangra .
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Nurmahal is situated 16 miles south of Jalandhar, 25 miles east south-east of Sultanpur and 13 miles west of Pahlor. [4] The serai was built on a site measuring 551 square feet. It had octagonal towers at the corners. The western gateway, called Lahore gate is double-storied and built in red sandstone.