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	HOSHIARPUR - LoveToKnow Article on HOSHIARPUR (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Its eastern face consists of the westward slope of the Solar Singhi Hills; parallel with that ridge, a line of lower heights belonging to the Siwalik range traverses the district from south to north, while bctween the ~two chains stretches a valley of uneven width, known as the Jaswan Dun.
		Its upper portion is crossed by the Sohan torrent, while the Sutlej sweeps into its lower end through a break in the hills, and flows in a southerly direction till it turns the flank of the central range, and debouches westwards upon the plains.
		The district, owing to its proximity to the hills, possesses a comparatively cool and humid climate.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /H/HO/HOSHIARPUR.htm (547 words)

	The Sikh Coalition
		September 1, 1997: Jagan Nath alias Jagnoo son of Ranjha Ram, a resident of village Pasla in Jalandhar district was killed in Police custody of P.S. Guraya, Distt.
		August 15, 1999: Lakhbir Singh alias Lakha (35), a resident of village Ratoke in District Taran Taran was killed in police custody of P.S.Sarhali, District Taran Taran.
		September 9, 2000: Chuhar Singh, a resident of village Gogon in District Hoshiarpur died in Police custody in P.S. Mahilpur, District Hoshiarpur.
	www.sikhcoalition.org /HumanRights6.asp (1303 words)

	About District
		Large numbers of families from the district have settled in countries like Canada, UK, and USA etc. Consequently huge remittance is being received by their kith and kin back in India which contribute to the economic development and prosperity of the district.
		The west border of the district touches Jalandhar, east border touches with RoopNagar (Ropar) district, the northern border of the district meets with district Hoshiarpur and in south it touches with Ludhiana (known as the Manchester of India) and Kapurthala District.
		The Nawanshahr district is one of the smaller districts of Punjab and is having an area of 125833 hectares consisting of population of 586637 as per 2001 census (provisional).
	nawanshahr.nic.in /html/about_district.htm (1297 words)

	Articles - Kapurthala (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Kapurthala District is one of the smallest districts of Punjab in terms of both area and population.
		In the north it is bound by Hoshiarpur, Gurdaspur, and Amritsar districts, in the west by River Beas and Amritsar District, and in south by the Sutlej River, Jalandhar District, and Hoshiarpur District.
		The total area of the district is 1633 kmÂ² (630.338 square miles) of which 909.09 kmÂ² (350.908 square miles) is in Kapurthala tehsil, 304.05 kmÂ² (117.363 square miles) in Phagwara tehsil and 451.0 kmÂ² (174.086 square miles) in Sultanpur Lodhi tehsil.
	www.izeez.com /articles/Kapurthala (469 words)

	About District
		Hoshiarpur district is located in the north-east part of the State.
		The district is submountainous and stretches of river Beas in the north-west.
		The pattern of seasons in the district is similar to other districts of the state, except slight variations at the terminals and year may be divided into three main seasons.
	hoshiarpur.nic.in /html/about_district.htm (397 words)

	About District
		Guru Nanak, born in 1469 in the Lahore district, married in 1485 with Sulkhani, daughter of Mool Chand, a Khatri of Pakhoke (Dera Baba Nanak) in the Batala Tehsil.
		The Chaki Khad is the chief tributary of the Beas in Gurdaspur district.
		The salt petre occurs in the district at the villages of Thikriwala, Lamin and Pandori in thesil Gurdaspur and Dhawan, Chataurgarh and Badowal in tehsil Batala.
	gurdaspur.nic.in /html/profile.htm (2381 words)

	Encyclopedia: Punjab (India)
		Patiala district is one of the famous princely states of erstwhile Punjab.
		In 1956, PEPSU was merged into Punjab state, and several northern districts of Punjab in the Himalaya were added to Himachal Pradesh.
		Bathinda is a district of the State of Punjab, situated in the northwestern part of India.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Punjab-(India) (2485 words)

	GAZTTER ROPAR
		According to the 1981 Census, the population of the district was 7.16,662, comprising,85,087 males and 3,31,575 females.
		The Anandpur Dun.- The Anandpur Dun is an elongated valley enclosed by the Shiwalik Hills on the south0wwest and the Outer Himalayas on the north-east.
		The district is rich in wild life, though the liberal grant of fire arms and shooting licences, reclamation of land and extension of agriculture are reducing their number.
	punjabrevenue.nic.in /gazropr1.htm (5529 words)

	www.kapurthalaonline.com...Taking City to Cyber Age...Kapurthala (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Kapurthala which was formerly a princely state is one of the smallest districts of Punjab both in terms of area and population.
		The district lies between 31-08’ degree and 31-37’ degrees north latitude and 74-58’ and 75-54’ degrees east longitude.
		In the north it is bound by district Hoshiarpur, Gurdaspur and Amritsar, in the west by River Beas and district Amritsar and in south by river Sutlej, Jalandhar and Hoshiarpur.
	www.kapurthalaonline.com /kapurthala/kapurthala.shtml (296 words)

	himachal-cities-una (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Una has been carved out of Hoshiarpur district of Punjab in 1966 where the hilly areas of Punjab were transferred to Himachal Pradesh and the whole area is warm.
		It is bounded by Kangra, Hamirpur and Bilaspur districts of Himachal Pradesh in the North, East and South, by Hoshiarpur district of Punjab in the West.
		Una district is in Himalayan foothills zone bounded by palins of Punjab in the West and Solahasinghi Dhar in the East.
	www.himachal.co.in /una.htm (566 words)

	Gadar List
		Alias Ajmer Singh Bains, son of Harnam Singh, Jat, of Mahilpur, District Hoshiarpur.
		Charan Singh, alias Carmen Singh, alias Sham Singh
		Emigrated to Fuji in 1904, whence to Vancouver in 1907.
	www.sikhpioneers.org /gadardirectory.html (7605 words)

	About District - Rupnagar
		The district adjoins Una District (Himachal Pradesh) in the north, Hoshiarpur District in the north-west and Ludhiana & Patiala Districts in the south-west.
		The climate of Rupnagar District is characterized by its general dryness (except in the south-west monsoon season), a hot summer and a bracing cold winter.
		The soils of the District vary in texture generally from loam to silty clay loam except along the Sutlej River and chos where some sandy patches may be found.
	rupnagar.nic.in /html/about.htm (1296 words)

	A Study of Existing Status of Rural Girls in Hoshiarpur District of Punjab (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		A sample of 300 adolescent girls attending schools was drawn from the villages of Hoshiarpur district of Punjab.
		Three blocks of Hoshiarpur district namely Mahilpur, Hoshiarpur II and Bhunga were identified for the study.
		The ideal age of marriage for girls in Hoshiarpur district was above 18years and for boys it was 25 years and a gap of less than five years was generally accepted between boy and girl as marriage partners.
	www.aiaer.150m.com /6[1]._Thind.htm (2666 words)

	Encyclopedia: Hoshiarpur
		Hoshiarpur is a town in Hoshiarpur district, Punjab province, India.
		The District of Hoshiarpur comprises an area of 3,365 sq.
		hoshiarpur is known for some famous people like karanvir singh virdi
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Hoshiarpur (268 words)

	Today in Sikh History - 15th November :Gateway to Sikhism
		==> GANDA SINGH (Dr.) was born on November 15, 1900, at Hariana, an ancient town in Hoshiarpur district of the Punjab.
		The hour was late and his knocking at the door of his house did not sound to the inmates as an earthly phenomenon.
		The representation was according to districts in Punjab and according to provinces outside.
	www.allaboutsikhs.com /history/his1115.htm (1930 words)

	The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Punjab
		Residents of Tanda and Mukerian towns in Hoshiarpur district are consuming contaminated water being supplied from the water supply sources of Municipal Councils of these towns.
		Hoshiarpur DAV Senior Secondary School student Abhi Verma was given an overdose of chloroform and Fortwin injections by his kidnappers, which resulted in his death the same day.
		Patwari Balwinder Singh of Mal Halka Dhanoor in Ludhiana district was, on the other hand, allegedly caught while demanding and accepting Rs 500 as bribe from the complainant in the case relating to the making of an entry on mutation of his land”.
	www.tribuneindia.com /2005/20050224/punjab1.htm (6881 words)

	Historical Sikh Events at Gateway to Sikhism:Karorasinghia Misl (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The founder of the jatha or band of warriors that subsequently acquired the size and power of a misl, was Shiam Singh of Narli who had battled with the invading forces of Nadir Shah in 1739.
		Karora Singh confined his activities to the tract lying south of the Kangra hills in Hoshiarpur district, and had seized several important towns such as Hoshiarpur, Hariana and Sham Chaurasi before he died in 1761.
		A Dhalival Jatt, Baghel Singh arose from the village of Jhabal, in Amritsar district, to become a formidable force in the cis-Sutlej region.
	allaboutsikhs.com /events/mkarorasingha.htm (771 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		HOSHIARPUR: Tikshan Sood, BJP MLA from Hoshiarpur, has demanded immediate suspension and transfer of district police chief Gurpreet Deo for allegedly misusing force at Naushera Pattan on Wednesday in which Sood claims to have been injured.
		Sood along with his supporters had gone to Naushera Pattan in support of minister of state of external affairs Vinod Khanna to participate in the controversial inauguration of the bridge that connects Hoshiarpur and Gurdaspur.
		She said that the district administration had asked Sood if he wanted to go to the other side of the bridge where the rally was being held.
	timesofindia.indiatimes.com /cms.dll/xml/uncomp/articleshow?msid=141760 (758 words)

	GUJRANWALA DISTRICT
		Note.-Another effect of adoption is that the adopted son, if of a different got as, when he is a sister or a daughter's son assumes the got of the adoptive father, with its prohibited degrees of marriage, but probably the old prohibited degrees remain in force for him" (1).
		Although an appointed heir cannot inherit in his natural- father's family in the presence of a real brother, he or his heirs can succeed in the natural father's family in preference to collaterals not descended from the natural father.
		L R. Pargana in the Ludhiana District an adopted son succeeds to the property of his natural father in the absence of brothers.
	punjabrevenue.nic.in /cust47.htm (3627 words)

	Seven killed, 32 injured in road mishap in Hoshiarpur district .:. NewKerala - India's Top Online Newspaper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Seven killed, 32 injured in road mishap in Hoshiarpur district.:.
		Hoshiarpur (Punjab), May 24 : Seven persons, including six pilgrims from Gujarat, were today killed and 32 injured in a collision between a Tata Sumo and a mini-bus at Monaka village near Tanda in the district, police sources said here.
		Of the seven pilgrims travelling in the Sumo, six persons, including two women, died on the spot while one person in the mini-bus was also killed, they said.
	www.newkerala.com /news.php?action=fullnews&id=2470 (154 words)

	Regional Beat -- Chandigarh
		Jalandhar: Sudesh Kumari, 35, a resident of a village in Talwara area of Hoshiarpur district, was run over and killed by a train between the Bhogpur-Kala Bakra on the Jalandhar-Pathankot section yesterday, police sources said today.
		Hoshiarpur: R.P. Dhir was today elected president of the District Bar Association for the second consecutive year.
		He said that banks in the district would provide credit to the tune of Rs 229.34 crore under priority sector, which is higher by 32 per cent as compared to last year.
	www.expressindia.com /ie/daily/19990402/ige02109.html (964 words)

	Kishan Singh Gargajj
		KISHAN SINGH GARGAJJ (1886-1926), founder of the Babar Akali movement, was the only son of Fateh Singh of Baring, a village in Jalandhar district in the Punjab.
		At the time of the Sikh Educational Conference at Hoshiarpur from 19-21 March 1921, he and Master Mota Singh held a secret meeting and resolved to slay those responsible for the bloody happenings at Nankana Sahib.
		While Kishan Singh and his companions carried on their campaign in Jalandhar district, with frequent incursions into the villages of Ambala district and Knpurthala state, Karam Singh of Daulatpur, who had organized a similar band of extremist Sikhs, worked in Hoshiarpur district.
	www.sikhpoint.com /religion/sikhcommunity/kishan.htm (682 words)

	WELCOME TO NEWS BRIEFS FROM PUNJAB - A GREAT STATE OF INDIA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Hoshiarpur: A person was beaten to death by a mob when he tried to loot Raj Kumari, wife of Shamsher Singh, of Fatuwal village at pistol point when she was going from Mukerian to her home Saturday night.
		Hoshiarpur: In a bizarre incident, a Naib Subedar killed her mother at Talwandi Dadian village of Hoshiarpur district Friday evening.
		Hoshiarpur: Two persons, including one woman, were killed when their two-wheeler rammed into a bus near Dhootkalan village on the Dasuya-Hoshiarpur road this morning.
	www.datelinepunjab.com /html/nb.html (11876 words)

	Temples and legends of Himachal Pradesh -Bilaspur(introduction) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The entire area of the present Bilaspur district in Himachal Pradesh was a princely State and with the lapse of paramountcy in India was taken over under the Central Administration as a separate unit but not made over to Himachal Pradesh because of the multi-purpose Bhakra Dam Project over the Sutlaj* river.
		Kangra and Mandi bound it on the north, on the west by Hoshiarpur, on the south by Hindur (Nalagarb), and on the east by Baghal and Suket.
		The Satluj enters the State from Mangal at the village of Kasol, and, traversing it in a tortuous course for 56 miles, leaves the territory at Naila and enters Hoshiarpur District.
	hindubooks.org /temples/himachal/Bilaspur (199 words)

	Himachal Pradesh - India travel & tourism information
		In November 1966, it was expanded with the inclusion of some of the hilly towns of Punjab like Shimla, Kangra, Kullu, Lahaul, Spiti, Nalagarh tehsil of Ambala district, and areas of Hoshiarpur and Gurdaspur districts.
		Himachal Pradesh was formed into 10 districts and was declared a state on January 25, 1971, with Shimla as its capital.
		The 12 districts of Bilaspur, Chamba, Hamirpur, Kangra, Kinnaur, Kullu, Lahaul and Spiti, Mandi, Shimla, Sirmaur, Solan and Una were re-organized into the districts of the state in 1972-73.
	www.bharatheritage.in /himachal-pradesh (548 words)

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		Hoshiarpur: Hoshiarpur Police achieved a major success on Wednesday when they rescued an abducted woman, Sudha Rani, who was kidnapped from Tanda.
		The reaction of the Chabbewal village, 10 km from Hoshiarpur town, could be seen from the shut doors of nearly all houses.
		It is to this obscure village in Hoshiarpur, Punjab, that the actor-turned- gangster’s moll traces her roots, though her parents settled in Norway two decades …
	search.lycos.com /?tab=news&query=hoshiarpur&adf=&loc=searchhp (307 words)

	SIWARD, EARL OF NORTHUMBRIA - LoveToKnow Article on SIWARD, EARL OF NORTHUMBRIA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The climate is good, the average elevation of the province being over 3500 ft., and the soil fertile.
		Wheat and barley are largely grown on the plateau, and in the lower districts there are extensive fruit orchards and vineyards.
		(F. SIWALIK HILLS, a name given to the foot-hills of the Himalayas in Debra Dun district of the United Provinces of India and in Nahan state and Hoshiarpur district of the Punjab.
	56.1911encyclopedia.org /S/SI/SIWARD_EARL_OF_NORTHUMBRIA.htm (2301 words)

	www.kapurthalaonline.com...Taking City to Cyber Age...Location (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In Northern direction Gurdaspur and in North-Eastern direction Hoshiarpur District is situated.
		In Western side of district Beas river is flowing after which Amritsar District is situated.
		In east direction of Phagwara District Hoshiarpur lies and on all other directions District Jalandhar lies.
	www.kapurthalaonline.com /location/location.shtml (132 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : Metro (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The problem is acute in the doaba region, of which Hoshiarpur and Nawanshahr are the worst-hit districts.
		In 2004, the two districts alone accounted for about 40 per cent of the recorded cases.
		In Hoshiarpur, the lawmen have set up a women’s cell of the Community Policing Resource Centre, including an NRI helpline, which works for reconciliation between the two families.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1050306/asp/look/story_4453801.asp (962 words)

	New Page 0 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Jalandhar district is one of the worst effected zones in the state.
		In Hoshiarpur district the great pond of Dassuha town, famous pond of Baba Lakho Ji and two more ponds near village Nangal add a new chapter in the Punjab’s tradition of ponds.
		Incidence of miscarriage was 8.4% in study area and 4.3% in control area, of still births was 3.1% in study area and 1.8% in control area and neonatal deaths with %age of 6.2 in study area and 4.5 in control area with respect to total studied females.
	www.pcwpc.com /KHETI.htm (7626 words)

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