Mandi Gobindgarh
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Mandi Gobindgarh is a town and a municipal committee in Fatehgarh Sahib district
in the India
n state
of Punjab
. It is also sometimes referred to as Steel City (or simply Loha Mandi ("Iron Market"),Steel Hub because of a large number of steel mills and factories..This town is not only famous in India but also in foreign commercial areas because of establishment of lots of factories and furnishes in this town.Also the municipal committee of this town is one of the richest councils of whole Punjab.
visited this area along with his army, he had a tough fight with Lala Beg, the army chief of Phul Maharaj the ruler of this region. Lala was killed in the village of Saunti near Amloh
. Soldiers killed during the war were brought to Gurdwara
6th patshahi and cremated.
Legends say that during the war, the use of metal was required for horseshoe repair and for other needs. The soldiers couldn't locate any metal in and around the city; then Guru Har Gobind blessed this city to be the city of iron. Since then the iron (metal) business has flourished in this region.
This was originally a walled town with four gates. One was near Modi Mills, another was near Munilal Om Prakash, the third near the present main post office
and the fourth near Krishna Mandir. All these gates used to be closed by sunset till 1950. After 1950, the gates were demolished one by one.
The first industry started here was cotton
ginning. It was also famous for its gram
trade, as the Maharaja had declared it as the free trade zone
in the region. Utensils like enamel
-plated plates and mugs were also manufactured in Gobindgarh. The first school was a co-educational primary school situated at the present municipal market. It was a part of SNAS Higher Secondary School. The building was pulled down in 1965-66.
Modern amenities like telephones, electricity and water supplies made their first appearance in Gobindgarh during 1955-57.
, Gobindgarh had a population of 55,416. Males constitute 56% of the population and females 44%. Gobindgarh has an average literacy rate of 69%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 72%, and female literacy is 67%. In Gobindgarh, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.
There are various hospitals and other modern facilities available in the city:
Fatehgarh Sahib district
Fatehgarh Sahib district , is one of the twenty two districts in the state of Punjab in North-West Republic of India, with its headquarters in the city of Fatehgarh Sahib....
in the India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n state
States and territories of India
India is a federal union of states comprising twenty-eight states and seven union territories. The states and territories are further subdivided into districts and so on.-List of states and territories:...
of Punjab
Punjab (India)
Punjab ) is a state in the northwest of the Republic of India, forming part of the larger Punjab region. The state is bordered by the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh to the east, Haryana to the south and southeast and Rajasthan to the southwest as well as the Pakistani province of Punjab to the...
. It is also sometimes referred to as Steel City (or simply Loha Mandi ("Iron Market"),Steel Hub because of a large number of steel mills and factories..This town is not only famous in India but also in foreign commercial areas because of establishment of lots of factories and furnishes in this town.Also the municipal committee of this town is one of the richest councils of whole Punjab.
History
When Guru Har GobindGuru Har Gobind
Guru Hargobind Sahib, also Saccha Badshah was the sixth of the Sikh gurus and became Guru on 25 May 1606 following in the footsteps of his father Guru Arjan Dev. He was not, perhaps, more than eleven at his father's execution...
visited this area along with his army, he had a tough fight with Lala Beg, the army chief of Phul Maharaj the ruler of this region. Lala was killed in the village of Saunti near Amloh
Amloh
Amloh is a town and a municipal council in Fatehgarh Sahib district in the state of Punjab, India.Amloh town was originally founded by Faiz Baksh, the Governor of Sirhind. After the fall of Sirhind in 1763, Amloh was annexed by Raja Hamir Singh, the ruler of Nabha State. It was developed by the...
. Soldiers killed during the war were brought to Gurdwara
Gurdwara
A Gurdwara , meaning the Gateway to the Guru, is the place of worship for Sikhs, the followers of Sikhism. A Gurdwara can be identified from a distance by tall flagpoles bearing the Nishan Sahib ....
6th patshahi and cremated.
Legends say that during the war, the use of metal was required for horseshoe repair and for other needs. The soldiers couldn't locate any metal in and around the city; then Guru Har Gobind blessed this city to be the city of iron. Since then the iron (metal) business has flourished in this region.
This was originally a walled town with four gates. One was near Modi Mills, another was near Munilal Om Prakash, the third near the present main post office
Post office
A post office is a facility forming part of a postal system for the posting, receipt, sorting, handling, transmission or delivery of mail.Post offices offer mail-related services such as post office boxes, postage and packaging supplies...
and the fourth near Krishna Mandir. All these gates used to be closed by sunset till 1950. After 1950, the gates were demolished one by one.
The first industry started here was cotton
Cotton
Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective capsule, around the seeds of cotton plants of the genus Gossypium. The fiber is almost pure cellulose. The botanical purpose of cotton fiber is to aid in seed dispersal....
ginning. It was also famous for its gram
Pulse (legume)
A pulse is an annual leguminous crop yielding from one to twelve seeds of variable size, shape, and color within a pod. Pulses are used for food and animal feed. The term "pulse", as used by the Food and Agricultural Organization , is reserved for crops harvested solely for the dry seed...
trade, as the Maharaja had declared it as the free trade zone
Free trade zone
A free trade zone or export processing zone , also called foreign-trade zone, formerly free port is an area within which goods may be landed, handled, manufactured or reconfigured, and reexported without the intervention of the customs authorities...
in the region. Utensils like enamel
Vitreous enamel
Vitreous enamel, also porcelain enamel in U.S. English, is a material made by fusing powdered glass to a substrate by firing, usually between 750 and 850 °C...
-plated plates and mugs were also manufactured in Gobindgarh. The first school was a co-educational primary school situated at the present municipal market. It was a part of SNAS Higher Secondary School. The building was pulled down in 1965-66.
Modern amenities like telephones, electricity and water supplies made their first appearance in Gobindgarh during 1955-57.
Demographics
India censusCensus
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
, Gobindgarh had a population of 55,416. Males constitute 56% of the population and females 44%. Gobindgarh has an average literacy rate of 69%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 72%, and female literacy is 67%. In Gobindgarh, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Education and health services
Mandi Gobindgarh has many educational institutes,- Punjab Public School
- Gobindgarh Public School
- Gobindgarh Public College
- Punjab Institute of Management & Technology(P.I.M.T)
- Gobindgarh College of Education
- S.G.H.G.School.
- Regional Institute of Management and Technology (R.I.M.T.)
- SNAS Higher Secondary School
- St. Farid Public School
- Om Prakash Bansal Modern School
- Manas Public School
- Sacred Heart Senior Secondary School
- Shaheed Bhagat Singh Senior Secondary School
- City College Of Accounts.
- S.D.Public school
- True-Touch Computer's & Services(98156-11299)
There are various hospitals and other modern facilities available in the city:
- Kanta Nursing Home
- Bajaj Nursing Home
- Gurpreet Nursing Home
- Civil Hospital
- Prabhatpuri Charitable Hospital
- Gobindgarh Dental Hospital
- Poonam General Hospital
- Shree Krishna Homoepathic charitable dispensary
- Better Vision,Vision care and optical centre
Daily steel Market SMS Service
- Steel Information & Marketing System (Steelmkt)+91-9888814974
- Gobindgarh Loha News(Hindi Monthly Magazine )+91-9803387012