Nawanshahr
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Nawanshahr is a city and it became district in 1995. now it is a municipal council in Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district in the India
n state
of Punjab
. It is the headquarters of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar District.
It is said to have been built during the reign of Alauddin Khilji
(1295-1316) by his Afghan Military Chief Nausher Khan. Previously it was called "Nausar" but with the passage of time, the town came to be known as "Nawanshahr". Nausher Khan had constructed five forts known as Havelis, whose remains still exist.
On September 27, 2008 in Khatkar Kalan
7 kilometres from Nawanshar, for honoring freedom fighter Bhagat Singh, the Punjab government announced that a district in the state will be named after him. The announcement was made by Punjab Chief Minister Prakash Singh Badal at a function ancestral village of the martyr to mark his 101st birth anniversary. Nawanshahr district would be renamed as Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar. it is very fast expanding city. it has one govt. hospital , but lots of private hospital with new technology, and very good doctors from all professions.
Nawanshahar has co-ad college " R.K.Arya" and one only girl college as well.
Rajput
s were propertiers or part propertiers of Rahon, Bhaddi, Jadla et al.Langroya is very famous village just five kilometers away from nawan shahr.
Their Rule started in 1670 with Raja
Hawaha Singh and held huge territories in Nawanshahr, Jallandhar, Ludhiana and Hoshirapur and continued as Raja of Machiwara till a long time.
As of 2001 India census
, Nawanshahr had a population of 30,933. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Nawanshahr has an average literacy rate of 75%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 79%, and female literacy is 71%. In Nawanshahr, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age. Sikhs constitute about 78% of the population in Nawanshahr. The Scheduled Caste population is more than 35%.
India
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n state
States and territories of India
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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 the headquarters of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar District.
It is said to have been built during the reign of Alauddin Khilji
Alauddin Khilji
Ali Gurshap Khan better known by his titular name as Sultan Ala-ud-din Khilji was the second ruler of the Turko-Afghan Khilji dynasty in India.He was a well and capable ruler. He belonged to the Afghanized Turkic tribe of the Khiljis...
(1295-1316) by his Afghan Military Chief Nausher Khan. Previously it was called "Nausar" but with the passage of time, the town came to be known as "Nawanshahr". Nausher Khan had constructed five forts known as Havelis, whose remains still exist.
On September 27, 2008 in Khatkar Kalan
Khatkar Kalan
Khatkar Kalan is a village just outside Banga town in Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district in the Indian state of Punjab. This is the ancestral town of freedom fighter Bhagat Singh, after whom the district is named....
7 kilometres from Nawanshar, for honoring freedom fighter Bhagat Singh, the Punjab government announced that a district in the state will be named after him. The announcement was made by Punjab Chief Minister Prakash Singh Badal at a function ancestral village of the martyr to mark his 101st birth anniversary. Nawanshahr district would be renamed as Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar. it is very fast expanding city. it has one govt. hospital , but lots of private hospital with new technology, and very good doctors from all professions.
Nawanshahar has co-ad college " R.K.Arya" and one only girl college as well.
History
The GhorewahaGhorewaha
Ghorewaha are a sub-clan of Rajputs in India and Pakistan who are descendants of Raja Hawaha , who became recognized for his equestrian prowess, hence the name "Ghorewaha" or "expert equestrian"....
Rajput
Rajput
A Rajput is a member of one of the patrilineal clans of western, central, northern India and in some parts of Pakistan. Rajputs are descendants of one of the major ruling warrior classes in the Indian subcontinent, particularly North India...
s were propertiers or part propertiers of Rahon, Bhaddi, Jadla et al.Langroya is very famous village just five kilometers away from nawan shahr.
Their Rule started in 1670 with Raja
Raja
Raja is an Indian term for a monarch, or princely ruler of the Kshatriya varna...
Hawaha Singh and held huge territories in Nawanshahr, Jallandhar, Ludhiana and Hoshirapur and continued as Raja of Machiwara till a long time.
Demographics
Census
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...
, Nawanshahr had a population of 30,933. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Nawanshahr has an average literacy rate of 75%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 79%, and female literacy is 71%. In Nawanshahr, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age. Sikhs constitute about 78% of the population in Nawanshahr. The Scheduled Caste population is more than 35%.
Notable residents
- Jazzy BJazzy BJaswinder Singh Bains, more popularly known as Jazzy B, is a Punjabi language bhangra singer-songwriter. He was born on April 1, 1975 in Durgapur, Nawanshahr, Punjab, India. When he was 5 years old, his family moved to Vancouver, Canada. He has released 12 studio albums, including two religious ones...
(Punjabbi singer) - B.R. Chopra (Film Director and Producer)
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(Film Director and Producer) - Amrish PuriAmrish PuriAmrish Singh Puri , ; 22 June 1932 – 12 January 2005 was an iconic theater and film actor from India, who was a key player in the Indian theater movement that picked up steam in the 1960s. He worked with notable playwrights of the time, such as Satyadev Dubey and Girish Karnad...
(Indian actor) - Madan PuriMadan PuriMadan Puri was an actor in Hindi and Punjabi films.-Early life:Madan Singh Puri was born in Nawanshahr, Punjab to S. Nihal Singh Puri and Ved Kaur...
(Indian actor) - Sukhshinder ShindaSukhshinder ShindaSukshinder Shinda is a bhangra record producer and singer–songwriter. Since releasing his first professional recording in 1993, Dhol Beat Ek, Shinda has produced or collaborated on more than 200 albums, including all of Jazzy B's releases and the majority of Amrinder Gill's...
(Punjabi singer, music director and producer) - Shaheed Bhagat Singh (Freedom fighter)
- Dr Gurbachan Singh Dosanjh (Freedom Fighter)
- Rekha Bawa (THE BEST)