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13 unusual facts about Ludhiana


Achhroo Ram Kapila

Born in Ludhiana, Punjab, India, his family moved to Kenya in 1930 and he remained there for the rest of his life.

Battle of Sobraon

Gough had intended to attack the Sikh army as soon as Smith's division rejoined from Ludhiana, but Hardinge forced him to wait until a heavy artillery train had arrived.

Buddha Nullah

Today it has also become a major source of pollution in the region as well the main Sutlej river, as it get polluted after entering the highly populated and industrialized Ludhiana city, turning it into an open drain.

George Russell Clerk

He thus worked as an Assistant to the President in Rajputana and Delhi, before being posted as Political Agent at Ambala and subsequently at Ludhiana in 1839 and Lahore in 1840.

GNDEC

Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College, Ludhiana, the reputed and oldest engineering institution of Punjab named after first guru of Sikhs

Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College

Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College, Ludhiana, the oldest engineering institution of Punjab named after first guru of sikhs, Foundation stone was laid by Dr. Rajinder Prasad in 1954, the then President of India.

Khanna rail disaster

The Khanna rail disaster occurred on November 26, 1998 near Khanna on the Khanna-Ludhiana section of India's Northern Railway in Punjab, at 03:15 when the Calcutta-bound Jammu Tawi-Sealdah Express collided with six derailed coaches of the Amritsar-bound "Frontier Mail" which were lying in its path.

Muhammad Ajmal

Makhdum Muhammad Ajmal (7 September 1919, Ludhiana, India – 1994) was an academic psychologist who established the first university psychology department in Pakistan.

Pakistan Socialist Party

A Socialist Party convention in Ludhiana held in July 1947 decided that an autonomous party organization would be formed in Pakistan.

Paul Chohan

Paul Satinder "Bubli" Chohan (born on July 2, 1957 in Ludhiana (Punjab), India) is a former field hockey player from Canada.

Project Primary Edu

Project Primary Edu is a charity fundraiser that is working to improve Sarkari Primary School in Mor Karima, Ludhiana, Punjab, India.

Raman Mundair

She was born in Ludhiana, India and came to live in the UK at the age of five.

Tapishwar Narain Raina

He was educated in Ludhiana, where his father, B. N. Raina, had been posted as Head Postmaster.


15th Ludhiana Sikhs

Lieutenant John Smyth 15th Ludhiana Sikhs,was awarded the Victoria Cross, the United Kingdom's highest award for bravery in combat.

Abdul Rahim Dard

Maulana Abur Rahim Dard, son of Qadir Bakhsh, was born in 1894 in Ludhiana and received his early education there, in Lahore and Patiala and did his M.A.

Baba Bhaniara

An organization Khalsa Action Committee was formed headed by Charanjit Singh Channi, which disrupted a religious congregation at the home of one of Bhaniara's followers in Ludhiana in 2001.

Baba Dharam Dass

Unable to travel back to Pasrur to perform important rituals on the tomb of Baba Dharam Dass, they have created two replicas of his tomb, one in the town of Meerut near Delhi and other in Ludhiana in Indian Punjab.

Baba Sawan Singh

Sawan Singh Grewal was born into a Sikh family on 27 July 1858 in village Jatala, District Ludhiana.

Balwant Singh Rajoana

Balwant Singh was born in Rajoana Kalan village near Raikot in Ludhiana district of Punjab in a Jatt Sikh family on 23 August 1967.he joined the Punjab Police.

Battle of Aliwal

However, on learning of the Sikh strength, and receiving further orders from Gough, he instead force-marched his troops via Jagraon, collecting a British regiment there, to reach Ludhiana ahead of the Sikh main body.

Boparai

Boparai Kalan, Ludhiana, a village in the India n state of Punjab

Charanjit Singh Atwal

He is a former Speaker of the Punjab Assembly.He was born in Montgomery in Pakistan and graduated from GGN Khalsa College, Ludhiana.

Deep Saini

An alumnus of Punjab Agricultural University in Ludhiana, and later the University of Adelaide, Australia, Saini joined many Indian-origin educationists holding high positions in Canadian universities.

Garcha

Garcha is a family surname of Punjabi Jatts who are believed to have originated from the village Majara, Kohara, in Ludhiana district of Punjab.

Green Grove Public School

Green Grove Public School stands like a colossus amidst acres of agricultural activity in Mohanpur area of Ludhiana district.

Guru Nanak Stadium

It is near to Chaura Bazaar , Ludhiana junction and Inter State Bus Terminal of Ludhiana is also few minutes away.

Jakhal Mandi

It is connected directly to national capital Delhi and provides connectivity to important towns of Punjab & Haryana like Ludhiana, Bhatinda & Sirsa.

Kinnow

Punjab Agricultural University in Ludhiana, Punjab has developed new technologies for obtaining higher yields of better quality fruits under the conditions of Indian Punjab.

Ludhiana district

Ludhiana is one of the centrally located cities of Punjab, which is located on the Grand Trunk Road from Delhi to Amritsar at latitude 30.55 North & longitude 75.54 East in the state of Punjab in Northern India.

Mandi Mullanpur

Mandi Mullanpur, also known as Mullanpur, is a town located 18 km from Ludhiana on Grand Trunk Road to Jagraon.

Narangwal

Narangwal is a village in Ludhiana Punjab, India, where most of the Grewal clan live.

Prithipal Singh

Many believe that Singh coached the secrets of an iron grip and was the inspiration behind four times World Armwrestling champion and two times World Martial Arts Breaking Champion Jay Ranade, when he worked for Singh at Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, in weight lifting coaching.

Sufi Barkat Ali

-- Please do not remove 'Abu Anees': this is his full name as signed in his books--> Muhammad Barkat Ali Al-Ludhianiwi (Quddisa Sirrahul Aziz; 27 April 1911 – 26 January 1997), also referred to as Babaji Sarkar by his disciples, was a Muslim Sufi saint who belongs to Chishtia order of Hazrat Baba Farid Gunj-e-Shakar R.A., born in a small village of Brahmi in the Tehsil of Ludhiana in Northern British India.