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5 unusual facts about Patiala


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.

Colonel C. W. Bowles

This experiment allowed him to perfect the monorail based on the Ewing System which he subsequently used to construct the Patiala State Monorail Trainways at Patiala.

Edmund Candler

Preferring the politically quiescent atmosphere of a princely state, he took up the post of Principal at Mohindra College, Patiala.

Nihal Singh

He got his education under the guidance of his mother who was daughter of Maharaja Narender Singh of Patiala.

Zirakpur

For the specialized health requirements, the town depends on the super speciality institutes in the region like the GMCH-32 Chandigarh, the PGIMER Chandigarh, Government Medical College, Patiala etc.


AIESEC Chandigarh

AIESEC Chandigarh has expansions is nearby cities of Patiala and Dehradun.

Amanat Ali

Amanat Ali Khan (1922–1974), Pakistani classical/ghazal singer, from the Patiala gharana

Shafqat Amanat Ali (born 1965), Pakistani classical singer belonging to Patiala Gharana

Battle of Abu Tellul

The fords on the Jordan River at Makhadet Hijla and El Hinu were held by the Mysore and Hyderabad Lancers while the Ghoraniyeh bridgehead was garrisoned by the Alwar and Patiala Infantry Battalions and the 14th and 15th (Imperial Service) Cavalry Brigades of the 2nd Mounted Division.

Bhupinder Singh of Patiala

He was well known for the construction of buildings with bold architectural designs in Patiala, including Kali Temple, Patiala, and Chail View Palace in the summer retreat of Kandaghat along with Chail Palace and Oak Over and Cedar Lodge in Shimla which now houses the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh and Punjab State Guest House respectively.

Buddha Goraya

Other demographics include Rajput mostly migrated from Talwandi Malak Patiala State India, Jat local, Butt originally from Kashmir before partition, Dogar local, Kumhar or Rehmani local & some migrated, Shaikh or Qasab local, Mochi or Bhatti, Nai or Barber, Khokhar, Julaha and some others.

Chail Gurudwara

The Gurudwara Saheb (Sikh temple) was established at Chail in the year 1907.It was constructed by Maharaja Bhupinder Singh of Patiala.

Dogar family

84% of the total population of this tribe was residing in the areas which are now part of India e.g. Amritsar District, Gurdaspur District, Jalandhar District, Ludhiana District, Hoshiarpur District, Ambala District, Karnal District, Kapurthala State, Malerkotla State, Nabha State, Jind State, Kalsia State, Patiala State, Faridkot State, Ferozepur District.

Garima Chaudhary

Since 2004, Chaudhary has been training with Jiwan Sharma and Divya Sharma at Patiala-based National Institute of Sports.

Gurdwara Dukh Nivaran Sahib

Records of a court case in 1870 mention a Guru's garden and a Nihangs' well being in existence here.In 1920, during a survey for the proposed construction of Sirhind-Patiala-Jakhal railway line, it appeared that the banyan tree under which had sat Guru Tegh Bahadur would have to be removed.

History of Sirhind

He asked Marathas for help, On 7 March, 1758, Marathas at that time were the paramount power in India, Maratha general, Raghunathrao had encamped at Rajpura where he received Adina Beg Khan’s envoys, and was informed that the latter, accompanied by Sikh militias, belonging to the bands of Jassa Singh Ahluwalia and Ala Singh of Patiala had closed upon Sirhind from the other side of Satluj.

Johar Ali Khan

His grandfather was Ustad Ali Baksh, the founder of Patiala Gharana, who has produced a number of great musicians like Bade Fateh Ali Khan, Amanat Ali Khan, Asad Amanat Ali Khan, and Hamid Ali Khan.

Kasur

Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, A Hindustani classical vocalist, from the Patiala gharana (Born in Kasur, later migrated to India after partition)

Khushi Ram

In the same year he was again selected to captain the Indian team for 6th Asian Games at Bangkok, but due to a severe eye injury at the training camp in NIS Patiala he could not participate in the Asian Games.

Lehal

Dr. Gurpreet Singh Lehal is a professor at Punjabi University, Patiala, and is credited with designing Punjabi language software that enables users to utilise the language with computers.

Maharaja of Patiala

Maharaja of Patiala was also known as the owner of the highest cricket ground in Chail and the first Indian to own a car and an aircraft.

Mahendra Pratap

Decorating Pratap with the Order of the Red Eagle, the Kaiser showed his awareness of the strategic position of the Phulkian States (Jind, Patiala and Nabha), if India was invaded through the Afghan frontier.

Malaudh

The ruling families of Patiala, Nabha, Jind, Faridkot, Bhadaur and Malaudh all descend from the Raja of Jaisalmer Maharawal Jaisal, Yadu Bhatti Rajputs of Chandra Vanshi clan and descendants of Lord Krishna, Avatar of Lord Vishnu.

National Institute of Sports

NIS is housed in the Old Moti Bagh palace of earstwhile royal family of Patiala, which was purchased by Government of India after Indian Independence.

Phaguwala

This shrine was eventually developed into a proper gurdwara and was called Gurudwara Sahib Patshahi Naumi "The gurdwara of the ninth master" during the time of Maharaja Narinder Singh of Patiala (1846–62CE) who is also said to have presented a copy of the Guru Granth Sahib for installation here.

Pheel Khana School

The Pheel Khana School was founded in 1955 along with its sister institution Senior Model School, Civil Lines Patiala as part of a 'Model School' program of Government of Punjab.


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