
About Garhdiwala
original name: Garhdiwala
geographical location: Hoshiarpur, Punjab, India, Asia
geographical coordinates: 31° 43' 57" North,
75° 45' 2" East
Tradition goes that the town was built in 1443
A. D by one Garhia, a Jat, and was named after his and that the addition
of Diwala was made in 1812 on ccount of the incarnation of the goddess
(devi) having appeared in the town. In honour of this event, one Jodh
Singh, Ramgarhia, built a temple here. The work diwala is said to be
wither a contraction for deviwala or the word diowala a temple. The
said Sardar also built a fort in 1829 A. D., the traces of which are
hardly visible. Around the town, there are some groves of mangoes. Starting
from here, a belt of mango gardens can be seen up to Mahalpur
Garhdiwala is very old and famous town of hoshiarpur district.Garhdiwala
is the largest of all the legislative assemblies of Punjab.This small
town has been then centre of educatiion from the past century.Khalsa
Senior Secondry School is the oldest and famous school of this town
it has given Punjab great officers and players of international level.
Garhdiwala Township is situated on Chandigarh - Jammu
highway NH-24 at approximately 30 KM NE of Hoshiarpur. This moderate
town is very closed nit community and a business hub for numerous villages
around it. Local business ranges from grocery, jewelers, clothes, hardware,
chemist, electrical and electronics suppliers to cold storage and wheat
storage facilities.
Garhdiwala has Primary Schools, High Schools and Colleges.
Many of these schools / colleges have produced brilliant students now
spread out all over the world. Another motto of this site is to bring
all these people to one platform to communicate and provide local community
news on time-to-time basis.
Major cities surrounding Garhdiwala are Hoshiarpur, Jallandhar,
Dasuya, and Talwara.
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College |
Principal |
Phone
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KHALSA COLLEGE GARHDIWALA |
SATINDER SINGH DHILLON |
260323, 260940 |
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JANTA COLLEGE GARHDIWALA |
KULVIR KAUR |
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NATIONAL COLLEGE GARHDIWALA |
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KHALSA SENIOR SECONDARY |
RANJIT SINGH |
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S H G N GIRLS SENIOR SCHOOL |
NARINDER PAUL KAUR |
261510 |
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K R K SECONDARY SCHOOL |
BACHITTAR SINGH |
260340 |
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OKARA PUTRI PATHSHALA |
ANITA
SHARMA |
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| SENIOR
SECONDARY SCHOOL |
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D A V PUBLIC SCHOOL |
SUNITA KAPILA |
260375 |
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GOVT MIDDLE SCHOOL |
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BASSI MODEL SCHOOL |
SHASHI PURI |
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| HOLY
HEART PUBLIC SCHOOL |
KAMALA
ARORA |
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ST SOLDIER DIVINE PUBLIC SCHOOL |
Mr BHATIA |
261943 |
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SHANTI NIKETAN MODEL SCHOOL |
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260349 |
Important
Telephone numbers of Garhdiwala Administartion
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POLICE STATION |
260201 |
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POST OFFICE |
260322 |
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S D O PSEB OFFICE |
260336 |
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S D O PSEB 33 KVA |
260358 |
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STATE BANK OF PATIALA MANAGER |
260021 |
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STATE BANK OF PATIALA MANAGER |
260376 |
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THE ORIENTAL BANK OF COMMERCE |
261687 |
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PUJAB NATIONAL BANK |
262363 |
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PUNJAB NATIONAL BANK MANAGER |
260321 |
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M/s STATE BANK OF PATIALA MANAGER |
263003 |
Important Telephone numbers
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Mr. Balbir Singh |
261487
/ 501340 |
Municipal Councilor |
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Smt. Rajinder Kaur |
262040 |
Municipal Councilor
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Mr. Satish Kumar |
261713 |
Municipal Councilor |
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Mr. Kewal Kishan Puri |
260247 |
President
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Smt. Praveen Latta |
501225 |
Municipal Councilor |
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Mahant Bhupinder Singh |
988
833 5418 |
Municipal Councilor |
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Mr. Binderpal "Billa" |
260655
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Municipal Councilor
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Mr. Davinder Singh |
260237 |
Municipal Councilor |
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Mr. Tirath Singh Sira |
261621 |
Municipal Councilor |
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Smt. Krishana Kumari |
501428 |
Vice President
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| Mr.
Hardev Singh Bains |
260339 |
Executive
Officer |
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History
& Culture of Hoshiarpur
Ancient Period
The
area of present Hoshiarpur District was also part of Indus Valley Civilization.
Recent excavations at various sites in the district have revealed that
the entire area near the Shiwalik foothills was selected for habitation
not only by the early palaeolithic man but also by those in the protohistoric
and historic periods. In the explorations, seven early Stone Age sited
a Atbarapur, Rehmanpur and Takhni, 30-40 km north of Hoshiarpur District
in the foothills of Shiwalik, have been discovered where the stone artifacts
have been found. Besides these excavations, among the archaeological
remains in the Hoshiarpur District, the remains of temples at Dholbaha,
24 km north of Hoshiarpur, and especially the local legends throw valauble
light on the ancient history of the district.
The
legends associate several places in the district with pandavas. Dasua
is mentioned in epic of Mahabharata as the seat of Raja Virata in whose
services the Pandavas remained for thirteen years during their exile.
Bham, about 11 km west of Mahalpur is said to be the place where the
Pandavas passed their exile. Lasara, about 19 km north Jaijon, also
contains a stone temple stated to date back to the time of Pandavas.
According to the chinese pilgrim, Hieun Tsang, the area of Hoshiarpur
was dominated by a tribe of Chandrabansi Rajputs, who maintained an
independent existence for centuries before the Muhammadan conquest.
In
the Hoshiarpur District, Shiwaliks from Talwara on the Beas to Rupnagar
on the Satluj have revealed the presence of Acheolian and Soanian cultures.
From the shiwalik frontal range in the Hoshiarpur District, sixteen
sites have been reported to have yielded stone Age tools. Out of these,
besides the Soanian tools, these sited in Hoshiarpur District have yielded
Acheolian assemblage.
The
Atbarapur group has yielded a large number of Stone Age tools. This
group consisting of Atbarapur, Rehamanpur and Takhni close to the dry
beds of the Ghos are located at the foothills of the Shiwaliks, about
8 km north-east from the town of Hariana, Atbarapur has yielded 80 tools
consisting of 9 handaxes, 19 cleavers, 17 pebble-tools, 28 flakes and
7 cores/core choppers. All the tools in the collection are either on
flakes or cores. The raw material is quartzite of varying colours, viz.
Green, blue, brown, etc. The tools are fashioned mainly out of fine
to medium grained quartzite. In the recent archaeological excavations,
some fine pieces of sculptures of Gandhara dating back to 1000 AD and
after have been discovered hare. A list of stone tools yielding sited
explored by the Department of Archaeological, Punjab
is given in Appendix-1 at the end of the chapter.
The
archaeological explorations made during the recent years have revealed
the antiquity of the Hoshiarpur District to the Harappan Period. On
the basis of surface exploration, the following new sited have been
brought on the Archaeological map of India and the traces of the selfsame
people as at Harappa and Mohenjadaro have also been detected in the
Hoshiarpur District at the following places:-
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S.No. |
Name Of Village |
Name Of Tehsil |
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1 |
Daulatpur |
Hoshiarpur |
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2 |
Rahamanpura |
Hoshiarpur |
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3 |
Atbarapur |
Hoshiarpur |
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4 |
Takhni |
Hoshiarpur |
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5 |
Naroor |
Hoshiarpur |
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6 |
Khangali |
Hoshiarpur |
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7 |
Dholbaha |
Hoshiarpur |
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8 |
Phappal |
Hoshiarpur |
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9 |
Ram Tatwali |
Hoshiarpur |
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10 |
Kot and its western Slopes |
Garhshankar |
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11 |
Lalwan |
Garhshankar |
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12 |
Manual |
Balachaur |
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13 |
Gapalrian |
Dasua |
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14 |
Mahatpur |
Dasua |
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15 |
Kupowal |
Garhshankar |
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16 |
Garhi |
Garhshankar |
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17 |
Khanni |
Garhshankar |
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18 |
Sham Churasi (Rural) |
Hoshiarpur |
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19 |
Teheh (Pachrali) |
Garhshankar |
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20 |
Ram Colony Camp |
Hoshiarpur |
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21 |
Pakhowal |
Hoshiarpur |
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22 |
Zahura |
Dasua |
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23 |
Hajipur |
Garhshankar |
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24 |
Jkam |
Dasua |
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25 |
Tanda Urmur |
Dasua |
(B.B Lal, S.P. Gupta, Frontiers of the Indus
Civilization ( P 526) and Madhu Hala, Prachin Punjab Di Sanskriti (
Delhi, 1990)
The
archaeological excavations carried out at Dholbaha, situated at a distance
of about 30 km to the north-west of Hoshiarpur, reveal its relationship
with the pre-historic period. This area has been a place of habitation
right form the very early times, the archaeological discoveries have
related its antiquities to the pleistocene period. Fossils and stone
tools found in this picturesque valley indicate the appearance of early
man here in this region. Presence of fossils and beautiful sand stone
sculptures of medieval period underline the importance of Dholbaha and
tend to establish the fact that Dholbaha valley was occupied by the
affluent iconolatry at various intervals. The sculptures and other findings
excavated from Dholbaha pertain to the Gurjara Prathihara Period ( C-800-1100
A D). In the 10th Century A D Shiwalik areas came under the
influence of Pratiharas. During that period, the art of the local tribes
took a definite shape. In AD 965, Jaipal came to the throne and thus
the Hindu Shahi style penetrated into the valley of Dholbaha. In AD
988, the rulers of Parmaras remained paramount power upto AD 1260.
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Medieval
Period
|
AD 1088 |
The Plains of the present Hoshiarpur District probably came under
the muhammadan rule on the fall of Jalandhar in AD 1088 but the
hills, however, remained under the Hindu Chieftains. |
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AD 1174 |
It is said that before the first Muhammadan invasion, Raja Shankar
Dass built a fort on the site of the present town of
Garhshankar, but it was taken by Mahmud Ghazni and subsequently
given by Emperor Shahab-ud-Din Ghori to the sons of Raja Man Singh
of Jaipur State. The Mahtons who appear to have been the original
inhabitants of the place were over powered and driven out by the
Rajputs in AD 1175. |
|
AD 1192d |
The whole of the Shiwalik Hills alongwith the principalities of
Ghuram, Hansi, Sarusti, Samana and other tracts were subjugated
by Sultan Muhammad Ghori. |
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AD 1389 |
Abu Bakar’s authority remained established at Delhi
for some time but a serious rebellion broke out at Samana at that
time. Prince Nasir-ud-din Muhammad was then roaming in the Shiwalik
Hills to make an attempt to capture the throne of Delhi.
Having received the invitation, Muhammad marched immediately to
Samana, passing through Dasua and Jalandhar. He arrived at Samana
and crowned himself Sultan in April 1389. He marched to
Delhi,
but was defeated by Abu Bakar. |
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AD 1398-99 |
During the return journey of Amir Taimur from
Delhi, the district faced a great devastation. Taimur wished to
capture Nagarkot, but did not penetrate so far in the interior
of the hills. The Hindu Rajas gave him tough fight. He passed
through Bajwara and Dasua in the District. |
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AD 1419 |
The peace of the Punjab
was again disturbed by an adventured, who appeared at Bajwara
and pretended to be Sarang Khan from multan
in 1396, a little before Taimur’s invasion. There was a big rising
at Bajwara. Sarang Khan was pursued, but he escaped to the Shiwalik
Hills. Later, Tughan Rais waylaid Sarang Khan and put him to death
in February 14d19 and took possession of the wealth which he had
amassed. |
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AD1421 |
When Mubarak Shah reached Samana in July 1421, he heard that Jasrat
had raised the seige of Sirhind and had returned to
Ludhiana. Mubarak Shah advanced to Ludhiana
in the second half of September and found that Jasrat had abandoned
the side of river Satluj. After the rains had ceased, Mubarak
Shah also crossed the river a little higher up. Jasrat hastened
back to his strongest fort at Talwara. Mubarak Shah followed him
and with the help of Raja Bhim of Jammu captured the fort and
razed it, but not before Jasrat had excaped further into the mountains. |
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AD1432 |
Mubarak Shah transferred Jalandhar and
Lahore from thecharge of Nusrat Khan to that of Malik Allahabad
Kaka Lodhi. Lodhi, who was yet on his way to Lahore
to take over the charge, was attacked by Jasrat, who was compelled
to seek shelter at Kothi situated between Jaijon and Mahalpur
about 16 km to the south of Bajwara in Hoshiarpur District. |
|
AD1434 |
Mubarak Shah was murdered on 19 February 1434. |
|
AD 1501 |
Bahlol Lodi ascended the throne on 27 Muharram 855 (Approximately
AD 1501). During this period, the
Punjab ceased to be a problem tract from Delhi.
Behlol Lodi did not make any changes in the headquarters of the
local administrators in the plains and Bajwara in Hoshiarpur District
continued to be one of the centres of local administration. |
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AD1520-1525 |
During these years, the
Punjab remained disturbed, when Babar, the first Mughal Emperor,
started his expeditions against Hindustan. Taking advantage of
this confusion, Ibrahim Lodi sent an army against Daulat Khan
Lodi. The army was completely broken up at Bajwara and the Sultan
had to eat an humble pie. |
|
1525-1530 |
Babar was abxious to overtake Daulat Khan Lodi and Ghori Khan who
were seized with panic and had shut themselves up in the Fort
of Malot near Hariana in the Hoshiarpur District. Babar crossed
the river Beas
opposite Kahnuwan and encamped at the mouth of the Valley of the
Shiwalik Hills in which lies the Fort of Malout. Babar took the
fort and made Daulat Khan prisoner. Babar marched via Bajwara,
Rupnagar, Sirhind and Sunam on way to Delhi. |
|
1530-1556 |
In 1555, on arriving at Kalanaur in the Gurdaspur District from
Lahore, Humayun despatched a strong body of troops under Bairam
Khan and Tardi Beg to attack Nasib Khan, the Afghan General, who
lay encamped at Panj Bhain near Hariana in the Hoshiarpur District
. Bairam Khan pushed on to Hariana, which after a slight skirmish
was surrendered by Nasib Khan. Bairam Khan marched to Jalandhar
from Hariana via Sham Chaurasi where the afghans had taken up
position. The Afghans retreated on his arrical and fled. |
|
1557-1560 |
On 10
March 1557, Akbar received the news that at the instigation of
Mulla Abdulla Sultanpuri, Sikandar Sur had descended upon the
plains of Jalandhar Doab and had started collecting the revenue.
On 17 December 1557, Akbar received the news that at the instigation
of Mulla Abdulla Sultanpuri, Sikandar Sur had descended upon the
plains of Jalandhar Doab and had started collecting the revenue.
On 17 December 1557, the imperial forces advanced through Jalandhar
to the Shiwalik Hills and encamped at Dasua in the Hoshiarpur
District and moved further to Nurpur. The hill Rajas, who had
sided with Sikandar Sur, deserted him and submitted to Akbar.
After Bairam Khan was defeated by the imperial forces at Gunachaur,
he went to Talwara, the capital of Raja Ganesh. There was a great
battle fought between the imperialist and Bairam Khan’s troops.
The royal troops besieged the fortress at Talwara. Bairam Khan
after a brief resistence surrendered at Hajipur in October 1560
and threw himself at the mercy of the Emperor Akbar. He was pardoned
by the emperor at Hariana and thereafter, he left for Mecca.
With the downfall of the Mughal Empire and the rise of the Sikh
power, the district saw its most stirring scenes. The history
of the Sikh Gurus in the Hoshiarpur District mainly revolves round
the towns of Kiratpur and Anandpur Sahib, whichformed part of
it before the reorganisation of the Punjab in November 1966. |
|
1595-1644 |
The first five Sikh Gurus appear to have had non contact with the
district. It was after the birth of Hargobing, the sixth Guru
of the Sikhs in 1595 that the district of Hoshiarpur also became
the centre of religious and military activities. Guru Hargobind
is regarded as the first champion in arms who consolidated his
army to save Sikhism from the wrath of the Mughals. He visited
Mukerian in the Hoshiarpur District from where he recruited the
able bodied persons for his army. In almost all the six battles
which the Guru fought against the Mughals, the solidiers in the
army from the district played a significient role in achieving
victory for the Guru. |
|
1664-1675 |
After the death of Guru Harkishan, Tegh Bahadur was installed as
the ninth Guru at the age of 43. He went to Kiratpur, the town
founded by his father. An event of historic significance took
place at Anandpur, the town founded by Gur Tegh Bahadur. Sher
Afghan Khan, the viceroy in
Kashmir, started killing Kashmiri Hindus who would not embrace
Islam. They all approached Guru Tegh Bahadur who was then at Anandpur
and related to him their tale of woe. The Guru saved the Hindus
from the clutches of the Sher Afghan Khan. Guru Tegh Bahadur was
beheaded at Delhi
on 11 November 1675
and his headless body was taken away by a labana Sikh, Lakhi Shah
and cremated it at the place where now stands Gurdwara Rakab Ganj.
His head was taken by a faithful Sikh, Bhai Jaita, who carried
it to Anandpur Sahib, where it was cremated and now Gurdwara Sis
Ganj stands at this place. |
|
1699 |
Creation of Khalsa by Guru Gjobind Singh on Baisakhi day in 1699
at Anandpur Sahib to fight against the tyranny of the Mughals
and to abolish caste system. The Guru initiated five Sikhs, among
them one Sahib Singh, barber of village Nangal Shahidan belonged
to Hoshiarpur District . |
|
1701 |
Jaijon in the Hoshiarpur District was once the seat of Jaswal Rajas.
Raja Ram Singh took up his residence hare and build a fort in
1701, which was dismantled at the annexation by the British Government. |
|
1707 |
At the death of Aurangzeb in 1707, the
Punjab was divided into six Doabs. The Jalandhar Doab had 69 Mahals.
In this Doab, the most important towns, falling in the Hoshiarpur
District, were Sham Churasi, Tanda, Mukerian and Hoshiarpur. |
|
1708-1711 |
Banda Bahadur was commissioned by Guru Gobind Singh from
Deccan to the Punjab in d1708 to punish those who had persecuted
the Sikhs and executed his father and innocent children. Banda
Bahadur used the Jalandhar Doab as the base from which he led
expeditions against the Mughal forces. The Jalandhar Doab remained
centre of his exploits till 1711.
As
sirhind has been captured, and Banda was carrying his activities
far and wide, the Sikhs in the Jalandhar Doab felt that their
day of deliverance had arrived, They ousted the Muslim officials
and in their place appointed the Sikhs, and sent a parvana to
Shamas Khan, the Faujdar of the Jalandhar Doab, to effect certain
reforms and hand over his treasures personally to the Khalsa.
The Faujdar appealed to the Muslims of the Doab for a jehad against
these infidels, and about one lakh Muslim collected and marched
towards Sultanpur, the capital of the Doab where about seventy-five
thousand Sikhs HAD COLLECTED. An urgent call at this juncture
was sent to Banda in the Gangetic Doab and he soon joined them.
The Sikhs retired to Rahon. The Muslims chased them, and the Sikhs
were besieged. But in the darkness of the night , they escaped,
and the next morning, seeing that Shamas Khan had retired to his
capital, they attacked the Muslims in the fort suddenly and after
a bloody battle, they drove them out on 12 October 1710. Cosequently, Jalandhar and Hoshiarpur were captured by
the Sikhs without much effort and they became now masters of the
Jalandhar Doab. |
|
1739 |
Nadir shah invaded
India, spread terror in the country and carried away an enormous
amount of money and booty. Ahluwalia chief, Sardar Jassa singh
played an important part in relieving Nadir Shah of his spoils. |
|
1747 |
On the invitation of Shah Nawas Khan in 1747, Ahmed Shah Abdali
invaded India,
but was repulsed in the following year near Sirhind and was driven
across the Indus. After the Durani chief retired from the Punjab,
Jassa singh fell upon Gurdit Mal, the deputy of the new Lahore
Governor, Muin-ul-Mull, near Hoshiarpur. |
|
1758 |
Adina Beg, the Faujdar of Jalandhar Doab died at Khanpur, near
Hoshiarpur and was buried there. After the death of Adina Beg,
the Sikhs spread once again over the whole of Punjab.
Jassa Singh Ramgarhia added to his possession some territories
in the neighbour-hood of Hoshiarpur. Parganas of Maniwal, Urmur
Tanda, Sarih and Miani in the Jalandhar Doab were occupied. Prithvi
Singh, the ruler of Nurpur and Raja Singh, the ruler of Chamba
accepted his overlordship. Jassa Singh Ramgarhia occupied Datarpur
and Hajipur in tahsil Dasua in the Hoshiarpur. |
|
1776 |
The Ahluwalia chief invited the Sukarchakias, the Kanhayas and
the Bhangis to his assistance, Jassa Singh Ramgarhia was defeated
and fled to Hariana in the Hoshiarpur District. |
|
1783 |
Death of Jassa Singh Ahluwalia. |
|
1796 |
In this year, Sada Kaur, whose husband, Gurbaksh Singh Kanhaya
had been killed in the battle with Jassa Singh Ramgarhia, attacked
the Ramgarhia chief at Miani in the Hoshiarpur District with the
aid of Ranjit Singh, her son-in-law. |
|
1801 |
Bajwara was held by Bhup Singh Faizullapuria, who was ousted in
1801 by Raja Sansar Chand. |
|
1803 |
Maharaja Ranjit Singh expelled Sansar Chand from Bajwara and checked
his designs on Jalandhar. |
|
1808-1811 |
The power of Ramgarhia Misl was broken in 1808 and that of the
Kanhaya Misl in 1811 by Maharaja Ranjit Singh. |
|
1815 |
Jaijon was taken by Maharaja Ranjit Singh. |
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British Period
|
1846 |
The
district was annexed by the British at the close of the First Anglo
Sikh War. John Lawrence became the first Commissioner of the trans-Satluj
States in March 1846, and the division was administered by him in
direct correspondence with the Supreme Government until 1848, when
the Commissioner was made subordinate to the Resident at Lahore.
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|
1848 |
When the Second Sikh War began in 1848, the Rajas of Jaswan, Kangra
and Datarpur revolted against the British rule. John Lawrence
who happened to be at Pathankot swept down the Dun rapidly with
500 men and 4 guns. The Raja of Datarpur was made prisoner without
a blow, but the Jaswan Raja resisted and his two positions at
Amb and Akarot (Himachal Pradesh) were attacked and carried with
little loss. The Rajas were deported, their palaces were razed
and their possession confiscated. Bedi Bikrama Singh of Una also
Joined the insurgents and marched towards Hoshiarpur. He halted
at Maili when heard about the defeat of Raja Jaswan and fled to
the camp of Sher Singh. His possessions were confiscated, but
at the end of the war he gave himself up and was allowed, to reside
at
Amritsar. |
|
1851 |
The Bedis, being the revered priestly class among the Sikhs were
reluctant to offer their daughters to other sub-castes of Khatris.
Before 1851, the police made strenuous efforts to uproot this
evil (i.e. female infanticide), but in vain. In 1851, the Deputy
Commissioner Gurdaspur brought to the notice of the Government
that the Bedis killed their daughters and were known as Kureemars
(daughter-slayers). As a result of this, all the Deputy Commissioners
in the Province were asked to furnish information on the prevalance
of this practice in their respective districts. The returns of
the various districts of the Province, this practice was very
much prevalent in Una and Garhshankar tahsils of the Hoshiarpur
District. |
|
1853 |
John Lawrence, who was the Chief Commissioner of the
Punjab (1850-58) called a meeting of the representatives of all
classes at Amritsar. At this meeting, the evil practice of female
infanticide was frankly discussed and all the classes condemned
this practice unequivocally. Resolutions were passed to uproot
this vice. The decisions of this conference were conveyed to all
the districts of Punjab. By 1856, this vice practically ceased to
exist. |
|
1857 |
The Great Uprising of 1857 did not effect the Hoshiarpur District.
However, a number of precautionary measures were taken by the
British authorities.
Baba Ram singh founded Namdhari Movement, popularly known as Kuka
Movement on 12 April 1857 with its headquarters at village Bhaini
Sahib in Ludhiana District. In the beginning, the district of
Sialkkot (Pakistan), Amritsar, Hoshiarpur and Ludhiana formed
the chief centres of Namdhari activities, but later on their activities
spread to other districts as well. |
|
1905 |
Unpopular policies of the government raised a political storm in
the Punjab including the Hoshiarpur District. This caused
much discontentment among the people of the district and the message
of freedom and revolutionary ideas broadcast by the leaders of
the freedom struggle movement. |
|
1907 |
The economic hardships and privations perpetrated by nature produced
widespread resentment against the British authorities ‘the political
Temperature’ roses high in the first two months of 107. Many meetings
were held at Hoshiarpur, Jalandhar,
lahore, Rawalpindi and other places. In the Punjab during the year, organised public meetings
and published articles on the economic discontentment prevailing
in the jprovince. The deportation and arrest of Lala Lajpat Rai
on 9 May 1907, without any substantial charges made against
him stirred up the revolutionary movement, particularly in the
Punjab including the district of Hoshiarpur.
The news of Lala Lajpat Rai’s release in November 1907 was received
with great excitement and relief in the political circles of the
Punjab. This news was first published in ‘The Tribune’. A holiday
was at once declared at the D.A.V. college. Lahore;
Arya School at Hoshiarpur was closed for two days; school buildings
were illiminated and sweetmeats were distributed among the students.
The Tilik a newspaper published from Hoshiarpur was prosecuted
for publishing a ghazal by ‘Ram’.which appeared in the issue of
6 May 1909. The press at which the paper was printed was also confiscated
on 30 June 1909.
The most important device was the prosecution of the press which
created discontentment among the people of the district. But these
measures could not curb the revolutionary activities of the people. |
|
1913-1915 |
Formation of ghadar Party with its headquarters at San Francisco
(U.S.A.) to liberate India
by force. The Executive Committee of the Movement included Munshi
Ram and Pandit Jagat Ram of Hariana of the Hoshiarpur district.
Despite the strict measures adopted by the British against entry
of the ghadrities, many of them reached Punjab and visited the
Hoshiarpur district where they carried out their revolutionary
activities.
The Defence of India Act, 1915 was passed by the British authorities.
The British adopted legal measures to control the entry of the
ghadarities into India and supressed them with a heavy hand. A
large number of them were arrested and tried by special tribunals
constituted under the Act. The list of revolutionaries belonging
to the Hoshiarpur district, tried and convicted, is given in the
Appendix 11 at the end of this chapter. |
|
1917 |
With a view to stimulating the political activities in the
Punjab, District Congress Committees were set up in all the districts.
Accordingly, the District congress committee, Hoshiarpur was formed
in 1917. The delegated of this Committee attended the Provincial
Political conference held at Lahore the same year. |
|
1919 |
Gandiji gave a call for a country wide hartal against the Rowlatt
Act, 1919 on 6
March 1919 which was observed with great success. Meetings against
the Rowlatt Act were held at several places in the Punjab. Hoshiarpur like other towns in the Province,
responded with equal fervour to the call of Gandhiji. Late goverdhan
Das, a veteran national leader of Hoshiarpur gave the lead. A
hartal and fasts were observed on 30 March and mass meetings were
held on that day to protest against the Rowlatt Legislation. |
|
1920-22 |
Formation of shiromani Gurdawara Parbandhak Committee on
15 November 1920
for undertaking the management of sikh shrines. As at other places
of the Province, a big public meeting was organised at Hoshiarpur
on 23 February 1921 under the auspices of the District Sikh League to protest
the Nankana Sahib Holocast which occurred on 20 February. Gandhiji
started the Non-cooperation Movement in alliance with Khilafat
leaders to bring the Bring the British administration to a standstill
and to compel it to grant freedom to the people of
India. The programme included the boycott of the elections and
legislatures, law courts, Government schools and colleges and
foreign goodsand renunciation of government schools and colleges
and foreign goods and renunciation of Government titles. Gandhiji
was delighted to see hand-weaving cloth factories at Hoshiarpur.
He congratulated the people of the city on establishing such factories.
His message reached the craftsmen of the Province. Two spinning
wheels made of ebony and skillfully designed were presented to
him. Gandhiji was pleased to find Jalandhar, Hoshiarpur and Hariana
( Hoshiarpur District), as centres of the spinning wheel.
The District Congress committee, Hoshiarpur arranged a public
meeting at Hoshiarpur on 23 July 1920 in favour of Non-Co-operation Movement.
It was attended by a large number of delegated from all over the
district. A meeting of the district conference was held at Hoshiarpur
non 30 and 31 October 1920.
A large number of delegated and members from all parts of the
district attended the conference. The people present at the conference
signed in favour of swadeshi and foreign goods boycott and pledges
were taken to remove begar and untouchability. |
|
1921 |
The Babbar Akali Movement was mainly concentrated in the Hoshiarpur
and Jalandhar districts. In these two districts, the movement
was regarded as an off-shoot of the combined grievances of the
Kamagata Maru incident, the Jallianwala Bagh tragedy, the Nankana
Sahib tragedy and Guru Ka Bagh episode.
As
at other places of the province, a big public meeting was organised
at Hoshiarpur on 323 February 1921 under the auspices of the District
Sikh League to protest against the Nankana Sahib Holocast, which
occurred on 20 February. The delegates vehemently condemned the
atrocities perpetrated by the British authorties. |
|
1922 |
In the spring of 1922, it was decided to intimidate all those,
who were prepared to assist Government officers with information.
Razors were purchased at Jalandhar contonment for the purpose
of cutting the noses and ears of Jholichuks. A meeting under the
auspices of the sikh league was held at Hoshiarpur on
25
March 1921 and sikh community fully endorsed the Non-co-operation
Movement of Gandhiji. As all over the Province, complete hartal
was observed at Hoshiarpur on 20 March 1922 as a protest against the conviction
of gandhiji. In the evening at a big meeting, foreign clothes
were discarded and bonfire made of them.
A
meeting of the district congress committee was organised at Hoshiarpur
on 2 July 1922 in support of the civil Disobedience Movement.
Lala Ram Lal Jali of Urmar( Hoshiarpur), a member of Indian National
Service was convicted and sentenced to one year’s imprisonment
for carrying of Non-Co-operation Movement and anti Government
propoganda under Section 108 CLA Act. |
|
1923 |
In the last week of October 1923, Dhanna Singh, a Babbar Akali
was arrested at Hoshiarpur carrying a bomb, but when he was about
to be searched, the bomb which he was carrying apparently in his
coat pocket exploded, resulting in his death. |
|
1928 |
When Simon Commission visited
India, there were protests and demonstrations all over the country.
Lala Lajpat Rai led and anti-Simon demonstration at Lahore. To
suppress the movement, the police resorted to lathi-charge which
severly injured Lala Lajpat Rai. Shortly afterwards, Lalaji died
and these incidents caused great disturbances all over the province,
Demonstrations and protest meetings were held in various parts
of the Hoshiarpur District and people shouted the slogan’Simon
go back’. |
|
1930-31 |
Swadeshi bazars were organised at Hoshiarpur to exhibit and supply
nall sorts of cloth and other articles manufactured in
India
to bring about an effective boycott of foreign goods in March
1930.
The fourth session of the Doaba Political Conference was held
at Mukerian in the Hoshiarpur District on 28 March 1930. Delegated
from Hoshiarpur and Dasua, attended the Conference and assured
full support to Gandhiji for the success of the civil Disobedience
Movement.
The cloth merchants organised a meeting at Hoshiarpur on
15 April 1930 and solemnly resolved not to place any order
for foreign cloth. The Salt Satyagraha commenced at Hoshiarpur.
The volunteers disobeyed Salt Laws and proceeded to different
parts of the district to propagate Civil disobedience. The British
suthorities arrested Gandhiji and thousands of other persons who
favoured civil disobedience. Lala Jamna Das, a veteran leader
of Hoshiarpur was arrested and jailed three times for encouraging
civil disobedience and for inciting people of the district to
rise against the British authorities.
Mahatama Gandhi was arrested on 5 May 1930 and there was a nation
wide hartal to protest against his arrest. A large number of people,
who went on strike in the Hoshiarpur District were arrested. The
schools at Miani in the Dasua Tahsil of Hoshiarpur District were
closed down and protest meetings were held.
The Gandhi Day was observed at Hoshiarpur by the Provincial Congress
Committee and protest meetings were held at Dasua, Gardhiwala
and Hariana. The delegated also organized a similar meeting on
7 June 1930 at village Khanpur in the district. The police committed atrocities
at Sirhala Kalan, tahsil Garhshankar of the district and arrested
Sardar Harnam Singh, President of the District Congress Committee
Hoshiarpur.
Under the Gandhi Irwin Pact, dated 6 March 1931, Gandhiji alongwith
all the political prisoners was released and the Civil disobedience
Movement was called off. |
|
1942 |
The congress passed the Quit India Resolution on 8 August 1942 to which the bureaucracy responded by resorting
to ruthless repression and Gandhiji alongwith other Congress leaders
were arrested on 9
August 1942. The Indian National Congress was banned. A large
number of people were arrested in the Hoshiarpur district as they
were backing the Quit India Resolution. |
|
1947 |
The British Parliament passed the Independence Act in July 1947
and India
became independent on 15 August 1947.
The large scale migration of the population from both sides of
the border took place, consequent upon the partition of the country. |
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Public
Service for Citizen
Enquiry & Emergency
|
S.T.D. Codes |
Hohiarpur
Balachaur
Dasuya
Garhshankar
Garhdiwala/UrmarTanda |
01882
01885
01883
01884
01886 |
|
Ambulance |
Hoshiarpur |
250700 |
|
Bus Stand(Roadways) |
Hoshiarpur |
220313 |
|
Customer
Service Center(BSNL) |
Hoshiarpur
Dasuya
Mukerian
Balachaur
Garshankar |
220314
285886
244017
220637
282198 |
|
Education Board |
Hoshiarpur |
22308 |
|
Electricity Board |
Hoshiarpur
- Gaushalla
Bazar
- Industrial
Area
- Civil
Line
- Tanda
Road
Dasuya
Mukerian
Urmar Tanda
Talwara
Garshankar
Mahilpur |
220346
250347
220348
250339
285089
244283
222010
236126
282085
245485 |
|
Fire Brigade |
Hoshiarpur
Talwara |
222222
236101 |
|
Gas Service |
Hoshiarpur
- Chauhan
G.S.
- Hoshiarpur
G.S.
- Mann
G.S.
Dasuya
Mukerian
TandaUrmur
Talwara |
252433
252357
250224
244439
222251
236182
236128 |
|
Police |
Hoshiarpur
Dasuya
Urmar Tanda
Mukerain
Talwara
Mahilpur
Garhshankar
Balachuar |
100
285023
220026
244009
236127
245276
282021
220023 |
|
Railway Station |
Hoshiarpur
Dasuya
Mukerian
Tanda Urmar |
222412,131
85028
44023
22025 |
|
Taxi Stand |
Hoshiarpur |
252447 |
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Important
Telephone Numbers of Hoshiarpur Administration
|
Designation |
Office Phone |
Residence |
|
Deputy Commissioner |
220301 |
220302 220303 |
|
District & Sessions Judge |
220316 |
220416 |
|
District Attorney |
222780 |
251244 |
|
Senior Superintendent of Police |
220501 |
220502, 242540 |
|
Civil Surgeon |
252170 250701 |
250702-250919 94170-17786 |
|
Phone(R) Forest
Officer |
222715 |
222715 247525 |
|
Deputy
Phone(R) Forest Officer |
|
250128 |
|
Deputy Medical Commissioner |
251701 98142-93446 |
253700,251700 255615 |
|
Additional Commissioner HSP. |
236462 |
244188 94172-36462 |
|
Additional Deputy Commissioner (D) |
220307 |
220407 98728-00232 |
|
Additional Deputy Commissioner (General) |
220306 98140-01042 |
220305 |
|
Assistant Commissioner (Gri) |
220309 |
98142-60931 |
|
Assistant Commissioner(General) |
220308 |
98145-17967 |
|
A.M.E. |
220322 |
224383 |
|
Assistant Director Handicraft |
253241 |
|
|
Assistant Excise and Taxation Commissioner |
220320 |
251556,98146-14780 |
|
Assistant Labors Commi ssioner |
222089 |
221445 |
|
Assistant. Town Planner |
223203 |
2671488(Jal.) |
|
B.D.P.O. Bhunga |
253430 |
9814014510 |
|
B.D.P.O. Dasuya |
285027 |
2891926(J) 98152-01954 |
|
B.D.P.O. G/Shankar |
282037 |
98723-40392 |
|
B.D.P.O. Hajipur |
272208 |
|
|
B.D.P.O. Hoshiarpur-1 |
250998 2235166Jl |
240022 |
|
B.D.P.O. Hoshiarpur-2 |
222339 |
268387(PP) |
|
B.D.P.O. Mahilpur |
245252 |
94170-65744 |
|
B.D.P.O. Mukerian |
244026 |
2230083(J) |
|
B.D.P.O. Talwara |
236134 |
|
|
B.D.P.O. Tanda |
222028 |
98153-26802 |
|
Chairman, Improvement Trust |
220980 |
220007,230007 98147-22007 |
|
Chief Agricultural Officer |
222102 |
98722-49010 98144-69077 |
|
Chowdhary, President |
220322 |
223996 310143 |
|
Civil Judge,
Consumer Court |
221522 |
246800 |
|
Deputy Director Fisheries, Deputy Director Horticulture |
227285, 290675 |
|
|
Deputy Director Animal Husbandry |
253574 |
98156-11557 94170-18019 |
|
Deputy Director Sainik Welfare |
222013 |
2273602(Jal) |
|
Deputy Economic & Statistical Advisor |
222391 |
Dutta 250589 921824220606 |
|
District Welfare Officer |
222579 |
|
|
District Development and Panchayat Officer |
223374 |
98140-79260 |
|
District Education Officer (Primary) |
220066 |
253244 |
|
District Education Officer (Secondary) |
220813 |
222131, 221225, 94173-64225 |
|
District Employment Officer. |
220822 |
|
|
District Fishery Officer |
221014 |
|
|
District Food Supply Commissioner |
222663, 98145-48080 |
252335, 01823-260060 |
|
Phone(R) Forest
Officer Dasuya |
285169, 283007 |
98143-06556 |
|
Phone(R) Forest
Officer IWDP |
250453 |
------ |
|
Phone(R) Forest
Officer(Planning) |
253527 |
------ |
|
Phone(R) Forest
Officer(Training) |
252693 |
250425 |
|
Phone(R) Forest
Officer,Garhshankar |
82031 |
9814043909, 9814136999 |
|
District Public Relation Officer |
220354, 94171-92254 |
220454, 229187 |
|
District Revenue Officer |
220412 |
246312, 01722563362 |
|
District Social Security Officer. |
240830 |
244415, 01887-222419 |
|
District Transport Officer |
220311 |
220411, 98142-11333, 0181-2223888 |
|
District Treasury Officer |
222469, 240912 |
98145-57150 |
|
District. Informatics Officer |
224749 |
233629 |
|
District. Literacy Office |
224012 55505 |
|
|
District. Saving Officer |
234576 |
230233, 98145-86758 |
|
District. Sports Officer |
239023 |
310612, 239049, 98152-08955 |
|
District. Youth Co-ordinator, Assistant. Dir. |
253043, 251231 |
251231, 424951(ASR) |
|
Distt.Health Officer DFPO |
252170, 225800 |
98141-64039, 255615 |
|
Divisional Soil Conservation Officer .IWDP. |
224748 |
240452 |
|
Dy. Dir.,I.C.D.P. Asst. Dir. Handicraft |
223990, 253241 |
------ |
|
E.O. Improvement Trust |
220980 |
|
|
E.O. M.C., HSP. |
220322, 220886 |
220422, 98153-35826 |
|
Election Tehsildar |
225013 |
231826, 98152-76076 |
|
Fire Brigade |
222222, |
|
|
Forest
Range Officer Hoshiarpur |
224020 |
9855221452 |
|
G.M.(BSNL, Hoshiarpur) 98141-63071 |
230101 |
230201 |
|
General Manager, Industries Centre |
250318 |
252088 |
|
General Manager, Punjab
Roadways |
256315 |
243415 |
|
ITO, HSP |
222430 |
|
|
M.E.,M.C. |
220974 |
224383 |
|
Programme, Officer CDPO-HPR |
290091, 227492 CDPO-II |
227814, 251193, 229526 |
|
Punjab Wakf Board |
|
241845, 98141-30778 |
|
Secy. Red Cross |
221071 |
248144 |
|
SMO.Civil
Hospital |
251701, 224500R, 228383 |
250021, 98144-76121, 98728-01771 |
|
Soil Conservation Officer. |
252267, 240192 |
98722-15091 |
|
Sub Divisional Magistrate Dasuya. |
285022 |
285022, 289550, 98552-33010 |
|
Sub Divisional Magistrate Hoshiarpur. |
220310 |
247300, 98728 -00007 |
|
Sub Divisional Magistrate, Garhshankar. |
282022 |
281522, 94173-12333 |
|
Sub Divisional Magistrate, Mukerian. |
244441 |
244442, 98145-21700 |
|
T.D.M.( BSNL, Hoshairpur) Dharm Pal |
220100, 291133 |
220200, 94171-15786 |
|
Tehsildar Dasuya |
285024 |
239688 |
|
Tehsildar Garh Shankar |
282026 |
|
|
Tehsildar Hoshiarpur. |
220796 |
253400 |
|
Tehsildar Mukerian |
244813 |
233625 |
|
XEN-Panchayti Raj |
222280 |
225104, 98150-62150 |
|
XEN-Pollution |
248020 |
224950 |
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