Moga district

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Moga district is one of the nineteen districts in the state of Punjab in North-West India.

Districts of Punjab along with their headquarters
Districts of Punjab along with their headquarters

Moga District is the 17th District drawn on the map of Punjab State on 24th day of November 1995.

Numerous attempts were made previously to make Moga a district but all were futile. Finally the then Chief Minister of Punjab S. Harcharan Singh Brar agreed to the public demand to make this a district on 24th November 1995.

Before this, Moga was the sub-division of Faridkot district. Moga town the head quarter of the District is situated on Ferozpur-Ludhiana road. Area of Dharamkot block with 150 villages has been emerged in Moga district wide. Pb. Govt. notification No. 2/36/98-R.E. 2(1) 6408 dated 5-11-99.

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