Ajnala, India

Ajnala is a town and a nagar panchayat in Amritsar district in the state of Punjab, India.

Geography

Ajnala is located at in western Punjab near to the border with Pakistan.^[1] It has an average elevation of 213 metres (698 feet).

Demographics

As of 2001^[update] India census,^[2] Ajnala had a population of 18,602. Males constitute 55% of the population and females 45%. Ajnala has an average literacy rate of 68%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 58% of the males and 42% of females literate. 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Indian Rebellion of 1857

During the Indian Rebellion of 1857, 282 sepoys of the 26th Native Infantry who had mutinied at Lahore and subsequently surrendered believing they were going to be given a fair trial, were summarily executed without trial by Fredric Cooper--the then Deputy Commissioner of the district. Cooper was a proud Christian of the "true English stamp and mould". The bodies were dumped into a deep dry well located near the police station. The guard that shot the sepoys were made up entirely of Sikhs.^[3]

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