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| Country | India | ||
| State | Punjab | ||
| Population | 70,958 (2001[update]) | ||
| Time zone | IST (UTC+05:30) | ||
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| Website | [http://www.MaloutOnline.com
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Malout (Punjabi: ਮਲੋਟ ) is a city and a municipal council in Muktsar district in the Indian state of Punjab. Located in southern Punjab, it is a prominent town in the cotton belt where production per unit area is one of the highest in India.
Malout is a well known city of Punjab established on NH-10 with a 4 lane Grand Trunk (GT) road. This highway connects New Delhi to Fazilka through the city. This town is at the border of three Indian states (Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan) and two countries (India and Pakistan). The boundaries of Haryana and Rajasthan are just 30 and 65 km away from Malout. On the other hand, it is only 45 km from Pakistan, so the area was highly active in emergency time due to military actions.
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Malout city is 4-5 centuries old. The origin of the name of Malout city is disputed, but the most famous suggestions are the following:
In 1917, the British government established the Bathinda - Karachi railway line, to transport the goods from this part of India to Karachi. Malout Railway Station was established on the line in 1918. Choudhry Harji Ram of Malout village, one of the richest persons of his time, also more popularly known as the 'king of cotton' of Punjab, established a new town near the railway station at west side, which was called Mandi Harji Raam. (Mandi means small town in Punjab).
With the growth of the area due to trading established by the railways network, other rich people wanted to establish their business base in Malout near the railway station. But Choudhry Harji Ram refused to provide them land in his area, leading to the new Malout establishment coming into existence on 19 March 1920. Under the leadership of Seth Thakur Das Ahuja, traders from the nearby villages and town established another small town opposite the old town. Thakur Das Ahuja had five sons, namely Madan Mohan Ahuja, Manohar Lal Ahuja, Balraj Ahuja, Avtar Krishan Ahuja and Ramesh Chander Ahuja. He had several grand-children including Karan Ahuja, Sandeep Kumar Ahuja, Sanjay Ahuja and Ajay Ahuja. Thakur Das Ahuja's descendants remain one of the most prominent families of Malout. A seven member committee purchased land of 100 Beghas of Shekhu villages with the cost of 1lac 40 thousand 163 Rs and 38 paisa, which was then divided in a planned and modernized way into shopping and residential areas.
On 17 November 1921, the District Commissioner of Ferozpur District, J. C. Koldsitrimiu, established large water storage and purification tank system in the town. This was the same day when the future King-Emperor Edward VIII came to this part of the India for survey. The new establishment was named in his honour as Edward Ganj Malout Mandi.
With the passage of time, the small town started growing and by the end of 1940 a post office, telephone exchange, guest house, rest house and graveyard Shamshan Bhumi were establsihedd. Because of high cotton cultivation many cotton factories and agricultural machinery industries came into existence in the city and the nearby village area and hence this area was recognised as the cotton capital of Punjab. Just to give more organised form to the association it was renamed the Edward Ganj Public Welfare association in 1942.[1]
Malout is famous for its agriculture equipment manufacturing industry. Agriculture related equipments made in Malout are sold in various parts of Punjab and nation.
Another major industry in the region is related to high cotton cultivation in the region. Since past few years, cotton related business has been booming in the region.
It is worth mentioning here that the market for second hand cars and two wheelers have grown up to become one of the biggest in the region. The business is generating good revenue for the local automobile work-shops and dealers.
Raja Mal was the Janjua Rajputs Chief/King after whose name cities/villages were established. One of them is Malot near Rawalpindi (Pakistan) and Malot in Hoshiarpur district. There is a small fortress in the western side of village malout. It was destroyed still the reasons are unknown, may be due to some natural calamity or warfare. People from Gill village in Bathinda and Mann from Sangrur district Kangs from Bajak near Gidderbaha re-established during the settlement process by British. People of Godara, Chhabra, Noi (Mohamdans) and some other clans settled here during British rule. British seized pargna of Malout (129 villages) from Sikh chiefs in 1835. Karachi-Samma Satha-Bathinda Railway line was laid down by Rajputana-Malwa Railway Company around 1870 to 1895. Railway station at Malout was established in the year 1905 which played a vital role in development of this village as Mandi/City. Malout have had two Municipal Committees, One as Edward Ganj Mandi Malout (a private institution) which administered and managed Malout till 1966 when it surrendered the its area to Municipal Committee Malout. Eastern part of Malout (Pakki Mandi) was administered by Edward Ganj and Western part (Kachi Mandi) by Municipal Committee, Malout. In a healthy competition, Malout earned a lot, Most of roads/bazars were around 150 feet wide. Most these wide bazars and roads, were sold and keeping it 30 or 25 feet wide around 1997-98 by the Muncipal Committee or land maphia.
There are many villages fall under tehsil (zone) Malout;
Fathepur Maaniawala
Alam Wala
Baba Khera
Khema Khera
Aspala
Pushpinder Bagh
Khunan Kalan
Aulkh
Koliyan Wali
Bloch kera
Kothe Badiyan
Bhai Ka Kera
Kurai Wala
Bhoondar
Kabar wala
Bodi wala
Lakkar Wala
Bhagwan Pura
Rishu Pura
Mahni Khera
Los Malout
Burja Sidhwa
Mt. Malout
$Mal Wala$
Dabwali Dhab
Midha
Dabwali
Malko
Mohlan
Dhola Kingra
Stalker Pakki
Tibbi
Fakarsar
Paniwala
Fatta
Ghumiyara
$Ram Nagar$
Sauke
Gurusar
Jhoda
Kittu
Garh Rani Wala
Enna Khera
USSM Rathiria
$Jhorar$
Ratta Tibba
Jhandwala
Charat Singh
Sham Khera
Kangan Khera
Sher Garh
Karamgarh
$Sarawan Bodla$
Shishir Ki Dhani
Karampatti
Tarkhanwala
Neeraj Waala
Karni wala
Theri
Katiya wali
Urang
Khane Ki Dhab
Virk Khera
Khera
these villeges are under malout subdivison There is post of DSP in malout who superwise 5 police stations namely LAKHEWALI,KABARWALA,SADAR MALOUT,CITY MALOUT,LAMBI... one SDM post is also there Two judicial magestrates are also there to look after judicial work ........DSP Mukhwinder Bhullar PPS is posted there from last long time who is very popular in respectebles and his name is sufficients for criminals to stop there activities....
1. Bajaj Hotel
2. Bansi Da Dhaba
3. Grain Market
5. MIMIT Park
6. New Fancy Cloth House
7. Shri Singh Sabha Gurudwara Saheb
8. KOHINOOR COMPUTER EDUCATION CENTER
There is wide seasonal temperature variation in Malout area. In summers the temperature reaches as high up as 48-50°C and in winters as low as 1-2°C. The Western Himalayas in the north and the Thar Desert in the south and southwest mainly determine the climate conditions. The south-western monsoon brings the much needed rain bearing depression during summer (July to September). Nearly 70% of rainfall is during these months. The major part of the district qualifies for aridic (tropic) moisture regime according to the criteria laid down in soil taxonomy. Soil moisture regime computations employing the Newhall mathematical model indicate that the area has a 'weak aridic' moisture regime (Van Wambeke, 1985). In the aridic (torric) moisture regime, the moisture control section in most of the year is dry in all parts for more than half the time (cumulative).
*Baba Deep Singh Nagar
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