Nakodar

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Nakodar
city
Nakodar
Location in Punjab, India
Coordinates: 31°08′N 75°28′E / 31.13°N 75.47°E / 31.13; 75.47Coordinates: 31°08′N 75°28′E / 31.13°N 75.47°E / 31.13; 75.47
Country  India
State Punjab
District Jalandhar
Population (2001)
 • Total 31,422
Languages
 • Official Punjabi
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
Website jalandhar.nic.in/html/cities_towns_nakodar.htm

Nakodar (Punjabi: ਨਕੋਦਰ, Hindi: नकोदर, pronounced Nuh-Koh-Durh) is a city and a municipal council in Jalandhar district in the Indian state of Punjab.

The city is almost 365 km from Delhi, 25 km from Jalandhar, 49 km from Ludhiana, and about 101 km from Amritsar. Surrounding villages include Chak Mughlani, Maheru, Allowal, Mehatpur (Hari pur) (Bhullar) Nawan Pind Jattan, Heran, Bir Pind, Shankar, Nur Pur Chatha, Sarih, Malri and Khanpur Dhadda. The Town is of considerable antiquity and had been held in succession by three different races, the JATTS, Kambohs( Kamboj) and then by the muslim Rajputs, traces of whom still exist in the extensive ruins by which the town is surrounded. The town was anciently founded by the Hindu Kamboh, according to Sir William Wilson Hunter and others.[1][2][3][4][5][6] The Kamboh settlements lay to the west of present town and the sites are still marked by extensive ruins and two old fine tombs, now called the Black and Red Domes, from the color of the material. Tradition attributes the Kamboh expulsion to the Nawab Kutb Khan who came with an army from Indor near Nuh in 1570 AD.[1] As a consequence, the lordship of the town thus passed over to the Khanzadaas from the Kamboj tribe. Within two generations, the Rajputs got the town in jagir from Emperor Jahangir, in later sixteenth century, apparently divesting the Khanzadahs, the successor race to the Kambohs. The Rajputs were themselves later ousted during Sikh period by one Sardar Tara Singh Ghaiba who made a fort and made himself the master of the surroundings. From Ghaiba, the town was seized by Maharaja Ranjit Singh in 1816. The town is well pave and has thriving appearances and currently forms a Tehsil of District Jalandhar. Outside the town, there are two large and handsome tombs dating at least from the times of Emperor Jahangir, later one of them is said to be the burial place of the adviser of Emperor Shah Jahan, but it is known who stand buried in the earlier tomb.

Nakodar is home to many popular Punjabi lyricists And Singers likeKaler Kanth, K.S Makhan, Lehmber Hussainpuri, Vijay Dhammi, Gurdas Mann, Hans Raj Hans, Malkit Singh,Garry Sandhu.Nakodar is also the birthplace of poet Padam Shree Pandit Labhu Ram Josh Malsiyani, whose poem Nagma-e-Josh can be read at the entrance to the town near Bus stop. His son Arsh Malsiyani is also famous poet, who is still having the treasure of poetry passed on to him by his Father.

Name of the Town

The name Nakodar, according to one account, is a said to be derived from the Persian words Neki ka dar, which mean 'Gate of Goodness or Virtue' and it was named so by the Persian Kambohs. According to another version, the town was so-named after Nikudari legion of the Mongols.[7]

Colleges in Nakodar

  • K.R.M.D.A.V. college
  • Guru Nanak National College.
  • Satyam Institute of management and Technology
  • P.S Technical Institute of Industrial Training

Schools in Nakodar

  • St. Jude's Convent School
  • State Public School
  • Guru Nanak National Public School
  • Sewak Public School
  • Kidsvilla Kindergarten School
  • Tagore Model Sr. Sec. School
  • M.D.Dayanand Model School
  • New Janta Model Sr. Sec. School
  • A.S.Sr.Sec. School(Arya School)
  • Apex International Public School
  • Amarjot Sandhu School of Chemistry
  • Indo-Swiss International School
  • ram garhia model high school.
  • Bhartiya Gopal Model High School at Railway Road Nakodar( Edit By Akash Akki)
  • Saraswati Model High School.

Geography

Nakodar is located at 31°08′N 75°28′E / 31.13°N 75.47°E / 31.13; 75.47.[8] It has an average elevation of 223 metres (731 feet).

Popular Religious Places

  • Baba Mall Ji Malri
  • Nawa Nanaksar Thath, Balanda
  • Jagdambey Dham (Devi Talab Mandir)
  • Sri Sudarshan Mandir
  • Malri Sahib Gurudwara
  • Nanaksar Sahib Gurudwara
  • Mata Jamba Jain Mandir
  • Mata Chakarshvari Davi Jain Mandir
  • AadiNath Jain Mandir
  • Nanaksar Sahib, (Ballan wala)
  • Pracheen Shivalaya Mandir 2913 Katra Missran, Nakodar

Popular Historical Places

  • The Tomb of Mohammed Mommin
  • The Tomb of Haji Jamal
  • Gugga Jahar Vir Mandir
  • Baba Sahas Chand Boparai Kalan

Demographics

As of 2001 India census,[9] Nakodar had a population of 31,422. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Nakodar has an average literacy rate of 73%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 77%, and female literacy is 69%. In Nakodar, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Going to Nakodar

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Punjab gazetteers, 1883, bound in 10 vols., without title-leaves, 1883, p 159, Punjab
  2. ↑ Punjab District Gazetteers, 1970, p 496, Punjab (India).
  3. ↑ Imperial Gazetteer of India, 1886, p 180, Sir William Wilson Hunter.
  4. ↑ Gazetteer Jalandhar, First Edition, 1980, Chapter XIX, Places of Interest.
  5. ↑ See also the link:.
  6. ↑ Encyclopedia of Jalandhar: Jalandhar, 2004, p 38, Harajindar Siṅgha Dilagīr.
  7. ↑ Journal of Asiatic Society of Bengal, Vol. LXI, p.298 .
  8. ↑ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Nakodar
  9. ↑ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. Retrieved 2008-11-01. 
  • Encyclopaedia of Jalandhar, 2004, Harjinder Singh Dilgeer (Also see his The SIKH REFERENCE BOOK).
  • Imperial Gazetteer of India, 1886, Sir William Wilson Hunter;
  • Punjab gazetteers, 1883, bound in 10 vols., without title-leaves, 1883, Punjab.
  • Gazetteer Jalandhar,First Edition, 1980, Chapter XIX, Places of Interest(Nakodar).
  • http://pbhealth.gov.in/maps/jal/MEHATPUR.pdf

External links

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