Amb, India

Amb
Town
Country	India
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Una
Government
• Body	Panchayat
Elevation	478 m (1,568 ft)
Population
• Total	5,000
Languages
• Official	Hindi Punjabi
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	177203
Telephone code	01976
Vehicle registration	HP-19
Nearest city	Una, Hamirpur, Hoshiarpur, Chintpurni
Lok Sabha constituency	Hamirpur
Civic agency	Panchayat
Climate	Hot and humid. (Köppen)
Avg. summer temperature	48 °C (118 °F)
Avg. winter temperature	2 °C (36 °F)

Amb is a town situated in the district of Una in Himachal Pradesh state of India. It is situated in the Northern region of Indian Subcontinent. It is a sub-division and Tehsil of the Una district. The town was named Amb after the name of the goddess Amba, deity situated in nearby Chintpurni.

Geography and Demographics

Amb is a plain area surrounded by mountains of the Shivalik ranges. People speak Punjabi here. It has a population of around 5000 people. Some localities of Amb are Pratap Nagar, Adarsh Nagar, and Sham Nagar.

Education

Amb has various education institutions including a government senior secondary school, Gurukul Public School, Indian Public School, Shivalik Hill Pub Sr. Sec. School, Sudha Model School and Maharana Pratap College being one of them. Maharana Pratap Govt. College, Amb came into being on 18th, June 1997 when the Himachal Pradesh Government took over the erstwhile National College, Amb, established in 1970. The College is situated in the center of the Amb town on the National Highway, 32 km from Una, the District headquarters, on the way to the famous shrine of the goddess Chintpurni.^[1]

History

Amb has some ancient historical ruins of royal palaces and gardens. In the year 1877, at the request of Maharaja Ranbir Singh of Jammu and Kashmir, the British government restored to Raja Ran Singh the Jagir in Jaswan, originally held by Raja Ummed Singh consisting of 21 villages in Jaswan Dun valley and the family garden at Amb, as well as palace buildings of Raja Ummed Singh at Rajpura. Raja Ran Singh died in 1892 and was succeeded by his son Raja Raghunath Singh who also died in 1918. Thereafter, Laxman Singh succeeded him who started residing at Amb. After expiry of Laxman Singh his son Chani Singh is living at Amb.^[2]

Communication and Transport

Amb has a small bus stand. Buses are available for all major towns of Himachal and North India including Delhi, Chandigarh, Shimla, and Dharmshala, etc. Amb is also connected with railway line. The Amb Andaura railway station (Station Code-AADR) is situated 4 km from the bus stand.

The following trains are available:

• Himachal Express (14553-14554): Daily, Delhi to Amb Andaura, Himachal Pradesh. Leaves Old Delhi railway station at 10.50 pm and reaches Amb Andaura station at 8 am. In the Evening At 8 PM Leaves from Amb Andaura and reaches to Delhi at 5 AM in the morning on Next day.

• DMU Shuttle Train Service (74992): Daily, Ambala to Amb Andaura via Nangal Dam and Una.

The station lies on the under-construction track from Una to Talwara.

Industries

Amb Town is also an industrial zone of Himachal Pradesh. Many units including Sonalika (car manufacturer) and Him cylinders are located in this town. Jindal group also established here its new textile plants i.e. Jindal Medicot, JSTL and HTPL.

Nearby places

Chintpurni, Una district, Thaneek Pura, Nehri, Daulatpur, Mairi, Lohara, Gagret, Hoshiarpur, and the last village named Ganu towards Talwara.

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