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Pinjore is a part of Panchkula district of the state of Haryana. It is located at the confluence of river Jhajjar and Kaushalya (tributaries of Ghaggar) in the lower Shivalik ranges. It is an ancient religious and historical place and derives its name from Panchpura- the town of Pandavas. The Mughal... |
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Chandigarh's Sector 15 Market also called Janta Market is a regular traders market with several bookstalls. It is pitiable that this is a congested bazaar and has become a hub of encroachments and other violations. Despite numerous drives conducted by the Municipal Corporation, violations galor... |
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PEC University of Technology, formerly known as Punjab Engineering College is an engineering institute located in the city of Chandigarh, India. It offers engineering studies at the bachelors, masters and doctoral levels.... |
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Spread over about four acres, the Manimajra Fort is at least 350-years-old. Some versions place the building of the fort in 1932 and some in late nineteen thirties. Presently, the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation is planning to beautify the green area adjacent to the fort and spruce up the entry poi... |
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Khem Karan is a small town in Amritsar District, near the border with Pakistan, in Punjab. It is located about 60 km south-west of the district headquarters town, Amritsar and is hardly 5 km from the Indo-Pak border. Baba Sheikh Brahamji's tomb at Mian Wala village is a major attraction, visite... |
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The Qila Mubarak complex stands in 10-acre ground in the heart of the city, and contains the main palace or Qila Androon (literally,'inner fort'), the guesthouse or Ran Baas and the Darbar Hall. Qila Mubarak is the one of the oldest fort situates in Bathinda city.This fort is also the Nati... |
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One of the major attractions of the Patiala is the Qila Mubarak, a fort well known for its abode dynasty. The housing area of the fort was known as the Inner fort or Qila Androon. The apartments of the Qila are livelihood and thus named as “Jai Walla Palace for their royal prisoners, the Queen Mot... |
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The USP of the Baradari Palace, Patiala is that it will be the first heritage palace hotel of Punjab. This late 19th century palace, built in colonial style, housed the Punjab States Archives till recently. Rajinder Kothi was also known as Baradari Kothi because it was built around a grand Baradari ... |
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Punjab is the first state that adorned itself with the colours of Green Revolution. With a massive public investment and a superb irrigation and modern agricultural methods, Punjab led the country's Green Revolution of the 1960s thereby earning for itself the onyma of becoming India's ... |
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This place has been covered only because of what it was turned into during the shooting of Gadar. Otherwise it is just another place. "Amritsar station was painted red as it was in the 1940s. advertisements and posters in the station were pulled down and replaced with ones from the 1940s. All m... |
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Wagah is the only road border crossing between India and Pakistan and lies on the Grand Trunk Road between the cities of Amritsar, India and Lahore, Pakistan. Wagah itself is a village through which the controversial Radcliffe Line was drawn. The village was divided by independence in 1947. Today, t... |
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The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre also known as the Amritsar Massacre, was named after the Jallianwala Bagh (Garden) in Amritsar where, on April 13, 1919, 90 British Indian Army soldiers under the command of Brigadier-General Reginald Dyer opened fire on an unarmed gathering of men, women and children. ... |
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Khalsa College is a historic educational institution in the northern Amritsar. Founded in 1892, the sprawling 300-acre campus is located about 8 km outside of the city center on the Amritsar-Lahore highway (part of the Grand Trunk Road), adjoining Guru Nanak Dev University campus, to which Khalsa Co... |
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Situated on the India Pakistan border, Attari Railway Station is located about 28 km from Amritsar and is managed by the Northern Railways. The Pakistan city of Lahore is about 70 km from Attari. The Samjhauta Express, commonly called the Friendship Express, is a twice-weekly train – Tuesdays and... |
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The Golden Temple or Darbar Sahib, situated in Amritsar, Punjab, is the most sacred temple for Sikhs. It is a symbol of the magnificence and strength of the Sikh people all over the world. Sri Harmandir Sahib, also known as Sri Darbar Sahib or Golden Temple, (on account of its scenic beauty and gold... |
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The Mughals were great travellers. They firmed up the Grand Trunk Road built by Sher Shah Suri and built kos minars as highway distance markers and put together a string of caravan sarais at regular distances for travellers to rest in. The sarais were built as small fortresses, surrounded by battlem... |
