Balachaur

Balachaur is the chief town of Balachaur tehsil in the Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar District of Punjab, India.

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Locality: Balachaur
Region: Punjab
Country: India
Population: 21,631
Timezone: Asia/Kolkata

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Settlement.name: Balachaur
Settlement.settlement_type: city
Settlement.pushpin_map: India Punjab
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Punjab, India
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: State
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Punjab
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Nawanshahr
Settlement.unit_pref: Metric
Settlement.population_total: 21631
Settlement.population_as_of: 2011
Settlement.population_density_km2: auto
Settlement.demographics_type1: Languages
Settlement.demographics1_title1: Official
Settlement.demographics1_info1: Punjabi
Settlement.timezone1: IST
Settlement.utc_offset1: +5:30

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Balachaur is the chief town of Balachaur tehsil in the Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar District of Punjab, India.

==History== The royal family of Jaipur visited Balachaur with their family for meditation and named the tehsil "Balachaur" after their son, Balraj. In 1539, The founder of the Sur Empire Sher Shah Suri is believed to have sought the blessings of Raj Dev before launching his attack on Mughal emperor Humayun. Raj Dev died in 1596, and in his honour, the locals constructed a tomb in the tehsil, where he is revered as Baba Balraj.

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