Bathinda
Sign in to saveBathinda () is a city and municipal corporation in Punjab, India. The city is the administrative headquarters of Bathinda district. It is located in northwestern India in the Malwa Region, west of the capital city of Chandigarh and is the fifth largest city of Punjab. It is the second cleanest city in Punjab after Mohali.
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Key facts
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- Bathinda
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- City
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- Top: Qila Mubarak, Hockey Stadium Bathinda, Takht Sri Damdama Sahib, Guru Nanak Dev Thermal Plant across Bathinda Lake
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- India Punjab#India
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- Country
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- State
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- Punjab
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- District
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- Bathinda
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- Established
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- Municipality
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- Member of Parliament
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Bathinda District
- Population
- +285813
- Elevation
- +210
- Capital of
- Bathinda District
- Image
- Qila Mubarak in Bathinda.jpg
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Bathinda () is a city and municipal corporation in Punjab, India. The city is the administrative headquarters of Bathinda district. It is located in northwestern India in the Malwa Region, west of the capital city of Chandigarh and is the fifth largest city of Punjab. It is the second cleanest city in Punjab after Mohali.
Bathinda is home to the Maharaja Ranjit Singh Punjab Technical University, Central University of Punjab and AIIMS Bathinda. The city is also home to two modern thermal power plants, Guru Nanak Dev Thermal Plant and Guru Hargobind Thermal Plant at Lehra Mohabbat. Also located in the city is a fertiliser plant, two cement plants (Ambuja Cements and UltraTech Cement Limited), a large army cantonment, an air force station, a zoo, and a historic Qila Mubarak fort.