Firozpur
Sign in to saveFirozpur, (pronunciation: [fɪroːz.pʊɾ]) also known as Ferozepur, is a city on the banks of the Sutlej River in the Firozpur District of Punjab, India. After the Partition of India in 1947, it became a border town on the India–Pakistan border with memorials to soldiers who died fighting for India. The nearby Firozpur Cantonment is a major cantonment of the country.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Firozpur
- Settlement.native_name
- (Punjabi)
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.image_caption
- Counterclockwise from top:Saragarhi Memorial in Firozpur, Shaheed Bhagat Singh Stadium, The Barki Memorial
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- India Punjab#India#Asia
- 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
- Firozpur
- Settlement.founder
- Firoz Shah Tughluq
- Settlement.named_for
- Firoz Shah Tughluq
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 182
- Settlement.population_total
- 110,313
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2011
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- 380
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Firozpur, (pronunciation: [fɪroːz.pʊɾ]) also known as Ferozepur, is a city on the banks of the Sutlej River in the Firozpur District of Punjab, India. After the Partition of India in 1947, it became a border town on the India–Pakistan border with memorials to soldiers who died fighting for India. The nearby Firozpur Cantonment is a major cantonment of the country.
== Etymology == The name, Ferozepore, is said to derive either from Feroz Shah Tughlaq, sultan of Delhi, or from a Bhatti chief, named Feroze Khan, who was a mid-16th century Manj Rajput chief. A popular name for the locality is Shaheedon-ki-dharti ("the land of martyrs").