Hoshiarpur

Also known as Hoshiārpur (India)

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Place details

Locality: Hoshiarpur
Region: Punjab
Country: India
Population: 168,653
Timezone: Asia/Kolkata

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Travel guide

Get in

The regional airport is Amritsar (), more snappily known as Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport. A cab from there will take 2 hours 30 min to Hoshiarpur. Otherwise fly into Delhi (), which has extensive transcontinental connections, and travel overland.

See

Sanskrit College Baba Balak Nath Temple Shimla Pahari

Buy

Punjabi local and traditional Clothes and Punjabi jutti tille wali (traditional wedding shoes) Punjabi Jewellery for that visit Sarafa Bazar. Dana Mandi Kanak Mandi

Eat

Different kind of Pickles for that Clock Tower Janta Dhaba Mashoor Jalebi Lovely Sweet Shop Sharma Da Dhaba near Clock Tower

Drink

Lassi Lemonade Sharbat with milk Milk Badam Jaljira

Connect

Chandigarh, Nawasher, Himachal,

Go next

Jalandhar — the biggest city in the Doaba region, famous for its sports equipment manufacturing industry

Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Article

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Contents

Demographics
History
Transport
Road
Rail
Air
Education
Universities
Notable people
Politics
Civil Services
Business
Arts and culture
Sportspersons
Army
Notes
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Hoshiarpur () is a city and a municipal corporation in Hoshiarpur district in the Doaba region of the Indian state of Punjab. It was founded, according to tradition, during the early part of the fourteenth century. In 1809, it was occupied by the forces of Maharaja Karanvir Singh and was united into the greater state of Punjab in 1849.

Hoshiarpur has an average elevation of . Hoshiarpur district is located in the north-east part of the Indian state of Punjab. It falls in the Jalandhar Revenue Division and is situated in the Bist Doab portion of the Doaba region. Hoshiarpur shares a boundary with Kangra district, and Una district of Himachal Pradesh in the northeast. In the southwest, it borders Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district, Jalandhar district, and Kapurthala district, and in the northwest it borders Gurdaspur district.