Kapurthala
Sign in to saveKapurthala () is a city in the Punjab state of India. It is the administrative headquarters of the Kapurthala District. It was the capital of the Kapurthala State, a princely state in British India. It is an immediate neighbour of Jalandhar city proper, and a part of the Jalandhar Metropolitan Region. The aesthetic mix of the city, with its prominent buildings based on French and Indo-Saracenic architecture self-narrate its princely past. And for this reason, it has often been referred to as the “Paris of Punjab”. It is also known as the 'City of Palaces & Gardens'. According to the 2011 censu
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Place details
- Locality
- Kapurthala
- Region
- Punjab
- Country
- India
- Population
- 98,916
- Timezone
- Asia/Kolkata
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Kapurthala
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.nickname
- City of Palaces
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- India Punjab#India
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Punjab, India
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Punjab
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Kapurthala
- Settlement.founder
- Jassa Singh Ahluwalia
- Settlement.named_for
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Punjab
- Official language
- Punjabi
- Population
- +101854
- Area
- +909.09
- Elevation
- +225
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Capital of
- Kapurthala State
- Official website
- www.kapurthalaonline.com
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- History
- Princely state
- Demographics
- Climate
- Railway
- Education
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Kapurthala () is a city in the Punjab state of India. It is the administrative headquarters of the Kapurthala District. It was the capital of the Kapurthala State, a princely state in British India. It is an immediate neighbour of Jalandhar city proper, and a part of the Jalandhar Metropolitan Region. The aesthetic mix of the city, with its prominent buildings based on French and Indo-Saracenic architecture self-narrate its princely past. And for this reason, it has often been referred to as the “Paris of Punjab”. It is also known as the 'City of Palaces & Gardens'. According to the 2011 census, Kapurthala is the least populated city in India.
==History== Kapurthala as a City was founded by Jassa Singh Ahluwalia in 1743 upon its capture as a village. Prior to this, the city was a smaller Village with an unrecorded name under the tribute of Mughal Nawabs who served as feudatories. Jassa Singh Ahluwalia would name the city after his predecessor Nawab Kapur Singh, who was an influential and respected Sikh leader at the time as well as a mentor to Jassa Singh Ahluwlia.