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Longowal is a town with municipal council in Sangrur district in the Indian state of Punjab. Longowal is unique in the history of East Punjab.

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Place details

Locality
Laungowal
Region
Punjab
Country
India
Population
23,851
Timezone
Asia/Kolkata

via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames

Key facts

Settlement.name
Longowal
Settlement.other_name
LONGOWAL
Settlement.settlement_type
Town
Settlement.pushpin_map
India Punjab#India
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
Sangrur
Settlement.founder
Baba Alla Singh
Settlement.government_type
Municipality / A BIG OLD Village
Settlement.governing_body
Longowal Municipality<Longowal
Settlement.unit_pref
Metric
Settlement.area_rank
34th
Settlement.area_total_km2
54
Settlement.elevation_footnotes
5456
Settlement.population_total
42346

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

3 sections
Contents
  • Overview
  • Demographics
  • References

Longowal is a town with municipal council in Sangrur district in the Indian state of Punjab. Longowal is unique in the history of East Punjab.

==Overview== Longowal village was first brought into existence by Baba Alla ji Singh, in whose name a very old Gurudwara is still running in its original place, now almost at the centre of the village.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Longowal” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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