Machhiwara
Sign in to saveMachhiwara is a city in the Samrala tehsil of Ludhiana district in the Indian state of Punjab. Machhiwara is famous for Gurudwara Sri Charan Kanwal Sahib associated with Guru Gobind Singh ji and named after the Guru's feet that are compared to the lotus flower.
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Place details
- Locality
- Machhiwara
- Region
- Punjab
- Country
- India
- Population
- 24,916
- Timezone
- Asia/Kolkata
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Air quality
- PM2.5
- 25.6 µg/m³
- PM10
- 31.2 µg/m³
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Machhiwara
- Settlement.settlement_type
- city
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- India Punjab#India
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- left
- 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
- Ludhiana
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 262
- Settlement.population_total
- 18363
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2001
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.demographics_type1
- Languages
- Settlement.demographics1_title1
- Official
- Settlement.demographics1_info1
- Punjabi
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Ludhiana district
- Elevation
- 262
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Dialing code
- 1628
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- postal code
- 141115
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- History
- Battle of Machhiwara (15 May 1555) between Humayun and Afghans
- Guru Gobind Singh and Machhiwara
- Post-independence
- Geography
- Demographics
- References
Machhiwara is a city in the Samrala tehsil of Ludhiana district in the Indian state of Punjab. Machhiwara is famous for Gurudwara Sri Charan Kanwal Sahib associated with Guru Gobind Singh ji and named after the Guru's feet that are compared to the lotus flower.
The Ghorewaha were given the title of Mian by Emperor Jehangir. During Emperor Akbar's time, the Ghorewaha Raja was Rana Udho II, The Raja of Machhiwara, Rana Udho actively assisted Emperor Akbar in his fight for the Delhi Throne, he captured the rebellious Bairam Khan and subsequently the Raja was allowed to retain the Jagir of Rahon worth 750 villages. The division of the Ghorewaha country took place after Rana Udho's death when all the Branches were Hindu, including that of the famed Rai Rup Chand. The principal Jagirs were taken, Rahon by the Tikka and Jadla by Bhoj Singh, who returned from Jaipur.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Machhiwara” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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