Malerkotla
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Malerkotla
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Kuka Martyrs Memorial, Malerkotla 1.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Kuka Martyrs Memorial, Malerkotla
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- India Punjab#India
- 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
- Malerkotla
- Settlement.established_date
- 1657
- Settlement.founder
Key dates
- Inception
- 1657
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Malerkotla district
- Area
- +122
- Elevation
- +242
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Image
- Kuka Martyrs Memorial, Malerkotla 1.jpg
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Article
13 sectionsContents
- History
- Demographics
- Gurudwara Haa Da Naara Sahib
- Education
- Transportation
- Rail
- Air
- Notable residents
- Gallery
- Notes
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Malerkotla is a city and the district headquarters of Malerkotla district in the Indian state of Punjab. It served as the seat of the eponymous princely state during the British Raj. The state acceded to the union of India in 1947 and was merged with other nearby princely states to form the Patiala and East Punjab States Union (PEPSU).
When PEPSU was reorganised in 1956, the territories of the erstwhile state of Malerkotla became part of Punjab. It is situated on the Sangrur-Ludhiana State Highway (no. 11) and lies on the secondary Ludhiana-Delhi railway line. It is about from Ludhiana and from Sangrur.