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Phillaur

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Place details

Locality: Phillaur
Region: Punjab
Country: India
Population: 24,688
Timezone: Asia/Kolkata

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Phillaur
Settlement.native_name: Phulnagar
Settlement.native_name_lang: pan
Settlement.settlement_type: Town
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_name1: Punjab
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Jalandhar
Settlement.established_date

Wikidata facts

Instance of: human settlement
Country: India
Elevation: +233

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P1343: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition

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Article

8 sections

Contents

Overview
History
Geography
Demographics
Composition of ''Jai Jagdish Hare''
Villages in Phillaur Tehsil
References
External links

Phillaur is a town and a municipal council as well as a tehsil in Jalandhar district in the Indian state of Punjab. The city is situated 20 km from Ludhiana, 45 km from Jalandhar and 140 km from Amritsar. It is situated on the border of the Doaba and Puadh regions.This city was Founded by a Rajput Maharaja Ratan Pal Naru, during the 12-13th century to 1947 as Kingdom of Phulnagar, but later came to be known as Phillaur.

== Overview ==