Hoshiarpur

Hoshiarpur
City
Landmarks of Hoshiarpur
Landmarks of Hoshiarpur
Nickname(s): 
Land of Saints, HSP
Hoshiarpur is located in Punjab
Hoshiarpur
Hoshiarpur
Location of Hoshiarpur City in Punjab, India
Hoshiarpur is located in India
Hoshiarpur
Hoshiarpur
Hoshiarpur (India)
Coordinates: 31°32′N 75°55′E / 31.53°N 75.92°E / 31.53; 75.92
Country India
StatePunjab
Region of PunjabDoaba
DistrictHoshiarpur
Settled by British1846 A.D.
Founded In1325–1351 A.D.
Founded byHargovind Ram & Ram Chand (Dewans of Muhammad bin Tughluq)[1]
Named forHoshiar Khan of Bajwara
Government
 • TypeMunicipality
 • BodyMunicipal Corporation Hoshiarpur
 • MPSom Parkash (BJP)
 • MLABrahm Shankar Jimpa (AAP)
 • MayorSurinder Kumar Shinda (INC)[2]
Elevation
296 m (971 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total168,443
Demonym(s)Hoshiarpuria, Hoshiarpuri
Languages
 • OfficialPunjabi, Hindi, English
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
146001
Area code+91-1882
Vehicle registrationPB-07
Websitehoshiarpur.nic.in
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Hoshiarpur (Punjabi: [ɦʊʃɪˈaːɾpʊɾ] ) is a city and a municipal corporation in Hoshiarpur district in the Doaba region of the Indian state of Punjab. It was founded, according to tradition, during the early part of the fourteenth century. In 1809, it was occupied by the forces of Maharaja Karanvir Singh and was united into the greater state of Punjab in 1849.[3]

Hoshiarpur has an average elevation of 296 metres (971 ft). Hoshiarpur district is located in the north-east part of the Indian state of Punjab. It falls in the Jalandhar Revenue Division and is situated in the Bist Doab portion of the Doaba region. Hoshiarpur shares a boundary with Kangra district, and Una district of Himachal Pradesh in the northeast. In the southwest, it borders Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district, Jalandhar district, and Kapurthala district, and in the northwest it borders Gurdaspur district.

  1. ^ "Municipal Council Hoshiarpur – About us". Municipal Council Hoshiarpur. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  2. ^ "Home". mchoshiarpur.in.
  3. ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Hoshiarpur" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 13 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 787–788.