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|presentname= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gurdaspur_District Gurdaspur District]; [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sialkot_District Sialkot District]
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|country= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India India]; [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan Pakistan]
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'''Gurdaspur District''' was a located in [[Punjab]] and south of [[Jammu and Kashmir State]].
'''Gurdaspur District''' with headquarters at [[Gurdaspur]] was an administrative subdivision in the [[Lahore Division]] of [[Punjab|Punjab Province]] during the British period.


==History==
==History==


==Capital==
==Capital==
* [[Gurdaspur]] (1852-)
* [[Gurdaspur]] (1852-)


==Neighbours==
==Neighbours==
* North: [[Jammu and Kashmir State]]  
* North: [[Jammu and Kashmir State]]  
* South: [[Amritsar District]]
* South: [[Amritsar District]]
* East:   
* East:  River Beas
* West:  [[Sialkot District]]
* West:  [[Sialkot District]]


==Cities and Towns==
==Cities and Towns==
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* [[Pathankot]]
* [[Pathankot]]
   
   
==Tehsils==
==Tehsils==
The following tehsils existed at the time of the 1881 census.
The following tehsils existed at the time of the 1881 census.
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==Partition==
==Partition==
During Partition (1947), Shakargarh Tehsil was allocated to Sialkot District in [[Pakistan]] while the rest was awarded to India.  
During Partition (1947), Shakargarh Tehsil was allocated to Sialkot District (now in Narowal District) in [[Pakistan]] while the rest was awarded to India.
 
== External links ==
===Historical books online===
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V12_396.gif Gurdaspur District] Imperial Gazetteer
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.35264 ''Gazetteer Of Gurdaspur District, 1883-84'']. A volume in the series ''Punjab District Gazetteers''. Archive.org, mirror from Digital Library of India.
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.105600/page/n5/mode/2up ''Gazetteer Of The Gurdaspur District, 1891-92'']. A volume in the series ''Punjab District Gazetteers''. Archive.org, mirror from Digital Library of India.
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.105601 ''Punjab District Gazetteers Gurdaspur District Vol.xxia 1914''].  Archive.org, mirror from Digital Library of India.


==Further Reading==
* Gazetter of the Gurdaspur District 1891-92, Lahore: Punjab Government. Reprinted by Sang-e-Meel Publications, Lahore, 2007 ISBN 969-35-2026-2


[[Category:Locations]]
[[Category:Locations]]
[[Category:Cities, towns and villages in Bengal Presidency]]
[[Category:Districts]]
[[Category:Districts]]

Latest revision as of 07:34, 22 June 2021

Gurdaspur District
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Presidency: Bengal
Coordinates:
Altitude:
Present Day Details
Place Name: Gurdaspur District; Narowal District
State/Province: Punjab, India
Punjab, Pakistan
Country: India; Pakistan
Transport links

Gurdaspur District with headquarters at Gurdaspur was an administrative subdivision in the Lahore Division of Punjab Province during the British period.

History

Capital

Neighbours

Cities and Towns

Tehsils

The following tehsils existed at the time of the 1881 census.

  • Batala
  • Gurdaspur
  • Pathankot
  • Shakargarh

Partition

During Partition (1947), Shakargarh Tehsil was allocated to Sialkot District (now in Narowal District) in Pakistan while the rest was awarded to India.

External links

Historical books online