Gurdaspur District

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

Capital

• Gurdaspur (1852-)

Neighbours

• North: Jammu and Kashmir State
• South: Amritsar District
• East: River Beas
• West: Sialkot District

Cities and Towns

• Batala - largest town in the district (1891 census)
• Gurdaspur
• Pathankot

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

• Gurdaspur District Imperial Gazetteer
• Gazetteer Of Gurdaspur District, 1883-84. A volume in the series Punjab District Gazetteers. Archive.org, mirror from Digital Library of India.
• Gazetteer Of The Gurdaspur District, 1891-92. A volume in the series Punjab District Gazetteers. Archive.org, mirror from Digital Library of India.
• Punjab District Gazetteers Gurdaspur District Vol.xxia 1914. Archive.org, mirror from Digital Library of India.