Mahilpur is a city and a Nagar Panchayat in Hoshiarpur district in the Indian state Punjab. It is situated on Hoshiarpur to Garhshankar stretch of State Highway 24. It is famous for the game of football in the region. Mahilpur is connected by road to nearby districts, states such as Jaijon, Jalandhar, Pathankot, Mohali, Chandigarh. Mahilpur is a development block. Mahilpur block has 140 villages in it.[1] It as also known as the soccer-town of India given the craze of football among the people of Mahilpur town and its surrounding villages. It belongs to the Kandi area in the Doaba region of Punjab.
Mahilpur
Sri Mahipalpur | |
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city | |
  Mahilpur Location in Punjab, India  Mahilpur Mahilpur (India) | |
| Coordinates: 31°21′45″N 76°02′15″E / 31.36258°N 76.03758°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Punjab |
| District | Hoshiarpur |
| Government | |
| • Type | Democratic. |
| • Body | Nagar panchayat |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6.56 km2 (2.53 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 296 m (971 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 11,360 |
| • Density | 1,700/km2 (4,500/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Punjabi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 146105 |
| Telephone code | 1884 |
| Vehicle registration | PB-07 |
Demographics edit
Mahilpur had a population of 11360 according to census of 2011.[2] Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Mahilpur has an average literacy rate of 77%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 80%, and female literacy is 73%. In Mahilpur, 10% of the population is under 6 years of age. Profession of the most of the persons are agriculture based. Mahilpur is the NRI hub of the Punjab state.
Notable people edit
- Buckam Singh Bains, (5 December 1893 – 27 August 1919), World War I Canadian Sikh war veteran (Private 454819, 28th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force)
- Justice Ajit Singh Bains ( Punjab & haryana high court)
- Sohan Singh Thandal, Chief Parliamentary Secretary, State Government of Punjab
- Piara Singh Gill, Indian nuclear physicist
- Harjit Singh Sajjan (Punjabi: ਹਰਜੀਤ ਸਿੰਘ ਸੱਜਣ), Canadian Liberal Member of Parliament and Minister of National Defence,
- Kulwinder Dhillon (Punjabi: ਕੁਲਵਿੰਦਰ ਢਿੱਲੋਂ). famous Punjabi singer from nearby village Pandori Ladha Singh.
- Manmohan Waris, famous Punjabi Singer from nearby village Halluwal.
- Kamal Heer, famous Punjabi Singer, brother of Manmohan Waris from nearby village Halluwal.
- Satinder Sartaaj, from a nearby village Bajrawar.
- Baljit Sahni, Indian football player.
- Harmanjot Khabra, Indian football player.
- Jarnail Singh Dhillon, Arjuna awardee Indian football player.
- Gurdev Singh Gill (footballer), Arjuna awardee football player.
- Balwant Singh (footballer), Indian Professional footballer.
- Sardar Himmat Singh Jallewale, Minister of Maharaj Ranjit Singh
- Harmilan Bains, Indian Athlete
Schools and colleges edit
- St. Soldier Divine Public school Mahilpur (CBSE Affiliated School)
- Doaba Public School, Mahilpur (CBSE Affiliated School)
- Sant Baba Hari Singh Model School, (ICSE Affiliated)
- S. Baldev Singh Mahilpuri Govt. Sr. Secondary School, Mahilpur (Boys)
- Govt, Sr Secondary School, Mahilpur (Girls)
- S.G.G.S. Khalsa College, Mahilpur
- Guru Nanak National Public Senior Secondary School, Mahilpur
- K.D.International School, Mahilpur (CBSE Affliliated School)
- King Edward Public School, Mahilpur
- K.D College of Nursing, Mahilpur
- Alice High School Mahilpur
- Ankur Public School, Mahilpur
- Adarsh Model School
- Guru Gobind Singh College of Management and Information Technology
- Bite Educational Institute
- Sai College of Nursing, Sardullapur near Mahilpur
- S.G.G.S. School, Paradasi School in Mahilpur
History edit
Mahilpur was part of the Indus Valley civilisation, although it was founded probably during the Vedic period.[citation needed] Chinese pilgrim Huang Tsang visited it in 635 when he was going to Chamba valley from Jalandhar and described it as Sri Mahipalpur in his travel accounts. Many nearby villages have been found to be part of the Indus Valley Civilization.[3] Mahilpur was one of the earlier centers of educational institutions being set up during the time of the British Raj. Its government boys school, formerly known as Khalsa High School, was established in 1909. Khalsa College was established in 1946. Mahilpur had its first bank as Punjab National Bank in 1946 which operates two branches in the city. Mahilpur is famous for mangoes in the region.[citation needed]
As per other story the village was founded by Bains Jats when their ancestor Bains came here from Pothohar region of Punjab during the reign of Firoz Shah Tughlaq. they say they are by origin a Branch of Janjua rajputs of Pothohar and still Kashmir and Pothohar have Januja and Bains rajputs. [4]
During the reign of Akbar under the emperors of Delhi, prior to the Sikh contest, the Jullundur Doab was divided into 36 parganas, in Hoshiarpur Zamindaris were held by Ghorewah Rajpúts of Garhshankar, ( Bains Jats of Mahilpur, Gill Jats of Budipind and Sahota Jats of Garhdiwala) and(Jullundur) city by Patháns.
The Sirdárs of Alawalpur are Bains Jats, originally of 5. Máhalpur, in Hoshiarpur, and their family has belonged to this Doáb from time immemorial; but it rose to eminence through its connection with the Nábha State, and in history is generally called Jalawála, from Jala, a village in Nábha, about four miles south- west of Sirhind. In 1759 Chaudhri Guláb Rái Bains is said to have made himself master of Jalbhah and two neighbouring villages, near Adampur, after which he attached himself to the Nábha family, and took up his residence in that State. He had five sons, of whom we are concerned with only two, Amar Singh and Himmat Singh.Amar Singh's son was the General Rám Singh who, it is said, was employed by the Sikh Government, in 1845, to induce the Nabha Rája to prove false to the English (The Rájás of the Punjab, pp. 411-414). He was afterwards employed as Judge (adálati) at Lahore and Gujrát. He died in 1852, and his grandson, with other members of the family, resides at Jala, in Nábha.
Himmat Singh was employed in various negotiations for the greater Phúlkián Chiefs with the British authorities, Mr. Metcalfe and Colonel Ochterlony, which he conducted with such skill that he acquired valuable jagírs, not only in Nabha, but also in Patiala and Jind. Abont 1812, the Rája of Núbha introduced him to Ranjit Singh, who gave him the ilága of Aláwalpur, which had lapsed. He also got Datárpur, Khera, Acharwal and Kutahra in Hoshiarpur and Machhiwára in Ludhiana, and subsequently jágírs in Multan and Peshawar, besides Kalál Mazara' now under riyasat Patiala and other villages in tahsil Samrála, which Fatah Singh, Ahluwalia, gave him. (1) Part of this last grant is still in the family. Albel Singh, eldest son of Himmat Singh, was killed in the Jhang campaign in 1816. When Himmat Singh died, in 1829, his jágirs were largely curtailed through the influence of the Jammu family, and what was left went to Achal Singh, son of, and Kishan Singh, brother of, Albel Singh, who resided, the former at Aliwalpur, the latter at Dhogri. Kishen Singh died in 1841 (?) in the Kohát campaign, and his jágírs were resumed, as his son, Basáwa Singh, was a minor and could not discharge his duties. But Basawa Singh retained some of the Ludhiana estates, where his widow, Mussammát Bishan Kaur, has a small revenue-free-grant in Kalál Mazara'a. Dhogri went for a time through the influence of the Shaikhs to Abdus-Samad Khán, an Afghán, of Dhogri. On the introduction of British rule, Sirdár Achal Singh was exempted from supplying eighty sowárs which he formerly provided, and his jagire were reduced to 6 villages, assessed at Rs. 9,180 at the regular settlement. On his death, in 1857, his sons, Sirdars Partáb Singh and Ajit Singh, were given a pension of Rs. 2,000, which was subsequently (1874) changed into a grant of three-quarters of the revenue of Alawalpur, now worth Rs. 2,065 per annum, to descend in perpetuity to the male heirs of Sirdar Achal Singh. These are now represented by Achar Singh, son of Partáb Singh (b.1875) and Gurbachan (b. 1891) and Gurcharan (b.1895) grandsons of Ajit Singh.
Sardar Himmat Singh Singh also Founded Famous Jallianwala Bagh it was known as Bagh Sardara Himmat Singh Jallewalia ( designated due to Jalla Jagir in Nabha Riyasat). the. It came to be known as Jallewalia da bagh and at last Jallianwala after 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre as per the professor Pyara singh Padam's Sankhep Sikh itehas the bagh was purchased by Yadgar committee in 1923 for 5'65'000 rupees
() MacGregor (History of the Sikhs 1, 167) says: "Himmat Singh of Jilleewal, who was Vakeel of Juswant Singh of Nábha, deserted from his master, and took service with the Mahárájáb. He became Wuzeer or prime minister, and received Alawalpur purgunah in jáger" This account is hardly consistent with the subsequent relations of the family to Nabha. The date according to MacGregor would be 1809. Mr. Barkley says the family property in Jala was confiscated when Himmat Singh left tho Nábha service, This supports MacGregor's story. The above is Sirdár Ajít Singh's sccount of the affair. [5] [6]
References edit
- ^ http://www.pbplanning.gov.in/districts/Mahilpur.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/0304_PART_B_DCHB_HOSHIARPUR.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "History & Culture". Archived from the original on 13 August 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
- ^ Ibbetson, Sir Denzil; Maclagan (1990). Glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North West Frontier Province. Asian Educational Services. ISBN 978-81-206-0505-3.
- ^ Gazetteer of the Jullundur District, 1904. Sang-e-Meel Publications. 2000. ISBN 978-969-35-1107-9.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Lepel, H. Griffin (1 January 2016). Chiefs And Families Of Note In The Punjab Vol-I 1940. Facsimile Publisher. ISBN 978-93-336-2408-4.
