Firozpur
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Website | ferozepur |
Firozpur, (pronunciation:
History
The city of Firozpur was founded by Firuz Shah Tughlaq, a ruler of the Tughluq dynasty, who reigned over the Sultanate of Delhi from 1351 to 1388.[6] It is located on the banks of the Sutlej River on the India–Pakistan border. The nearby Firozpur Cantonment is a major cantonment of the country.
British rule was first established in 1835, when, on the failure of heirs to the
The Saragarhi Memorial Gurudwara commemorates 21 Sikh soldiers of the 36th Sikh Regiment who died in the
The Barki Memorial, built in 1969, is a memorial to the soldiers of the 7 Infantry Division who died in a battle in 1965 which led to India taking the town of Barki, 15 miles south-east of Lahore.[11]
Geography
Climate
Climate data for Firozpur | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 19 (66) |
21 (69) |
26 (78) |
34 (94) |
38 (101) |
39 (103) |
34 (94) |
33 (91) |
33 (92) |
32 (89) |
26 (79) |
21 (69) |
30 (85) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 7 (44) |
8 (47) |
13 (55) |
18 (65) |
23 (73) |
26 (79) |
26 (79) |
24 (76) |
23 (74) |
17 (63) |
11 (52) |
7 (45) |
17 (63) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 20 (0.80) |
38 (1.50) |
30 (1.20) |
20 (0.80) |
20 (0.80) |
61 (2.40) |
229 (9.00) |
188 (7.40) |
86 (3.40) |
5.1 (0.20) |
13 (0.50) |
20 (0.80) |
730.1 (28.8) |
Source: [12] |
Demographics
As of the
Religion
According to the 2011 census, out of a total population of 110,313 in Firozpur city, Hinduism is followed by 77,743 (70.5%) people and Sikhism by 28,961 (26.3%). Minorities religions include Christianity, Islam, Jainism, and Buddhism.[13]
Religious group |
1881[15][16]: 520 | 1891[17]: 68 | 1901[18]: 44 | 1911[19]: 20 | 1921[20]: 23 | 1931[21]: 26 | 1941[14]: 32 | 2011 | ||||||||
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Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | |
Hinduism | 19,004 | 48.03% | 23,047 | 45.69% | 21,304 | 43.18% | 21,542 | 42.38% | 24,525 | 45.12% | 28,253[b] | 43.71% | 34,543[b] | 41.87% | 77,743 | 70.47% |
Islam | 17,609 | 44.5% | 22,018 | 43.65% | 24,314 | 49.28% | 23,409 | 46.05% | 24,456 | 45% | 28,464 | 44.04% | 38,390 | 46.53% | 342 | 0.31% |
Sikhism | 1,207 | 3.05% | 3,387 | 6.72% | 1,635 | 3.31% | 2,951 | 5.8% | 3,025 | 5.57% | 4,439 | 6.87% | 6,457 | 7.83% | 28,961 | 26.25% |
Jainism | 72 | 0.18% | 407 | 0.81% | 301 | 0.61% | 479 | 0.94% | 476 | 0.88% | 511 | 0.79% | 630 | 0.76% | 148 | 0.13% |
Christianity | — | — | 1,561 | 3.09% | 1,753 | 3.55% | 2,439 | 4.8% | 1,855 | 3.41% | 2,942 | 4.55% | 1,533 | 1.86% | 2,591 | 2.35% |
Zoroastrianism | — | — | 15 | 0.03% | 4 | 0.01% | 16 | 0.03% | 14 | 0.03% | 24 | 0.04% | — | — | — | — |
Buddhism | — | — | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 1 | 0% | — | — | 43 | 0.04% |
Others | 1,678 | 4.24% | 2 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 949 | 1.15% | 485 | 0.44% |
Total population | 39,570 | 100% | 50,437 | 100% | 49,341 | 100% | 50,836 | 100% | 54,351 | 100% | 64,634 | 100% | 82,502 | 100% | 110,313 | 100% |
Media
Firozpur has an All India Radio Relay station known as Akashvani Firozpur. It broadcasts on 100.1 MHz frequency.
Notable people
- Susham Bedi, author
- Preet Bharara, attorney and media personality
- George Bigge, cricketer
- Lawrence Bishnoi, an Indian gangster
- Alexander Cadell, cricketer
- Sohraab Dhaliwal, cricketer
- Horatio Dumbleton, cricketer
- Sher Singh Ghubaya, politician
- Annie Gill, actress
- Balram Jakhar, politician
- Charles Kindersley, cricketer
- Zora Singh Maan, politician
- Verma Malik, lyricist
- Narain Chand Parashar, politician
- Bano Qudsia, writer
- Janmeja Singh Sekhon, politician
- Ajit Pal Singh, hockey player
- Gagan Ajit Singh, hockey player
- Ganda Singh, revolutionary
- Gurbaj Singh, hockey player
- Princepal Singh, basketball player
- Ronjan Sodhi, shooter
- Manav Vij, actor
Notes
- ^ 1881-1941: Data for the entirety of the town of Firozpur, which included Firozpur Municipality and Firozpur Cantonment.[14]: 32
- ^ a b 1931-1941: Including Ad-Dharmis
- ^ "Assembly elections 2017: Only 6 women legislators make entry into Punjab Assembly". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
- ^ a b "Census of India: Firozpur". censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- ^ "52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India" (PDF). Nclm.nic.in. Ministry of Minority Affairs. p. 32. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
- ^ "District Ferozepur, Government of Punjab, India". Retrieved 7 August 2022.
- ^ "Firozpur". Info Punjab. Retrieved 14 October 2006.
- ISBN 978-9-38060-734-4.
- ^ public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Ferozepur". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 10 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 281. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the
- ^ a b Kamal, Neel (11 September 2022). "125 years of Battle of Saragarhi: Tale of Sikh grit is heard from Punjab to United Kingdom". The Times of India. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
- ^ a b Panag, H. S. (28 March 2019). "What Akshay Kumar's Kesari won't tell you: The real military account of Battle of Saragarhi". ThePrint. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
- ^ "Saragarih Memorial - Welcome to the official website of District Ferozepur, Punjab, India". Ferozepur.nic.in. Archived from the original on 18 January 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
- ^ "The Barki Memorial - Welcome to the official website of District Ferozepur, Punjab, India". Ferozepur.nic.in. Archived from the original on 10 February 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
- ^ "Average Weather for Firozpur - Temperature and Precipitation". The Weather Channel. Retrieved 25 February 2008.
- ^ a b "C-1 Population By Religious Community - Firozpur City". census.gov.in. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
- ^ a b "CENSUS OF INDIA, 1941 VOLUME VI PUNJAB". Retrieved 17 January 2023.
- JSTOR saoa.crl.25057656. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
- JSTOR saoa.crl.25057657. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
- ^ "CENSUS OF INDIA, 1891 GENERAL TABLES BRITISH PROVINCES AND FEUDATORY STATES VOL I". Retrieved 17 January 2023.
- ^ "CENSUS OF INDIA, 1901 VOLUME I-A INDIA PART II-TABLES". Retrieved 17 January 2023.
- ^ "CENSUS OF INDIA, 1911 VOLUME XIV PUNJAB PART II TABLES". Retrieved 17 January 2023.
- ^ "CENSUS OF INDIA, 1921 VOLUME XV PUNJAB AND DELHI PART II TABLES". Retrieved 17 January 2023.
- ^ "CENSUS OF INDIA, 1931 VOLUME XVII PUNJAB PART II TABLES". Retrieved 17 January 2023.
External links
- Encyclopedia Americana. 1920. .
- Official website