Kapurthala (city)
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| State : | Punjab | ||
| District : | Kapurthala | ||
| Sub-district : | Kapurthala | ||
| Location : | 31 ° 22 ′ N , 75 ° 23 ′ E | ||
| Height : | 229 m | ||
| Residents : | 98,916 (2011) | ||
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Kapurthala ( Punjabi : ਕਪੂਰਥਲਾ) is a city in the northwest Indian state of Punjab .
Kapurthala is the capital of the district of the same name . At the 2011 census, Kapurthala had almost 99,000 inhabitants. The city is located 18 km west of Jalandhar . The city is also on the Jalandhar- Firozpur railway line .
Kapurthala was the capital of the princely state of the same name that existed from 1772 to 1948 .
sons and daughters of the town
- Sheila Dikshit (1938–2019), Congress Party politician
- Arun Singh (* 1944), politician of the National Congress
- Rajvinder Singh (* 1956), German-speaking author and voice actor
Heritage sites
Heritage buildings of Kapurthala Heritage city
Kapurthala Sainik School
Guest house building of Kapurthala
Nawab Jassa Singh Ahluwalia Government College
Moorish Mosque of Kapurthala
Web links
Commons : Kapurthala - collection of images, videos and audio files
