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About Bālāchor
Balachaur is the chief town of Balachaur tehsil in the Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar District of Punjab, India.
From the Wikipedia article Balachaur (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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History
The royal family of Jaipur visited Balachaur with their family for meditation and named the tehsil "Balachaur" after their son, Balraj. In 1539, The founder of the Sur Empire Sher Shah Suri is believed to have sought the blessings of Raj Dev before launching his attack on Mughal emperor Humayun. Raj Dev died in 1596, and in his honour, the locals constructed a tomb in the tehsil, where he is revered as Baba Balraj.
In 1949, the Balraj Mandir Committee was formed, with Zaildar Balwant Singh serving as its first president. The current president of the committee is Rana Purshotam Singh.
From the History section of Balachaur on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Getting there and nearby towns
Sahnewal Airport - Ludhiana (LUH) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 41 km away.
- Ludhiana 46 km west, about 46 min by car
- Phagwāra 53 km west, about 53 min by car
- Mohali 58 km southeast, about 58 min by car
- Chandigarh 59 km southeast, about 59 min by car
- Mani Mājra 64 km southeast, about 1 h by car
- Panchkula 66 km southeast, about 1 h by car
- Māler Kotla 71 km southwest, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Jalandhar 75 km northwest, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Patiāla 81 km south, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Shimla 83 km east, about 1 h 30 min by car
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