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About Bilga
Bilga is a large village near the city of Nurmahal. Nurmahal is a sub tehsil in the district Jalandhar in the Indian state of Punjab.
From the Wikipedia article Bilga (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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History
Bilga was Founded by the Son of Chaudhary Sahu Ram Sanghera Jatt who was originally from Village Sanghera in Barnala, he had 2 sons named Bhikhi and Phool who came to Doaba for doing Shikaar and in year 1314, Bhikhi's brother Phool rai Sanghera Founded Phillaur City, Sahu ram also had one Uncle (Chacha) nad Named Neelo. Bhikhi had 4 sons Bhoja, Mehna, Bagga and Bhatti, Phool had 2 Sons Bhalai and Mansoor (Dunia, Mansoor) these 7 sons of Bhikhi and Phool as well as Neelo founded 8 Pattis of the village, which are 1 Patti Bhoja, 2 Patti Mehna, 3 Patti Bagga, 4 Patti Bhatti, 5 Patti Bhalai, 6 Patti Mansoor, 7 Patti Dunia and 8 Patti Neelowal. the name Bilga came from the Previous owner of the area who were 2 brothers Bega and tega\talla (founder of Talwan) who were Manj rajputs, once Tega betrayed Bega and controlled more land. Bega was Friend of Bhikhi and after being scammed by his brother Sold the land to Sangheras and they named the village after their Friend's name as Begewala and it evolved into Bilga, But Bega also cursed the land so till 1590s there was not any big settlement, but when guru Arjan Dev ji visited the village they broke the curse and blessed the village to become prosper.
From the History section of Bilga 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, 36 km away.
- Aujla 2 km east, about 2 min by car
- Gumtāli 3 km northwest, about 3 min by car
- Shāmpur 3 km north, about 3 min by car
- Phagwāra 23 km northeast, about 23 min by car
- Ludhiana 24 km southeast, about 24 min by car
- Jalandhar 31 km north, about 31 min by car
- Kapurthala Town 45 km northwest, about 45 min by car
- Māler Kotla 62 km south, about 1 h by car
- Barnāla 76 km south, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Qadian 90 km north, about 1 h 30 min by car
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Sources and licences
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, coordinates, regions and time zone
- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website
- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- Bilga villa, JatinJ03, CC BY 4.0
- Bilga village, JatinJ03, CC BY 4.0
- Bilga bus stand road, JatinJ03, CC BY 4.0
- Bilga to Mowai road, JatinJ03, CC BY 4.0
- Bilga village roads, JatinJ03, CC BY 4.0
- Bilga road, JatinJ03, CC BY 4.0
- Bilga in evening, JatinJ03, CC BY 4.0
- Bilga village trees, JatinJ03, CC BY 4.0
- Bilga villaa crops, JatinJ03, CC BY 4.0
- Bilga play ground, JatinJ03, CC BY 4.0
- Bilga village view skyy, JatinJ03, CC BY 4.0
- Bilga village view Sky, JatinJ03, CC BY 4.0
- Bilga school backside, JatinJ03, CC BY 4.0
- Bilga village cloud’s, JatinJ03, CC BY 4.0
- Bilga village clouds, JatinJ03, CC BY 4.0
- Bilga village sun, JatinJ03, CC BY 4.0
- Bilga village sunsets, JatinJ03, CC BY 4.0
- Ground bilga, JatinJ03, CC BY 4.0
- Bilga village view, JatinJ03, CC BY 4.0
- Bilga village cropsss, JatinJ03, CC BY 4.0
- Bilga village farms, JatinJ03, CC BY 4.0
- RAKESH HEERA - panoramio, uppalb585, CC BY 3.0
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