Dīnānagar, India
Dīnānagar is a town of 23,976 people in Punjab, India, founded in 1730.
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About Dīnānagar
Dinanagar is a city and a municipal council in Gurdaspur district in the Majha region of the state of Punjab, India. It takes its name after Adina Beg, who served as the subahdar of Punjab for the Mughals and Marathas. He built up his residence and exercised his government mainly from this city, whilst he was serving as the governor of the nearby town of Behrampur. During the rule of the Punjabi Sikh Empire, it was the favourite summer resort of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, who held durbar there during summer, effectively making the city his summer capital.
From the Wikipedia article Dina Nagar (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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History
Dinanagar city is situated about 14 km North-East of Gurdaspur. It was founded by Adina Beg 1730, on the bank of Hasli or Shah Nahar as his residence and cantonment. He seems to have exercised his government from this city.
Dinanagar was a favourite summer resort of Maharaja Ranjit Singh. It was one center where Singh usually held his Durbar during the summer. It was Singh's summer capital. He spent the two months of May and June every year at Dinanagar. It was here that in May 1838 he received the Macnaghten mission which negotiated the proposed alliance for placing Shah Shujah Durrani on the throne of Kabul.
After the annexation of the Punjab as British territory in March 1849, a new district of Adinanagar was constituted with Dinanagar as its headquarters. Gurdaspur Tehsil, a greater portion of Batala Tehsil and 181 villages of Pathankot Tehsil were included in the Adinanagar district. On April 28 James Abbott, who was involved in Punjab boundary work, received instructions to meet Major Lawrence's agent in the town, he then spent the 29th and 30th of April in the town before returning to Pathankot.
From the History section of Dina Nagar on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Getting there and nearby towns
Pathankot Air Force Station (IXP) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 18 km away.
- Bahrāmpur 7 km west, about 7 min by car
- Bariyār 9 km southwest, about 9 min by car
- Gurdaspur 13 km southwest, about 13 min by car
- Tibri 15 km south, about 15 min by car
- Qadian 36 km south, about 36 min by car
- Amritsar 80 km southwest, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Dharamsala 80 km east, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Mcleodganj 81 km east, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Kapurthala Town 85 km south, about 1 h 30 min by car
- Jammu 88 km northwest, about 1 h 30 min by car
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