Why visit Qadian
Townapedia lists 6 museums and landmarks, 1 park or trail and 8 places to stay in and around town.
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About Qadian
Qadian (Punjabi pronunciation: [käːd̪ijä̃˩˥ː]; Urdu pronunciation: [qɑːd̪ijɑ̃ːn]) is a town and a municipal council in Gurdaspur district, north-east of Amritsar, situated 18 kilometres (11 mi) north-east of Batala city in the state of Punjab, India. Qadian is the birthplace of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, the founder of the Ahmadiyya movement within Islam. It remained the headquarters of the movement until the Partition of India in 1947.
From the Wikipedia article Qadian (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Museums and landmarks6
The Heavenly Gardens (Bahishti Maqbara)
Monument and historic site · Ahmadiyya · 0.8 km
Bahishti Maqbara Road, Qadian
Parks, trails and playgrounds1
Where to stay8
Churches and places of worship15
Anwaar Mosque
Place of worship · Ahmadiyya · 1.1 km
Civil Line Road, Qadian
3 more on the map.
History
Qadian was established in 1530 by Mirza Hadi Baig, a religious scholar dedicated to Islam and the first Qazi in the area. Mirza Hadi Baig was from a royal household of Mirza of the Mughal Empire. He migrated from Samarkand and settled in Punjab where he was granted a vast tract of land comprising 80 villages by the emperor Babur. Because of his religious beliefs, he named the center of the 80 villages Islam Pur Qazi and governed from there. Over time, the name of the town changed to Qazi Maji, then Qadi, and eventually it became known as 'Qadian'. The term Qadiani is used as a slur to refer to Ahmadi Muslims, primarily in Pakistan.
Qadian and the surrounding areas later fell to the Ramgarhia Sikhs under the leadership of Jassa Singh Ramgarhia who offered the ruling Qazis, two villages which they refused. In 1834, during the rule of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, the region consisting of Qadian and five adjoining villages was given to Mirza Ghulam Murtaza, father of Ghulam Ahmad in return for military support in Kashmir, Mahadi, the Kulu valley, Peshawar and Hazara.
From the History section of Qadian on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gas and EV charging4
Schools, colleges and libraries4
Healthcare6
Map of Qadian
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Getting there and nearby towns
Pathankot Air Force Station (IXP) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 52 km away.
- Fateh Nangal 15 km north, about 15 min by car
- Batāla 16 km west, about 16 min by car
- Dhāriwāl 16 km north, about 16 min by car
- Srīgobindpur 18 km southeast, about 18 min by car
- Tibri 21 km north, about 21 min by car
- Gurdaspur 24 km north, about 24 min by car
- Dasūya 26 km east, about 26 min by car
- Amritsar 52 km southwest, about 52 min by car
- Jalandhar 58 km south, about 58 min by car
- Phagwāra 76 km southeast, about 1 h 15 min by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
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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
- Qadian rooftop and Minaratul Masih, Nawabmalhi, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Masjid Aqsa Qadian, Mastermaak, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Masjid Aqsa Large, Mastermaak, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Noor Hospital Qadian, Mastermaak, CC BY-SA 4.0
- مسجد انوار قادیان کا داخلہ, HolyArtThou, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Nooruddin Library - exterior, HolyArtThou, CC0
- مسجد ممتاز قادیان, HolyArtThou, CC0
- مسجد ممتاز ۳, HolyArtThou, CC0
- مسجد ممتاز ۲, HolyArtThou, CC0
- مسجد ممتاز ۴, HolyArtThou, CC0
- مسجد مبارک قادیان دار الاماں صحن, HolyArtThou, CC BY 4.0
- Nooruddin Library - interior, HolyArtThou, CC0
- Masjid Anwaar commemorative plaque, HolyArtThou, CC BY-SA 4.0
- مسجد انوار کا اندرونی منظر, HolyArtThou, CC BY-SA 4.0
- خدا حافظ قادیان دار الامان, HolyArtThou, CC BY-SA 4.0
- خوش آمدید قادیان دار الامان, HolyArtThou, CC BY-SA 4.0
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