Why visit Zira
Townapedia lists 1 museum or landmark and 1 place to eat in and around town.
Highlights include Arson-Visaland ielts & immigration.
Weather in Zira
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About Zira
Zira is a town and a municipal council in Ferozepur district in the Indian state of Punjab.
From the Wikipedia article Zira, Punjab (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Museums and landmarks1
Arson-Visaland ielts & immigration
Museum · 0.8 km
122 State Highway 20, zira
Mo-Sa 09:00-18:00
Restaurants and cafes1
Churches and places of worship1
Singh Sabha Gurudwara Zira
Place of worship
Gurudwara Near Singh Sabha Road, zira
Shopping2
Easyday Convenience Store
Grocery
All type consumer retail department stores
Convenience Store State Highway 20, Zira
09:00-22:00
Try and Buy
Shopping center
122 State Highway 20, Zira
Mo-Sa 08:00-18:00
History
Zira had been for many years a wasteland, when in 1508 Ahmad Shah came from Gugera and founded Zira Khas. He was driven out by Sher Shah Suri, during whose rule nearly all the villages of this ilaqa were located. Mohar Singh was in turn driven out by Dewan Mokham Chand, Ranjit Singh's general, and the ilaqa was added to the Lahore Demesne. It was afterwards divided into two portions, of which the eastern portion, which preserved the name, Zira, was given to Sarbuland Khan, a servant of the Lahore Government, and the western portion, named ilaqa Ambarhar, was made an appanage of Kanwar Sher Singh, son of the Punjab sovereign. At a later date, Sher Singh obtained the possession of the whole ilaqa and abolished the subdivision of Ambarhar.
The precise date of the founding of the municipality is uncertain; one source indicates the Municipality Committee, Zira, was constituted in 1876 while another gives the year as 1867.
From the History section of Zira, Punjab on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Schools, colleges and libraries3
Healthcare8
Map of Zira
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Getting there and nearby towns
Bhisiana Air Force Station (BUP) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 81 km away.
- Talwandi Bhai 14 km southwest, about 14 min by car
- Kot Īsa Khān 14 km east, about 14 min by car
- Makhu 15 km north, about 15 min by car
- Mullānwāla 19 km northwest, about 19 min by car
- Kapurthala Town 59 km northeast, about 59 min by car
- Jalandhar 69 km northeast, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Amritsar 74 km north, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Phagwāra 80 km east, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Ludhiana 83 km east, about 1 h 30 min by car
- Barnāla 85 km southeast, about 1 h 30 min by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
Local news
Headlines from INDB.
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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
- Old Deori in Zira, Mnv179, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Old Deori in Zira 2, Mnv179, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Participating in a Blood Donation Camp, Mnv179, CC BY-SA 4.0
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