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Originally appearing in Volume V21, Page 405 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PHILLAUR  , a

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town of
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British
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India, in
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Jullundur
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district,
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Punjab, on the
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north
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bank of the
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river
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Sutlej, 8 m . N. of
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Ludhiana . Pop . (1901), 6986 . Founded by the
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Mogul
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emperor Shah Jahan, it was
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long of importance as commanding the
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crossing of the Sutlej . At the
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Mutiny in 1857 the fort contained the
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siege
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train, which was sent safely to
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Delhi; but the
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sepoy
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regiment in the
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cantonment shortly afterwards mutinied and escaped . The fort is now occupied by the
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police training school and the central
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bureau of the criminal
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identification
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department .

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This is a small and beautiful town near sutluj river in jallandher distt.Name of the fort is maharaja Ranjit singh fort , Now its occupied by police training centre.The student of this academy plays a important role to keep the town clean.
Phillaur is dream town.. here is fort of Mharaja Ranjit Singh but now police used that fort..
Yes, I totally agree it is a beautiful little town. There use to be a school there called hooshan da school did anyone attend this school in the 60s? Is this school still there? There was also a factory famous for making a machine called Master Toka for the agricultural areas. Does anyone remember the family name of the owners? I live in Amritsar now but would like to visit this place again because I have such beautiful memories of this place. There used to be a huge house somewhere near the bazar with lots of interesting stories about it.
Landra Toka on Nurmahal Road - they manufactured chaff cutters, threshing machines etc. Family originally based in Landra - hence the name. That whole stretch of Road was an 'integrated site' - large residence then businessmen' quarters then gardens then dairy then workers quarters then factory proper
I have been living in phillaur from 1945 to 1962 , I have lot of memories of phillur , I have known Landra familes and Dhiman family who owned Dhiman iron and steel co at Noormahal road at phillaur ,not far from landra factory, I also know about Gur partap & sons in phillaur and many others , I have studied in Govt high sshool from 1952 to 1962 My name J. L. GOPAL
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