Nawanshahr District
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Nawanshahr district ਨਵਾਂਸ਼ਹਿਰ ਜ਼ਿਲ੍ਹਾ Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar ਸ਼ਹੀਦ ਭਗਤ ਸਿੰਘ ਨਗਰ |
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 Location in Punjab, India |
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| Coordinates: 31°7′31″N 76°6′59″E / 31.12528°N 76.11639°ECoordinates: 31°7′31″N 76°6′59″E / 31.12528°N 76.11639°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | Punjab |
| Region of Punjab | Doaba |
| Named for |
meaning ‘New City’ because people shifted from the old town of Rahon avoiding the ravages of Sutlej River. |
| Headquarters | Nawanshahr |
| Government | |
| • Deputy Commissioner | Vipul Ujwal IAS |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,266 km2 (489 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 612,310 |
| • Density | 480/km2 (1,300/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Punjabi |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| Telephone code | 01823 for Nawanshahr and Banga 01885 for Balachaur |
| Literacy | 80.3% |
| Website | nawanshahr |
meaning ‘New City’ because people shifted from the old town of Rahon avoiding the ravages of
Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district (formerly Nawanshahr district) is one of the districts in Doaba region of the state of Punjab in North-West Republic of India. It consists of three Sub -Divisions Nawanshahr, Banga and Balachaur. There are three legislative seats in the district, Nawanshahr, Balachaur and Banga. They fall under the Anandpur Sahib Lok Sabha Constituency.
As of 2011 it is the third least populous district of Punjab (out of 22), after Barnala and Fatehgarh Sahib.
Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district was carved out of Hoshiarpur and Jalandhar districts of Punjab on 7 November 1995, as the sixteenth district of Punjab State named from the headquarters town of Nawanshahr. Nawanshahr was founded by the migrants from Rahon near the Sutluj river as Rahon was in danger of being flooded. They named it Nawanshahar (New City). Nawanshahr has been the stronghold of the Ghorewaha Rajputs allied to king Akbar via kinship ties.
Dewan Banna Mal Misr (Gautam) was born in Gautam Brahmin family of Nawanshahr. Dewan Banna Mal was manager with full sovereign powers of His Highness Maharaja Sir Randhir Singh Bahadur of Kapurthala's Estates in Oudh and served as Chief Minister Of Kapurthala State. Dewan Banna Mal built the beautiful temple Shivala Banna Mal near Municipal Committee office, Nawanshahr. It was built in the year 1862 and tall and huge structure Haveli Banna Mal Di Haveli in Vaidan Mohalla in Nawanshahr. Dewan Banna Mal's sons Dewan Acchru Mal Gautam and Dewan Sundri Mal Gautam (both Revenue Minister of Kapurthala State has built Brahmkund Mandir at backside of Shalimar Bagh in Kapurthala. There is a village in Mand area of Kapurthala on the Bank of River Beas "Bana Mal Wala" after Dewan Banna Mal Gautam's name and Brahampur villages in Tehsil Phagwara which was accorded as Jagir by Maharaja Sir Randhar Singh Bahadur. Dewan Banna Mal's descendants are prominent citizens today settled in Kapurthala, Phagwara, Dehradun and Delhi.
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