Coordinates	28°36′36″N77°13′48″N
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Malout (Punjabi: ਮਲੋਟ ) is a city and a municipal council in Muktsar district in the Indian state of Punjab. Located in southern Punjab, it is a prominent town in the ''cotton belt'' where production per unit area is one of the highest in India.

thumb|Alt=Malout N10.|a view of national highway 10 in Malout,you can see a welome signboard in Punjabi. Malout is a well known city of Punjab established on NH-10 with a 4 lane Grand Trunk (GT) road, which is the pride of the city. This highway connects New Delhi to Fazilka through the city. This town is at the border of three Indian states (Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan) and two countries (India and Pakistan). The boundaries of Haryana and Rajasthan are just 30 and 65 km away from Malout. On the other hand, it is only 45 km from Pakistan, so the area was highly active in emergency time due to military actions.

History

Malout city is 4-5 centuries old. The origin of the name of Malout city is disputed, but the most famous suggestions are the following:

:- People of Maan cast founded a fort here, Kacha Kot, leading to popular name Mankot Nagar. With the passage of time people stated calling the city Manout and later Malout :- After a popular wrestler (Mall) who was very helpful to people, so the name of this city became Maal-di-out then Malout.

:- The British set up a base there to import and export glucose which Indians call normally Mal to Karachi. At that time this city was very famous as Mal out centre, so people started calling this city as Malout,

In 1917, the British government established the Bathinda - Karachi railway line, to transport the goods from this part of India to Karachi. Malout Railway Station was established on the line in 1918. Choudhry Harji Ram of Malout village, one of the richest persons of his time, also more popularly known as the 'king of cotton' of Punjab, established a new town near the railway station at west side, which was called Mandi Harji Raam. (''Mandi'' means small town in Punjab).

With the growth of the area due to trading established by the railways network, other rich people wanted to establish their business base in Malout near the railway station. But Choudhry Harji Ram refused to provide them land in his area, leading to the new Malout establishment coming into existence on 19 March 1920. Under the leadership of Seth Thakur Das, traders from the nearby villages and town established another small town opposite the old town. A seven member committee purchased land of 100 Beghas of Shekhu villages with the cost of 1lac 40 thousand 163 Rs and 38 paisa, which was then divided in a planned and modernized way into shopping and residential areas.

On 17 November 1921, the District Commissioner of Ferozpur District, J. C. Koldsitrimiu, established large water storage and purification tank system in the town. This was the same day when the future King-Emperor Edward VIII came to this part of the India for survey. The new establishment was named in his honour as Edward Ganj Malout Mandi.

With the passage of time, the small town started growing and by the end of 1940 a post office, telephone exchange, guest house, rest house and graveyard Shamshan Bhumi were establsihedd. Because of high cotton cultivation many cotton factories and agricultural machinery industries came into existence in the city and the nearby village area and hence this area was recognised as the cotton capital of Punjab. Just to give more organised form to the association it was renamed the Edward Ganj Public Welfare association in 1942.

Commerce & Industry

Malout is famous for its agriculture equipment manufacturing industry. Agriculture related equipments made in Malout are sold in various parts of Punjab and nation.

Another major industry in the region is related to high cotton cultivation in the region. Since past few years, cotton related business has been booming in the region.

It is worth mentioning here that the market for second hand cars and two wheelers have grown up to become one of the biggest in the region. The business is generating good revenue for the local automobile work-shops and dealers.

List of Major Villages

There are many villages fall under tehsil (zone) Malout;

Alam Wala Baba Khera Khema Khera Aspala Pushpinder Bagh Khunan Kalan Aulkh Koliyan Wali Bloch kera Kothe Badiyan Bhai Ka Kera Kurai Wala Bhoondar Kabar wala Bodi wala Lakkar Wala Bhagwan Pura Rishu Pura Mahni Khera Los Malout Burja Sidhwa Mt. Malout $Mal Wala$ Dabwali Dhab Midha Dabwali Malko Mohlan Dhola Kingra Stalker Pakki Tibbi Fakarsar Paniwala Fatta Ghumiyara $Ram Nagar$ Sauke Gurusar Jhoda Kittu Garh Rani Wala Enna Khera USSM Rathiria $Jhorar$ Ratta Tibba Jhandwala Charat Singh Sham Khera Kangan Khera Sher Garh Karamgarh Sarawan Bodla Shishir Ki Dhani Karampatti Tarkhanwala Neeraj Waala Karni wala Theri Katiya wali Urang Khane Ki Dhab Virk Khera \m/ Khera

Climate

There is wide seasonal temperature variation in Malout area. In summers the temperature reaches as high up as 48-50°C and in winters as low as 1-2°C. The Western Himalayas in the north and the Thar Desert in the south and southwest mainly determine the climate conditions. The south-western monsoon brings the much needed rain bearing depression during summer (July to September). Nearly 70% of rainfall is during these months. The major part of the district qualifies for aridic (tropic) moisture regime according to the criteria laid down in soil taxonomy. Soil moisture regime computations employing the Newhall mathematical model indicate that the area has a 'weak aridic' moisture regime (Van Wambeke, 1985). In the aridic (torric) moisture regime, the moisture control section in most of the year is dry in all parts for more than half the time (cumulative).

Education

Holy Angels School ,Malout

Malout Institute of Management and Information Technology (MIMIT)

Guru Teg Bahadur Khalsa College of Engineering and manegment

Govt Sr. Secondary School, Malout

D.A.V. College

Maharaja ranjit singh college

Kalgidhar college of Education

Sacred heart convent school

GTB Khalsa Sen. Sec. School

D.A.V Edwardganj Public School

M.R. Oswin High School'''

S.D.Public Sen. Sec. School

GGS College of Education Malout

DASMESH NURSING INSTITUTION JANDWALA

Kalgidhar Industrial Training Institute

N G O Malout

Shri Mahawir Gaushala

Shah Satnam ji Green s wellfare force

Bharat Vikas Prishad

Youth cultrual & sports club

Lions Club

Shri Krishan Bhagwan gaushala

Guru Nanak mission,President- Pamma Brar

Shaheed Baba Deep Singh Welfare Society

Guru Nanak mission,samaj sewi sanstha

Aashirwad Jansewa Samiti(President)Varinder Bajaj

Sehyog jansewa Sanstha(President)Manoj Asija

Akasdeep Yadgari Sanstha(President)Dayal Singh sandhu

Parminder Yadgari Sports Club(President)Hardev Singh Jhorar

Sahara Sewa-(President)Naveen Goyal

Guru Gobind Singh Mission-(President)S S Gill

Malout Seeds & Pesticides Club,Malout

References

Category:Cities and towns in Muktsar district

bn:মালৌত bpy:মালৌত it:Malout pam:Malout new:मलौत pt:Malout vi:Malout *Local Political Leaders of Malout*'''Bold text'''

Ch.Nathu Ram (INC)

S.Harpreet Singh(sad)

S.Baldev singh Balamgarh(INC)

S.Ram Singh Aarewala(sad)

Ch.Deepak kumar(INC)

Sh.Parshotam Dass Aarewala(INC)

Sh.Satguru Dev Pappi(INC)

S.Chhabil singh(SAD)

S.Bakhsish Singh(SAD)

S.Amarjit Singh jandwala(INC)

S.Basant Singh Kang (sad)

S.Balkar Singh(INC)

Sh.Dinesh Garg Tony(sad)

Ch.Ravi Kumar(INC)

Sh.Lali Gagneja(INC)

Sh.Nathu Ram Gandhi(INC)

Sh.Pardeep Rasewat(SAD)

Sh.Ved Parkash Chuchra(BJP)

Sh.Chunni Lal(BJP)

Sh.O.P.Middha(BJP)

Sh.Satish Asija(BJP)

Sh.Ashok Bajaj(INC)

Sh.Tinku Bajaj(INC)

Sh.Prem Gulshan(INC)

Sh.O.P.Kherra(INC)

Sh.N D Chalana(INC)

Dr.Jagdish Sharma(BJP)

Sh.Varinder S Bajaj(INC)

Sh. Ashok Madaan (sad)

*Advocates of Repute*

ADS Jattana, Advocate: from Panniwala Fatta Mobile No. 9815003385

Baba Gurbachan Singh was the leader of the Sant Nirankari sect, considered to be heterodox by mainstream Sikh. He was declared Satguru by his predecessor Baba Avtar Singh in 1962.

He should not be confused with Gurbachan Singh Manochahal.

Events of 1978-1980

In 1978, the Nirankari mission from Delhi and other parts of the Indian sub-continent gathered a congregation at Amritsar. A few orthodox Sikhs of Akhand Kirtani Jatha and Damdami Taksal marched from the Darbar Sahib to protest Nirankari congregation, who they considered heterodox. In the resulting violence, 13 individuals including Jatha leader Bhai Fauja Singh were killed, while Sixty four followers of the Nirankari mission were arrested.

On April 13, 1978 detained members of Nirankari sect were released, after formal charges against them were rejected by the session-Judge of Karnal, who stated in his judgement "The case of the prosecution was intrinsically wrong. It was all frame-up and after thought."

On 25 September 1978, Gurbachan Singh arrived in Kanpur. A group of protesters arrived at the Nirankari Bhawan to protest his presence On 28 September 1978, anticipating fresh trouble, then Punjab Government of Punjab for six months. The Supreme Court later revoked the ban.

On October 6, 1978, a Hukumnama by the Jathedar of Akal Takht was issued, calling upon Sikhs to socially boycott the Nirankaris.

In 1980, a Ranjit Singh, a member of the Akhand Kirtani Jatha managed to obtain employment at the Nirankari headquarters in Delhi as a carpenter. On the evening of April 24, 1980, he waited with an automatic rifle in a room of the guest house. Ranjit Singh shot Gurbachan Singh through a window when he returned from a public function at about 11pm. Ranjit Singh managed to escape.

Aftermath

The First Information Report named twenty people for the murder, including several known associates of Bhindranwale, who was also charged with conspiracy to murder.

Ranjit Singh surrendered in 1983, and was in jail for 13 years. In 1990, while still in Tihar Jail, he was named the Akal Takht Jathedar, and took over the post when he was released in 1996.

According to a Hindustan Times report, Ranjit Singh said about the murder: "I have no regrets. I did it for the Panth (community)."

In 1997, the Delhi High Court upheld his conviction and cancelled bail. Ranjit Singh refused to surrender. The government quickly ordered a remission of the remaining part of his sentence to avoid a confrontation.

Successor

Gurbachan Singh is succeeded by Hardev Singh .

References

Category:1980 deaths Category:Murder in 1980 Category:Assassinated Indian people Category:Indian Sikhs Category:People murdered in India Category:Deaths by firearm in India Category:Year of birth missing