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Hoshiarpur
Hoshiarpur is located in PunjabHoshiarpurHoshiarpur
Location of Hoshiarpur City in Punjab, India
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Ninates: 31.53°N 75.92°ECoordinates: 31.53°N 75.92°E
Country India
State Punjab
Region of Punjab Doaba
District Hoshiarpur
Settled by British 1846 A.D.
Founded In 1325–1351 A.D.
Founded by Hargovind Ram & Ram Chand (Dewans of Muhammad bin Tughluq)[1]
Named for Hoshiar Khan Of Bajwara
Government
• Type Municipality
• Body Municipal Corporation Hoshiarpur
• Mayor Shiv Sood (BJP)[2]
Elevation 296 m (971 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total 168,443
Demonym(s) Hoshiarpuria, Hoshiarpuri
Languages
• Official Punjabi, Hindi, English
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 146001
Area code(s) +91-1882
Vehicle registration PB07
Website http://www.hoshiarpur.nic.in/
Hoshiarpur About this sound pronunciation (help·info) is a city and a municipal corporation in Hoshiarpur district in the Doaba region of the Indian state of Punjab. It was founded, according to tradition, during the early part of the fourteenth century.[3] In 1809 it was occupied by the forces of Maharaja Karanvir Singh and was united into the greater state of Punjab in 1849.[3]

Hoshiarpur has an average elevation of 296 metres (971 ft). Hoshiarpur district is located in the north-east part of the Indian state of Punjab. It falls in the Jalandhar Revenue Division and is situated in the Bist Doab portion of the Doaba region. Hoshiarpur shares a boundary with Kangra district, and Una district of Himachal Pradesh in the northeast. In the southwest, it borders Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district, Jalandhar district, and Kapurthala district, and in the northwest it borders Gurdaspur district