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Pathankot — Wikipédia
Pathankot — Wikipédia

Pathankot is a city and the district headquarters of the Pathankot district in Punjab, India. Pathankot is the 6th most populous city of Punjab, after Ludhiana, Amritsar, Jalandhar, Patiala and Bathinda. Its local government is a municipal corporation. In Mahabharata and in the works of Sanskrit Grammarian and Linguistic scholar Panini, the region is also mentioned as ‘Audumbara’ which was classified as Ayudhajivi sangha (Warrior Community). Numerous coins of great antiquity related to Ancient Audumbara Kingdom were found at various sites of Pathankot. In medieval Period from 11thCE to 16thCE Pathankot was the First capital of Nurpur State of Present Himachal Pradesh which was Earlier Known as Dhameri (a corruption of Audumbari) and its name was changed From Dhameri To Nurpur during the Shahjahan's reign.The Pathania clan of Native Pahadi Rajputs of the Region derived its name from Pathankot which was known as Paithan or पैठान(प्रतिष्ठान).Pathankot was invaded by Jarnail Jai Singh Kanhaiya of Kanhaiya Misl and was Annexed from Ruling Pathania Rajput Clan And was Merged with Punjab during Maharaja Ranjits Singhs Rule.Pathankot was merged with Gurdaspur District on 1853 prior to that it was made part of Kangra after British Annexed the Hill Parts from Sikhs after First Anglo Sikh War in 1845. During partition, the initial plan by border demarcation committee was to place Pathankot (part of Gurdaspur district that time) into Pakistan and Shakargarh district into India. However, as a later fine tuning of decision vice versa was done i.e. Shakargarh district was given to Pakistan and Gurdaspur district (along Pathankot) was given to India. Pathankot has an average elevation of . It is a green town surrounded by the Ravi and Chakki rivers. Shiwalik foothills on the south and east and snow-capped Himalayas in the back drop in north. Spring: The climate remains the most enjoyable part of the year during the spring season (from mid-February to mid-April). Temperatures vary between (max) 16 °C to 25 °C and (min) 9 °C to 18 °C.

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