Mandi Gobindgarh

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Mandi Gobindgarh
Mandi Gobindgarh Location of Mandi Gobindgarh in Punjab and India
Coordinates	30°40′N 76°17′E / 30.66°N 76.28°E / 30.66; 76.28
Country	India
State	Punjab
District(s)	Fatehgarh Sahib
Population	55,416 (2001[update])
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Codes • Pincode • 147301

Mandi Gobindgarh is a city and a municipal council in Fatehgarh Sahib district in the Indian state of Punjab. It is also sometimes referred to as Steel City (or simply Loha Mandi) because of a large number of steel mills and factories.

History

When Shri Guru Hargobind visited this area along with his army, he had a tough fight with Lala Beg, the army chief of Phul Maharaj the ruler of this region. Lala was killed in the village of Saunti near Amloh. Soldiers killed during the war were brought to Gurdwara 6th patshahi and cremated. It is also said that during the stay, the use of metal was required for horse shoe repair and for other needs. The soldiers couldn't locate any metal in the radious of miles in and around the city, and then Guru Hargobind Sahib ji blessed this city to be the city of iron. Since then the iron (metal) business has flourished in this region. The city MANDI GOBINDGARH is also known as the LOHA CITY (Iron City).

Walled Town with four gates

One was near Modi Mills, the other was near Munilal Om Prakash. While the third near the present main post office and the fourth near Krishna Mandir. All these gates used to be closed by sunset till 1950. After 1950, the gates were demolished one by one.

Along the Path of Progress

The first business started here was of cotton ginning. It was also famous for its gram trade as the Maharaja had declared it as the free trade zone in the region. Utensils like enamel plated plates, mugs were also manufactured in Gobindgarh. The first school was a co-educational primary school situated at the present municipal market. It was a part of SNAS Higher Secondary School. The building was pulled down in 1965-66.

The first medical practitioner at Gobindgarh were Dr.Harjit Singh. Dr.Harnam Singh Chopra joined the dispensary as a qualified doctor in 1949. Modern amenities like Telephones, electricity and water supplies made their first appearance in Gobindgarh during 1955-57.

Demographics

As of 2001^[update] India census,^[1] Gobindgarh had a population of 155,416. Males constitute 56% of the population and females 44%. Gobindgarh has an average literacy rate of 69%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 72%, and female literacy is 67%. In Gobindgarh, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Local

There are many beautiful public parks in Mandi Gobindgarh viz. Rose Garden, Green Park and most famous Ladies'Park exclusively for Ladies. Most of the Banks are present in Mandi Gobindgarh.

Industries

• NAV BHARAT ENTERPRISES ( ERW PIPES, SCAFFOLDING PIPES, SECTION PIPES, STEEL EXPORTERS )

   email: amolvij@gmail.com

• J.C. STEEL PRODUCTS (www.rollingmillmachinery.net) <Steel Rolling Mill Machinery>

• KS Matharoo Industries ( Global Exporters of Steel Rolling Mills )

• Hi-Tech Gas Equipments & Hardware

• Rehal industrial corporation

• Bhagwati Steel Industries

• Pee Gee Steels (Steel Suppliers)

  [PEEGEESTEELS@rediffmail.com]

• Modern Steel Industries

• Bassi Alloys

• M/s Samundra Multimetals

• Sagar Computer Kanda

• Dashmesh Motors and Road lines

• M/s R.K Steel industries

• Avtar Foundry & Workshop

• Royal Ispat Udyog(First Automatic Plant in Mandi Gobindgarh)

• NAVEEN ISPAT UDYOG (bulk Steel Suppliers)

• Shiv Shakti Steel Strips

• Vimal Alloys Private Limited - casting up to 50 m.t

         (www.vimalalloys.com)

Famous Shops & Companies

• Happy Sonu & company.
• Vimal Alloys Pvt Ltd
• Pee Gee Steels
• Mithila Malleables
• Mittal Sales corporation
• Shri Ganpati Steel Industries
• Commando TMT
• amit sharma scrap broker(9780021421,9216321421)
• PRS TMT and Bars
• Compusoft India
• Ch.Dewan chand Dhanpat Rai Bhatia,Cloth Merchants
• Flavours Restaurant

Education and health services

Mandi Gobindgarh has many educational institutes,

• CIET ( Chitkara Institute of Engineering and Technology )
• Gobindgarh Public School
• Punjab Institute of Management and Technology (P.I.M.T.)
• Gobindgarh Public College
• S.N.A.S. Model Sr. Sec. School
• St. Farid Public School
• RIMT Group of Institutes (Regional Institute of Management and Technology)
• Desh Bhagat Group of Institutes[1]
• Om Prakash Bansal Modern School
• Manas Public School

Famous Cyber Cafe

Funki Zone Cyber Cafe (A Unique Name For all needs of Internet, Scanning, Printouts, Lamination, Photostat, Spiral Binding and ofcourse Computer Education

There are various hospitals and nursing homes available in the city, that are equipped with modern facilities.

• Civil Hospital
• Gurpreet Nursing Home
• Bajaj Nursing Home
• Kaushal Nursing Home
• Prabhatpuri Charitable Hospital
• Gobindgarh Dental Hospital
• Jain Nursing Home
• Pappu Doctor

Tourism

It is 48 km from Ludhiana on one side and 50 km from Chandigarh on another side. It also has the famous "Floating Restaurant" built on BBMB Canaland a famous restaurant named 'Highway Hault' known for pizza and soups.

References

External links

• Khanna
• khannagobindgarh tv on net

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