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[edit] Tarīḵẖ-i maḵẖzan-i Panjāb

I noticed that someone changed the history section to say that the Tarīḵẖ-i maḵẖzan-i Panjāb was written in Pashto, not Urdu. I looked it up at the McGill libraries online, and it notes that the book is indeed in Urdu. Does anyone know for a fact that it is written in Pashto? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nograpes (talk • contribs) 21:58, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Tourism

The tourism section was written for Ludhiana district instead of the town. I removed the entry completely, as there was only one reference to a site within Ludhiana town.

Nograpes 14:18, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Transportation

The current entry in the transportation section is not in encyclopedic style. There was some good information that I kept, but I eliminated most of the claims like "dirtier than a Western lavoratory", and "at least 5 accidents a day."

Nograpes 19:50, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Population of Ludhiana (city)

The entry for population was changed from my entry of 1,395,053 to 3,500,000. I based my number on the 2001 Census of India, which is available here: http://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999

I believe that the person who changed it may be confused with the population of Ludhiana district which is much closer to 3,500,000 people.

Nograpes 17:27, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Battle of the Hydaspes (Jhelum) River

It appears that one of the original authors of this page mistakenly believed that the Battle of the Hydaspes River (now known as the Jhelum River) was fought at the Sutlej River. At first I just cleaned up the English, but then I realized that the content was incorrect. According to the Wikipedia article on the battle, the Hydaspes River (as it was known in Greek) is the Jhelum, not the Sutlej. The battle was actually fought near Bhera, in Pakistan, nowhere near Ludhiana. I will remove this article from the History section.

Nograpes 17:11, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Freedom Fighters

Please do not remove information about freedom fighters. They compose a very critical component in the history of Ludhiana and India as a whole.

I looked at the article Lala Lajpat Rai and it claims that he was born in a village named Dhudike in Ferozpur, and that most of his youth was spent in Jagraon. Since he didn't spend significant time in Ludhiana town itself I don't think it belongs here.
Similarly, Kartar Singh Sarabha was born in Sarabha village in the Ludhiana district, not in Ludhiana itself.
I think that Maulana Habib-ur-Rahman did come from Ludhiana, but I'm not sure, and I couldn't find any information on a Baba Santa Singh involved in the Indian Independence Movement.
Nograpes 19:17, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Airport at Halwara

Hey who says plans for airport at Halwara are shelved?? -- Amit 14:35, 29 June 2007 (UTC)