Talwara
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Talwara is a census town
in Hoshiarpur district
in the India
n state
of Punjab
.
, Talwara had a population of 22,580. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Talwara has an average literacy rate of 80%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 83%, and female literacy is 76%. In Talwara, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.
on the Beas River
in 1964. Now it is a flourishing township with multi-purpose Project which includes, apart from Pong Dam, the Shah-Nehar Barrage, Shah-Naher Hydel Channel, and various Power Houses. This township was developed to provide accommodation for the Pong Dam workers. Luckily, the architects of this township were also the same who designed the beautiful City of Chandigarh.
Talwara is divided roughly into two parts, one is the township area, created and maintained by Bhakra Beas Management Board; other is private area known as Old Talwara comprising Subhash Nagar, Model Town, Indra Colony, Sandpur Mohalla etc and main bazaar. The old one is stereo-type semi-hill town and the modern one is well-planned and is divided into four sectors with underground drainage. Talwara Township area is divided into four sectors following the pattern of Chandigarh. Talwara is a mono-functional town without any industry. Goods are imported usually from other places to meet the daily needs of the residents-mostly employed in Beas Dam or other hydel projects.
The township area is inhabited with people from various parts of Indian States. They are employees of BBMB, Shah Nehar, Mukerian Hydel Project and various other government departments viz education, health, forest, local bodies etc.
, fresh water lakes and its salubrious surroundings and other many natural and religious attractions. Hindu Goddess Chintapurni Temple is also near to Talwara. Maharana Pratap Sagar
lake, 42-km-long lake is just 8 km away from township. The lake is famous for water sports and bird sanctuary.
Pong Dam, an earth cum rockfill dam is the highest of its kind in the country. It comprises five tunnels and a power house with an installed capacity of 240 MW (4 units each of 60 M W) in the first instance and 2 more units each of 60 MW at a later state. At present it is under the control of the Beas Project Power Wing.
The township itself is well planned and beautiful. The Shah-Nehar-Barrage is down stream of Pong Dam situated at the River Beas . The Barrage has 50 gates ( but known as '52 Gates ') and thus a huge artificial lake of holding capacity of 3404 acres (13.8 km²) feet has been created which feeds the Mukerian Hydel Channel.
A rock garden created by Nek Chand (creator of Rock Garden, Chandigarh) of the Talwara has proved to be a major tourist attraction. Many Herbal Garden have been created on wasteland of BBMB at Talwara .
There is an old Shiv temple in village Sri Pandain near Talwara Township. It is said to have been constructed by the Pandavas. There is also a typical well, near the temple said to be constructed by the Pandavas. One has to go 50 steps down to fetch water from this well. The well is still in use. A mela is held at the temple annually on Shivratri Day and is visited by a large number of people.
Just around 2 km from here there is very famous temple of Shri Baba Dyalu Ji Maharaj. People have a lot of faith in this. Every year there is one very Big Mela arranged there. The Management which manages this darwar is very true to their work and in last three to four years they did so much construction for the Darwar that it has become the white marble Darwar. In About 7-8 Miles Radius many prehistoric and religious shrines can be visited such as Seat Of his holiness Baba lal Dyal ji maharaj at datar pur, Ghati tample etc. Being very peaceful demographies Talwara has often attracted many saints in and around, those blessed this little town in in great Himalayan foothills as their Tapobhumi. Nearly about4-5km towards Shiwalik hills there is a temple of Hidimba devi wife bhim of "mahabharta" located in village dhar of dharwall gotra. gurnam dharwall.
The peace of the Punjab was disturbed by an adventured, who appeared at Bajwara and pretended to be Sarang Khan from multan in 1396, a little before Taimur’s invasion. There was a big rising at Bajwara. Sarang Khan was pursued, but he escaped to the Shiwalik Hills. At Timur’s death in 1405 AD. Jasrat Gakhar (however the majority of historians consider jasrat to have been a Khokhar
), ruler of Gakhar (or Khokhar) Dynasty regained his freedom, returned to the Punjab and reestablished the Gakhar state. Meanwhile Timur's governor Khizr Khan seized the Delhi Sutanate for himself.
Khizr Khan’s son, Mubarak Shah, spent much of his reign trying to defend Delhi against the Gakhar ruler Jasrat who was growing stronger. Around AD 1420. Jasrat defeated the army of Kashmir. When Mubarak Shah reached Samana in July 1421, he heard that Jasrat Gakhars had raised the siege of Sirhind and had returned to Ludhiana. Mubarak Shah advanced to Ludhiana in the second half of September and found that Jasrat had abandoned the side of river Satluj. After the rains had ceased, Mubarak Shah also crossed the river a little higher up. Jasrat hastened back to his strongest fort at Talwara. Mubarak Shah followed him and with the help of Raja Bhim of Jammu captured the Talwara fort and razed it, but not before Jasrat had escaped further into the mountains.
AD1520-1525 During these years, the Punjab remained disturbed, when Babar, the first Mughal Emperor, started his expeditions against Hindustan. Babar crossed the river Beas opposite Kahnuwan and encamped at the mouth of the Valley of the Shiwalik Hills in which lies the Fort of Malout. Babar took the fort and made Daulat Khan prisoner. Babar marched via Bajwara, Rupnagar, Sirhind and Sunam on way to Delhi. 1530-1556 In 1555, on arriving at Kalanaur in the Gurdaspur District from Lahore, Humayun despatched a strong body of troops under Bairam Khan and Tardi Beg to attack Nasib Khan, the Afghan General, who lay encamped at Panj Bhain near Hariana in the Hoshiarpur District . Bairam Khan pushed on to Hariana, which after a slight skirmish was surrendered by Nasib Khan. Bairam Khan marched to Jalandhar from Hariana via Sham Chaurasi where the afghans had taken up position.e. On 17 December 1557, the imperial forces advanced through Jalandhar to the Shiwalik Hills and encamped at Dasua in the Hoshiarpur District and moved further to Nurpur. The hill Rajas, who had sided with Sikandar Sur, deserted him and submitted to Akbar.
After Bairam Khan was defeated by the imperial forces at Gunachaur, he went to Talwara, the capital of Raja Ganesh. There was a great battle fought between the imperialist and Bairam Khan’s troops. The royal troops besieged the fortress at Talwara. Bairam Khan after a brief resistance surrendered at Hajipur in October 1560 and threw himself at the mercy of the Emperor Akbar. He was pardoned by the emperor at Hariana and thereafter, he left for Mecca.
After that we don't find any evidence of Talwara and its Fort in History.
Then Talwara again came into sight in 1960's with the BBMBs Pong Dam project and construction of Talwara township.
According to Punjab revenue records, one Talu of Awan Caste owned the land and after his name the village was known as Talwara or Talwara. He died issueless and the village was deserted. Subsequently, a Raja brought certain persons from villages Namoli of Namol got. One Rajput of Jaryal got came and settled in village Budhawar tahsil Dasuya. He married away his daughter to Raja Kamand Chand of Datarpur. The area around Talwara was given by Raja as a jagir to his Rani. She carved out certain areas from the adjoining villages. On account of this, talwara was also known as ‘Barapind’. It was also cynically called as ‘Chandarpind’ as it was the place for which the adjoining chiefs constantly fought. Talwara township was born in 1964.
Rail link between Mukerian and Talwara township has been removed by the project authorities after completion of the dam. Talwara town is in MUKERIAN City
The closest railway stations are:-
Mukerian- 25 km
Dasuya- 32 km
Distance from the main cities:-
Distance from New Delhi:- 440 km
Distance from Chandigarh:- 190 km
Distance from Amritsar:- 110 km
Distance from Pathankot:- 55 km
Distance from Una:- 75 km
Distance from Hoshiarpur:- 84 km
Distance from Jalandhar:- 100 km
Distance from Nangal:- 90 km
Distance from Mukerian:- 25 km
BBMB DAV Public School Sec 2
Dr. Amit Bhalla and Dr. Kumud Bhalla studied at this school.
Govt. Sr. Sec. School Sector 1..
APRAJITA intl. co-ed school to be soon afftd. to C.B.S.E (BHATER) 3.5 km from Talwara
Govt. Girls Sen. Sec. School Sector 3
Govt. Model High School Sector 2
Sri Guru Harkishan Public School Sec 2
Shivalik school
Vashisht Bharti School
Public High School Old Talwara
Govt. Arts and Science College Talwara
I. T. I. Talwara
Census town
In India, a census town is one which has:# A minimum population of 5,000# At least 75% of male working population engaged in non-agricultural pursuits# A density of population of at least 400 persons per km2.In Ireland, a census town is;...
in Hoshiarpur district
Hoshiarpur District
Hoshiarpur District , is a district of Punjab state in northern India.In 2011, Hoshiarpur had population of 1,582,793 of which male and female were 806,921 and 775,872 respectively. There was change of 6.85 percent in the population compared to population as per 2001...
in the India
India
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n state
States and territories of India
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of Punjab
Punjab (India)
Punjab ) is a state in the northwest of the Republic of India, forming part of the larger Punjab region. The state is bordered by the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh to the east, Haryana to the south and southeast and Rajasthan to the southwest as well as the Pakistani province of Punjab to the...
.
Geography
Talwara is located at 31.95°N 75.87°E. It has an average elevation of 326 metres (1069 ft).Demographics
India censusCensus
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
, Talwara had a population of 22,580. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Talwara has an average literacy rate of 80%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 83%, and female literacy is 76%. In Talwara, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Facts
The first mobile court in Punjab was inaugurated at Talwara by Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court Vijender Jain and Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on October 2, 2007 the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. The Rock Garden Talwara was inaugurated on May 16, 2006.Description
Talwara is a beautiful modern township in the lap of nature and blessed with very pleasant climate. It gained importance with the starting of construction of the Pong DamPong Dam
The Pong Dam, also known as the Beas Dam, is an earth-fill embankment dam on the Beas River just upstream of Talwara in the state of Himachal Pradesh, India. The purpose of the dam is water storage for irrigation and hydroelectric power generation. As the second phase of the Beas Project,...
on the Beas River
Beas River
The Beas River is a river in the northern part of India. The river rises in the Himalayas in central Himachal Pradesh, India, and flows for some 470 km to the Sutlej River in the Indian state of Punjab....
in 1964. Now it is a flourishing township with multi-purpose Project which includes, apart from Pong Dam, the Shah-Nehar Barrage, Shah-Naher Hydel Channel, and various Power Houses. This township was developed to provide accommodation for the Pong Dam workers. Luckily, the architects of this township were also the same who designed the beautiful City of Chandigarh.
Talwara is divided roughly into two parts, one is the township area, created and maintained by Bhakra Beas Management Board; other is private area known as Old Talwara comprising Subhash Nagar, Model Town, Indra Colony, Sandpur Mohalla etc and main bazaar. The old one is stereo-type semi-hill town and the modern one is well-planned and is divided into four sectors with underground drainage. Talwara Township area is divided into four sectors following the pattern of Chandigarh. Talwara is a mono-functional town without any industry. Goods are imported usually from other places to meet the daily needs of the residents-mostly employed in Beas Dam or other hydel projects.
Attractions
Talwara is situated on the banks of the river Beas and is surrounded with beautiful Shiwalik hills. Surrounded by a river and hills Talwara is a place once having dense forests. Those forests are still visible in its two forest ranges. Talwara is known for world famous Pong DamPong Dam
The Pong Dam, also known as the Beas Dam, is an earth-fill embankment dam on the Beas River just upstream of Talwara in the state of Himachal Pradesh, India. The purpose of the dam is water storage for irrigation and hydroelectric power generation. As the second phase of the Beas Project,...
, fresh water lakes and its salubrious surroundings and other many natural and religious attractions. Hindu Goddess Chintapurni Temple is also near to Talwara. Maharana Pratap Sagar
Maharana Pratap Sagar
Maharana Pratap Sagar , also known as Pong Dam Reservoir or Pong Dam Lake was created in 1975 building the highest earthfill dam in India on the Beas River in the wetland zone of the Siwalik Hills of the Kangra district of the state of Himachal Pradesh, in India.Named in the honour of the patriot...
lake, 42-km-long lake is just 8 km away from township. The lake is famous for water sports and bird sanctuary.
The township itself is well planned and beautiful. The Shah-Nehar-Barrage is down stream of Pong Dam situated at the River Beas . The Barrage has 50 gates ( but known as '52 Gates ') and thus a huge artificial lake of holding capacity of 3404 acres (13.8 km²) feet has been created which feeds the Mukerian Hydel Channel.
A rock garden created by Nek Chand (creator of Rock Garden, Chandigarh) of the Talwara has proved to be a major tourist attraction. Many Herbal Garden have been created on wasteland of BBMB at Talwara .
There is an old Shiv temple in village Sri Pandain near Talwara Township. It is said to have been constructed by the Pandavas. There is also a typical well, near the temple said to be constructed by the Pandavas. One has to go 50 steps down to fetch water from this well. The well is still in use. A mela is held at the temple annually on Shivratri Day and is visited by a large number of people.
Just around 2 km from here there is very famous temple of Shri Baba Dyalu Ji Maharaj. People have a lot of faith in this. Every year there is one very Big Mela arranged there. The Management which manages this darwar is very true to their work and in last three to four years they did so much construction for the Darwar that it has become the white marble Darwar. In About 7-8 Miles Radius many prehistoric and religious shrines can be visited such as Seat Of his holiness Baba lal Dyal ji maharaj at datar pur, Ghati tample etc. Being very peaceful demographies Talwara has often attracted many saints in and around, those blessed this little town in in great Himalayan foothills as their Tapobhumi. Nearly about4-5km towards Shiwalik hills there is a temple of Hidimba devi wife bhim of "mahabharta" located in village dhar of dharwall gotra. gurnam dharwall.
History pages
Talwara as a fort:The peace of the Punjab was disturbed by an adventured, who appeared at Bajwara and pretended to be Sarang Khan from multan in 1396, a little before Taimur’s invasion. There was a big rising at Bajwara. Sarang Khan was pursued, but he escaped to the Shiwalik Hills. At Timur’s death in 1405 AD. Jasrat Gakhar (however the majority of historians consider jasrat to have been a Khokhar
Khokhar
The Khokhar or Khokar are a people of Punjab region of Pakistan and north-western India. According to H. A. Rose they are the gotra of Rajput, Jat, Arain, Nai, and Churah. According to Denzil Ibbetson, they are also a gotra of the Tarkhan and Khatri tribes. The Khokhars were designated as an...
), ruler of Gakhar (or Khokhar) Dynasty regained his freedom, returned to the Punjab and reestablished the Gakhar state. Meanwhile Timur's governor Khizr Khan seized the Delhi Sutanate for himself.
Khizr Khan’s son, Mubarak Shah, spent much of his reign trying to defend Delhi against the Gakhar ruler Jasrat who was growing stronger. Around AD 1420. Jasrat defeated the army of Kashmir. When Mubarak Shah reached Samana in July 1421, he heard that Jasrat Gakhars had raised the siege of Sirhind and had returned to Ludhiana. Mubarak Shah advanced to Ludhiana in the second half of September and found that Jasrat had abandoned the side of river Satluj. After the rains had ceased, Mubarak Shah also crossed the river a little higher up. Jasrat hastened back to his strongest fort at Talwara. Mubarak Shah followed him and with the help of Raja Bhim of Jammu captured the Talwara fort and razed it, but not before Jasrat had escaped further into the mountains.
AD1520-1525 During these years, the Punjab remained disturbed, when Babar, the first Mughal Emperor, started his expeditions against Hindustan. Babar crossed the river Beas opposite Kahnuwan and encamped at the mouth of the Valley of the Shiwalik Hills in which lies the Fort of Malout. Babar took the fort and made Daulat Khan prisoner. Babar marched via Bajwara, Rupnagar, Sirhind and Sunam on way to Delhi. 1530-1556 In 1555, on arriving at Kalanaur in the Gurdaspur District from Lahore, Humayun despatched a strong body of troops under Bairam Khan and Tardi Beg to attack Nasib Khan, the Afghan General, who lay encamped at Panj Bhain near Hariana in the Hoshiarpur District . Bairam Khan pushed on to Hariana, which after a slight skirmish was surrendered by Nasib Khan. Bairam Khan marched to Jalandhar from Hariana via Sham Chaurasi where the afghans had taken up position.e. On 17 December 1557, the imperial forces advanced through Jalandhar to the Shiwalik Hills and encamped at Dasua in the Hoshiarpur District and moved further to Nurpur. The hill Rajas, who had sided with Sikandar Sur, deserted him and submitted to Akbar.
After Bairam Khan was defeated by the imperial forces at Gunachaur, he went to Talwara, the capital of Raja Ganesh. There was a great battle fought between the imperialist and Bairam Khan’s troops. The royal troops besieged the fortress at Talwara. Bairam Khan after a brief resistance surrendered at Hajipur in October 1560 and threw himself at the mercy of the Emperor Akbar. He was pardoned by the emperor at Hariana and thereafter, he left for Mecca.
After that we don't find any evidence of Talwara and its Fort in History.
Then Talwara again came into sight in 1960's with the BBMBs Pong Dam project and construction of Talwara township.
According to Punjab revenue records, one Talu of Awan Caste owned the land and after his name the village was known as Talwara or Talwara. He died issueless and the village was deserted. Subsequently, a Raja brought certain persons from villages Namoli of Namol got. One Rajput of Jaryal got came and settled in village Budhawar tahsil Dasuya. He married away his daughter to Raja Kamand Chand of Datarpur. The area around Talwara was given by Raja as a jagir to his Rani. She carved out certain areas from the adjoining villages. On account of this, talwara was also known as ‘Barapind’. It was also cynically called as ‘Chandarpind’ as it was the place for which the adjoining chiefs constantly fought. Talwara township was born in 1964.
Location
Talwara is approachable by road only. The work on Talwara-Nangal rail link is under construction from few decades now but still a long way to go.Rail link between Mukerian and Talwara township has been removed by the project authorities after completion of the dam. Talwara town is in MUKERIAN City
The closest railway stations are:-
Mukerian- 25 km
Dasuya- 32 km
Distance from the main cities:-
Distance from New Delhi:- 440 km
Distance from Chandigarh:- 190 km
Distance from Amritsar:- 110 km
Distance from Pathankot:- 55 km
Distance from Una:- 75 km
Distance from Hoshiarpur:- 84 km
Distance from Jalandhar:- 100 km
Distance from Nangal:- 90 km
Distance from Mukerian:- 25 km
Education
Major educational institutions of TalwaraBBMB DAV Public School Sec 2
Dr. Amit Bhalla and Dr. Kumud Bhalla studied at this school.
Govt. Sr. Sec. School Sector 1..
APRAJITA intl. co-ed school to be soon afftd. to C.B.S.E (BHATER) 3.5 km from Talwara
Govt. Girls Sen. Sec. School Sector 3
Govt. Model High School Sector 2
Sri Guru Harkishan Public School Sec 2
Shivalik school
Vashisht Bharti School
Public High School Old Talwara
Govt. Arts and Science College Talwara
I. T. I. Talwara