Dina Nagar
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Dina Nagar is a city and a municipal council
Municipal council
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 in Gurdaspur district
Gurdaspur District
Gurdaspur district is a district in the state of Punjab, situated in the northwest part of the Republic of India. Gurdaspur is the district headquarters. It internationally borders Narowal District of the Pakistani Punjab, Kathua District of Jammu and Kashmir, the Punjab districts of Amritsar and...

  in the state 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...

, India
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. It takes its name after Dina Beigh, one of Akbar's loyalists to whom the emperor granted Jagirs ( big land holdings ) in this area. The town came up during Akbar's regime and old buildings, bazaars and walled portion of the town and it's gates are a witness to all this.

Demographics

India census
Census
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, Dina Nagar had a population of 21,494. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Dina Nagar has an average literacy rate of 75%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 78% and, female literacy is 69%. In Dina Nagar, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age. This part of Gurdaspur district has better sex ratio as compared to some other parts of Punjab. It was basically made by Maharaja Ranjit Singh. There are six darwajas for city. And then the name of city on the of Adinabage, who was the last Mugal governor. The name was Adinanagar, then the name changed to Dinanagar. The maharaja rest house in Dinanagar became Agurudwara Shere Punjab.
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