Giddarbaha
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Giddarbaha is a town and a municipal council
in Muktsar district
in the India
n state
of Punjab
.
ji visited Pepali, they saw ladies of the village disturbed by the 'giddar' when they went to fetch water from the well. When Guru ji saw this, he inquired about the problem to which the villagers replied that everybody in this village is married except him (giddar). After knowing the problem, Guruji arranged the marriage of giddar. From there that village was renamed by the locals as 'Giddar vivaha'.
In 1917, the British government established the Bathinda–Karachi
railway line, to transport goods from this part of India to Karachi. Giddarbaha Railway Station was established on the line in 1918.
, Gidderbaha had a population of 36,593. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Gidderbaha has an average literacy rate of 63%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 68%, and female literacy is 56%. In Gidderbaha, 12% of the population was under 6 years of age.
Gidderbaha was once a walled town and a famous cotton market.
Giddarbaha subdivision has a population of 2,05,118 and covers an area of 68,028 hectares. There are 44 villages in the subdivision with Doda being a sub-Tehsil.
2.Shree durga mandir
3.Dera baba shree ganga ram ji
4.City gate(near durga mandir)
5.Mandi wala gurudwara sahib
6.New park
7.Shree gaushalla mandir
8.Samadha(park)
9.Old park
10.Aggarwal peerkhana
11.Clock house
12.Hanuman mandir Bantabad
industry. It is one of the largest producers of snuff in India. 6 PHOTO SNUFF FACTORY Giddarbaha is the most famous snuff factory. Other than snuff, it is acts as an agricultural market i.e. mandi for nearby villagers.
and Haryana
in the South. The district of Faridkot
lies to its North, Firozepur to the West and Bathinda to the East.
There is wide seasonal temperature variation in Giddarbaha area. In summer the temperature reaches as high as 48-50°C and in winters as low as 1-2°C. The Western Himalayas in the north and the Thar Desert in the south and southwest mainly determine the climate conditions. The south-western monsoon brings the much needed, rain bearing, depression during summer (July to September). Nearly 70% of rainfall is during these months. The major part of the district qualifies for aridic (tropic) moisture regime according to the criteria laid down in soil taxonomy. Soil moisture regime computations employing the Newhall mathematical model indicate that the area has a 'weak aridic' moisture regime (Van Wambeke, 1985). In the aridic (torric) moisture regime, the moisture control section in most of the year is dry in all parts for more than half the time (cumulative).
Old Dera of baba ganga ramji (kulguru of the city) in the husnar village which is just 3 km from the village.
The religious Sarovar of kulguru is just 2 km from city in Husnar village.
An old church which belongs to the city is 3 km from the city in the village Doula.
mandi wali nehar is 4 km from the city
dera baba lang is 9 km from the city
village badal is 8 km from the city.
S.Sukhbir Singh Badal
, the present Deputy Chief minister of Punjab.
S.Gurdas Singh Badal, Brother of S.Parkash Singh Badal.
S.Manpreet Singh Badal
, Former Member of Legislative Assembly from Giddarbaha consituency and former Finance Minister,
S.Avtar Singh Brar(Madhir)From the historic Fattanwala family,Strong Political Influence and hold in Gidderbaha since mid 19's.
S.Hardeep Singh Dhillon (Dimpy) , New Deep Bus Service Giddarbaha.
S.Yadwinder Singh Sandhu (Yada)
S.Sandeep Singh Dhillon (Sunny) , President Truck Union Giddarbaha.
Shri.Arun Grover , 6 Photo Snuff Factory Gidderbaha.
S.Gurdas Maan
(famous singer)
S.Sant Gyani Baba Mohan Singh Ji (first HMV singer of gurbani)
Hakam Sufi (singer)
Lion Darshan Monga (Lions Distt.Governor 321-f)
Ashok Masti (singer)
Municipal council
A municipal council is the local government of a municipality. Specifically the term can refer to the institutions of various countries that can be translated by this term...
in Muktsar district
Muktsar District
Sri Muktsar Sahib district is one of the Twenty Two districts in the state of Punjab in northwest India. Its capital is Muktsar; other towns include Malout, the largest town by population, and Gidderbaha....
in the India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
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...
.
Origin of the name
Giddarbaha in its earliest stage was known as 'Pepali', named after the old tree 'pipal'. Giddarbaha, means Pepali of that time, was a small village. It was very happy and small village with limited number of people. When Shri Guru Gobind SinghGuru Gobind Singh
Guru Gobind Singh is the tenth and last Sikh guru in a sacred lineage of ten Sikh gurus. Born in Patna, Bihar in India, he was also a warrior, poet and philosopher. He succeeded his father Guru Tegh Bahadur as the leader of Sikhs at a young age of nine...
ji visited Pepali, they saw ladies of the village disturbed by the 'giddar' when they went to fetch water from the well. When Guru ji saw this, he inquired about the problem to which the villagers replied that everybody in this village is married except him (giddar). After knowing the problem, Guruji arranged the marriage of giddar. From there that village was renamed by the locals as 'Giddar vivaha'.
Before the Raj
Giddar vivaha then became the market for the nearby mandis of the region to sell agricultural product, traders used to come here to sell and purchase the products and go back, but some traders stayed and made it their home and built shops and houses, which increased the population of the village and took the shape of market, by which many other people from nearby villages and region were attracted and came there, now the village Giddar vivaha (pepali) had became town.In the British raj
When the British reached the town, they were unable to pronounce the name "Giddar vivah" properly so they called it Giddarbaha. In 1909 they designed a planned town, this new city is fully walled which consists of six gates among which city gate and clock house was important ones, city was beautiful with the broad ways which are well connected with other cities like bathinda, chandigarh, amritsar, muktsar, dabawali, sirsa, delhi, faridkot, abohar, fazilka, ganganagar, malout, sangat, ramma, etc. They renamed it as 'Giddarbaha city' and this new name was written on the stones by the British at the gates of the new planned city. They built a church too on the sangat road (near doula). Goushalla and Durga mandir was the earliest temples built in the city.In 1917, the British government established the Bathinda–Karachi
Karachi
Karachi is the largest city, main seaport and the main financial centre of Pakistan, as well as the capital of the province of Sindh. The city has an estimated population of 13 to 15 million, while the total metropolitan area has a population of over 18 million...
railway line, to transport goods from this part of India to Karachi. Giddarbaha Railway Station was established on the line in 1918.
Today
Today many people live in the city and nearby villages. It is the main political city of the punjab, it is the city which makes the government of the state. Head of two prominent parties used to represent the city-sharomani akali dal & punjab people's party.Today it is also known as mini chandigarh of Punjab.Sports
Gidderbaha has earned many accolades thanks to some skilled personnel on ground. city has a basketball stadium where coaching practice is held daily under supervision of Sh Jagsir Puri. although city has no multipurpose stadium but schools have their own grounds. nearly 10 years ago the city was well known for footballers but nowadays soccer lovers are trying their best to save the game. an effort towards this mission is establishment of FC GOLDEN HAWKS(REG. NO 4899/ 15-04-2011)Club's official website : www.GoldenHawks.co.ccKulguru shree baba ganga ram ji
From the existence of the city many respected saints lived in the city as baba Tapasi ram ji, chandan muni ji maharaji, and many others but the Kulguru of the giddarbaha city is shree baba ganga ramji, who bless each and every visitor in the city. Every year a festival is celebrated on grand scale in the city at barsi of its kulguru. His contribution to the city and people of area cannot be expressed in the words, it can only be seen in the city and in the hearts of people in the region, whose faith in him bring them again and again in the city.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...
, Gidderbaha had a population of 36,593. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Gidderbaha has an average literacy rate of 63%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 68%, and female literacy is 56%. In Gidderbaha, 12% of the population was under 6 years of age.
Gidderbaha was once a walled town and a famous cotton market.
Giddarbaha subdivision has a population of 2,05,118 and covers an area of 68,028 hectares. There are 44 villages in the subdivision with Doda being a sub-Tehsil.
Place's of attraction
1.Gurdwara Dashvi Patshahi Shree Guru Gobing Sing Sahib2.Shree durga mandir
3.Dera baba shree ganga ram ji
4.City gate(near durga mandir)
5.Mandi wala gurudwara sahib
6.New park
7.Shree gaushalla mandir
8.Samadha(park)
9.Old park
10.Aggarwal peerkhana
11.Clock house
12.Hanuman mandir Bantabad
Commerce
Giddarbaha is famous for its snuffSnuff
Snuff is a product made from ground or pulverised tobacco leaves. It is an example of smokeless tobacco. It originated in the Americas and was in common use in Europe by the 17th century...
industry. It is one of the largest producers of snuff in India. 6 PHOTO SNUFF FACTORY Giddarbaha is the most famous snuff factory. Other than snuff, it is acts as an agricultural market i.e. mandi for nearby villagers.
Geography
It is located in the South Western Zone of Punjab and is bounded by the States of RajasthanRajasthan
Rājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with...
and Haryana
Haryana
Haryana is a state in India. Historically, it has been a part of the Kuru region in North India. The name Haryana is found mentioned in the 12th century AD by the apabhramsha writer Vibudh Shridhar . It is bordered by Punjab and Himachal Pradesh to the north, and by Rajasthan to the west and south...
in the South. The district of Faridkot
Faridkot
Faridkot is a small city and a municipal council in Faridkot district in the state of Punjab, India.It's a division with headquarter at Faridkot consists of three Districts Faridkot, Bathinda and Mansa...
lies to its North, Firozepur to the West and Bathinda to the East.
There is wide seasonal temperature variation in Giddarbaha area. In summer the temperature reaches as high as 48-50°C and in winters as low as 1-2°C. The Western Himalayas in the north and the Thar Desert in the south and southwest mainly determine the climate conditions. The south-western monsoon brings the much needed, rain bearing, depression during summer (July to September). Nearly 70% of rainfall is during these months. The major part of the district qualifies for aridic (tropic) moisture regime according to the criteria laid down in soil taxonomy. Soil moisture regime computations employing the Newhall mathematical model indicate that the area has a 'weak aridic' moisture regime (Van Wambeke, 1985). In the aridic (torric) moisture regime, the moisture control section in most of the year is dry in all parts for more than half the time (cumulative).
Market Places and Others
roshan market, cinema market, dhir market, loha bazar, main bazar, gur bazar, adhatiya bazar, bus stand bazar, railway station market, kacha tala bazar, court market, circular road, gurdura road, goushalla road, dera road, lambhi road, husnar gate market, bharu gate market, doula gate market, ghanta ghar gate market, city gate market(near durga mandir), court chowk, bharu chowk,Gandhi chowk,markfed market and many others are the center of attraction to the people of nearby villages and towns.Gates of Giddarbaha Walled City
- Clock house gate
- City gate
- Husnar gate
- Bharu gate
- Theri gate
- Doula gate
Nearby places of interest
Theri sahib is just 5 km from the city, it is the village in the giddarbaha municipality in which gurudwara shree their sahib is situated, where shree guru gobond singh singh rested for night.Old Dera of baba ganga ramji (kulguru of the city) in the husnar village which is just 3 km from the village.
The religious Sarovar of kulguru is just 2 km from city in Husnar village.
An old church which belongs to the city is 3 km from the city in the village Doula.
mandi wali nehar is 4 km from the city
dera baba lang is 9 km from the city
village badal is 8 km from the city.
Notable people from Giddarbaha
S. Parkash Singh Badal, the present Chief Minister of Punjab previously represented Giddarbaha in the Punjab assemblyS.Sukhbir Singh Badal
Sukhbir Singh Badal
Sukhbir Singh Badal ' is President of Shiromani Akali Dal political party. He is the son of Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal...
, the present Deputy Chief minister of Punjab.
S.Gurdas Singh Badal, Brother of S.Parkash Singh Badal.
S.Manpreet Singh Badal
Manpreet Singh Badal
Manpreet Singh Badal is the leader of the People's Party of Punjab. He was first elected in 1995 an MLA for the Gidderbaha constitency.-Early life:Manpreet was born in Sri Muktsar Sahib, Punjab on July 26, 1962...
, Former Member of Legislative Assembly from Giddarbaha consituency and former Finance Minister,
S.Avtar Singh Brar(Madhir)From the historic Fattanwala family,Strong Political Influence and hold in Gidderbaha since mid 19's.
S.Hardeep Singh Dhillon (Dimpy) , New Deep Bus Service Giddarbaha.
S.Yadwinder Singh Sandhu (Yada)
S.Sandeep Singh Dhillon (Sunny) , President Truck Union Giddarbaha.
Shri.Arun Grover , 6 Photo Snuff Factory Gidderbaha.
S.Gurdas Maan
Gurdas Maan
Gurdas Maan is an Indian singer, songwriter, choreographer, and actor. He is considered one of the most notable figures in the world of Punjabi music. He was born on 4 January 1957 in Giddarbaha, Muktsar, Punjab, India...
(famous singer)
S.Sant Gyani Baba Mohan Singh Ji (first HMV singer of gurbani)
Hakam Sufi (singer)
Lion Darshan Monga (Lions Distt.Governor 321-f)
Ashok Masti (singer)