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Soon after Malerkotla was announced to become the 23rd district of Punjab recently, it remained in the news, chiefly for political reasons. This took me back to my Malerkotla days that I had spent in this historic town in the early ’60s.
Our small town Dhuri, near Malerkotla, where we had settled after being thrown out of our homes and hearths in today’s Pakistan, had no degree college then. So after completing high school, I spent two formative years in Malerkotla to pass ‘one’ preparatory college class. I fondly remember the town’s narrow, but bubbly and living bazaars, my favourite being the one where talented craftsmen used to weave beautiful silky blazer-pockets that are still used as insignias by many professional and other educational institutions. Brass metal insignias and trophies are still crafted there.
The Muslim-majority town which has just been declared a district has rejected Yogi Adityanath’s comment that its elevation was an example of religious politics.
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Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, May 14
Punjab CM Capt Amarinder Singh on Friday announced Malerkotla as the 23rd district of the state. The Muslim-majority city is currently a part of Sangrur district.
Initially, the sub-divisions of Malerkotla and Ahmedgarh and Amargarh sub-tehsil would be included in the new district. The process of bringing villages under the jurisdiction of Malerkotla district would begin after the conclusion of the Census, the CM said at a state-level function to mark Eid. Capt Amarinder directed the Sangrur Deputy Commissioner to find a suitable building to immediately start the functioning of the district administration office. The Deputy Commissioner for the newly carved out district would be appointed soon, he said.
Punjab’s only Muslim-majority town Malerkotla to become state’s 23rd district
Chief minister also announced Rs 500-crore medical college, women s college, new bus stand and women police station in Malerkotla
By PTI| Posted by Neha | Published: 15th May 2021 10:14 pm IST Captain Amarinder Singh, Punjab Chief Minister (File Photo)
Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Friday announced the creation of a new district of Malerkotla, carving the state’s only Muslim-majority town from Sangrur district.
Adjoining Amargarh and Ahmedgarh will also form part of Punjab’s 23rd district, according to the announcement at a state-level event on Eid-ul-Fitr.
According Malerkotla, which is 35 km from the Sangrur district headquarters, a district status was a pre-poll promise by the Congress.
Captain Amarinder Singh announced Punjab s 23rd district, Malerkotla, on Friday
Chandigarh:
Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh and his Uttar Pradesh counterpart Yogi Adityanath had a terse exchange over the creation of a new district in Punjab, which the saffron-robed Chief Minister of UP tweeted shows the Congress s divisive policy .
Mr Singh, hours after the tweet by his UP counterpart, said in a statement Mr Adityanath s comment was an attempt to incite communal hatred in the peaceful state as part of the BJP s divisive policies.
Mr Singh on Friday announced Punjab s newest and its 23rd district named Malerkotla, some 131 km from Chandigarh, after carving it out from Sangrur district.