Gurdaspur district

On February 14, 1556 AD, Akbar was crowned as emperor at Kalanaur, a town in the district, after the death of his father Humayun.

[citation needed] In about 1633 CE, during the rule of Shah Jahan, the Badshahi canal was constructed for carrying waters to the Shalimar Gardens at Lahore.

Maharaja Ranjit Singh constructed Hansali canal to carry waters to the tank of the Golden Temple.

During the India's first war of independence, on 12 July 1857, battle of Trimmu Ghat was fought between the forces of British and Indian rebel sepoys on the left bank of Ravi.

However, the 1901 census recorded a fall in population – 940,334, this was largely due to emigration – some 44,000 settlers settling in Chenab colony.

Radcliffe Award of the boundary gave only the Shakargarh tehsil of the district to Pakistan, and the rest to India.

(Census) The table below shows the child sex ratio of children below the age of 6 years in the rural and urban areas of Gurdaspur district.

[26] Note:- The separation of the areas in the current Pathankot district in 2011, may have significantly changed the numbers and figures for that year.

[28][29] Note:- The separation of the areas in the current Pathankot district in 2011, may have significantly changed the numbers and figures for that year.

[32] Before Partition, undivided Gurdaspur district had a slight Muslim majority with a large Hindu minority and smaller Sikh and Christian populations.

The area which now forms the current district had a Muslim majority and a large Sikh minority, with smaller Hindu and Christian populations.

The table below shows the population of different religions in absolute numbers in the urban and rural areas of Gurdaspur district.

[35] Note:- The separation of the areas in the current Pathankot district in 2011, may have significantly changed the numbers and figures for that year.

[47] In 2020–21, there were a total of 7,740 registered Micro and Small Enterprises (MSE) and Artisan units in Gurdaspur district, which provided employment to 56,298 people.

[49] The major export items of large scale industries in Gurdaspur were rice, sugar and knitting yarn.

[50] The table below shows the number of registered working factories and workers employed by selected manufacturing industries in Gurdaspur district as of 2017.

In 2016, 42.1% of the children upto 59 months of age received postnatal care within two days of their birth, which was fourth lowest in the state.

The table below shows the number of road accidents and people affected in Gurdaspur district by year.

Coin of Dharaghosha, king of the Audumbaras , in the Indo-Greek style, from Gurdaspur district, c. 100 BCE. [ 3 ]
Obv: Standing figure, probably of Vishvamitra , Kharoshthi legend, around: Mahadevasa Dharaghoshasa/Odumbarisa "Great Lord King Dharaghosha/Prince of Audumabara", across: Viçvamitra "Vishvamitra".
Rev: Trident battle-axe, tree with railing, Brahmi legend identical in content to the obverse. [ 3 ]
Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur, which commemorates the first Sikh commune founded by Guru Nanak on the right bank of Ravi, went to Pakistan in the Partition of India
Populations of Muslim and Non-Muslims in Gurdaspur District, based on Census Data. In the 1881 Census, Non-Muslims were in majority, at 52.49%. While the Non-Muslims had a slight majority, the proportion of the Muslim population increased in the following decades. By the 1930s, Muslims were the majority population in the District. [ 36 ]