Talk:Hoshiarpur

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Hoshiarpur ornithologist.....why you mention him if you don't know his name ???
"The world-famous Indian ornithologist is reproted to have spent a lot of time watching birds in the nearby forests..." Why in gods name you mention the "world famous ornithologist" if you do not even care to mention his name? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.176.61.24 (talk) 15:19, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

History section
The history secion is largely a retelling of a story. See this. In fact, parts of it appeared to be copied word for word. Buried in there may be some nuggets of actual history, but it needs a complete overhaul. -- Whpq 17:39, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Agreed. I'll do it when I get around to it.  Amit @  Talk  03:41, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

Delete
I believe that the article must be deleted, because 90% is not related with the city, but with the district that has the own article. --83.33.221.187 (talk) 19:08, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

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submitted an Article for creation on July 7, 2012. Perhaps some of his or her text in the following few paragraphs could be incorporated into this article. The only reference cited in the submission is http://www.hoshiarpurcity.com  Eastmain (talk • contribs)  00:36, 28 November 2013 (UTC)

Hoshiarpur City 31.5300° N, 75.9200° E

As per provisional reports of Census India, population of Hoshiarpur in 2011 is 168,443; of which male and female are 88,290 and 80,153 respectively. The sex ratio of Hoshiarpur city is 908 per 1000 males. In education section, total literates in Hoshiarpur city are 135,094 of which 72,533 are males while 62,561 are females. Average literacy rate of Hoshiarpur city is 89.11 percent of which male and female literacy was 91.68 and 86.30 percent.

Total children (0-6) in Hoshiarpur city are 16,836 as per figure from Census India report on 2011. There were 9,178 boys while 7,658 are girls. Child sex ratio of girls is 834 per 1000 boys.

Hoshiarpur city is governed by Municipal Corporation and is situated in Punjab State/UT.

The area of present Hoshiarpur District was also part of Indus Valley Civilization. Recent excavations at various sites in the district have revealed that the entire area near the Shiwalik foothills was selected for habitation not only by the early palaeolithic man but also by those in the protohistoric and historic periods. In the explorations, seven early Stone Age sited a Atbarapur, Rehmanpur and Takhni, 30-40 km north of Hoshiarpur District in the foothills of Shiwalik, have been discovered where the stone artifacts have been found. Besides these excavations, among the archaeological remains in the Hoshiarpur District, the remains of temples at Dholbaha, 24 km north of Hoshiarpur, and especially the local legends throw valauble light on the ancient history of the district.

The legends associate several places in the district with pandavas. Dasua is mentioned in epic of Mahabharata as the seat of Raja Virata in whose services the Pandavas remained for thirteen years during their exile. Bham, about 11 km west of Mahalpur is said to be the place where the Pandavas passed their exile. Lasara, about 19 km north Jaijon, also contains a stone temple stated to date back to the time of Pandavas. According to the chinese pilgrim, Hieun Tsang, the area of Hoshiarpur was dominated by a tribe of Chandrabansi Rajputs, who maintained an independent existence for centuries before the Muhammadan conquest.

In the Hoshiarpur District, Shiwaliks from Talwara on the Beas to Rupnagar on the Satluj have revealed the presence of Acheolian and Soanian cultures. From the shiwalik frontal range in the Hoshiarpur District, sixteen sites have been reported to have yielded stone Age tools. Out of these, besides the Soanian tools, these sited in Hoshiarpur District have yielded Acheolian assemblage.

The Atbarapur group has yielded a large number of Stone Age tools. This group consisting of Atbarapur, Rehamanpur and Takhni close to the dry beds of the Ghos are located at the foothills of the Shiwaliks, about 8 km north-east from the town of Hariana, Atbarapur has yielded 80 tools consisting of 9 handaxes, 19 cleavers, 17 pebble-tools, 28 flakes and 7 cores/core choppers. All the tools in the collection are either on flakes or cores. The raw material is quartzite of varying colours, viz. Green, blue, brown, etc. The tools are fashioned mainly out of fine to medium grained quartzite. In the recent archaeological excavations, some fine pieces of sculptures of Gandhara dating back to 1000 AD and after have been discovered hare. A list of stone tools yielding sited explored by the Department of Archaeological, Punjab is given in Appendix-1 at the end of the chapter.

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