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Khatkar Kalan

Village in Punjab, India

Summary

Village in Punjab, India

Field	Value
name	Khatkar Kalan
settlement_type	town
pushpin_map	India Punjab#India
pushpin_map_caption	Location in Punjab, India
coordinates
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	India
subdivision_type1	State
subdivision_name1	Punjab
subdivision_type2	District
subdivision_name2	Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar
established_title
unit_pref	Metric
population_as_of	The Population of the village is 7000
population_density_km2	auto
demographics_type1	Languages
demographics1_title1	Official
demographics1_info1	Punjabi
timezone1	IST
utc_offset1	+5:30
postal_code_type	PIN
postal_code	144512
registration_plate	PB-32

Khatkar Kalan is a village just outside Banga town in Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district (recently named Nawanshahr earlier the part of Jalandhar district) in the Indian state of Punjab. This place is famous for the memorial of Bhagat Singh, an Indian freedom fighter, who was born in Banga,and after whom the district is also named. Khurd and Kalan mean small and large respectively, when two villages have the same name they are at times distinguished by using Kalan or Khurd with the village name, to indicate their size relative to each other.

Neighboring villages that share a boundary with Katkar Kalan are Thandian, Dosanjh Khurd, Manguwal, Karnana, Naura, Kahma, Bhootan, Bhukhari and the Town of Banga.

Attractions

The Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh Museum opened in the village on the 50th anniversary of his death. Exhibits include Singh's half-burnt ashes, the blood-soaked sand, and the blood-stained newspaper in which the ashes were wrapped. A page of the first Lahore Conspiracy Case's judgement in which Kartar Singh Sarabha was sentenced to death and on which Singh put some notes is also displayed,

The Bhagat Singh Memorial was built in 2009 in the village at a cost of .

Notable persons

Sardar Ajit Singh Sandhu, Indian revolutionary and nationalist

References

"Nawanshahr district pin codes".
Dhaliwal, Sarbjit. (23 March 2011). "Policemen make a beeline for museum". The Tribune.
"Chapter XIV (f)". Department of Revenue, Rehabilitation and Disaster Management, Government of Punjab.
"Chapter XV". Department of Revenue, Rehabilitation and Disaster Management, Government of Punjab.
(30 January 2009). "Bhagat Singh memorial in native village gets go ahead". [[Indo-Asian News Service]].

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