Jalandhar

Tehsil Jalandhar, District Jalandhar, Punjab, Bharat.

alandhar , previously known as Jullundur, is a city in Jalandhar District in the state of Punjab, India. It has an urban population of almost a million, and another million live in the rural areas outside the city.

Jalandhar is made up of Jalandhar Town and its 12 Basties and Kots (also known as Mohallas).
Basties:
Basti Danishmandan, originally Ibrahimpur, founded by Ansari Sheikhs from Kani Kuram in A.D.1606

Basti Sheikh Darvesh, popularly called Basti Sheikh, originally Surajabad, founded by Sheikh Darvesh and Ansari Sheikh from Kani Kuram in A.D.1614

Basti Guzan, founded in the reign of Shah Jahan by Baraki Pathans of the Ghuz section, discipline of Sheikh Darvesh. They first settled in Jalandhar, then in Basti Sheikh. Subsequently, they purchase lands from Lodhi Afghans, Saiyads and Sheikhs, and built a bazar of their own

Basti Bawa Khel, originally called Babapur, was founded in A.D. 1620-21 by Baraki Pathans of the Baba Khel section

Basti Pirdad is an offshoot of Basti Baba Khel

Basti Shah Kuli and Basti Shah Ibrahim are also Baraki settlements of Shah Jahan's reign

Basti Mithu Sahib appears to have been founded a little later than Basti Sheikh Darvesh by Mian Mithu Sahib, a Khalil Mattezai Pathan from the neighbourhood of Peshawar

Basti Nau,adjoining Basti Shah Kulli, was founded after the Sikh conquest of the region in 1759

Kots:
Kot Kishan Chand, Kot Lakhpat Rai, earlier known as Kot Daulat Khan, Kot Sadat Khan, Kot Achhi, Kot Chimbian, Kot Pakshian, Kot Bahadur Khan, Kot Mohammad Amin now known as Shivraj Garh, Kot Sadiq, Kot Badal Khan, Kot Fazal Karim Kot Asman Khan, Mai Hiran Gate,

The original gates are:
Balmiki Gate, Neela Mahal Gate, Jaura Gate, Khingran Gate, Saidan Gate, Phagwara Gate,
Sheetla Gate, Khodian Gate, Dehalvi Gate, Shah Kuli Gate, Lahore Gate

Over time. many of the Bastis and Kots have been developed to form Jalandhar City. After 1947, Bhargav Camp, Model Town, Model House, Central Town, Preet Nagar, Old Jawahar Nagar, Subhash Nagar, Lajpat Rai Nagar, Shakti Nagar, New Jawahar Nagar and Adarsh Nagar and several other small residential colonies were built. Chahar Bagh and Pucca Bagh existed prior to 1947 but were extensively developed after that date.

Of late, new estates have been developed in neighbouring villages.