Question : Which one of the following is twenty third district of Punjab state ?
(A) Malerkotla
(B) Firozpur
(C) Kathua
(D) None of the above
Answer : (a)
Related facts
- Punjab’s only Muslim-majority town, has become the state’s 23rd district.
- It’s Malerkotla, announced as 23rd district of Punjab on the occasion of Eid festival.
- Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Friday(14th May) 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.
- Amarinder Singh also announced a Rs 500-crore medical college, a women’s college, a new bus stand and a women police station in Malerkotla.
- Announcing various development projects, he said a government medical college in the name of Sher Mohammed Khan, who had been a Nawab of Malerkotla, will soon be set up and the state government has already allotted 25 acres on the Raikot road for it.
- To promote the cultural heritage of Malerkotla, the CM said he has written to Aga Khan Foundation to undertake conservation and restoration of the Mubarak Manzil Palace.
By — Pankaj Pandey.