ABOHAR

About Abohar

Abohar (Punjabi: , Hindi: ) is a city and a municipal committee in Fazilka district in the state of Punjab, India,) located on the GanganagarDelhi railway route, about 50km (31mi) north of Ganganagar and about 60km (37mi) south of Fazilka. This city is also known as the "California of Punjab" for its rich soil, good irrigation sources, and particularly for the production of kinnow, a fruit of the orange family. Abohar is also very famous for the cotton production and is one of the biggest cotton producing belt in whole north India. Abohar is a historical city. It may be called trinity of the culture, ethnicity, and civilization of Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan as it is located near the junction of their boundaries. Its boundaries touch Rajasthan's sand dunes on one side and plains of Haryana on the other. Under British rule, in 1893 the town was more of a mound of sand with a total population of only 5,954. Its name was Kaiser-Ganj. But Maharaj Vidhata Kumar Change the...