Ajnala is a town and a nagar panchayat in Amritsar district in the state of Punjab, India. Ajnala is located at 3150N 7446E / 31.84N 74.76E / 31.84; 74.76 in western Punjab near to the border with Pakistan. It has an average elevation of 213metres (698feet). As of 2001 India census, Ajnala had a population of 18,602. Males constitute 55% of the population and females 45%. Ajnala has an average literacy rate of 68%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 58% of the males and 42% of females literate. 12% of the population is under 6 years of age. During the Indian Rebellion of 1857, 282 sepoys of the 26th Native Infantry who had mutinied at Lahore and subsequently surrendered believing they were going to be given a fair trial, were summarily executed without trial by Fredric Cooper--the then Deputy Commissioner of the district. Cooper was a proud Christian of the "true English stamp and mould". The bodies were dumped into a deep dry well located near the police...
