Place · planned satellite city · India
Mohali / Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar
Also known as SAS Nagar, Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, Mohali city
Mohali, officially Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar (SAS Nagar), the planned Punjab city laid out from 1975 immediately south of Chandigarh across the state boundary. Named for the eldest son of Guru Gobind Singh, martyred at Chamkaur in 1704 at the age of 17. Houses IISER Mohali, the Indian School of Business, the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, the Punjab Cricket Association's IS Bindra Stadium (Mohali Stadium), the Mohali International Airport, Gurdwara Amb Sāhib, and the Fateh Burj at Chappar Chiri commemorating Baba Banda Singh Bahādur's 1710 victory over the Mughal fauj.
- Periods
- Republic and Living Practice
- Function
- Authority & administration
- Confidence
- Established / referenced
- Location
- 30.705, 76.718
Connections (4)
- Site withinGurdwara Amb Sāhib, Mohali
Gurdwara Amb Sāhib is in Sector 62, Mohali.
- Site withinFateh Burj, Chappar Chiri (Mohali)
Fateh Burj at Chappar Chiri sits 15 km south of Mohali in the SAS Nagar district.
- Site withinIISER Mohali
IISER Mohali is at Sector 81, SAS Nagar.
- Site adjacencyChandigarh
Mohali sits immediately south of Chandigarh across the Punjab-Chandigarh boundary; the two function as a single urban agglomeration.
Sources
Standard reference.
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