Moga, Punjab
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Moga | |
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PIN | 142001 |
Telephone code | 1636 |
Vehicle registration | PB-29 |
Sex ratio | 1000:883 ♂/♀ |
Website | moga |
Moga is a city in the
block with 150 villages has been merged into Moga district, which falls under the jurisdiction of Ferozpur division.Etymology
The name of Moga may be derived from the Indo-Scythian king, Maues, who invaded and ruled the area in the 1st century BCE after conquering the Indo-Greek polities of the region.[3]
The city may also have been named after Moga Gill, who along his brother Vega Gill, were men of importance among the Wadan Gills.[4]
History
Ancient era
The location of ancient villages and towns can be inferred from the presence of mounds of earth, brick, and pottery that have been excavated called thehs. These mounds are evidence that the banks of the river were inhabited in ancient times. Several coins have been discovered at the site of these mounds.[5]
Indus Valley civilisation
Sites identified as belonging to the Indus Valley Civilization have been discovered in the area. Scholars have linked these finds to other sites uncovered in the Rupnagar area of Punjab.[5][6][7]
Vedic period
The composition of the Rigveda is proposed to have occurred in the Punjab circa 1500 and 1200 BCE.[8]
Post-Vedic period (After 600 BCE)
The region of Moga belongs to the
The decline of the Mauryan dynasty coincided with an invasion of Bactrian Greeks, who successfully took control of the region in the second century BCE. This seizure of power in Punjab by the Bactrians led to the migration of the Malavas from the area to Rajasthan and from there to the now called Malwa plateau of Central India covering southern Rajasthan and western Madhya Pradesh.[citation needed]
Mediaeval era
The area is believed to have been under the writ of the Punwar clan of Rajputs during the early mediaeval period.[11] They were headquartered in Janer, at the old riverbed location of the Sutlej river, over six kilometres north of the present-day city of Moga. Later on, the Bhati clan of Rajputs, originating from Jaisalmer, established themselves in the area, superseding the previous Punwars for the authority in the region.[citation needed]
Structures and sites dating before the reign of the Mughal emperor Akbar are exceedingly rare due to the changing course of the Sutlej river throughout the centuries. As a result, very few sites dating back to antiquity have been uncovered in the local area of Moga. This effect is more pronounced in the western parts of the district.[citation needed]
In 1715 CE, Nawab Ise Khan, the Manj governor, stirred a rebellion against the Mughal hegemony but was defeated and killed. In 1760 CE, the ascendency of Sikh power became grounded after the defeat of Adina Beg, who was the last Mughal governor of Lahore.[citation needed]
Sikh period
The forces of
British period
During the
During the Mutiny of 1857, there were reports of a Roman Catholic church being burnt down amongst other buildings of the colonial establishment in Firozepur district during sparks of tension.[16]
During the late 19th century, the Kuka movement was prevalent in the areas of Moga, with many of its followers drawing from the laypersons of the district.[17][18] The Kukas are believed to be one of the first resistance movement of the subcontinent towards Indian independence from European powers.[19]
During the Indian Independence Movement, many revolutionaries came from Moga district. Many of them were tried and executed as a result of their activities against the colonial government.[20]
Post Independence Period
Following independence in 1948, the Sikh Maharaja of Faridkot's princely reign came to an end, and the Patiala and East Punjab States Union was proclaimed as the new governing body. Moga was granted the status of an independent district, and the Faridkot District was forced to relinquish it in November 1995.[21]
The district and city have developed into a thriving, rapidly improving area that has made significant progress. The district has been firmly established on the national map thanks to the commercial and tourism opportunities in the area.
Demographics
As per provisional data of 2011 census Moga urban agglomeration had a population of 159,897, out of which males were 84,808 and females were 75,089. The effective literacy rate was 81.42 per cent.[1]
The table below shows the population of different religious groups in Moga city and their gender ratio, as of 2011 census.
Religion | Total | Female | Male | Gender ratio |
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Sikh | 82,456 | 39,092 | 43,364 | 901 |
Hindu | 76,511 | 35,625 | 40,886 | 871 |
Christian | 1,595 | 744 | 851 | 874 |
Muslim | 1,284 | 549 | 735 | 746 |
Jain | 150 | 67 | 83 | 831 |
Buddhist | 56 | 29 | 27 | 1074 |
Other religions | 117 | 51 | 66 | 772 |
Not stated | 1,228 | 636 | 592 | 1074 |
Total | 163,397 | 76,793 | 86,604 | 886 |
As of 2001[update] India census, the town of Moga had a population of 124,624. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Moga has an average literacy rate of 68%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 71%, and female literacy is 66%. In Moga, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.[24]
Education
Below is the list of notable educational institutes in Moga:
Connectivity
Road connectivity
Moga is well connected by road to the following nearby cities, by the following highway routes:
NH5 to Chandigarh and Shimla in the northeast and to Ferozpur in the West
Rail connectivity
Moga has a train station under the Northern Railway named Moga, which connects it. Firozpur, Ludhiana, Chandigarh, Ambala, Delhi, New Delhi, and Jaipur are all well connected to it. A few trains, such as the Ajmer As Express, Cdg Fzr Express, and As Ajmer Express.[25]
Notable people
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- fibre optics.
- Gurinder Singh, Fifth and Present Satguru of Radha Soami Satsang Beas.
- Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, 14th jathedar of the Sikh religious institution Damdami Taksal, born in the village of Rode.
- Lala Lajpat Rai, Indian freedom fighter
- Shekhar Gurera, Indian Editorial Cartoonist.[26]
- Lachhman Singh Gill, Chief Minister of Punjab
- Sonu Sood, Indian film actor
- Dharampreet was a well known Punjabi singer hailed from Bilaspur town near Moga
- Harmanpreet Kaur, Indian cricketer
- Joginder Singh Sahnan, Indian Army soldier, and recipient of the Param Vir Chakrafor his efforts in the Sino-Indian War.
- Harpreet Brar, Indian cricketer
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- ^ Ferozepore District Gazetteer. Revenue Department, Punjab. 1916. pp. 78–79.
- ^ a b c d "Punjab District Gazetteers - Chapter II History". yumpu.com. Department of Revenue, Government of Punjab. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
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- ^ a b Prakash, Buddha (1966). Glimpses of Ancient Panjab. Punjabi University, Department of Punjab Historical Studies.
- ^ Prakash, Buddha (1964). Political and Social Movements in Ancient Panjab (from the Vedic Age Upto [sic] the Maurya Period). M. Banarsidass.
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Hiuen Tsang gave the following account of a numerous pastoral-nomadic population in seventh-century Sin-ti (Sind): 'By the side of the river..[of Sind], along the flat marshy lowlands for some thousand li, there are several hundreds of thousands [a very great many] families ..[which] give themselves exclusively to tending cattle and from this derive their livelihood. They have no masters, and whether men or women, have neither rich nor poor.' While they were left unnamed by the Chinese pilgrim, these same people of lower Sind were called Jats' or 'Jats of the wastes' by the Arab geographers. The Jats, as 'dromedary men.' were one of the chief pastoral-nomadic divisions at that time, with numerous subdivisions, ....
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In Sind, the breeding and grazing of sheep and buffaloes was the regular occupations of pastoral nomads in the lower country of the south, while the breeding of goats and camels was the dominant activity in the regions immediately to the east of the Kirthar range and between Multan and Mansura. The jats were one of the chief pastoral-nomadic divisions here in early-medieval times, and although some of these migrated as far as Iraq, they generally did not move over very long distances on a regular basis. Many jats migrated to the north, into the Panjab, and here, between the eleventh and sixteenth centuries, the once largely pastoral-nomadic Jat population was transformed into sedentary peasants. Some Jats continued to live in the thinly populated barr country between the five rivers of the Panjab, adopting a kind of transhumance, based on the herding of goats and camels. It seems that what happened to the jats is paradigmatic of most other pastoral and pastoral-nomadic populations in India in the sense that they became ever more closed in by an expanding sedentary-agricultural realm.
- ^ Dalal, Sukhvir Singh (April 2013). "Jat Jyoti". Jat Jyoti. Jat Biographical Centre B-49, First Floor, Church Road, Joshi Colony, I. P. Extension Delhi 110092: Jat Biographical Centre: 7.
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- ^ "Moga City Census 2011 data". Census 2011.
- ^ "C-01: Population by religious community, Punjab - 2011, Moga (M Cl + OG)". Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
- ^ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.
- ^ "How to Reach | District Moga, Government of Punjab | India". Retrieved 6 April 2024.
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