Mandi Dabwali
Town in Haryana, India
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Mandi Dabwali is a town and municipal council and a Police district in Sirsa district in the Indian state of Haryana. It is located on the border of Haryana and Punjab.[3] It is 60 km from Sirsa city and 40 km from Bathinda, Punjab. Pin code of Mandi Dabwali is 125104 and STD code is 01668.[4] Nearby cities and towns include Bathinda, Malout, Kalanwali, Sirsa, Sangaria, Abohar, Rania, Hanumangarh and Ellenabad.
Mandi Dabwali | |
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 Mandi Dabwali Location in Haryana, India  Mandi Dabwali Mandi Dabwali (India) | |
| Coordinates: 29.947656°N 74.732234°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Haryana |
| District | Sirsa |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 62,207 |
| • Rank | 2nd in Sirsa district |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi[1] |
| • Additional official | English, Punjabi[2] |
| • Regional | Punjabi |
| Time zone | UTC5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | |
| Vehicle registration | HR-25 |
In the 2011 Census of India, Mandi Dabwali had a population of 62,207. Males constituted 53% of the population and females 47%.
Dabwali fire accident occurred on 23 December 1995 in which at about 442 people mostly school children died and another 160 were injured, half of them with serious burns.[5][6] This tragic accident happened in Rajeev Marriage Palace during a function organized by a local DAV Public School. Now at the same place, there is a library founded in the memory of those died ones.
The town has been a hub for manufacturing and marketing modified open jeeps since early 2000s.[7]
Mandi Dabwali comes under Tehsil Dabwali which is also an assembly constituency [043].[8]
Mandi Dabwali has a railway station which connects it to Bathinda (Punjab) and to Hanumangarh (Rajasthan). It is the only Station of Indian State Haryana on Jodhpur-Bathinda Railway Line of Northern Western Railway.
The town has the facility of Indoor stadium named Guru Gobind Singh Stadium
The town has a college named Dr. B.R Ambedkar Govt College Mandi Dabwali. affiliated to Chaudhary Devi Lal University Sirsa. There is a Sub divisional Library inside fire tragedy building where you can find a lot of learning material from kids to adults.
Notable people
- Om Prakash Chautala, former Chief Minister of Haryana
- Sunil Grover, comedian and actor
- Devi Lal, former Deputy Prime Minister of India