--- title: "Shahabpur – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Shahabpur, India: Sahabpur also spelt Shahabpur is a village in Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district of Punjab State, India. Every way there from the…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/shahabpur" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/shahabpur.md" image: "https://www.mixroutes.com/og.png" --- Village in Punjab, India # Shahabpur Sahabpur also spelt Shahabpur is a village in Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district of Punjab State, India. The place Sahabpur also spelt Shahabpur is a village in Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district of Punjab State, India. It is located 4.7 kilometres (2.9 mi) away from sub post office Jadla, 10.6 kilometres (6.6 mi) from Nawanshahr, 19.2 kilometres (11.9 mi) from district headquarter Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar and 86 kilometres (53 mi) from state capital Chandigarh. Sahabpur village is the birthplace of Gian Singh (soldier) VC whom was awarded the Victoria Cross the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces by King George VI in a ceremony on 16 October 1945 at Buckingham Palace for Gian Singh’s efforts in World War II fighting for British India. At the age of 24 Years old, and a Naik in the 15th Punjab regiment in the British Indian Army, when during the Burma Campaign 1944-45 of World War II he performed the deeds for which he awarded the VC. Gian Singh attended the Victoria Cross and George Cross Association reunions every Second year and dinner hosted on the third day of the reunion at Buckingham Palace by UK Monarch for example, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and other members of the British royal family. Gian Singh’s name appears on the “Memorial Gates” at Constitution Hill, London SW1 near Buckingham Palace. Gian Singh VC died on 6 October 1996. His funeral and cannon gun salute by army personnel was held at the village. The village is administrated by Sarpanch an elected representative of the village. Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shahabpur), CC BY-SA 4.0. Go there ## Getting to Shahabpur **Airports:** Halwara (HWR), 64 km · Shaheed Bhagat Singh (IXC), 73 km · Sri Guru Ram Das Ji (ATQ), 149 km\ - Halwara → Shahabpur 101 km · quickest by road, 2h 36m · ₹880–1,110 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/halwara-to-shahabpur) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Halwara&to=Shahabpur) - Chandigarh → Shahabpur 191 km · quickest by road, 3h 37m · ₹1,480–1,850 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/chandigarh-to-shahabpur) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Chandigarh&to=Shahabpur) - Amritsar → Shahabpur 26 km · quickest by road, 45 min · ₹190–235 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/amritsar-to-shahabpur) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Amritsar&to=Shahabpur) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Shahabpur) Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds. Not yet researched ## No local-transport research exists yet for Shahabpur Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Shahabpur. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more. The nearest places where the work is done 1. [Tirthan Valley](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/tirthan-valley) IN 8 ways of moving, 29 sources 133 km 2. [Chitkul](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/chitkul) IN 7 ways of moving, 20 sources 216 km 3. [Kaza](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/kaza) IN 7 ways of moving, 20 sources 220 km 4. [Leh](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/leh) IN 8 ways of moving, 25 sources 368 km 5. [Munsiyari](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/munsiyari) IN 8 ways of moving, 25 sources 404 km If you know how people move in Shahabpur – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Cshahabpur&title=Shahabpur&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Fshahabpur), and the note gets an entry. Around it ## Next door to Shahabpur Shahabpur is 36 km from [Ludhiana](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/ludhiana), the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture. - [Jadla](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/jadla) village in Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district, Punjab, India 2.8 km - [Gorakhpur, SBS Nagar](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/gorakhpur-sbs-nagar) village in Punjab, India 3.7 km - [Gohlron](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/gohlron) village in Punjab, India 2.7 km - [Karimpur, SBS Nagar](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/karimpur-sbs-nagar) village in Punjab, India 3.6 km - [Kishanpura, SBS Nagar](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/kishanpura-sbs-nagar) village in Punjab, India 2.9 km - [Mazara Khurd](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/mazara-khurd) village in Punjab, India 1.4 km [The place page for Shahabpur](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/shahabpur) [All the notes](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes) [Every note on India](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes#c-IN) --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/shahabpur, for search crawlers and AI assistants. 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