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Hoshiarpur

City in Punjab, India

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Hoshiarpur is a city and a municipal corporation in Hoshiarpur district in the Doaba region of the Indian state of Punjab.

It was founded, according to tradition, during the early part of the fourteenth century. In 1809, it was occupied by the forces of Maharaja Karanvir Singh and was united into the greater state of Punjab in 1849.

Get in

Getting to Hoshiarpur

The regional airport is Amritsar (ATQ IATA), more snappily known as Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport. A cab from there will take 2 hours 30 min to Hoshiarpur. Otherwise fly into Delhi (DEL IATA), which has extensive transcontinental connections, and travel overland.

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    Hoshiarpur railway station

    The station is in a secluded and lacks basic facilities including water.

See

Worth seeing

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    Archaeological Museum
Do

Things to do

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    Swaran Theatre

    One of the oldest cinema complexes in town.

Eat

Where to eat

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    Laguna Pizzeria Restaurant

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