Hoshiarpur district lies at the foothills of Shivalik range with river Beas flowing North to South of it. There are two versions about the foundation of Hoshiarpur town and derivation of its name. According to the first it is said to have been founded by Hargobind and Ram Chand Diwan of Mohammad-Bin-Tuglak era. The second version ascribes the foundation of the town to one Hoshiar Khan resident of Bajwara a suburb village of Hoshiarpur. Hoshiarpur as the first Anglo Sikh war and comprised five Tehsils viz Mukerian, Hariana, Hoshiarpur, Una and Garhshankar. The reorganization of Punjab on Ist November, 1966, brought significant changes in the jurisdiction of the district and part of Una Tehsil (Nangal, Anandpur Sahib) areas being attached to the newly formed district of Ropar and the remaining part of the Una Tehsil in Himachal Pardesh.
At the present it has an area of 3,365 sq km and population as per 2001 census is 14,78,045 persons.
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