Malwa
Malwa is in the Punjab state of India. It roughly covers the area between the Sutlej River in the north and the Ghaggar River, which flows along the Haryana border, in the south.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Ludhiana and Patiala.
Ludhiana
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Ludhiana is an important industrial town in Punjab. It lies on the banks of the Sutlej river. It is also one of the cities on the historic Grand Trunk Road that formed an important trade route. It is around 100 km from Chandigarh and 140 km from Amritsar.
Patiala
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Patiala is a city in Punjab, India. Patiala is a lively city known for its production of handcrafted goods. The juttis, traditional embroidered shoes for women and men alike, are exported all over the world to the Punjabi diaspora.
Bathinda
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Bathinda is a city and municipal corporation in Punjab, India. The city is the administrative headquarters of Bathinda district. It is located in northwestern India in the Malwa Region, 227 km west of the capital city of Chandigarh and is the fifth largest city of Punjab.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Mohali and Firozpur.
Mohali
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Mohali is a satellite city of Chandigarh and is also an administrative district of the Punjab, state in the Plains of India.
Firozpur
Firozpur, also known as Ferozepur, is a city on the banks of the Sutlej River in the Firozpur District of Punjab, India. After the Partition of India in 1947, it became a border town on the India–Pakistan border with memorials to soldiers who died fighting for India.
Barnala
Barnala is a city and the administrative headquarters of Barnala district in the Indian state of Punjab. Located in the Malwa region, it serves as a key agricultural and trading hub, surrounded by fertile plains.Moga
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Moga is a city in the Indian state of Punjab. It was made a part and headquarters of the Moga district on 24 November 1995, by the then Chief Minister Harcharan Singh Brar.
Rupnagar
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Rupnagar, formerly called Ropar or Rupar, is a city in the northern part of the Malwa region of the Punjab state of India. It is on the south bank of the Sutlej River and has a population of 50,000.
Kotkapura
Kotkapura is a city of 92,000 people in Punjab. It is the largest city in the Faridkot District. Kot Kapura has also been called the 'City of White Gold' due to its cotton market, which was once the largest cotton market in Asia.Zirakpur
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Zirakpur is a town in Mohali District, Punjab, neighboring Mohali, India. It is set on the foothills of Shivalik hills. It is part of the tehsil Dera Bassi.
Rajpura
Rajpura is a city and a municipal council in Patiala district in the Indian state of Punjab, India, situated along the border of the Indian state of Haryana.Samana
Samana is a town and a municipal council, nearby Patiala City in Patiala district in the Indian state of Punjab. Before Independence, Samana was a part of Patiala Kingdom.Machhiwara
Machhiwara is a city in the Indian state of Punjab. A small town that grew to importance when Sikh Guru Gobind Singh Ji visited this place and slept in the jungles of Machhiwara while fighting the Mughal forces in December 1705.Dhuri
Dhuri is a small city of Sangrur in the state of Punjab, India, It has got the status of Tehsil. the language here is Punjabi. It is a part of the historical Malwa region of Punjab. the population of the city is not too large.Malwa
- Type: Category:Regions of India
- Description: region in the south of Punjab state, India
- Also known as: “Malva”, “Malva region”, “Malva, Punjab”, “Malwa region”, and “Malwa, Punjab”
- Location: Punjab, Plains, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude of center
30.62° or 30° 37′ 12″ northLongitude of center
75.55° or 75° 33′ eastWikidata ID
Q862587
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Western Panjabi—“Malwa” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “মালওয়া”
- Catalan: “Malwa”
- Hindi: “मालवा”
- Italian: “Malwa”
- Kannada: “ಮಾಲ್ವಾ”
- Komering: “Malwa (Punjab)”
- Komering: “Malwa”
- Malayalam: “മൽവ”
- Oriya: “ମାଲୱା”
- Panjabi: “ਮਾਲਵਾ”
- Panjabi: “ਮਾਲਵੇ”
- Sanskrit: “मल्व”
- Sindhi: “مالوا”
- Tajik: “Молво”
- Tamil: “மால்வா”
- Telugu: “మాళ్వా(పంజాబ్)”
- Urdu: “مالوا”
- Western Panjabi: “مالوا”
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