See Wikipedia WikiProject Indian cities for details Infobox Indian Jurisdiction native name Garhdiwala type Town latd longd state name Punjab district Hoshiarpur district Hoshiarpur leader title leader name altitude population as of 2001 population total 6263 population density area magnitude sq. km area total area telephone postal code 144207 vehicle code range sex ratio unlocode website footnotes Gardhiwala is a city and a municipal council in Hoshiarpur district in the state of Punjab India Punjab , India . Demographics Gardhiwala is situated on GT Road or Defense Road , 30 kilometers away from the city of Hoshiarpur. As of 2001 India census , ref GR India ref Gardhiwala had a population of 6263. Males constitute 52 of the population and females 48 . Garhdiwala has an average literacy rate of 79 , higher than the national average of 59.5 male literacy is 83 , and female literacy is 74 . It is famous for producng great soldiers like Colonel Bachhiter Singh Sahota who laid down his life fighting militants in Kashmir.other soldiers are col nirmal dogra, colamarjit singh sahota , col varinder sharma , Col Naresh Talwar, half of the town lives in US or UK References Reflist Hoshiarpur district coord 31.7325 N 75.7506 E source kolossus itwiki display title Category Cities and towns in Hoshiarpur district About Garhdiwala original name Garhdiwala geographical location Hoshiarpur, Punjab, India, Asia geographical coordinates 31 43 57 North, 75 45 2 East Tradition goes that the town was built in 1443 A. D by one Garhia, a Jat, and was named after his and that the addition of Diwala was made in 1812 on ccount of the incarnation of the goddess devi having appeared in the town. In honour of this event, one Jodh Singh, Ramgarhia, built a temple here. The work diwala is said to be wither a contraction for deviwala or the word diowala a temple. The said Sardar also built a fort in 1829 A. D., the traces of which are hardly visible. Around the town, there are some groves of mang ... more details
Infobox language name Duala states Cameroon speakers 90,000 date 1982 ethnicity Duala people Duala , Mungo people Mungo familycolor Niger Congo fam2 Atlantic Congo languages Atlantic Congo fam3 Benue Congo languages Benue Congo fam4 Bantoid languages Bantoid fam5 Bantu languages Bantu Guthrie classification of Bantu languages Zone A Zone A fam6 Sawabantu languages Sawabantu A.20 dia1 iso3 dua Duala also spelled Douala , Diwala , Dwela , Dualla , and Dwala is the language spoken by the Duala people Duala and Mungo people s of Cameroon . The language belonges to the Bantu languages Bantu language family , and a subgroup of it called the Sawabantu languages . The song Soul Makossa , as well as pop songs that repeated its lyrics, internationally popularized the Duala word for I dance , makossa . http www.inst.at trans 13Nr echu13.htm Dictionaries E. Dinkelacker, W rterbuch der Duala Sprache, Hamburg , 1914. Paul Helmlinger, Dictionnaire duala fran ais, suivi d un lexique fran ais duala. Editions Klincksieck, Paris , 1972. Johannes Ittmann , edited by E. K hler Meyer, W rterbuch der Duala Sprache, Dictionnaire de la langue duala, Dictionary of the Duala Language, Dietrich Reimer, Berlin , 1976. The preface evaluates 1 as terse, but good, while 2 has missing and erroneous tone marks. External links http llmap.org languages dua.html Map of Duala language from the LL Map project http multitree.org codes dua Information on Duala language from the MultiTree project http duala.oldiblog.com Ya Jokwa Duala http www.studentsoftheworld.info sites divers 584.php DUALA SUN language and culture http philippe.litou.free.fr duala langue duala.htm la langue Duala http www.ethnologue.com show language.asp?code dua Ethnologue entry Category Languages of Cameroon Category Sawabantu languages Cameroon stub nc lang stub de Duala Sprache fr Douala langue sw Kiduala lugha ms Bahasa Duala ja pms Lenga Duala pl J zyk duala pt L ngua duala ru ... more details
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