NIT
Jalandhar::
Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology,
Jalandhar (erstwhile Regional Engineering
College) is the eighteenth NIT of the country.
The institution was established in the year
1987 as Regional Engineering College and recently
(October 17, 2002) has been given the status
of National Institute of Technology (Deemed
University) by the Government of India under
the control of Ministry of Human Resource
Development, New Delhi.
As National Institute of Technology, the
institute has a responsibility of providing
high quality education in Engineering and
Technology to produce competent technical
manpower for the country. The institute offers
BTech program in nine disciplines of Engineering
and Technology along with research programs
leading to MTech and PhD. The institute acquires
a national character having 50% student intake
from the State of Punjab and the rest from
other states/union territories of the country.
Jalandhar Cantonment::
Jalandhar Cantonment is one of the oldest
cantonments in India, the construction of
which was started in 1848 after the first
Anglo-Sikh War, when the British settled in
Northern India. The original scope of this
cantonment was limited to troops to quell
disturbances from adjoining States for the
maintenance of peace and order. In 1920 the
cantonment was the scene of mutiny by Irish
soldiers, who took down the Union Jack and
replaced it by the flag of the Irish Republic,
proclaimed at the time in Dublin (See The
Connaught Rangers#Mutiny in India, 1920).
The departure of British from India and subsequent
partition of the country changed the complexion
of the Cantonment. It has gained tremendous
importance on account of its nearness to the
border with Pakistan. The Cantonment is located
between latitude 30° 18' and longitude
75° 37' on the southwest and at a distance
of 2 km from Cantonment Railway Station and
5 km from City Railway Station. It is situated
beside Grand Trunk Road at a distance of 89
km from Amritsar and 371 km from Delhi. It
covers an area of 5.87 square miles (15.2
km²). It is on Amritsar-Delhi Broad Gauge
Main Line. A Class-I airfield at Adampur is
situated at a distance of 19 km. The airfield
is linked with Jalandhar Cantonment by rail
and road.
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