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Rupnagar
India
Also known as: Ropar
Rupnagar, town, eastern Punjab state, northwestern India. The town lies on the Sutlej River near the head of the great Sirhind Canal, about 20 miles (32 km) northwest of Chandigarh.
The Rupnagar area has been inhabited for millennia, and the present-day town is the site of a center of the ancient Indus civilization. Rupnagar is on a branch rail line that roughly follows the Sutlej northward into Himachal Pradesh state. It is a marketplace for agricultural products and has small weaving and iron products industries. It is also known for the manufacture of locks. There is a branch campus of the Indian Institute of Technology in the town, and a thermal power-generating station is nearby. Pop. (2001) 49,159; (2011) 56,038.
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