Amb, India








Town in Himachal Pradesh, India











































































Amb
Town
Country
 India
State Himachal Pradesh
District Una
Government

 • Body Panchayat
Elevation

 478 m (1,568 ft)
Population

 • Total 15,000
Languages

 • Official Hindi
Time zone
UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
177203
Telephone code 01976
Vehicle registration HP-19
Nearest city Una, Hamirpur, Hoshiarpur, Chintpurni

Lok Sabha constituency		 Hamirpur
Civic agency Panchayat
Climate
Hot and humid. (Köppen)
Avg. summer temperature 48 °C (118 °F)
Avg. winter temperature 2 °C (36 °F)

Amb is a town situated in the district of Una in Himachal Pradesh state of India. It is situated in the Punjab region of Indian Subcontinent. It is a sub-division and tehsil of Una district. The town was named Amb after the name of the goddess Amba, deity situated in nearby Chintpurni.




Contents






  • 1 Geography and Demographics


  • 2 Language


  • 3 Education


  • 4 History


  • 5 Communication and Transport


  • 6 Industries


  • 7 Nearby places


  • 8 References





Geography and Demographics


Amb is located in the Soan valley surrounded by mountains of the Shivalik ranges.
It has a population of around 15000 people. Some localities of Amb are Heera Nagar, Pratap Nagar, Adarsh Nagar, Sham Nagar.



Language


Local language is Punjabi. While Hindi and English languages are used for official purpose.



Education


Amb has various education institutions including a government senior secondary school, Indian Public School, Shivalik Hill Pub Sr. Sec. School, Sudha Model School,swami Vivekananda school and Maharana Pratap College being one of them.
Maharana Pratap Govt. College,[1] Amb came into being on 18 June 1997 when the Himachal Pradesh Government took over the erstwhile National College, Amb, established in 1970. The College is situated in the center of the Amb town on the National Highway(NH 70), 32 km from Una, the District headquarters, on the way to the famous shrine of the goddess Chintpurni.



History


Amb has some ancient historical ruins of royal palaces and gardens.
In the year 1877, at the request of Maharaja Ranbir Singh of Jammu and Kashmir, the British government restored to Raja Ran Singh the Jagir in Jaswan, originally held by Raja Ummed Singh consisting of 21 villages in Jaswan Dun valley and the family garden at Amb, as well as palace buildings of Raja Ummed Singh at Rajpura. Raja Ran Singh died in 1892 and was succeeded by his son Raja Raghunath Singh who died in 1918. Thereafter, Raja Laxman Singh succeeded him and was in turn succeeded by his son Raja Chain Singh. After his death in 2009, Raja Vijaindra Singhji succeeded him and is now residing at Amb along with His Son Rajkumar Raghavendra Singh Jaswal and wife Kunwrani Aditi Gudda D/O LT. Raja Kishan Singhji of Gudha Chanderji in Rajasthan.[2]



Communication and Transport


●By Road:-
Amb has a small bus stand. Buses are available for all major towns of Himachal and North India including Delhi, Chandigarh, Shimla,Hoshiarpur,Jalandhar,Amritsar and Dharmshala.


●By Railway:-
The Amb railway station (Station Code-AADR) is situated 1.8 km from the bus stand.The station consists of 2 platforms.The station lies on the under-construction track from Una to Talwara.Track construction has been completed up to Daultpur Chowk, a small town in distt. Una.


The following trains are best suited:


■Himachal Express (14553): Daily, Delhi to Amb Andaura, Himachal Pradesh. Leaves Old Delhi railway station at 11.30 pm and reaches Amb Andaura station at 8 am.


■Jan Shatabadi (12057): Daily, Delhi to Una Himachal. Leaves New Delhi railway station at 3 pm and reaches Una at 10 pm.


■DMU Shuttle Train Service (74992): Daily, Ambala to Amb Andaura via Nangal Dam and Una.


●By Air:-
The nearest domestic airport to the Amb is the Gaggal airport, situated at a distance of 82 km followed by Ludhiana airport, located at a distance of 122 km. The Chandigarh airport which is 156
km away from the Amb is the nearest international airport.



Industries


Amb Town is also an industrial zone of Himachal Pradesh. Many units including Sonalika (car manufacturer),Kamdhenu(kamakshi) Saria Factory and Him cylinders are located in this town.
Jindal group also established here its new textile plants i.e. Jindal Medicot, JSTL and HTPL. Another textile fabric unit named Paragon knits limited started in 2014, manufacturing fabric for brands like Reebok Adidas etc.Paragon have zero discharge ETP plant.



Nearby places


1.Bompay picnic spot is situated 7 km from the Amb.Other picnic spots like Ambay picnic spot is situated in between 2-3 km from Amb.


2.Some other places of interest Chintpurni Temple, Kamakhaya Devi Temple, Pollia Purohitan Una district, Thaneek Pura, Nehri, Daulatpur, Dera Baba Bhadbhag Singh Ji Mairi, Lohara, Gagret, Hoshiarpur, Pragpur, Jawalamukhi, Pong Dam, Chalet.


3.There is also a Haveli situated in outskirts of Amb(about 9 km from Amb).



References





  1. ^ Maharana Pratap Govt. College, Amb


  2. ^ "PRE-INDEPENDENCE HISTORY". hpuna.nic.in. Una District, Himachal Pradesh State Government. Archived from the original on 13 March 2014. Retrieved 4 February 2014..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}









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