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Mohali is a city
just next to Chandigarh, in Punjab, India.
The official name of Mohali is Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar
(SAS Nagar) and it is named after the eldest son of Guru Gobind
Singh.
Mohali is home to the newest and most lavish cricketing ground
in India. The Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) uses this ground
as its headquarters. Due to disagreements between ground staff
and the BCCI this ground is underutilized despite its obvious
success at hosting matches.
Most of the Punjab-based national cricketers made debuts in Mohali,
including Yuvraj Singh, Harbhajan Singh, Dinesh Mongia, and Gagandeep
Singh.
It also serves as a home for many punjabi singers like Harbhajan
Mann, late Surjit Bindrakhia, and many more.
Infosys, the well-known Indian IT services major, and global giants
like Dell and Quark have development centres in Mohali. A huge
IT development, QuarkCity, has come up.
Also there are plans of an upcoming film city being developed
in the area.
S.A.S.Nagar (Mohali) is a Municipal Council Class-A. Its population
in 2001 census was 1, 23, 484. It is practically a part of Chandigarh.
It is located at a distance of 5 Kms from Chandigarh between Chandigarh
& Kharar on National Highway No.21. S.A.S.Nagar is at a distance
of about 95 Kms from Ludhiana. STD code is 0172.
In order to keep the memory of those,
alive and fresh in the minds of generations to come, who sacrificed
their lives for the mankind , the city of Sahibzada Ajit Singh
Nagar, popularly known as
S A S Nagar was named after the son of Tenth Guru Shri Guru Gobind
Singh Ji. This township has the distinction of its development
on the pattern of the city beautiful Chandigarh, envy to its neighbours,
to reduce population pressure on Big Brother.A very famous historical
Gurdwara with the name of Amb Sahib, which has the blessings of
Guru Har Rai Sahib Ji is situated in this town.
An Industrial Focal Point was carved
out at S.A.S Nagar in the year 1971-72 for the planned growth
of industry. A Large number of environment friendly and pollution
free Industrial units have come up at S.A.S Nagar. Anticipating,
role, this township shall play in the modern electronics as well
as Microelectronics scenario, it was called "Electronics
Township of Punjab".
The city has also carved a nitche
for itself in the field of Cricket with the construction of an
ultra modern Cricket Stadium of international repute with the
efforts of Punjab Cricket Association under the guidance of its
President Sh. I.S.Bindra, I.A.S (Retd.).
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