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{{for|the village in Iran|Qadian, Iran}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2013}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Qadian
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| settlement_type = Town
| image_skyline = Qadian rooftop and Minaratul Masih.JPG
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| image_caption = [[Minaret-ul-Masih]] of [[Aqsa Mosque, Qadian|Aqsa Mosque]] located alongside a [[Mandir]] and [[Gurudwara]] is one of the major landmarks of Qadian
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| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Gurdaspur district|Gurdaspur]]
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'''Qadian''' ({{IPAc-en|k|ɑː|d|ɪ|j|ɑː|n}}; {{IPA-hns|qɑːd̪ijɑ̃ː(n)}}) is a town and a [[municipal council]] in [[Gurdaspur District]], north-east of [[Amritsar]], situated {{convert|18|km}} north-east of [[Batala]] city in the [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Punjab, India|Punjab]], [[India]].

Qadian is the birthplace of [[Mirza Ghulam Ahmad]], the founder of the [[Ahmadiyya]] movement. It remained the centre of the Ahmadiyya movement until the [[Partition of India]] in 1947.

==History==
Qadian was established in 1530 by [[Mirza Hadi Baig]], a religious scholar dedicated to Islam and the first [[Qazi]] in the area. Mirza Hadi Baig was from a royal household of [[Mirza]] of the [[Mughal Empire]]. He migrated from [[Samarkand]] and settled in Punjab where he was granted a vast tract of land comprising 80 villages by the emperor [[Babur]]. Because of his religious beliefs, he named the center of the 80 villages ''Islam Pur Qazi'' and governed from there. Over time, the name of the town changed to ''Qazi Maji'', then ''Qadi'', and eventually it became known as 'Qadian'.

Qadian and the surrounding areas later fell to the [[Ramgharia|Ramgharia Sikhs]] who offered the ruling Qazis, two villages which they refused. In 1834, during the rule of [[Ranjit Singh|Maharaja Ranjit Singh]], the region consisting of Qadian and five adjoining villages was given to [[Mirza Ghulam Murtaza]], father of Ghulam Ahmad in return for military support in [[Kashmir]], Mahadi, the [[Kulu valley]], [[Peshawar]] and [[Hazara, Pakistan|Hazara]].<ref>{{cite book |page=40 |title=Taareekhe–Ahmadiyyat (Tareekh E Ahmadiyyat) |trans-title=History of Ahmadiyyat |volume=1  |language=ur |first=Dost Mohammad |last=Shahid |year=2007 |publisher=Nazarat Nashro Ishaat Qadian |location=India |isbn=978-81-7912-121-4 |type=PDF |orig-year=2000 |id=ISBN incorrectly printed in the book as 181-7912-121-6. [https://archive.org/details/TareekhEAhmadiyyat Complete PDF: 19 Volumes (11,600 pages) (541.0 M)]. [https://www.scribd.com/doc/208899880/Tarikh-e-Ahmadiyyat-V14 (Volume 14 meta-data appeared to closely match the original reference, but is unverified as the correct volume)]}}</ref>

[[File:Qadian group-foto.jpg|thumb|left|280px|Members of the [[Ahmadiyya Muslim Community]] who spoke 47 different languages in Qadian.]]

===As the home of the Ahmadiyya Movement===
A remote and unknown town, Qadian emerged as a centre of religious learning in 1889, when Mirza Ghulam Ahmad established the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, and in 1891 it became the venue for the Community's annual gatherings. Qadian remained the administrative headquarters and capital of the [[Khalifatul Masih|Ahmadiyya Caliphate]] until the [[partition of India]] in 1947, when much of the Community migrated to Pakistan. Following the partition, [[Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad|Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmud Ahmad]], the second [[Ahmadiyya Caliphate|Khalifa]] of the Community, carefully oversaw the safe migration of Ahmadis from Qadian to the newly founded state, instructing 313 men, including two of his own sons, to stay in Qadian and guard the sites holy to Ahmadis, conferring upon them the title ''darveshān-i qādiyān'' (the dervishes of Qadian) and eventually moving the headquarters to [[Rabwah]], Pakistan.<ref>{{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C2DxBwAAQBAJ&q=Qadian+313+badr+1947&pg=PA112| title=From Sufism to Ahmadiyya: A Muslim Minority Movement in South Asia| isbn=9780253015297| access-date=20 September 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200210163136/https://books.google.com/books?id=C2DxBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA112&lpg=PA112&dq=Qadian+313+badr+1947&source=bl&ots=-dbxNsa361&sig=q-foCagbUDWepvmiQ53Gb5rw7iM&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCwQ6AEwAmoVChMIusnowJ_ryAIVyP8OCh3pNQrj#v=onepage&q&f=false| archive-date=10 February 2020| url-status=live| last1=Khan| first1=Adil Hussain| date=6 April 2015}}</ref>

==Geography==
Qadian is located at {{Coord|31.82|N|75.39|E|}}. It has an average elevation of 250 metres (820 feet).<ref name="Flickr-Qadian lies east of Damascus">{{cite web|url = https://www.flickr.com/photos/engrmhk/3283814417/|title = Qadian in India is Situated Exactly to the East of Damascus in Syria|publisher = Flickr|access-date = 2009-07-03|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170108081835/https://www.flickr.com/photos/engrmhk/3283814417|archive-date = 8 January 2017|url-status = live}}</ref><ref name="Ahmaddiya Muslim Community-Madhi">{{cite web|url = https://www.flickr.com/photos/engrmhk/3283814417/|title = The Divine guidance about leadership in the latter days|publisher = Ahmaddiya Muslim Community|access-date = 2009-07-03|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170108081835/https://www.flickr.com/photos/engrmhk/3283814417|archive-date = 8 January 2017|url-status = live}}</ref>

==Demographics==
As of [[Demographics of India|India's census]] in 2013,<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999 |archive-date=2004-06-16| title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)| access-date=2008-11-01| publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> Qadian had a population of 40,827. Males constituted 54% of the population and females 46%. Qadian has an average literacy rate of 75%, slightly higher than the national average of 74.04%: male literacy is 78%, and female literacy is 70%. 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.

==Notable people from Qadian==
[[File:Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (c. 1897).jpg|180px|thumbnail|[[Mirza Ghulam Ahmad]], founder of the [[Ahmadiyya]] Muslim Movement]]

Although Qadian is relatively remote and has a very small population, it has many notable historical, religious and political figures;

===Religious Leaders===
*[[Mirza Ghulam Ahmad]]

==== [[Ahmadiyya Caliphate|Ahmadiyya Caliphs]] ====
*[[Hakeem Noor-ud-Din]] from 1908 to 1914
*[[Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad]] from 1914 to 1965
*[[Mirza Nasir Ahmad]] from 1965 to 1982
*[[Mirza Tahir Ahmad]] from 1982 to 2003

===Famous Personalities===
*[[Muhammad Zafarullah Khan]]
*[[Abdus Salam]]
*[[Pardeep Sahotra]]

===Poets===
* [[Shiv Kumar Batalvi]]

===Military Leaders===
* [[Dilbagh Singh]]
* [[Mirza Ghulam Murtaza]]
* [[Mirza Hadi Baig]]

===Politicians===
*[[Tripat Rajinder Singh Bajwa]]
*[[Partap Singh Bajwa]]
*[[Charanjit Kaur Bajwa]]

{{Anchor| Health Service Provider}}

==Health Service Providers==
*[[Noor Hospital]]

==Education==
*[[Jamia Ahmadiyya#Jamia Ahmadiyya Qadian, India|Jamia Ahmadiyya Qadian]]

==Notable monuments==
*[[Jamia Ahmadiyya|Jamia Ahmadiyya Qadian]]
*[[Aqsa Mosque, Qadian]]
*[[Bahishti Maqbara|Bahishti Maqbara cemetery]]
*[[Mubarak Mosque, Qadian|Mubarak Mosque]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Commonscatinline}}

{{Gurdaspur district}}

{{Authority control}}


[[Category:Ahmadiyya places]]
[[Category:Cities and towns in Gurdaspur district]]

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