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| name = Shankar<br />
| native_name = Shankar<br />
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Punjab, India<br />
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| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]<br />
| subdivision_name1 = [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]<br />
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]<br />
| subdivision_name2 = [[Jalandhar district|Jalandhar]]<br />
| established_title = <!-- Established --><br />
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| founder = Purewal<br />
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| parts_type = [[Taluka]]s<br />
| parts = [[Nakodar tehsil|Nakodar]]<br />
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| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br />
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| postal_code = 144042<br />
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'''''Shankar''''' is a village in the [[Nakodar]] tehsil of [[Jalandhar district]] in [[Punjab, India]].<ref name="ti">{{cite news | url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2008/20080905/jal.htm | title=One dead, 21 hurt as bus overturns | date=5 September 2008 | newspaper=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]] | access-date=11 July 2012}}</ref><ref name="ti2">{{cite news | url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2012/20120526/jaltrib.htm | title=One held with 10 gm heroin | date=26 May 2012 | newspaper=The Tribune | access-date=11 July 2012}}</ref><br />
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== About ==<br />
Shankar is a large size village that lies on the [[Nakodar]]-[[Jandiala]] Road. The nearest railway station to this village is Shankar Railway station about 2&nbsp;km from the village. One of the oldest villages of the state of Punjab, this village has given birth to many scholarly people, politicians, army officers, engineers, doctors, prominent teachers and journalists.<br />
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==Notable persons==<br />
* [[Swaran Singh]] - India's longest-serving union cabinet minister.<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://www.chhinjhmelashankar.com/ ''Chhinjh Mela Shankar''] Shri Krishan Akhada, Chhinjh Committee, VPO: Shankar, [[Jalandhar]], [[Punjab]] (INDIA-144042)<br />
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