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Ambala Cantonment
Ambala Cantonment
City
	Grand Trunk Road, at Ambala Cantonment, during British Raj
	Nickname: Science City
	Ambala Cantonment Location in Haryana, India Ambala Cantonment Ambala Cantonment (India)
	Coordinates: 30°21′43″N 76°50′53″E / 30.361915°N 76.8480778°E
Country	India
State	Haryana
District	Ambala
Government
• Body	Cantonment Board Ambala
Population (2011)
• Total	55,370
Languages
• Official	Hindi
• Additional official	English, Punjabi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	HR 01, HR 85, HR 37
Website	haryana.gov.in

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Ambala Cantonment is a cantonment town in Ambala district in the state of Haryana, India. It is 200 km north of Delhi and 55 km southwest of Chandigarh. This cantonment was established in the year 1843 and is an important centre for manufacturing of scientific and surgical instruments.

Demographics[edit | edit source]

Religions in Ambala Cantonment, 2011 Census data^[1]
Religion			Percent
Hinduism			91.77%
Sikhism			4.48%
Islam			2.21%
Christianity			1.26%
Others			0.28%

As of 2011^[update] India census, Ambala Cantonment had a population of 55,370. Males constitute 61% of the population and females 39%. Ambala Cantonment has an average literacy rate of 91.24%, higher than the national average of 74%; with 95.07% of the males and 85.32% of females literate. 11.41% of the population is under 6 years of age.^[1]^{[better source needed]}

Economy[edit | edit source]

Scientific and surgical instruments are manufactured in Ambala Cantonment.^[4]^{[unreliable source?]}

Transport[edit | edit source]

Railways[edit | edit source]

Ambala Cantonment Junction railway station is a major junction. Delhi-Kalka and Saharanpur-Ludhiana's railway lines pass through this junction^[4]

By road[edit | edit source]

G.T. Road passes through Ambala Cantonment.

Places of interest[edit | edit source]

European Cemetery

Education[edit | edit source]

Historic Colleges which were established before independence of India are also present. An example of that is Sanatan Dharma College on Ambala–Jagadhri Highway.^[5]^[6] Convent of Jesus and Mary is a girls' day-school in Ambala Cantonment.^[7]

Gallery[edit | edit source]

Ambala Cantonment Temple.
Panjokhra sahib.
St Paul's Church before being bombed by the Pakistani Air Force in the 1965 conflict.
Ambala Cantonment railway station.

References[edit | edit source]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 "Ambala Cantt. City Population Census 2011 - Haryana". Census 2011.
↑ "Report of the Commissioner for linguistic minorities: 52nd report (July 2014 to June 2015)" (PDF). Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities, Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India. pp. 85–86. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 November 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
↑ IANS (28 January 2010). "Haryana grants second language status to Punjabi". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Ambala info Archived 28 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine, yellowpages.
↑ "Ambala: Convocation". The Tribune (Chandigarh). 5 March 2004. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
↑ "S.D. College graduates get degrees". The Tribune, Chandigarh. 15 April 2000. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
↑ "Divjot Kaur Jaggi a topper from Ambala Cantonment". The Times of India. 6 May 2019. Retrieved 9 April 2021.

[Census2011-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 "Ambala Cantt. City Population Census 2011 - Haryana". Census 2011.

[nclmanurep2010-2] "Report of the Commissioner for linguistic minorities: 52nd report (July 2014 to June 2015)" (PDF). Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities, Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India. pp. 85–86. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 November 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2019.

[punjabiofficial-3] IANS (28 January 2010). "Haryana grants second language status to Punjabi". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 24 March 2019.

[YellowPages-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Ambala info Archived 28 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine, yellowpages.

[5] "Ambala: Convocation". The Tribune (Chandigarh). 5 March 2004. Retrieved 6 February 2019.

[6] "S.D. College graduates get degrees". The Tribune, Chandigarh. 15 April 2000. Retrieved 6 February 2019.

[7] "Divjot Kaur Jaggi a topper from Ambala Cantonment". The Times of India. 6 May 2019. Retrieved 9 April 2021.

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-Historic Colleges which were established before independence of [[India]] are also present. an example of that is [[Sanatan Dharma College]] on [[Ambala–Jagadhri Highway]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Ambala: Convocation |work=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)]] |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20040305/region.htm |date=5 March 2004| accessdate=6 February 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=S.D. College graduates get degrees|work=The Tribune, Chandigarh |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2000/20000415/haryana.htm#5 |date= 15 April 2000| accessdate=6 February 2019 }}</ref> [[Convent of Jesus and Mary, Ambala|Convent of Jesus and Mary]] is a girls' day-school in Ambala Cantonment.<ref>{{cite news |title=Divjot Kaur Jaggi a topper from Ambala Cantonment |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/news/divjot-kaur-jaggi-a-topper-from-ambala-cantonment/articleshow/69208095.cms |access-date=9 April 2021 |work=The Times of India |date=6 May 2022}}</ref>
+Historic Colleges which were established before independence of [[India]] are also present. An example of that is [[Sanatan Dharma College]] on [[Ambala–Jagadhri Highway]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Ambala: Convocation |work=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)]] |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20040305/region.htm |date=5 March 2004| accessdate=6 February 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=S.D. College graduates get degrees|work=The Tribune, Chandigarh |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2000/20000415/haryana.htm#5 |date= 15 April 2000| accessdate=6 February 2019 }}</ref> [[Convent of Jesus and Mary, Ambala|Convent of Jesus and Mary]] is a girls' day-school in Ambala Cantonment.<ref>{{cite news |title=Divjot Kaur Jaggi a topper from Ambala Cantonment |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/news/divjot-kaur-jaggi-a-topper-from-ambala-cantonment/articleshow/69208095.cms |access-date=9 April 2021 |work=The Times of India |date=6 May 2019}}</ref>
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Ambala Cantonment
City
Grand Trunk Road, at Ambala Cantonment, during British Raj
Nickname: Science City
Ambala Cantonment Location in Haryana, India Show map of Haryana Ambala Cantonment Ambala Cantonment (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 30°21′43″N 76°50′53″E / 30.361915°N 76.8480778°E / 30.361915; 76.8480778
Country	India
State	Haryana
District	Ambala
Government
• Body	Cantonment Board Ambala
Population (2011)^[1]
• Total	55,370
Languages^[2]^[3]
• Official	Hindi
• Additional official	English, Punjabi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	HR 01, HR 85, HR 37
Website	haryana.gov.in