Ludhiana

American

[loo-dee-ah-nah] / ˌlʊ diˈɑ nɑ /

noun

a city in central Punjab, in N India.

Ludhiana British

/ ˌlʊdɪˈɑːnə /

noun

a city in N India, in the central Punjab: Punjab Agricultural University (1962). Pop: 1 395 053 (2001)

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Born on 8 December 1935 in Nasrali village in Punjab's Ludhiana district in a middle-class Jatt-Sikh family, he was named Dharam Singh Deol by his schoolteacher father.

From BBC • Nov. 24, 2025

As the months passed in Ludhiana, the initial relief gave way to boredom.

From BBC • Jul. 12, 2025

Offered a managerial role at the imaginary "Kundan Cloth Mills" in Ludhiana - with housing, profit share, and safe passage - he seized the chance to start over.

From BBC • Jul. 12, 2025

Others like Jatin Khurana in the northern city of Ludhiana are experimenting with flavours.

From BBC • Nov. 29, 2024

Ricketts returned to Ludhiana early the next morning, and later in the day the mutineers passed through the city.

From Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief by Roberts, Frederick Sleigh

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