page_title: Malerkotla
section_title: Education
hierarchical_section_title: Malerkotla / Education
caption_attribution_description: English: Rajpal. Singh, Kang
context_page_description: Malerkotla is a city and a municipal council in Sangrur district in the Indian state of Punjab. It was the seat of the eponymous princely state during the British Raj. The state acceded to the union of India in 1947 and was merged with other nearby princely states to create the Patiala and East Punjab States Union.
  When that political entity was reorganised in 1956, the territories of the erstwhile state of Malerkotla became part of Punjab.
  It is located on the Sangrur-Ludhiana State Highway and lies on the secondary Ludhiana-Delhi railway line. It is about 50 kilometres from Ludhiana and 35 kilometres from Sangrur in Sangrur district.
context_section_description: Urdu is taught alongside Punjabi in Malerkotla schools due to the local Muslim majority.
  The Nawab Sher Mohammad Khan Institute of Advanced Studies in Urdu, Persian and Arabic is part of Punjabi University, Patiala, and is named after one of the founders of Malerkotla State. It provides facilities for higher research in the languages and literature of Urdu and Persian up to PhD level and additionally runs classes for M.A. (Persian), Certificate courses (Urdu, Persian and Arabic), MSc (IT) 2 years, MSc (IT) Lateral entry, PGDCA (1 year), CCA (6 months) and M.A (psychology).There are other schools like Al Falah Public senior secondary School, The town school, sahibzada fateh Singh senior secondary public school, sita grammar school, sarvhitkari vidya Mandir,  modern secular school, DAV public school and many more.
caption: Govt. College, Malerkotla
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