Ajnala, India
Ajnala is a town and a nagar panchayat in Amritsar district in the state of Punjab, India. Kalian Wala Khuh, a martyrs place, is a tourist destination. Ajnala is located at in western Punjab near to the border with Pakistan. It has an average elevation of 213 metres (698 feet). Ajnala is the hometown of the famous Punjabi singer AP DHILLON. During his visit to india 2021 for his india tour he visited his hometown Ajnala . History. Indian Rebellion of 1857. During the Indian Rebellion of 1857, 282 sepoys of the 26th Native Infantry mutinied at Lahore and  subsequently surrendered, believing they were going to be given a fair trial. They were summarily executed without trial by Frederick Henry Cooper, then–deputy commissioner of the district. The bodies were dumped into a deep dry well near the police station which was later filled with charcoal, lime, and dirt. . In March 2014 the head of a local Sikh gurdwara announced that the remains of those buried had been uncovered in the excavation of a well within the shrine. The well is known as Shaheedan da Khu in local Punjabi dialect, which means "the black well". Old Tehsil, Ajnala. Old  Tehsil, Ajnala is part of List of State Protected Monuments in Punjab, India and at S-PB-4. Demographics. India census, Ajnala had a population of 21,107. Males population is 11,347 and females is 9,760. Ajnala has an average literacy rate of 16.19%, higher than the state average of 97.84%. In Ajnala, Male literacy rate is around 8.05% while female literacy rate is 7.72%. population of children with age of 0-6 is 2397 which is 1.36% of the total population in Ajnala. Politics. The city is part of the Ajnala Assembly Constituency.