Qadian
Qadian | |
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Town | |
Minaret-ul-Masih of Aqsa Mosque located alongside a Mandir and Gurudwara is one of the major landmarks of Qadian | |
| Coordinates: 31°49′09″N 75°22′35″E / 31.81917°N 75.37639°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Punjab |
| District | Gurdaspur |
| Elevation | 250 m (820 ft) |
| Population (2000) | |
• Total | 40,827 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Punjabi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
Qadian (Punjabi pronunciation: [käːd̪ijä̃ː]; Hindustani pronunciation: [qɑːd̪ijɑ̃ːn]) is a town and a municipal council in Gurdaspur district, north-east of Amritsar, situated 18 kilometres (11 mi) north-east of Batala city in the state of Punjab, India. Qadian is the birthplace of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, the founder of the Ahmadiyya movement within Islam. It remained the headquarters of the movement until the Partition of India in 1947.