About Barnala

About Barnala

Barnala is an Indian city in the Punjab state of India which serves as the headquarters of the Barnala district. It is situated in the heart of the state. Barnala is well known for textile market in the area.It is located on the Bathinda-Chandigarh highway (no.-7) and the Jalandhar-Rewari national highway (no.-71). It is 65 km from Bathinda and 85 km from Ludhiana.It is a small town with a well developed economy literacy rate here is higher than many other cities of Punjab.

Barnala mainly acts as a market place for surrounding villages. Its main commercial areas are Sadar bazar, Handaya bazar, Pharwahi bazar, Pacca college road and K.C road. K.C road is fast emerging as a main commercial market of Barnala. Industries in Barnala include terry towel plant and paper mill by trident group, Industrial organics and chemicals ltd, Standard group and many more. Barnala is also mandi for wheat, rice and cotton crops grown in adjoining villages. Barnala is also emerging as a trading town.

History Of Barnala

There are different opinions about the nomenclature of Barnala. Some are of the view, Vaaran being a region because of frequent storms was at that time also called Varna. So, Barnala was called a land of too many storms which later on became Barnala because of precision of example.

Another view reveals that a fort here is said to be built by Baba Ala Singh in which there was a ‘Baahuli’ (a well which had stairs going down). That too due to precision and Malwai accent was known as ‘Baain’. Thus Baain Wala ultimately became Barnala. Thus these are different views only but no historical detail is available that how name Barnala came into existence.

Barnala was named after Baba Ala Singh. Baba Ala Singh left Bhadaur with his elder brother(hometown of Patiala State)and settled at Barnala and conquered many areas with the help of his brothers the Bhadaur Sardars. Though it was a district headquarters in erstwhile princely state system.