Bathinda
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About Bathinda
Bathinda is a city and municipal corporation in Punjab, India. The city is the administrative headquarters of Bathinda district. It is located in northwestern India in the Malwa region, 227 km (141 mi) west of the capital city of Chandigarh and is the fifth largest city of Punjab. It is the second cleanest city in Punjab after Mohali.
Bathinda is home to the Maharaja Ranjit Singh Punjab Technical University, Central University of Punjab and AIIMS Bathinda. The city is also home to two modern thermal power plants, Guru Nanak Dev Thermal Plant and Guru Hargobind Thermal Plant at Lehra Mohabbat. Also located in the city is a fertiliser plant, two cement plants (Ambuja Cements and UltraTech Cement Limited), a large army cantonment, an air force station, a zoo, and a historic Qila Mubarak fort.
Bhatinda was changed to Bathinda to conform to the phonetical expression as locally pronounced. According to Henry George Raverty, Bathinda was known as Tabar-i-Hind (Labb-ut-Twarikh) or Tabarhindh, which roughly translates as ‘Gateway to India’. The earliest mention of Tabar-i-Hind occurs in the Jami-Ul-Hakayat written about 607 Hijri or 1211 AD...
Bathinda travel guide
Getting there
By plane 1 Bathinda Airport (BUP IATA). (updated Jun 2026)
By train Bathinda is well connected via train to other cities of India like New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Jaipur, Ahmedabad, etc. There are frequent trains from Delhi.
2 Bathinda Junction railway station, The Mall Rd. (updated Dec 2020)
By bus Bathinda is well connected via roads to other cities of India like New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Jaipur, Ahmedabad, etc. There are frequent buses from Delhi.
See
1 Qila Mubarak. Constructed by Raja Dab during the period 90-110 AD. (updated Dec 2020) Gurudwara Hazi Ratan. Grain Market, Bhatinda (updated Dec 2020)
Drink & nightlife
Pizzano, Mall road, ☏ +91 2275460. Food Zone
Sleep
Hotel Bahia Fort - 4 Star Government Approved. The Mall, Bathinda Hotel Sepal - Goniana Road, Bhatinda
Overview adapted from Wikipedia, travel guide fromWikivoyage (CC BY-SA)。Photography via Wikimedia Commons.