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Kapurthala is a city
in Punjab state of
India. It is the
administrative
headquarters of
Kapurthala District.
It was the capital
of the Kapurthala
State, a princely
state in British
India. The secular
and aesthetic mix of
the city with its
prominent buildings
based on French and
Indo-Saracenic
architecture
self-narrate its
princely past. It is
also known as city
of Palaces &
Gardens.
Kapurthala
Principality was in
the Punjab ruled by
the Ahluwalia
dynasty, which is
commonly known as
the "Walia dynasty"
in urban areas and
had an area of 652
square miles (1,690
km2).
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