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Industrial History of Ludhiana
Ludhiana the Industrial capital of Punjab and for that matter of North India, also known as Manchester of India is located at a distance of little over 300 KM from New Delhi the capital city of India and about 100 KM from Chandigarh the capital of Punjab. A complete modern town it has all the infrastructure facilities, which a Urban/Industrial city should have. It has direct rail services to all parts of India and is also connected to New Delhi by air, which also has a International Airport. The other International Airport close to Ludhiana is at Amritsar at a distance of about 135 K.M. Industrialization to Punjab is neither recent nor new. In fact the city of Ludhiana had first taste of industrialization almost 150 years ago when number of Kashmiri artisans shifted to Ludhiana to manufacture woolen products. It is a pleasant fact that even at that time woolen products, like PASHMINA SHAWLS etc. manufactured in Ludhiana were exported to European Countries. The industrial units made their appearance in Ludhiana at the very start of 20th century when hosiery machines for knitting socks were installed and after that there has not been any looking back and right through the 20th century and even as on date the city of Ludhiana is the leader in Hosiery and it would be difficult to locate a country where Hosiery products of Ludhiana are not exported. The next industry to make its footing in Ludhiana was the Foundry industry which started in 1920s.
1950s & 1960s saw the emergence of Ludhiana as a major industrial force and town on Indian industrial scene. It was during this period that many new and young entrepreneurs emerged and set up units in such diverse fields as Cycle Parts, Machinery, Machine Tools, Sewing Machines, Automobile Parts, Diesel Engines & Generators, Tyres & Tubes, Steel, etc. etc. Today all these products manufactured in Ludhiana are being sold not only in India only but also being exported to various continents of the world that too in major volumes. It was during this period that various Industrial Areas and Estates were set up but the pace of industrialization has been so fast in Ludhiana that the Govt. of Punjab set up Focal Point, which is today single largest industrial area in Northern India. However Ludhiana continues to grow and new and new industrial areas are being developed to cater to the demand of industry and more and more industrial units are being set up to cater the demand of buyers of its product from all corners of Globe.
Ludhiana presently has a total of over 40000 registered units in Large, Medium & Small Sector. However if tiny and other unregistered units are also included the figure is likely to go up substantially.
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