Nangal -A Beautiful Heaven

The town was named Nangal when it acquired the land of the villages of Nangal Nikku, Hambewal and Dubbeta.It gained in importance with the starting of construction of the Bhakra Dam on the Satluj River in November 1955.It is a flourishing township in the foot of the Shivalik hills - The Mountain chain of Himalayas. Every year, the mighty multi-purpose Bhakra Project which includes, apart from Bhak

ra Dam, the Nangal Dam, Nangal Hydel Channel, and the Ganguwal and Kotla Power Houses surrounded with the natural beauty attracts the vast number of tourists from all parts of India and abroad as well. There are different markets in it i.e. Jawahar Market, Main Market, Adda Market, GTB Market & Pahari Market. More interesting is that the residential areas of the city are well organized in Block system.The blocks e.g. G-block have fixed number of apartments known as Quarters. The second form of residential area which is a private residential area is the proprietary owned by the public.The well organized government colonies give a harmonized view to the newcomers visiting the city. Nangal is home to Late Captain Amol Kalia . He is the hero of Nangal who laid down his life fighting Pakistani intruders in Kargil in 1999. He was posthmously awarded shaurya chakra. Local school where he did his high school is named after him as Captain Amol Kalia Fertilizer Model School. A garden in Nangal Township is also named after Capt Amol Kalia, in honor of his gallantry. Nangal has number of schools namely BBMB DAV Public School, NFL senior secondary school, Capt Amol Kalia school, Govt Model School, Govt girls school,Shivalik Model Sr. School and some private schools as well. There is a 9U block in Nangal.