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OLD JAIL, FARIDKOT

Category Historic

The first Sikh President of India, Giani Zail Singh was held captive for five years by the British from 1938 to 1943 in the old jail at Faridkot city for backing the Praja Mandal Movement. The barrack has been in ruins after the jail was shifted outside of the city in 2014.

OLD JAIL Faridkot

How to Reach :

By Air

The nearest International airport is Shri Guru Ram Dass International Airport Amritsar

By Train

Faridkot has a railway station and is well connected to all major cities. The headquarters of Faridkot district lie on the Firozpur-Bathinda-Delhi railway line. Faridkot can be reached from most cities in the country by trains which regularly ply to and from Faridkot.

By Road

Faridkot is located about 130Kms from capital Amristar with one National Highway .It is surrounded by district -Ferozpur in the west Moga in the east