Batala
BATALA, a town of India, in the Gurdaspur district of the Punjab, with a station on a branch of the North-Western railway, 24 m. from Amritsar. Pop. (1901) 27,365. It is an important centre of trade, with manufactures of cotton and silk goods, shawls, brass-ware, soap and leather. There are two mission schools.
Note - this article incorporates content from Encyclopaedia Britannica, Eleventh Edition, (1910-1911)
