Pathankot was the capital of Nurpur, a princely state, ruled by the Pathania Rajputs.Pathankot is a municipal corporation in the Indian state of Punjab, and serves as the headquarter of the Pathankot district.website-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pathankot Pathankot city is the district headquarters. The district was created on 27 July 2011
It is located in the foots of Sivalik Hills. It internatio
nally borders with the Narowal District of Pakistani Punjab. Its also shares borders with the Kathua District of Jammu and Kashmir and Chamba District and Kangra District districts of Himachal Pradesh. Hoshiarpur district shares boundary with this in Eastern Punjab. The two main rivers, Beas and Ravi, passes through the district
It was located in the Gurdaspur district then. The present district is formed, as the 22nd district of the state, on 27 July 2011.[3][4] It includes the two sub-divisions of Pathankot and Dhar Kalan and two sub-tehsils of Naraut Jaimal Singh and Bamial.[4] The headquarters is Pathankot and comprise 421 revenue villages
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pathankot_district
