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The first empress Delhi Sultanate Razia Sultana was imprisoned in the Qila Mubarak fort in Bathinda. The gurudwara and mazaar of Haji Rattan is a popular tourist centre of Bathinda having connections with popular legends.

Bathinda is a home of Central University of Punjab and upcoming AIIMS. Bathinda is home to two modern thermal power plants, Guru Nanak Dev Thermal Plant and Guru Hargobind Thermal Plant at Lehra Mohabbat. The city has a fertilizer plant, two cement plants (Ambuja Cements and UltraTech Cement), a large army cantonment, an air force station, a zoo, Bathinda is one of the largest food grain and cotton markets in northern India; the area around Bathinda is a prolific grape growing area.

in 2nd CE century and is the location where the first Empress of India Razia Sultana was held captive According to Henry George Raverty, Bathinda was known as Tabarhindh (Labb-ut-Twarikh). The earliest mention of Tabarhindh occurs in the ''Jami-Ul-Hakayat'' written about 607 Hijri

1211 AD.

In 1004, Mahmud of Ghazni besieged the local fort, which was located on the route from the northwest into the rich Ganges valley.

In 1189, Muhammad Ghori attacked and occupied the fort of Bathinda. Prithvi Raj Chauhan, the ruler of this region, managed to recover possession of the fort thirteen months later in 1191 after the First Battle of Tarain.

In 1634, a battle named Battle of Lahira (at Lahira in Bathinda) was fought between Guru Hargobind and Mughals.

Hinduism is the majority religion in Bathinda city with 62.61% people following the faith. Sikhism is the second most popular religion in the city which is followed by 35.04% of the people. Minorities are Muslims, Christians, Buddhists and Jains. Sikhs count for 70.89% of the population in Bathinda District on a whole in spite of not being a majority in the city.

Bathinda is in the northwestern region of India and is a part of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. The exact cartographic co-ordinates of Bathinda are . It has an average elevation of 201 metres (660 ft).

Bathinda's climate corresponds to semi-arid with high variation between summer and winter temperatures. Average annual rainfall is relatively low, in a range of 20 mm to 40 mm.

In recent times, Summer temperatures of 49 °C (120 °F) and winter temperatures of 1 °C (about 33 °F) were not unknown in Bathinda, lowest being -1.4 °C (29.48 °F) in the winter of 2013

Bathinda is an upcoming industrial city. Major industries in the city and its suburbs include:, National Fertilizer Ltd, Bathinda, Guru Nanak Dev Thermal Plant, Bathinda (will be decommissioned soon), Ambuja Cements Ltd, Malout Road, Bathinda , Guru Gobind Singh Refinery, a joint project between HPCL and Mittal Energy Limited., Ultra Tech Cement Ltd, Lehra Mohabbat, Guru Hargobind Thermal Plant, Lehra Mohabbat, Bathinda District Co-op Producer Union Milk Plant, Bathinda, Vardhman Polytex Ltd, Badal Road, Bathinda, BCL Industries & Infrastructure Ltd, Hazi Rattan, Bathinda

Several sugar mills, brick kilns, and food processing plants are also located in the city and its suburbs.

Bathinda Junction railway station has connectivity to most of the major cities in India. Four national highways: National Highway 7 (India) (Fazilka - Badrinath National Highway), National Highway 54 (India) (Kenchiyan, Hanumangarh - Pathankot National Highway), National Highway 148B (India) (Bathinda to Kotputli) and National Highway 754 (India) (Bathinda to Jalalabad, Fazilka) pass through/near the city. Like most cities in Punjab, Bathinda is also well connected by bus to major nearby cities. Buses provide to and fro connectivity to Chandigarh, Ludhiana, Jalandhar, New Delhi, Shimla, Amritsar, Jaipur and several other cities. Bathinda Airport, which shares its runway with the Air Force station in Bhisiana, opened to the public in 2016. As of 2018, flights ply only to and from Jammu and New Delhi.

Damdama Sahib is a Sikh gurudwara in Talwandi Sabo, a suburb 28km southeast of the city. It is known for being the place where the tenth Sikh guru prepared the final version of the Guru Granth Sahib , the definitive Sikh scripture. It is one of the Panj Takht ,

five seats of temporal authority of Sikhism.

Maiser Khana is a famous Hindu temple dedicated to goddess Jwala Ji, situated 29km southeast of the city. It is known for two grand ''melas'' (fairs) held every year, visited by tens of thousands of devotees.

The city has many prestigious school chains too - S.S.D. Senior Secondary School (Boys) is one of the oldest educational institutes and many English medium schools have also come up in the city during the last 30 years. DAV Public School, Delhi Public School, Bathinda and Police Public School have their branches in the city. Several reputed Catholic schools are present in the city, such as St. Joseph's convent school and St. Xavier's Senior Secondary School, Bathinda . Other schools include Shri Guru Hargobind Convent School (Nathana) and St. Paul's High School (affiliated to Indian Certificate of Secondary Education). Bathinda is also a hub for competitive examination coaching. Several coaching institutes for medical (NEET, AIIMS) and non-medical (JEE Main, JEE advanced) entrance examinations are present in the city. This has led to a large youth population influx into Bathinda, especially around the Ajit Road area. The city also has institutions for preparation of competitive examination like CAT, S.S.C., Bank etc.

The city has many colleges (both government and private) offering graduate and post-graduate courses. Some of them are:- , D.A.V. College, Government Rajindra College, Bathinda, Guru Kashi University, Baba Farid College, Bathinda College of Law

, BathindaThe Central University of Punjab Bathinda (Punjab) has been established through the Central Universities Act 2009 which received the assent of the President of India on 20 March 2009. Its territorial jurisdiction extends to the whole State of Punjab.

It started its functioning from Camp Office in April 2009, which happens to be the residence of the Vice Chancellor, and from November 2009 it shifted to its City Campus spread over an area of 35 acres. Construction of the main campus has started on 540 acres of land in Ghudda Village (21.5 km from Bathinda ISBT) on Badal Road. Engineers India Limited, a Navratna Public Sector Undertaking, is providing PMC services for the project.

Maharaja Ranjit Singh Punjab Technical University, formerly Maharaja Ranjit Singh State Technical University, is a State technical university of Punjab located in Bathinda, Punjab (India), India. It was established in 2015 and has jurisdiction over 11 districts namely Bathinda district, Ferozepur district, Moga district, Faridkot district, Sri Muktsar Sahib district, Barnala district, Mansa district, Punjab, Sangrur district, Patiala district, Fatehgarh Sahib district and Fazilka district. University will function from upgraded Giani Zail Singh Punjab Technical University Campus.

Adesh Institute of Medical Sciences & Research (AIMSR) is a private not for profit Medical College associated with a 750-bed Tertiary Care Teaching hospital. It has 150 M.B.B.S. annual seat intake. The college is located on the Barnala Bathinda Highway. The college was established in 2006 under Adesh Institutions. AIMSR is approved by Medical Council of India and permitted by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. It was affiliated to Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, Faridkot from 2006 to 2011 MBBS Admissions Batch and is affiliated to Adesh University, Bathinda starting 2012.

Bathinda (and the Malwa region of north India) has always been active in the field of sports. Several eminent sporting personalities were born

were trained in Bathinda (see Bathinda#Notable People ). The city has a full-sized hockey stadium with Astroturf, an all-seater multipurpose sports stadium with capacity of over 10,000, a cricket ground (part of Police lines), a Golf course (Part of Cantonment), and several other multipurpose stadiums at Thermal colony, Railway Colony etc. There are also several indoor sports complexes, a tennis academy, several full-sized basketball courts, olympic-sized swimming pools, and a horse-riding club in the city. The city was approved as a site for development of an international cricket ground in 2007, but the plan was scrapped 8 years later due to lack of funds.

Due to its proximity to the India-Pakistan border, Bathinda has two strategically important military bases. , Bathinda Cantonment is the largest in India and one of the largest in Asia. It lies just east of the city border, and the National Highway 7 (India) passes through it. It houses one of the biggest ammunition depots in the country., Bathinda Air force station lies in Bhisiana, which lies 20km north west of the city center. Along with regular aircraft, it also houses unmanned aerial vehicles and DRDO AEW&CS aircraft. The station also doubles as a civil domestic airport for the city.

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There has been increasing incidence of various types of cancer in and around Bathinda. It is attributed to the presence of polluting industries and the indiscriminate use of modern pesticides and other toxic materials in farming. A 2007 epidemiological study found that the surface waters of Bathinda are contaminated with arsenic, cadmium, chromium, selenium and mercury (element) primarily due to the discharge of untreated waste water from surrounding industries. Unscientific farming practices, that emerged after the introduction of Green Revolution, are also alleged to be a reason for growing incidence of not just cancer but also, high rates of spontaneous abortions, reproductive aliments, genetic deformities, anaemia, diarrhoea, vomiting, Skeletal fluorosis and a host of skin ailments including rashes and boils. Many young couples are also reported to be migrating out to save their children from adverse effects. Hence the government has completely banned the use of ground water in the city for drinking purposes.