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Narangwal

village in Ludhiana district

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 14, 2026
Entity authorityQ6965356
Source-derived summary

Narangwal is a village in Ludhiana Punjab, India, where most of the Grewal clan live. The Grewals are mainly Sikhs. The famous school Drishti Dr.R.C.Jain Innovative Public School is in Narangwal.

Sarpanch of the Village- Manjinder Singh Grewal

Numbardaars of the Village-

Seat Vacant after Death of S. Gurjit Singh (Patti Bhara Mall)

Baljit Kaur Grewal (Patti Raiki)

Famous Personalities of Village Narangwal:

1. Bhai Sahib Bhai Randhir Singh Ji

2. Baba Gurdit Singh Ji Kutia Sahib Wale

3. S. Gurnam Singh (Former Chief Minister of Punjab)

and many more.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Narangwal” as village in Ludhiana district. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Narangwal, village and Ludhiana.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current 90-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Narangwal, village and Ludhiana providing the first useful test.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Narangwal”, the useful work is to connect “village in Ludhiana district” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 14, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q6965356. VIAF identifies the subject as 159457627. The Library of Congress control number is n81085974. Authority coordinates are 30.750, 75.750. 1 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.

Critical limits

Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
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Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Narangwal”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Narangwal primary sources, Narangwal archive and Narangwal research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Narangwal”?
  2. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
  3. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from Narangwal” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.