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Also known as Jaito

Jaitu (sometimes written as Jaito, also known as Gangsar Jaitu) is a historical city. Jaitu is a municipal council in Faridkot district in the Indian state of Punjab. It is subdivision in Ferozepur Division. It is from Bathinda, from Ludhiana, from Amritsar, from Patiala and from Chandigarh.

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Settlement.name
Jaitu
Settlement.native_name_lang
Punjabi
Settlement.other_name
Jaito, Gangsar Jaito
Settlement.settlement_type
City
Settlement.image_skyline
Gangsar Jaitu.jpg
Settlement.image_alt
Jaitu Da Morcha
Settlement.pushpin_map
India Punjab
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location in Punjab, India
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
State
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Punjab
Settlement.subdivision_type2
District
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Faridkot
Settlement.founder
Baba Jaitu
Settlement.government_type
State Government
Settlement.governing_body
Congress Party
Settlement.unit_pref
Metric
Settlement.area_total_km2
13.09

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Area
13.09
Elevation
207
Official website
www.jaitu.in
Dialing code
01635
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postal code
151202
Commons category
Jaitu
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Jaitu (sometimes written as Jaito, also known as Gangsar Jaitu) is a historical city. Jaitu is a municipal council in Faridkot district in the Indian state of Punjab. It is subdivision in Ferozepur Division. It is from Bathinda, from Ludhiana, from Amritsar, from Patiala and from Chandigarh.

==Etymology== According to some accounts, it took its name "Gangsar" from a folk story in which Guru Gobind Singh Ji visited the town and was sitting on a sand dune when he saw a saint crying. He asked the saint why he was crying to which the saint replied that he was crying because he lost his bowl in the Ganges river. After hearing his misfortune, the Guru fired off an arrow which struck the ground and opened a water source there fetching water and his lost bowl from the Ganges river. Later Gurdwara Tibbi Sahib Ji and Gurdwara Gangsar Sahib Ji were constructed on both the sites, on the sand dune where the Guru was sitting and where lake was opened.

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