Malout

Malout is a town and a municipal council in Muktsar district in the Indian state of Punjab. Located in southern Punjab, it is a prominent town in the cotton belt where production per unit area is one of the highest in India.Malout is located on NH-9 and NH 7 which connects Fazilka to Mana The boundaries of Haryana and Rajasthan are just 30 and 65 km away from Malout. On the other hand, it is only 55 km from Pakistan, so the area was highly active in emergency time due to military actions. Pincode of Malout is 152107.HistoryMalout city is four to five centuries old. The origin of the name of Malout city is disputed, but the most famous suggestions are the following: People of Maan cast founded a fort here, Kacha Kot, leading to popular name Mankot Nagar. With the passage of time people stated calling the city Manout and later MaloutAfter a popular wrestler (Mall) who was very helpful to people, so the name of this city became Maal-di-out then Malout.(his name was actually Oat Mall)The British set up a base there to import and export glucose which Indians call normally mal to Karachi. At that time this city was very famous as Mal out centre, so people started calling this city as Malout, In 1917, the British government established the Bathinda – Karachi railway line, to transport the goods from this part of India to Karachi. Malout Railway Station was established on the line in 1918. choudhari harji ram of Malout village, one of the richest persons of his time, also more popularly known as the 'king of cotton' of Punjab, established a new town near the railway station at west side, which was called Mandi Harji Raam. (Mandi means small town in Punjab)