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| country = [[Ludhiana]], Punjab, [[India]]
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'''Ludhiana''' is the largest city and largest industrial hub in Punjab, India. It is the biggest city north of Delhi. It is known for hosiery and bicycle manufacturing.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Ludhiana | title=Ludhiana | India | Britannica | access-date=23 July 2020 | archive-date=27 October 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027132410/https://www.britannica.com/place/Ludhiana | url-status=live }}</ref>

As of 2014 Ludhiana had 19.1 percent of Punjab's employment.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/jobs/ludhiana-offers-maximum-employment-economic-survey/articleshow/40869783.cms|title=Ludhiana offers maximum employment: Economic Survey - Economic Times|access-date=2014-08-25}}</ref>

==Textile industry==
Before [[Partition of India|Partition]], [[Lahore]] was the biggest industrial hub of Punjab. Then industry moved and settled in [[Ludhiana]]. Ludhiana became very important in India for its hosiery and textile industry. Now Ludhiana is Punjab's and (after [[Delhi]]) North India's largest city.

[[Vardhman Group of Companies|Vardhman Group]] is a textile group based there. Vardhman was established in 1965 by Lala Rattan Chand Oswal. The group is engaged in manufacturing and trading in yarn, fabric, sewing thread, acrylic fibre and alloy steel.

==Ludhiana Stock Exchange==
LSC was established in the year 1983. By 1999, the exchange had a total of 284 brokers, out of which 79 were corporate brokers. Among 284 brokers, it was further classified as 212 proprietor broker, 2 partnership broker and 70 corporate broker. Then, there was only 2 sub- brokers registered. It has branches in [[Jalandhar]], [[Amritsar]] and [[Chandigarh]].

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