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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Lalru
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| settlement_type = town
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| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = S.A.S Nagar (Mohali)
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| population_total = 25000
| population_as_of = 2011
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
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| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 140501
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| area_code = 01762
| registration_plate = PB-65,PB-70
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| blank1_info_sec1 = AMBALA, Derabassi,Zirakpur
| blank2_name_sec1 = Literacy
| blank2_info_sec1 = 90%
| blank3_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
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'''Lalru''' is a town and a Municipal Council In Mohali District about 30 km from [[Chandigarh]], the capital of both [[Haryana]] and [[India]]n [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]], on the Chandigarh-Ambala National Highway, [[NH 22]]. Lalru is having one of the toll tax barrier on this Chandigarh - Delhi National Highway.
It is the part of [[Greater Mohali]]<ref>https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_Mohali&ved=2ahUKEwih2Kqb-9voAhUbXn0KHRFoBawQFjAHegQIChAB&usg=AOvVaw2YjvsRmKzD6rWd7rQqm279 {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref> and [[Chandigarh Capital Region]]<ref>https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandigarh_Capital_Region&ved=2ahUKEwjkuILZ-9voAhXEfX0KHf6eBycQFjAMegQIAxAB&usg=AOvVaw1At6EiODaRvl1jl3s9TGOC {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref> (CCR) or [[Chandigarh Metropolitan Region]] (CMR), Which is an area, which includes the union territory city of Chandigarh, and its neighboring cities of Mohali, Zirakpur, New Chandigarh (in Punjab) and Panchkula (in Haryana). Chandigarh Administration, Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA) and Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) are different authorities responsible for development of this region.

The economy of the region is interdependent as the area is continuously inhabited, though falling under different states. There is lot of movement of people and goods daily to and from suburbs, like most of the people working in Chandigarh live in a suburb like Zirakpur. The local industry is on the outskirts like Derabassi, Lalru and Baddi.
[[Greater Mohali]] is an extension of Mohali city and includes the areas of Mundi Kharar, Lalru and Landran. This area comes under Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA).
<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120515221036/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-04-05/chandigarh/29384064_1_expressway-traffic-congestion-highway Expressway to propel UT – Times Of India]</ref>

==History==
[[1987 Lalru bus massacre]] on 6 July 1987 took place at Lalru in which 38 [[Hindu]] were killed by pro-[[Khalistan]] [[Sikh]] anti-Government [[militant]]s when a bus going from [[Dhilwan]] in [[Kapurthala district]] to [[Jalandhar]] was attacked by [[Punjab insurgency|Sikh militants]] to [[Persecution of Hindus|drive out the million Hindus]] living in the state of Punjab and force the Sikhs living outside of the Punjab state to move in to enable the Sikh separatists to claim the Punjab state as a sovereign country of Khalistan.<ref name="LAT15Hindus">{{cite news |last1=Tempest |first1=Rone |title=Suspected Sikh Terrorists Kill 15 on India Bus |url=http://articles.latimes.com/1986-07-26/news/mn-2_1_sikhs |accessdate=17 October 2018 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=26 July 1986}}</ref><ref name="IT_1987Lalru">{{cite news |title=Terrorists kill bus passengers in Punjab and Haryana mercilessly |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/19870731-terrorists-kill-bus-passengers-in-punjab-and-haryana-mercilessly-799092-1987-07-31 |accessdate=26 October 2018 |publisher=India Today |date=31 July 1987}}</ref>

==Educational Institutes==

*Swami Parmanand Group of Colleges <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://spcet.org/|title=Welcome to Swami Parmanand Group of Colleges|website=spcet.org|access-date=2019-11-10}}</ref>
*Universal Group of Institutions <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ugi.ac.in/|title=- UGI|website=www.ugi.ac.in|access-date=2019-11-10}}</ref>
*Punjab College of Engineering & Technology (PCET)
*Ram Devi Jindal Group of Professional Institutions <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://rdginstitutions.com/|title=Ram Devi Jindal Group Of Professional Institutions|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-10}}</ref>
*Divya Shiksha Gurukul College of Education <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://index.html/|title=DS GURUKUL|access-date=2019-11-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130813222110/http://index.html/|archive-date=13 August 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*Attri College of Education for Girls <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://attricoe.org/|title=Attri College of Education for Girls {{!}} Education with vision|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-10}}</ref>
*Govt. ITI Lalru <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.punjabitis.gov.in/WebsitePages/ITIHome.aspx?enc=vPJ5dKgSvWHPMJmBludukfTt8hiRfc5/33cmfMkvSjM=|title=ITI Home Page :: Department of Technical Education and Industrial Training, Government of Punjab|website=www.punjabitis.gov.in|access-date=2019-11-10}}</ref>
*Pratap Academy

== See also ==
* [[Lalru railway station]]
* [[1987 Punjab killings]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Punjab, India]]
[[Category:Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar district]]

Lalru - Revision history

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