Hin: अम्बाला ambāla
‘Mango Village’ – City/District, Haryana
From Hin: amba , ‘mango’; Hin: wala, ‘a place with’, ‘village’;
There are two other suggestions:
- from the goddess Bhawani Amba whose Temple still exists in Ambala city;
- named after Amba Rajput who allegedly founded it during the 14thC.
Ambala is a twin city made up of two parts separated by eight km: Ambala Cantonment and Ambala City, The Cantonment indicates a long association with the Arny and Air Force both under the British and post-Independence.
Its strategic location near Chandigarh and Delhi, but also close to the Punjabi border, have been behind suggestions that it couls be developed as an alternative economic centre to Delhi.
Ambala Cantonment Railway Station Gopal1035
