Wikipedia's first sentence called it “home of the founder of the ahmadi sect of the muslims”. Today it says “town and a municipal council in gurdaspur district”.
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The opening as it read in 2005
Qadian , a small town in Gurdaspur north-east of Amritsar in Punjab India . Qadian is the home of the founder of the Ahmadi Sect of the Muslims , Mirza Ghulam Ahmad .1
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City Qadian ( Punjabi : ਕ਼ਾਦੀਆਨ, قادیان ; , IPA : [qaːdiːaːn]) is a small town and a municipal council in Gurdaspur District , north-east of Amritsar , situated 18 kilometres (11 mi) north-east of Batala city in the state of Punjab , India .Qadian is perhaps best known as the birthplace of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad and of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Movement he founded.
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Town in Punjab, India Qadian ( Punjabi : ਕ਼ਾਦੀਆਨ ( Gurmukhi ) , قادیان ( Shahmukhi ) ; , ) is the 4th largest town and a municipal council in Gurdaspur District , north-east of Amritsar , situated 18 kilometres (11 mi) north-east of Batala city in the state of Punjab , India .
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Town in Punjab, India Qadian ( / k ɑː d ɪ j ɑː n / ) is a town and a municipal council in Gurdaspur District , north-east of Amritsar , situated 18 kilometres (11 mi) north-east of Batala city in the state of Punjab , India .Qadian is the birthplace of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad , the founder of the Ahmadiyya movement.It remained the centre of the Ahmadiyya movement until the Partition of India in 1947.
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
City in Punjab, India Qadian ( ; ) is a city and a municipal council in Gurdaspur district , north-east of Amritsar , situated 18 kilometres (11 mi) north-east of Batala city in the state of Punjab, India . Qadian is the birthplace of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad , the founder of the Ahmadiyya movement within Islam . It remained the headquarters of the Ahmadiyya movement until the Partition of India in 1947."Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)" .
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The opening as it stood in 2025
Town in Punjab, India Qadian ( Punjabi pronunciation: [käːd̪ijä̃ː] ; Hindustani pronunciation: [qɑːd̪ijɑ̃ːn] ) is a town and a municipal council in Gurdaspur district , north-east of Amritsar , situated 18 kilometres (11 mi) north-east of Batala city in the state of Punjab, India . Qadian is the birthplace of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad , the founder of the Ahmadiyya movement within Islam . It remained the headquarters of the movement until the Partition of India in 1947. "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)" . There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or templates on this page, but the references will not show without a template or template (see the help page ).
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home of the founder of the ahmadi sect of the muslims
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town and a municipal council in gurdaspur district
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