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आयुक्त
Welcome to the Customs Commissionerate, Ludhiana which has its jurisdiction covering the states of Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Union Territory of Chandigarh. Ludhiana city was founded in the period of Lodhi dynasty which ruled in Delhi from 1451-1526 A.D. The legend goes that two Lodhi Chief Yusaf Khan and Nihand Khan were deputed by Sikandar Lodhi (1489-1517 A.D.) to restore order in this region. They camped at the site of present city of Ludhiana which was then a village called Mir Hota. Yusaf Khan went across the river Sutlej in Jalandhar Doab to check Khokhars who were plundering the Doab and made a settlement at Sultanpur while Nihand Khan stayed back and founded the present city at the site of village Mir Hota. The new town was originally known as Lodhi-ana, which means the town of Lodi's. The name later changed to the present name Ludhiana. Ludhiana has the distinction of having the first medical school, The Christian Medical College and Hospital for women in Asia. It was founded by Dame Edith Mary Brown in 1894.