About the City:

• Patiala has been cultural and academic center of northern India. The erstwhile rulers of Patiala state were great patrons of art and culture. Thus under the Maharajas, Patiala had developed into an important educational centre. It was the first city in this part of the country to have a Degree College- the Mohindra College- established in 1870.

• This city has the credit of setting up the first printing press in Punjab – the famous Printing Press of Munshi Naval Kishore and for manufacturing the first Punjabi Typewriter. 

• Today, Patiala is an important seat of learning with a full-fledged University, a Government Medical College, a Dental College, an Ayurvedic College and an Engineering College.

  Guru Gobind Singh Bhawan, Punjabi University, Patiala

• The inauguration of this university took place on 24th June, 1962. After the Hebrew University of Israel, this is the only University to be named after a language. Initially, the foremost task assigned to this university was "to promote Punjabi studies, to provide for research in Punjabi literature, to undertake measures for the development of Punjabi language. Regarding its commitment to the cause of Punjabi, the Punjabi language department of the university has translated a number of non-Punjabi classics into Punjabi. Punjabi culture has also received a fillip through diligent and scholarly work on projects like Encyclopedia of Sikhism.

• The University has since evolved into a multi-faceted, multi-faculty educational institution with over fifty-five teaching and research departments in the fields of Humanities, Sciences, Fine Arts and Space Physics.

• The University has three regional centres, namely, The Guru Kashi Regional Centre at Bathinda, The Guru Kashi Campus at Talwandi Sabo and The Nawab Sher Mohammad Khan Institute of Advanced Studies in Urdu, Persian and Arabic at Malerkotla.Punjabi University, Patiala, has set up an Extension Centre for computer education at Jaito.