The broad gauge railway reaches Pathankot which is 85 kilometres from Dharmsala and 115 kilometres from Palampur. |
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In addition, the railway line from Amritsar to Pathankot passed through the Batala and Gurdaspur tehsils. |
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However, Shereen Ilahi points out that the land route to Kashmir was entirely within the Pathankot tehsil, which had a Hindu majority. |
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If Batala and Gurdaspur had gone to Pakistan, Pathankot tehsil would have been isolated and blocked. |
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