Explanation:

When the reorganisation of Punjab took place on 1st November,1966 and Himachal and Haryana were carved out as the new States, whole of Kangra, some parts of Hoshiarpur and Gurdaspur Districts went over to Himachal and thus punjab left wih total of 11 districts. Thus in 1973, District of Ludhiana was transferred to Patiala Division. Jalandhar Division was left with the existing five Districts namely Jalandhar, Kapurthala, Amritsar, Gurdaspur and Hoshiarpur.Presently, Jalandhar comprises of seven districts namely Jalandhar, Kapurthala, Amritsar, Gurdaspur, Hoshiarpur,Tarn Taran and Pathankot.