It became the 17th district of Punjab State on 24 November 1995. It is also known as NRI district. Most Punjabi Non-resident Indians (NRIs) belong to rural areas of Moga District, who immigrated to the USA, the UK and Canada in the last 30–40 years. 40-45% of the population of NRIs from Canada, the US and the UK belong to Moga district. (The NRI Punjabis of the UK are almost exclusively from the Doaba regions of Jalandhar and Hoshiarpur. Those from Moga are a tiny minority). Moga District is among the largest producers of wheat and rice in Punjab, India. People from Moga City and Moga District belong to the Malwa culture. Numerous attempts were previously made to make Moga a district but all were unsuccessful. Finally the then Chief Minister of Punjab S. Harcharan Singh Brar agreed to the public demand to make this a district on 24 November 1995. Before this, Moga was the subdivision of Faridkot district. Moga town, the headquarters of the district, is situated on Ferozpur-Ludhiana road. According to the 2011 census Moga district has a population of 992,289,roughly equal to the nation of Fiji or the US state of Montana.This gives it a ranking of 447th in India (out of a total of 640).The distr Moga has a s*x ratio of 893 females for every 1000 males,and a literacy rate of 71.6%. Notable people:
Narinder Singh Kapany, Indian born American physicist known for his work in fiber optics
Ghaderi Baba Nidhan Singh Chugga, former leader of Ghadar party, freedom fighter
Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, eminent Sikh leader, born in the village of Rode
Lala Lajpat Rai, Indian freedom fighter from Dhudhike
Jathedar Tota Singh former Education Minister Punjab and currently Agriculture Minister Punjab. Karnail Singh Pars former [MP] and President of Lok Bhalai Party from Ramuwalia Nawan
Lachhman Singh Gill, Chief Minister of Punjab
Sonu Sood, Indian Film Actor
