Joginder Nagar, the town in which Govt. Girls Senior Secondary School, Joginder Nagar is established, also bears the name “Electric Town” as it is having 3 Hydro-Electric Power Projects namely Shanan (110 MW), Bassi (60 MW) & Uhl Stage III (100 MW under construction) in it. Shanan power house was built under the guidance of Colonel B.C. Batty, a British, during 1925 to 1932. A nagar panchayat in Mandi district, Joginder Nagar also have the privilege of being the terminal point of the narrow gauge railway track from Pathankot. The railway track built basically to cater to the needs of construction of Shanan hydro-electric power project is nothing less than a heritage today.
Joginder Nagar was named after Raja Joginder Sen, the King of Mandi while the name of the original village was Sukrahatti.
