14-505: Karimpura is a village in Fatehgarh Sahib district, Punjab , India . There are about 30 to 35 households in the village. It is 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) from Bassi Pathana and 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) from Fatehgarh Sahib. The village has a primary school, veterinary hospital, dairy plant, gym, volleyball court, and other sports activities. The gotras of Jatts in the village are Virk, Cheema, Gill, Dhindsa, Bajwa and Sandhu. It
28-458: Is a city and a sacred pilgrimage site of Sikhism in the north west Indian state of Punjab . It is the headquarters of Fatehgarh Sahib district , located about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) north of Sirhind . Fatehgarh Sahib is named after Fateh Singh , the 7-year-old son of Guru Gobind Singh , who was seized and buried alive, along with his 9-year-old brother Zoravar Singh , by the Mughals under
42-528: Is connected through a wide road to the Morinda – Sirhind highway. This village has a 24 hour electricity connection and most of the houses have internet connection with WiFi. The roads of this village has street lights where as no other village in Punjab has street lights.Village of former Chairman,Jagjit Singh Virk. Fatehgarh Sahib Fatehgarh Sahib ( Punjabi pronunciation: [fə.t̪éː.gə́ɽᵊ sä́ːbᵊ] )
56-463: Is the major landmark in the town. It marks the location where two youngest sons of Guru Gobind Singh Ji – 7-year-old Baba Fateh Singh Ji and 9-year-old Baba Zorawar Singh Ji– were betrayed by their cook and servant Gangu to the Mughal army, seized, asked to convert to Islam and when they refused they were buried alive under the orders of Wazir Khan. Their martyrdom on 9 December 1705 has been remembered by
70-556: The diwan in the court of Nawab Wazir Khan , the Governor of Sirhind, under Mughal Empire . Today, it is remembered for the cremation of young martyred sons of Guru Gobind Singh and his mother. The haveli is situated in Harnam Nagar, on the Eastern side of Sirhind - Rupnagar Railway Line just 1 km away from Fatehgarh Sahib , and is now being taken over and restored by SGPC with
84-529: The Phulkian state gazetteer, he belonged to an Agarwal family of Kakra village, a few miles from Patiala . In Sikh history , he is remembered for buying a small piece of land at a very huge price saying the world's costliest land ever bought for the cremation of the dead bodies of Mata Gujri , the mother and Sahibzada Zorawar Singh and Baba Fateh Singh , the two younger sons of 10th Sikh Guru , Guru Gobind Singh in 1704 A.D, by paying an exorbitant price to
98-557: The Sikhs by naming the site as Fatehgarh after the youngest boy killed, and by building a large Gurdwara in 1843. The town is also the location where the Sikhs took revenge by capturing it from Wazir Khan in 1710 and killing him. However, the Sikh militia was defeated again few years later and the town remained in the control of Muslim rulers, including later an appointee of Ahmed Shah Durrani till 1764, when Khalsa recaptured it by defeating and killing
112-464: The Wazir Khan 'Governor Of Sirhind'. He had to cover the whole piece of land with gold coins (ashrafis) in a vertical position, as he was asked to vertically place gold coins on the land and only that much land was given to him which he could cover with gold coins. He later also made arrangements for their cremation. But, according to Dr Harjinder Singh Dilgeer, the bodies of all the three were cremated by
126-471: The appointee Zain Khan. The town is home to major Sikh Gurdwaras: There also exists remains of an ancient Royal inn in the city named Aam Khas Bagh that was initially built by Akbar and rebuilt by Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan . Shaheedi Jor Mel Every year between 11th and 14th of the month of Poh (usually about 25 to 27 December), Fatehgarh Sahib is the pilgrimage site for many Sikhs who visit it to remember
140-463: The descendants of Todar Mall Shahjahani because the latter had already died in 1665–66. Todar Mal, however had to bear the brunt of Wazir Khan's wrath, and he and his family had to abandon the haveli soon after, and themselves faded into oblivion, with dilapidated building being their only reminder. In the coming years, the haveli fell into rapid disrepair, and collapsed at many place. Though it survived ransacking of Sirhind by Banda Bahadur and during
154-497: The help of Punjab govt and INTACH . The lavish haveli constructed with Sirhindi bricks stand just outside the Mughal Governor Nawab Wazir Khan's palace, once boasts of a grand reception area to receive and entertain guests and a well laid-out ground complete with a pool and fountains. Diwan Todar Mal was a Jain and 'Dewan' in the court of Mughal Nawab of Sirhind , Wazir Khan. and as per account in
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#1732884987840168-456: The martyrdom, locally known as Shaheedi Jor Mel of the sons of Guru Gobind Singh . Todarmal , who is most remembered for defying the Mughals by arranging for the cremation of young martyred sons of Guru Gobind Singh and his mother, had a haveli that still exists, Todar Mal Haveli . Jahaz Haveli The Haveli Todar Mal popularly known as Jahaz Haveli or Jahaz Mahal is the 17th century residence ( haveli ) of Todar Mal, who became
182-472: The orders of governor Wazir Khan during the ongoing Mughal-Sikh wars of the early 18th century. The town experienced major historical events after the martyrdom of the sons in 1705, with frequent changes of control between the Sikhs and Mughals. The town features historic Gurdwaras, including the underground Bhora Sahib marking the location where the two boys refused to convert to Islam and fearlessly accepted being bricked alive. In contemporary times,
196-503: The town is the site of educational institutions such as the SGPC run Guru Granth Sahib University and Baba Banda Singh Bahadur Engineering College. The city is a historically important settlement 40 kilometres (25 mi) north of the city of Patiala and 42 kilometers (26 mi) west of Punjab's capital, Chandigarh . It is a major pilgrimage center in Sikhism . The Gurdwara Fatehgarh Sahib
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