Sultanpur Lodhi
Sultanpur Lodhi is a city and a municipal council in Kapurthala district in the Indian state of Punjab. It was founded by Sultan
Khan Lodhi who was a general of Gazni in the A.D 1103. It was named after its founder which has been also mentioned in
en-a-akbari. This town lies on the left bank of a river called Kali Bein which runs 6 miles north to the intersection of Beas and
Sutlej.
The origins of this town took place during the reign of the Sikan Lodhi who was a Sultan of Delhi. He assigned the construction
of Sultanpur to Nawab Daulat Khan of Lahore who gave a very beautiful landscape to the environment of this town and
tranformed it into two new towns called Nakhilstan (Green Patch) and Shikargah ( Playhunt). However later it was rebuilt by
the same Nawab. At that time this town was located on the Grand Trunk Road which ran from Delhi to Lahore. However that
revolutionized this town into a great business centre and one of the most important centre for Muslim education in Northern
India at that time. It is said that sons of the Emperor Shah Jahan, Dara Shikoh and Aurangzeb, have studied their higher
education at the University of Sultanpur. Well into the next two centuries and during the Mughal Empire, it maintained its
position as the centre of the Muslim culture. Than Sikh Chiefs established their kingdoms in Punjab after the fall of the Moghal
Empire. One of the chiefs called Sardar Fateh Singh, the son of Sardar Jassa Singh, seized the town of Sultanpur to the state of
Kapurthala in 1777. Since than it has been a part of the State of Kapurthala but in 1951 Kapurthala became one of the districts
of Pepsu. Now Sultanpur is a sub division of Kapurthala.
The founder of Sikhism Guru Nank Dev ji spent 14 years in this town where he worked for the Nawab Daulat Khan
Lodhi.[citation needed] There are many Gurdwaras (Sikh Temples) related with his life in Sultanpur Lodhi. Some of the main
ones are Gurdwara Ber Sahib, Gurdwara Sant Ghat, Gurdwara Hatt Sahib, Gurdwara Antarjami and Gurdwara Guru ka bag.
Bibi Nanki, the sister of the Guruji also lived in Sultanpur Lodhi and there is a Gurdwara in her memory too.
Khan Lodhi who was a general of Gazni in the A.D 1103. It was named after its founder which has been also mentioned in
en-a-akbari. This town lies on the left bank of a river called Kali Bein which runs 6 miles north to the intersection of Beas and
Sutlej.
The origins of this town took place during the reign of the Sikan Lodhi who was a Sultan of Delhi. He assigned the construction
of Sultanpur to Nawab Daulat Khan of Lahore who gave a very beautiful landscape to the environment of this town and
tranformed it into two new towns called Nakhilstan (Green Patch) and Shikargah ( Playhunt). However later it was rebuilt by
the same Nawab. At that time this town was located on the Grand Trunk Road which ran from Delhi to Lahore. However that
revolutionized this town into a great business centre and one of the most important centre for Muslim education in Northern
India at that time. It is said that sons of the Emperor Shah Jahan, Dara Shikoh and Aurangzeb, have studied their higher
education at the University of Sultanpur. Well into the next two centuries and during the Mughal Empire, it maintained its
position as the centre of the Muslim culture. Than Sikh Chiefs established their kingdoms in Punjab after the fall of the Moghal
Empire. One of the chiefs called Sardar Fateh Singh, the son of Sardar Jassa Singh, seized the town of Sultanpur to the state of
Kapurthala in 1777. Since than it has been a part of the State of Kapurthala but in 1951 Kapurthala became one of the districts
of Pepsu. Now Sultanpur is a sub division of Kapurthala.
The founder of Sikhism Guru Nank Dev ji spent 14 years in this town where he worked for the Nawab Daulat Khan
Lodhi.[citation needed] There are many Gurdwaras (Sikh Temples) related with his life in Sultanpur Lodhi. Some of the main
ones are Gurdwara Ber Sahib, Gurdwara Sant Ghat, Gurdwara Hatt Sahib, Gurdwara Antarjami and Gurdwara Guru ka bag.
Bibi Nanki, the sister of the Guruji also lived in Sultanpur Lodhi and there is a Gurdwara in her memory too.
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