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Fatehgarh Sahib
Coordinates: 30°38′50″N 76°23′35″E
Fatehgarh Sahib is a city and a sacred pilgrimage site
of Sikhism in the north west Indian state of Punjab.[1][2] Fatehgarh Sahib
It is the headquarters of Fatehgarh Sahib district,
City
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 the orders of governor
Wazir Khan during the ongoing Mughal-Sikh wars of
the early 18th century.[1][2] The town experienced major
historical events after the martyrdom of the sons in
1705, with frequent changes of control between the
Sikhs and Mughals.[1][3]
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.[1][4] In contemporary
times, the town is the site of educational institutions
such as the SGPC run Guru Granth Sahib University
and Baba Banda Singh Bahadur Engineering College.[5]
History Clockwise from top:
Gurdwara Fatehgarh Sahib, Rauza Sharif,
Aam Khas Bagh, Jahaz Haveli, Khanda
The city is a historically important settlement 40
Museum.
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 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.[1][6] Their martyrdom on 9
December 1705 has been remembered by the Sikhs by
naming the site as Fatehgarh after the youngest boy
killed, and by building a large Gurdwara in 1843.[1] The
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town is also the location where the Sikhs took revenge Location in Punjab, India
by capturing it from Wazir Khan in 1710 and killing Show map of India
him.[1][3] However, the Sikh militia was defeated again Show map of Punjab
few years later and the town remained in the control of Show all
Muslim rulers, including later an appointee of Ahmed Coordinates: 30°38′50″N 76°23′35″E
Shah Durrani till 1764, when Khalsa recaptured it by Country India
defeating and killing the appointee Zain Khan.[1][3] State Punjab
District Fatehgarh Sahib
Places of worship Named for Baba Fateh Singh, son of
Guru Gobind Singh
Elevation 246 m (807 ft)
Population
• Total 50,788
Languages Punjabi
• Official Punjabi
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN 140406,140407
Telephone +91-1763
Bhora Sahib, the sanctum
code
remembering the spot where two
Vehicle PB-23
sons of Guru Gobind Singh were
registration
buried alive. The wall is visible to the
side of the golden dome. Website www.fatehgarhsahib.nic.in
(http://www.fatehgarhsahi
b.nic.in)
The town is home to major Sikh Gurdwaras:
[1] (http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/23/F
atehgarh.html)
Bhora Sahib: the underground location within
Fatehgarh Sahib Gurdwara where the two sons
were buried alive. This monument was built by Karam
Singh of Patiala in early 19th-century.
Fatehgarh Sahib Gurdwara: the main Sikh temple in the
town, in whose basement is Bhora Sahib. The Gurdwara
stands on a high point of the town, has an Indo-Islamic
architecture with a square plan, a ribbed lotus dome and
cusped arches. The floor is made of marble and is
decorated with a mosaic. It is three storeyed consisting of a
basement, a central pavilion and dome level above. The
basement has a copy of the Sikh scripture, Khalsa swords,
dagger and other holy historic relics. It is marked with
silence, usually with visitors as well as pilgrims seated and
praying. The upper level with the central pavilion also
houses the Guru Granth Sahib and features kirtan singing.
The upper levels and domes were added by Yadavinder
Singh in 1955, after India gained its independence from the Backview of the entrance gateway
colonial British Empire.[1] to the Fatehgarh Sahib Gurdwaras
Gurdwara Jyoti Sarup lies about 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) complex, Punjab
southeast from Fatehgarh Sahib on the Sirhind-Chandigarh
road. At this place, Mata Gujri – the mother of Guru Gobind
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Singh, and her two youngest grandchildren, Fateh Singh and Zorawar Singh were cremated.[1]
[3][6]
Gurdwara Bimangarh is close to the Fatehgarh Sahib Gurdwara. It is a location where the dead
bodies of the two children and their grandmother was kept for the night before the cremation.[1]
Banda Bahadur platform is believed in the Sikh tradition as the place where 6,000 Sikhs died
fighting the Muslim army in the Battle of Chapparchiri.[3]
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 the
martyrdom, locally known as Shaheedi Jor Mel of the sons of Guru Gobind Singh.[1]
Todar Mal Haveli
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.[7]
See also
Anandpur Sahib
Harmandir Sahib
Sirhind-Fategarh
History of Sirhind
References
Citations
1. Gurmukh Singh (2009), Fatehgarh Sahib (http://www.learnpunjabi.org/eos/index.aspx),
Encyclopedia of Sikhism, Editor in Chief: Harbans Singh, Punjab University
2. W. H. McLeod (2009). The A to Z of Sikhism (https://books.google.com/books?id=vgixwfeCyDA
C). Scarecrow. p. 65. ISBN 978-0-8108-6344-6.
3. H. S. Singha (2000). The Encyclopedia of Sikhism (over 1000 Entries) (https://books.google.co
m/books?id=gqIbJz7vMn0C). Hemkunt Press. pp. 186–187. ISBN 978-81-7010-301-1.
4. Harish Jain (2003). The Making of Punjab (https://books.google.com/books?id=CLCBJiEHs4cC
&pg=PA289). Unistar. p. 289.
5. Pashaura Singh; Louis E. Fenech (2014). The Oxford Handbook of Sikh Studies (https://book
s.google.com/books?id=CzYeAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT555). Oxford University Press. p. 555.
ISBN 978-0-19-100412-4.
6. Bonnie G. Smith (2008). The Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History (https://books.go
ogle.com/books?id=EFI7tr9XK6EC). Oxford University Press. pp. 410–411.
ISBN 978-0-19-514890-9.
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7. Dahiya 2014, p. 185.
Sources
Dahiya, Amardeep S. (2014), Founder of the Khalsa: The Life and Times of Guru Gobind Singh
(https://books.google.com/books?id=UA09BAAAQBAJ), ISBN 978-93-81398-53-1
External links
Official website (https://web.archive.org/web/20190517083812/https://fatehgarhsahib.nic.in/)
Materializing Sikh Pasts (http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17448720500442592),
Anne Murphy (2006)
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