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	~~[[File:Bajwara Fort Hoshiarpur.jpg\|thumb\|Bajwara Fort, Hoshiarpur]]~~
	'''Bajwara''' is an old historic town situated in [[Hoshiarpur District]].<ref>Page 476, World Perspectives on Swami Dayananda Saraswati, Gaṅgā Rām Garg, Concept Publishing Company, 1 January 1984 - Arya-Samaj</ref><ref>Punjab District Gazetteers: Supplement, Punjab (India), Controller of Print. and Stationery, 1980</ref> It is birthplace of [[Mata Sundri]], second wife of [[Guru Gobind Singh]].

	~~==History==~~		'''Bajwara''' is a suburb town of [[Hoshiarpur]] city in [[Punjab, India\|Punjab]], [[India]].<ref>Page 476, World Perspectives on Swami Dayananda Saraswati, Gaṅgā Rām Garg, Concept Publishing Company, 1 January 1984 - Arya-Samaj</ref><ref>Punjab District Gazetteers: Supplement, Punjab (India), Controller of Print. and Stationery, 1980</ref> It is birthplace of [[Mata Sundri]], first wife of [[Guru Gobind Singh]]. This is also the birthplace of Sher Shah Suri, Todar Mal from the Jerath family, and Mahatama Hansraj.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news \|date=5 July 2025 \|title=Punjab's Bajwara Fort crumbles as authorities remain indifferent \|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/jalandhar/bajwara-fort-crumbles-as-authorities-remain-indifferent/ \|access-date=23 December 2025 \|work=The Tribune}}</ref>
	~~This~~ town ~~was founded by~~ [[~~Baiju Bawra~~]].<ref>~~Retrieved from Municipal Committee website~~, ~~Hoshiarpur~~: [~~http://mchoshiarpur~~.~~org/aboutus~~.~~html Official Website]~~ {{~~Webarchive~~\|url=https://~~web~~.~~archive~~.~~org~~/~~web~~/~~20181122220652~~/~~http~~://~~www~~.~~mchoshiarpur~~.~~org~~/~~aboutus~~.~~html \|date=22 November 2018 }}~~</ref> ~~This town~~ was ~~settled sometime in the late 15th century by~~ [[~~Pashtun~~]] [[~~Muslims~~]] ~~from the~~ [[~~Sulaiman Mountains~~]]. ~~From this town,~~ the ~~[[Pathans]] used to keep~~ an ~~eye on~~ the ~~local Hindu Hill Rulers in case they tried to rebel against~~ [[~~Lodi dynasty~~\|~~Lodi rule~~]]. [[~~Bahlul Lodi~~]] ~~also used to use this town as a fortress while going on his expeditions~~. The ~~[[Rajput]] ruler [[Raja Sansar Chand]] built~~ a ~~fort here known~~ as ~~''Bajwara Fort'' sometime in~~ the ~~18th century during~~ [[~~Mughal Empire\|Mughal~~]] ~~rule~~. This place got ~~developed~~ till the 18th century before it came into the ~~hands~~ of [[Jat~~\|Sansi~~]] [[Sikh]] ruler [[Maharaja Ranjit Singh]].
	[[File:Mata Sunder Kaur Gurdwara Bajwara Hoshiarpur.JPG~~\|thumb~~\|Birth and ~~Marriage~~ place of [[Mata Sundri]]]]		==History==
			Bajwara had been founded by three immigrants from Ghazni, one of whom was a singer named Baju Baora, whose name would be given to the settlement.<ref name=":2">GANIE, Y. Y. (2024). Town Formation in Punjab: A Study of Punjab Under Sultanate Rule. ''South India Journal of Social Sciences'', ''22''(4), page 174. <nowiki>https://doi.org/10.62656/SIJSS.v22i4.1556</nowiki></ref> It was site of a battle between Raja [[Jasrat]] and Allahdad Kaka, governor of [[Lahore]] of [[Delhi Sultanate]] in 1432, who was defeated and forced to flee.<ref>{{Cite journal\|author-link=K. S. Lal \|last=Lal \|first=K. S. \|date=1958 \|title=Jasrat Khokhar \|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/44145212 \|journal=Proceedings of the Indian History Congress \|volume=21 \|pages=274–281 \|issn=2249-1937}}</ref> As per an account found in the ''[[District Gazetteer\|Hoshiarpur District Gazatteer]]'', the area of Bajwara was historically larger than its present-day size, consisting of eighteen miles in circumference, however its size was reduced by [[Todar Mal]], an official of Akbar's court.<ref name=":2" /> The reason for reducing its size was a punishment, as Todar Mal did not feel he was extended a warm welcome by the residents when he was travelling through the locality en-route to the [[Kangra Fort]].<ref name=":2" />

			This place got redeveloped till the 18th century before it came into the initiation of [[Jat]] [[Sikh]] ruler [[Maharaja Ranjit Singh]] who trivially commissioned the founding stone of Bajwara fort. Bajwara was a popular trading centre between Bukhra and Delhi. Bajwara consisted of 22 Bassi villages.

			== Gallery ==
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			File:Mata Sunder Kaur Gurdwara Bajwara Hoshiarpur.JPG\|Birth and marriage place of [[Mata Sundri]]
			File:Bajwara Fort Hoshiarpur.jpg\|[[Bajwara Fort]], Hoshiarpur
			</gallery>

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{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2018}}
[[File:Bajwara Fort Hoshiarpur.jpg|thumb|Bajwara Fort, Hoshiarpur]]
'''Bajwara''' is an old historic town situated in [[Hoshiarpur District]].<ref>Page 476, World Perspectives on Swami Dayananda Saraswati, Gaṅgā Rām Garg, Concept Publishing Company, 1 January 1984 - Arya-Samaj</ref><ref>Punjab District Gazetteers: Supplement, Punjab (India), Controller of Print. and Stationery, 1980</ref> It is birthplace of [[Mata Sundri]], second wife of [[Guru Gobind Singh]].

==History==
This town was founded by [[Baiju Bawra]].<ref>Retrieved from Municipal Committee website, Hoshiarpur: [http://mchoshiarpur.org/aboutus.html Official Website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181122220652/http://www.mchoshiarpur.org/aboutus.html |date=22 November 2018 }}</ref> This town was settled sometime in the late 15th century by [[Pashtun]] [[Muslims]] from the [[Sulaiman Mountains]]. From this town, the [[Pathans]] used to keep an eye on the local Hindu Hill Rulers in case they tried to rebel against [[Lodi dynasty|Lodi rule]]. [[Bahlul Lodi]] also used to use this town as a fortress while going on his expeditions. The [[Rajput]] ruler [[Raja Sansar Chand]] built a fort here known as ''Bajwara Fort'' sometime in the 18th century during [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] rule. This place got developed till the 18th century before it came into the hands of [[Jat|Sansi]] [[Sikh]] ruler [[Maharaja Ranjit Singh]].
[[File:Mata Sunder Kaur Gurdwara Bajwara Hoshiarpur.JPG|thumb|Birth and Marriage place of [[Mata Sundri]]]]

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StevieBavin8727 at 02:08, 11 March 2026

>John of Reading: Typo/general fixes, replaced: till 18th century → till the 18th century, incase → in case