https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=GhrispuraGhrispura - Revision history2026-08-21T11:10:04ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.43.6https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ghrispura&diff=500434&oldid=prevTudu Hommie: new.2025-09-13T03:39:50Z<p>new.</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Multiple issues|<br />
{{Orphan|date=October 2020}}<br />
{{more citations needed|date=October 2020}}<br />
}}<br />
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2023}}<br />
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}}<br />
'''Ghrispura''' (also known as '''Gadhram Khurd''')<ref>{{Cite web|title=Gadhram Khurd|url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/Gadhram+Khurd,+Punjab+140112,+India/@30.8915315,76.4572692,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x390fffe0f97a2db5:0xe05306bae0d6b9c4!8m2!3d30.8917142!4d76.4595622?shorturl=1|access-date=2020-10-22|website=Gadhram Khurd|language=en}}</ref> is a village on the [[Guru Gobind Singh Marg]] route, in the [[Rupnagar district|Ropar district]] of [[Punjab, India|Punjab]], [[India]]. It is approximately {{convert|5|km}} from [[Chamkaur Sahib]] and about {{convert|40|km}} from [[Chandigarh]].<br />
<br />
Ghirspura is a small farming community with a population of about 150, mainly of [[Jat Sikh]]s and [[Mazhabi Sikh]]s. The village has an elementary school, and the closest high schools are in [[Bhaku Marja]] and [[Chamkaur Sahib]]. There is a Sikh [[gurdwara]] in the village, and all Jat Sikh in the village carry the Shahi last name.<br />
<br />
== History ==<br />
Two Jat Sikh Shahi brothers, Deva and Lakha, moved in the mid-19th century from a village called Hargana<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hargana|url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/Hargana,+Punjab+141411,+India/@30.7461139,76.3572764,15z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x391003605a928927:0xe841b0b175413181!8m2!3d30.7461784!4d76.3658991?shorturl=1|access-date=2020-10-22|website=Hargana|language=en}}</ref> in the [[Fatehgarh Sahib district]] of Punjab. In Hargana, Shahi families belong to both Sikh and Hindu religions.<ref>{{Cite web |title=SHAHIS OF PUNJAB & KABUL, Last Native Rulers of Punjab in the Medieval Ages |last=Singh |first=Inderjeet |work=SikhNet |date=29 January 2016 |url= https://www.sikhnet.com/news/shahis-punjab-kabul-last-native-rulers-punjab-medieval-ages |access-date=20 May 2025 }}</ref> Since the 1960s, descendants of Deva and Lakha have migrated within India ([[Samalkha]], [[Haryana]] and [[Kolkata]]) and to other countries; [[Arusha]] in [[Tanzania]], the [[United Kingdom]], [[United States]], [[Canada]] and [[Australia]].{{fact|date=June 2023}}<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
<br />
{{coord|30|53|30|N|76|27|34|E|display=title}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Villages in Rupnagar district]]<br />
<br />
{{PunjabIN-geo-stub}}</div>Tudu Hommie