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'''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> | |||
==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. | |||
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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 | |||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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Latest revision as of 07:38, 11 March 2026
Bajwara is a suburb town of Hoshiarpur city in Punjab, India.[1][2] 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.[3]
History[edit | edit source]
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.[4] 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.[5] As per an account found in the 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.[4] 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.[4]
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[edit | edit source]
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Birth and marriage place of Mata Sundri -
Bajwara Fort, Hoshiarpur
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Page 476, World Perspectives on Swami Dayananda Saraswati, Gaṅgā Rām Garg, Concept Publishing Company, 1 January 1984 - Arya-Samaj
- ↑ Punjab District Gazetteers: Supplement, Punjab (India), Controller of Print. and Stationery, 1980
- ↑ "Punjab's Bajwara Fort crumbles as authorities remain indifferent". The Tribune. 5 July 2025. Retrieved 23 December 2025.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 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. https://doi.org/10.62656/SIJSS.v22i4.1556
- ↑ Lal, K. S. (1958). "Jasrat Khokhar". Proceedings of the Indian History Congress. 21: 274–281. ISSN 2249-1937.
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