History of Sultanpur Lodhi
Distance: 46km from Jalandhar (via Kapurthala)
City Name:Sultanpur Lodhi
Population: 1.5 lacs
Nearest airport: AMRITSAR
HISTORY
THIS HISTORICAL TOWN WAS FOUNDED BY SULTAN KHAN LODHI, A GENERAL OF MOHD. GAZNI IN THE 11th CENTURY A.D. DURING THE REIGN OF SIKANDAR LODHI. THE FAMOUS SULTAN OF LODHI, THIS WAS ENTERESTED TO DAULT KHAN LODHI, THE NAWAB OF LAHORE WHO REBUILT IT, BEING SITUATED ON THE OLD GRAND TRUNK RD. RUNNING FROM DELHI TO LAHORE.
IT FLOURISHED AS A BIG COMMERICIAL CENTER AND A PLACE OF MUSLIM SYSTEM OF LEARNING. THIS TOWN MAINTAINED ITS POSITION AND IMPORTANCE DURING THE MUGHAL PERIOD ALSO. AURANGZEB AND HIS BROTHER DARA SIKOH ARE SAID TO HAVE RECIEVED HIS THEIR EARLY EDUCATION AT THIS PLACE.
BIBI NANKI, GURU NANAK DEV's SISTER WAS MARRIED HERE TO JAI RAM WHO WAS DIWAN IN THE COURT OF NAWAB DAULAT KHAN LODHI. GURU NANAK DEV VISITED THIS PLACE IN 1484. JAI RAM INTRODUCED GURU JI TO NAWAB WHO APPOINTED HIM AS A MODI (MANAGER) OF STATE STORES. He STAYED HERE ABOUT 14 YEARS.
GURU NANAK DEV's MIND ALWAYS ABSORED IN SPIRTUAL THOUGTS, EVEN HE WAS BUSY WITH HIS DUTY. IT WAS HERE IN SULTANPUR LODHI THAT UNDER A BERRY TREE ON THE BANK OF KALI BEIM, GURU NANAK GET INLIGHTENMENT AND DECIDED TO PREACH TRUE RELIGION OF MANKIND. HERE NOW STAND A GRAND GURUDWARA KNOWN AS BER SAHIB
AMOUNG OTHER MONUMENTS AND RELICS WHICH TESTIFIED THE ENTIQUITY OF HIS MEDIEVEL TOWN ARE; THE KOS MINARS (MEDIEVEL MILESTONES); THE RUINS OF MEDIEVAL BRIDGES WHICH ONCE SPANNED THE KALI BEIN, CONSTRUCTED BY SHER SHAH SURI AND AURANGZEB. ALSO HERE IN SARAI WHICH LATER HOUSED THE TEHSIl BUILDING, CONSTRUCTED DURING THE REIGN OF JAHANGIR. LAST BUT Not LEAST IS THE HADIRA SITUATED ACROSS THE BEIN, WHICH WAS USED AS A PLACE OF RECREATIoN BY THE LOCAL RULERS
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GURUDWARAS IN SULTANPUR LODHI
1.GURUDWARA SHRE BER SAHIB
2.GURUDWARA HATT SAHIB
3. GURUDWARA BEBE NANki JI
4. GURUDWARA ANTARYAMTA
5.GURUDWARA SANT GHAAT
6.GURUDWARA KOTHRI SAHIB
7. GURUDWARA GURU KA BAGH
8. GURUDWARA SEHRA SAHIB
9. GURUDWARA RABAABSAR SAHIB, BHROANA (12 km west of SPL)
