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Tarn Taran Sahib

City in Punjab, India

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History

Tarn Taran Sahib dates back to the times of the fifth sikh Guru Shri Guru Arjan Dev Ji (1563-1606). He laid the foundation of this city in 1596 and the milestone was laid for the welfare of people with the establishment of Shri Tarn Taran Sahib Temple. Tarn Taran Sahib was part of the Bhangi Misl ruled by a powerful Sikh family of Dhillon clan from 1716 to 1810. In 1947, the year of the partition of Indian and the partition of Punjab, Tarn Taran was the only tehsil in Punjab along with Shiekhpura, Ludhiana, Jalandhar, Hoshiarpur, Kapurthala, Amritsar, Lyallpur, Patiala with a majority Sikh population. The city was a center of the Sikh insurgency during the 1980s and early 1990s.

Guru Sahib created the city for the welfare of people. He was the first to initiate the noble cause of curing the leprosy patients. It was later strengthened by the setup of leprosy home by Church Missionary society in 1885.

The city is the center of Sikh culture and has many historical Gurudwaras. The Majha belt is considered a historic Sikh center of gathering and interest. The city has many historical Gurudwaras which include Darbar Sahib Sri Guru Arjan Dev Ji, Gurudwara Guru ka Khuh (Gurudwara of the Guru's Well), Gurdwara Bibi Bhani Da Khuh, Gurudwara Takkar Sahib, Guruwara Lakeer Sahib, Gurudwara Baba Garja Singh Baba Bota Singh, Gurudwara Jhulne Mahal, and Thatti Khara.

Gurdwara Reform Movement

As the Gurdwara reform movement got under way, the control of the sacred shrines passed to a representative body of the Sikhs, the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, on 27 January 1921. A leper asylum established by Guru Arjan Dev was ignored by the clergy after the abrogation of Sikh sovereignty, and taken over in 1858 by Christian missionaries.

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