Sikh Era
Pasrur was visited by Guru Nanak during his journey to Arabia. The Mughal emperor Jahangir made his camp here while on a hunting trip. Contrary to the common belief, Pasrur was not conquered by Maharaja Ranjit Singh. Rather, it was the home of a branch of the Ahluwalia clan. The Ahluwalia ruling families were his friends as they were related to Jassa Singh Ahluwalia. Because of this, it was mapped in as part of the larger and a formidable kingdom of the undivided Punjab. Lahora Singh, a relative of Jassa Singh Ahluwalia (thought to be his cousin or nephew), was a fourteen-year-old Nihang boy and he was the son of one of the commanders or chieftains of the Ahluwalia Misl. He arrived at the hamlet and challenged the people to wrestle him. According to legend, the peasants said they couldn't fight him as they wore bangles. He then told them to break their bangles and wear Karas instead since he had come to make them into warriors for the protection of their Dharma (faith). Soon he turned the people into a formidable Khalsa fighting force; in due course of time the hamlet became a small and a sturdy fort. Pasrur was protected, administered and developed under the rule of Lahora Singh’s descendants until its annexation by the British in the Anglo-Sikh wars. The descendants of Lahora Singh currently live in Punjab and Delhi.
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