History
Not much is known about the history of this town except that in 17th century Bandesha's Jats dominated in this area. In 18th century the kanhiya missal after looting Kasoor and other towns they settled in Sangatpura District, Amritsar, 7 km from Fatehgarh Churian, and after that they forcefully took possession of entire area from Bandesha's . It is said that the son of Maharaja Ranjit Singh was married here to the daughter of this missal. Before partition ths village was a Muslim dominated area. This fact is quite evident from the number of old mosques (which now are converted into Gurudwaras).
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