Partition of 1947
During the partition of India in 1947 the future of Gurdaspur could not be decided for many days, as the majority of the population of this district was Muslim with 51.14% Muslim majority. The Radcliffe boundary awards transferred only Shakargarh Tehsil of Gurdaspur district to Pakistan, and the rest of the district was transferred to India. The Muslim population of the district migrated to Pakistan and many refugees, the Hindus and the Sikhs of Sialkot and Tehsil Shakargarh, migrated to Gurdaspur after crossing the Ravi bridge. They settled and spread out over Gurdaspur district. Gurdaspur has an area of 10.85 km2. At the time of partiton one of famous Sikh historial place was gone under Pakistan.That was gurudwara kartarpur sahib which is visible from Indian border at present.
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