People
The descendants of famous General of Ranjit Singh, Hari Singh Nalwa, reside in Nabha.
The descendants of Wazir Ishwari Singh Katoch, former Prime Minister of Kangra during Maharaja Sansar Chand (father-in-Law of Maharaja Ranjit Singh), once lived in Nabha and have now emigrated to Canada. Wazir Ishwari Singh's daughter was Maharani Lilavati of Nabha w/o Maharaja Devinder Singh.
The Nagar Brahmin family protected Maharaja Hira Singh and allowed him to come to the throne of Nabha. For saving his life he gave the Nagar family "Nagara Chownk" or the Chowk of Nagar Family, located in old Nabha. There is still the family of Dr. Inderjit Nagar and his brother's descendents staying there.
Social Worker late Prem Kumar Shahi lived and contributed his life for the welfare of Nabha.
Freedom fighter S. Bhan Singh lived and had spent time with the first prime minister of India (pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru), when the later had come to spend time in park bagh. The room still exists there in park bagh nabha. This room is in poor condition.
Bhai Kahn Singh Nabha (Punjabi ਭਾਈ ਕਾਨ੍ਹ ਸਿਂਘ ਨਾਭਾ ): Bhai Kahn Singh Nabha (30 August 1861 – 24 November 1938), a celebrated Sikh scholar and encyclopaedia writer famously known for Mahan Kosh, who was born on 30 August 1861 (Bhadori vadi 10, 1918 Bk), in a Dhillon Jatt family at the village of Sabaz Banera which is about 5 miles from Nabha, in what was then territory of the princely ruler of Patiala.
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