ABDUL RASUL KASHMIRI, a native of Srinagar who was in trade at Amritsar as a shawl merchant, was for a time a close confidant of Maharaja Duleep Singh, the last Sikh King of the Punjab deposed by the British in 1849. Kashmir! acted as the deposed Maharaja`s liaison man with

CHABBA, a village 10 km south of Amritsar (31° 38`N, 74° 52`E) along AmritsarTarn Taran road, has a historical shrine called Gurdwara Sangrana Sahib. The Gurdwara itself is so named because, according to local tradition, one of the battles (sangram in Hindi and Punjabi) of Amritsar between Guru Hargobind

LAMBVALI, village 11 km northeast of Jaito (30°26°N, 74°53°E) in Faridkot dislrici of the Punjab, claims a historical gurudwara established in honour of Guru Gobind Sihgh who made a brief halt here sojourning in these pans towards the close of 1705. Tradition persists in the village about visits by Guru

SEKHA, a village 11 km east of Barnala (30"23`N, 75()32 E) in Sangrur district of the Punjab, has a historical shrine, Gurdwara Sahib Guru Sar Patshahi Nauvin, situated on a low mound. According to local tradition. Guru Tegh Bahadur arrived here from Muloval on 22 December 1665 and stayed

IOH SIMBLI, commonly called NASIMBLI, is an old village in Patiala district, about 5 km southwest of Ambala city (30"23`N, 76"47`E). It has a historical shrine, Gurdwara Manji Sahib Paishahi X, dedicated to Guru Gobind Singh who, according to local tradition, visited the site during his stay at Lakhnaur

LAMMAN, also known as Lammah Jatpura, in Ludhiana district, is 14 km from Raikot (30°39°N.`75°37°E) on the Guru Gobind Sihgh Marg. Guru Gobind Sihgh stayed in the village for a few days in December 1705 on his way from Chamkaur to Dina and Kahgar. While Rai Kalha had despatched

SUDHAIL, one of the two villages in Ambala district of Haryana about 400 metres apart from each other, but popularly called by the joint name of Sudhal Sudhail, situated 7 km west of Jagadhri (30"7`N, 77"17`E), claims a historical gurdwara. It is called Gurdwara Manji Sahib Patshahi Nauim. Sikh

ALO HARAKH, village in Sangrur district, has a historical shrine called Gurdwara Sahib Alo Harakh Patshahi Naumi. A low domed Manji Sahib, under an old banyan tree marks the site where Guru Tegh Bahadur once sat arriving from the neighbouring village of Gunike. The congregation hall has a vaulting

CHITTAGONG (22° 21`N, 91° 50`E), a major port town of Bangladesh, situated on the right bank of Karnaphuli River, 20 km from its mouth, has a historic Sikh shrine, called Gurdwara Sikh Temple, dedicated to Guru Nanak, who is believed to have stayed here briefly in 1507-08.

LANG, a village 11 km northwest of Patiala city (30°20`N, `ZG^G`E), claims a historical shrine called Gurdwara Dukh Bhanjan Sahib Patshahi Nauvin. The designation Dukh Bhanjan is only a recent addition, the old name coming down the generations being Gurdwara NauvTri Patshahi. According to local tradition. Guru Tegh Bahadur

SULHAR, a village 10 km southwest of Ambala city (SO`SS`N, 76"47`E), was visited by Guru Go bind Singh during Ills stay at Lakhnaur in 1670-71. Gurdwara Patshahi Dasvin, which honours the Guru\'s memory, stands on a high base on the bank of a deep pond to the northwest of