Fatehabad is a small town in the Tarn Taran district

Tarn Taran district

Tarn Taran district is one of the districts in the state of Punjab in North-West Republic of India. Some of its main cities are Tarn Taran Sahib which is located near Amritsar and Patti, City of Taran Taran is a holy place for Sikhs of India and abroad.Tarn Taran district was formed in 2006 from...

 of the Punjab region

Punjab region

The Punjab , also spelled Panjab |water]]s"), is a geographical region straddling the border between Pakistan and India which includes Punjab province in Pakistan and the states of the Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Chandigarh and some northern parts of the National Capital Territory of Delhi...

 located about 25 km from Sultanpur Lodhi

Sultanpur Lodhi

Sultanpur Lodhi is a city and a municipal council in Kapurthala district in the Indian state of Punjab. The town is named after its founder, Sultan Khan Lodhi who was a general of Mahmud of Ghazni in AD 1103, which has been also mentioned in Ain-e-Akbari...

Historical importance

Fatehabad was once the capital of the Ahluwalia Misl

Misl

Misl generally refers to the twelve sovereign states in the Sikh Confederacy. The states formed a commonwealth that was described by Antoine Polier as an "aristocratic republic"...

 prior to the shifting of the capital to Kapurthala

Kapurthala

Kapurthala is a city in Punjab state of India. It is the administrative headquarters of Kapurthala District. It was the capital of the Kapurthala State, a princely state in British India. The secular and aesthetic mix of the city with its prominent buildings based on French and Indo-Saracenic...

. This town is older than Tarn Taran

Tarn Taran

Tarn Taran may refer to:*Tarn Taran Sahib, a city in Tarn Taran district, Punjab, India*Tarn Taran district, a district in Punjab, India*Tarn Taran...

 and Amritsar

Amritsar

Amritsar is a city in the northern part of India and is the administrative headquarters of Amritsar district in the state of Punjab, India. The 2001 Indian census reported the population of the city to be over 1,500,000, with that of the entire district numbering 3,695,077...

. It was originally a border fort that had a garrison permanently stationed there, and is known to have existed from the time of Mahmud Ghazni, or even earlier. The name Fatehabad is believed to signify the victory of the Ahluwalia Misl

Misl

Misl generally refers to the twelve sovereign states in the Sikh Confederacy. The states formed a commonwealth that was described by Antoine Polier as an "aristocratic republic"...

 against the Khokhars, the ancient resident clan whose members were reputed to have assassinated Muhammad Ghori.

The older town—which was of strategic importance—was frequently visited by the Mughals and the later rulers, the Mughals had constructed an Imperial Serai

Serai

Serai can be:*Another spelling for "sarai", a word of Turkish origin meaning "fort" or "harem" or inn. It occurs in some place names.* Sarai was a caravan station for traders and travellers and their horses, camels, etc. to rest....

 to stop armies and caravans, beside several other buildings, which are now in ruins following the destruction of the older town by the forces of the Mughal Ruler Jahangir

Jahangir

Jahangir was the ruler of the Mughal Empire from 1605 until his death. The name Jahangir is from Persian جهانگیر,meaning "Conqueror of the World"...

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Fatehabad is also known as the place where the First Sikh

Sikh

A Sikh is a follower of Sikhism. It primarily originated in the 15th century in the Punjab region of South Asia. The term "Sikh" has its origin in Sanskrit term शिष्य , meaning "disciple, student" or शिक्ष , meaning "instruction"...

 Guru

Guru

A guru is one who is regarded as having great knowledge, wisdom, and authority in a certain area, and who uses it to guide others . Other forms of manifestation of this principle can include parents, school teachers, non-human objects and even one's own intellectual discipline, if the...

, Guru Nanak had penned the Gurbani in praise of Nature