Badrukhan is a big village about 5 km from
Sangrur
Sangrur is a city in Sangrur district of the Indian state of Punjab, India. It is the headquarters of Sangrur District.
Geography
Sangrur is located at . It has an average elevation of 237 metres (778 feet).
Climate
Health s ...
, the district headquarters, on Sangrur-
Barnala road in
Punjab, India
Punjab (; ) is a state in northern India. Forming part of the larger Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, the state is bordered by the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh to the north and northeast, Haryana to the south and southeast, and ...
.
History
The residents of five small villages, Vada Agwarh, Vichla Agwarh, Dalamwal, Dhaliwas and Thagan wali Patti, under the leadership of Pandit Badru, approached Great
Jat
The Jat people ((), ()) are a traditionally agricultural community in Northern India and Pakistan. Originally pastoralists in the lower Indus river-valley of Sindh, Jats migrated north into the Punjab region in late medieval times, and su ...
ruler
Maharaja Gajpat Singh, the Maharaja of
Jind
Jind is one of the largest and oldest city in Jind district in the Indian state of Haryana. It is administrative headquarter of Jind district. Rani Talab is the main destination for tourists while Pandu-Pindara and Ramrai are the main reli ...
, for security from dacoits. Maharaja Gajpat Singh amalgamated these villages and named it Badrukhan. In 1763, when Gajpat Singh captured the town of Jind, Badrukhan was made the capital of
Jind
Jind is one of the largest and oldest city in Jind district in the Indian state of Haryana. It is administrative headquarter of Jind district. Rani Talab is the main destination for tourists while Pandu-Pindara and Ramrai are the main reli ...
State. He also built a fort here.
Badrukhan is believed to be the birthplace of mother of Maharaja Ranjit Singh(Raj kaur )and
Maharaja Hira Singh of
Nabha
Nabha is a city and municipal council in the Patiala district in the south-west of the Indian state of Punjab. It was the capital of the former Nabha State. Nabha is also a sub-division city which comes under Patiala district.
Geography
Nabha ...
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Present
The village has a Government Senior Secondary school, a 4-bedded subsidiary health center and a post office.
Notable people
* Lt. Gen.
Harbaksh Singh, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Vir Chakra
* Pandit Durga Das Bhardwaj, Revenue Wajeer, Jind Riyasat
* Amaranth Patwari ( Kaka Patwari)
*Tarsem Chand Bhardwaj, Manager, Punjab Agro.
*Dr Vikram Bhardwaj, ENT HEAD AND NECK DOCTOR, DMC LUDHIANA. 2010. Senior Doctor of ear nose throat and cancer surgery in Delhi.https://g.co/kgs/A1RrM1
Navpreet Singh Gosal
References
{{Sangrur district
Villages in Sangrur district