Dharowali is a village near
Dera Baba Nanak,
Gurdaspur District in
Punjab
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state,
India
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. The population was 1,154 at the 2001.
The residence of this village are mostly Jatt Randhawa and they are the descendants of Bhai Lachhman Singh Dharowali who was burnt alive upside down from a tree during Saka Nankana Sahib.
See also
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Saka Nankana
The Nankana massacre (or Saka Nankana Sahib) in Nankana Sahib gurdwara on 20 February 1921, at that time a part of the British India but today in modern-day Pakistan. Between 140 and 260 Sikhs were killed, including children as young as seven, ...
References
Villages in Gurdaspur district
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