Sadhaura is a

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, near Yamunanagar city with Municipal Committee in Yamunanagar district in the

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. A city of Yamunanagar, it is of great historic significance. Sadhaura is very old town many historical temples/Dargah are there like Manokamna Temple, Laxmi narayan Temple, Roza Peer Dargah are some famous places in Sadhaura.

History

Sadhuara, steeped in history is a

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language composite of

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(saint) and dwara (way), meaning ''"the way of saints"''Tourist places near Yamunanagar

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. This use to be a camping ground for the

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''sadhus'' on the way to

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pilgrimage.Yamunanagar History
Gazatteer of Haryana: Yamunanagar.

Alexander Cunningham Major General Sir Alexander Cunningham (23 January 1814 – 28 November 1893) was a British Army engineer with the Bengal Engineer Group who later took an interest in the history and archaeology of India. In 1861, he was appointed to the newl ...

, conducted his exploration here at Sadhaura in 1879. He described an old ruinous fort and excavated many coins from here. The discovery of ancient copper cast coins, Kuninda coins (of 2nd century BCE to 3rd century CE Kuninda Kingdom), Kushano-Sasanian Coinage (of 3rd century CE Indo-Sasanian Kingdom), coins of Samanta Deva (from circa 850–1000 CE of Hindu

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dynasty of Gandhara in Afghanistan) from Sadhaura point towards the antiquity of the place.

Banda Singh Bahadur Banda Singh Bahadur (born Lachman Dev) (27 October 1670 – 9 June 1716), was a Sikh warrior and a commander of Khalsa army. At age 15, he left home to become an ascetic, and was given the name Madho Das Bairagi. He established a monastery ...

defeated local Mughal forces and built his Lohgarh Sahib Fort at nearby Lohgarh in 1709 after his conquest of the area in the wins of

Battle of Chappar Chiri The battle of Chappar Chiri, also called Battle of Sirhind, was fought between Mughal Empire and the Sikhs on 12 May 1710 at Chappar Chiri, located 20 kilometers from Sirhind Background The Sikhs were planning to crusade against the city of Sir ...

and

Battle of Sadhaura The Battle of Sadhaura was fought between Sikhs and the combined forces of the Sayyids and the Sheikhs Sheikh (pronounced or ; ar, شيخ ' , mostly pronounced , plural ' )—also transliterated sheekh, sheyikh, shaykh, shayk, shekh, sha ...

. He killed the local Mughal chief of Sadaura, Usman Khan, to avenge the killing of

Pir Budhan Shah Pir Budhan Shah (died 1643), also called Baba Budhan Ali Shah, was a venerated Sufi pir who had religious discourse with Guru Nanak in Rawalpindi and later accepted Gurmat thought during times of Guru Har Gobind. His name is also romanised a ...

. The historical book, ''"Twarikh Khasa"'' chronicles, ''"Nawab usman Khan of Sadhora was so cruel and fanatical that he used to have cows slaughtered and uneatable parts of cows he would have them thrown into the Hindus homes. He never allowed them to cremate their dead and forcibly matched Hindu brides to Musalmen. The Jazia was collected in most humiliating ways so that they might be more easily converted to Islam."'' In 1710 AD

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, Banda Singh Bahadur also killed infamous Governor of

Sirhind Sirhind-Fategarh is a town and a municipal council in the Fatehgarh Sahib district in the Indian state of Punjab. Demographics In the 2011 census Sirhind-Fatehgarh had a population of 60852. Males constituted 54% of the population and fema ...

Wazir Khan (real name ''Mirza Askari'') who had ordered the merciless murder of Guru Gobind Singh's young sons, 6 years old

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and 9 years old

Sahibzada Zorawar Singh Zorawar Singh (17 November 1696 – 5 or 6 December 1705, pa, ਸਾਹਿਬਜ਼ਾਦਾ ਜ਼ੋਰਾਵਰ ਸਿੰਘ), alternatively spelt as Jorawar Singh, was a son of Guru Gobind Singh Guru Gobind Singh (; 22 December 1666 ...

by bricking up alive within a wall in 1705 AD. Wazir Khan was beheaded by the Sikh army led by

outside the Sirhind city in the

in May 1710. ''"Qatalgarhi"''

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here is the home of muslims who were massacre by him after they betrayed him in the war. Band bahadur demolished the fortress of Daura and hanged the Mughal faujdar and the town plundered.Harbans Singh, 1998
The Encyclopaedia of Sikhism: S-Z
/ref> ''"Gurdwara Baba Banda Bahadur"'' inside the ruined fort later became ruined and a new "Gurdwara Baba Banda Bahadur" was constructed close to the fort wall, which is also known as ''"Quila Gurdwara"'' and ''"Gurdwara Qatalgarh"''.

, who helped

Guru Gobind Singh Guru Gobind Singh (; 22 December 1666 – 7 October 1708), born Gobind Das or Gobind Rai the tenth Sikh Guru, a spiritual master, warrior, poet and philosopher. When his father, Guru Tegh Bahadur, was executed by Aurangzeb, Guru Gobind Sin ...

against mughals in the 1688 battle of Bhangani in which all four sons of Shah were killed, has a gurdwara here named after him. At present, 40-feet high mound survives narrating the past historic glory of Sadhaura and its fort. Town also has a tomb of Shah Kumesh constructed in 1450 AD and a mosque from 1600 AD where an annual fair is held that was started by

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in 1556 AD. Another ruined, ''"Sagni mosque"'', from ??th century lies in ruins. Town also has three old temples with sacred johad water pond: Gaggarwala temple, Toronwala temple and Manokamna temple. Nearby historic places include Buddhist Stupa at Chaneti,

Buria Buria is a small town and earlier was a municipal committee now the part of Yamunanagr Nagar nigam situated on the banks of the Western Yamuna Canal approximately from the city of Jagadhri and 8 km from Jagadhri railway station. Histor ...

- a town with connections to

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, Adi Badri Sarasvati udgam Sthal, Lohgarh Sikh capital of

Demographics

India

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, Sadaura had a population of 25,693. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Sadaura has an average literacy rate of 82%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 76%, and female literacy is 66%. In Sadaura, 21% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Sadhaura Fort

Sadaura Fort is an ancient fort in Sadaura, as see
here

Gurudwaras

Gurdwara Baba Banda Bahadur, also sometimes known as Quila Gurdwara and Gurdwara Qatalgarh is the ancient privately managed

gurudwara A gurdwara (sometimes written as gurudwara) (Gurmukhi: ਗੁਰਦੁਆਰਾ ''guradu'ārā'', meaning "Door to the Guru") is a place of assembly and worship for Sikhs. Sikhs also refer to gurdwaras as ''Gurdwara Sahib''. People from all faiths ...

named after

. Gurdwara Pir Buddhu Shah was built by local

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Singh Sabha more recently in honour of

. Gurudwara shri singh sabha ji was built by local

with a humble and beautiful heart, now its maintained by nabour Sikhs.

References

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