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Chabhal Kalan (also known as Jhabal Kalan) is a town in the
Tarn Taran district Tarn Taran district is one of the districts in the Majha region of Punjab, India. The main cities are Tarn Taran Sahib, Bhikhiwind, Khadur Sahib and Patti. The City of Tarn Taran Sahib is a holy place for Sikhs. Tarn Taran's Sikh populatio ...
of
Punjab, India Punjab () is a States and union territories of India, state in northwestern India. Forming part of the larger Punjab, Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, the state is bordered by the States and union territories of India, Indian states ...
and is located away from
Amritsar Amritsar, also known as Ambarsar, is the second-List of cities in Punjab, India by population, largest city in the India, Indian state of Punjab, India, Punjab, after Ludhiana. Located in the Majha region, it is a major cultural, transportatio ...
city.


History

It was the birthplace of Maharaja Baghel Singh, Mai Bhago Ji, and Bhai Langah. Under the Mughal empire the village contributed a third of the toral 9 Lac revenue collected by its main divisional pargana -
Patti, Punjab Patti is an old city, near Tarn Taran Sahib city and a municipal council of the Tarn Taran district in the Majha region of Indian state of Punjab, located 47 Kilometres from Amritsar. Patti city is situated close to the Pakistani border ...
. The village was in a
jagir A jagir (), ( Hindustani: जागीर/جاگیر, ''Jāgīr''), ( Marathi: जहागीर, ''Jahāgīrá'') also spelled as jageer, was a type of feudal land grant in the Indian subcontinent at the foundation of its Jagirdar ( Zamindar ...
(feudal fief) given by Akbar to Bibi Bhani. as a wedding present.


Notable people

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Mai Bhago Mai Bhago also known as Mata Bhag Kaur, was a Sikh woman who led Sikh soldiers against the Mughals in 1705. She was an exceptionally skilled warrior on the battlefield and is revered as a warrior saint in Sikhism. She was known for rallying t ...
(1670-1720), Sikh female warrior *
Baghel Singh Baghel Singh (c. 1730s – c. 1800s) was a Sikh warrior and leader in the Punjab region in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent in the 18th century. He rose to prominence in the area around Sutlej and Yamuna. He joined the Singh K ...
(c. 1730 – c. 1802), general *
Karam Singh Subedar and Honorary Captain Karam Singh PVC, MM (15 September 1915 – 20 January 1993) was an Indian soldier and a recipient of the Param Vir Chakra (PVC), India's highest award for gallantry. Singh joined the army in 1941, and took ...
(1884–1930), historian


References


External links

* http://www.historicalgurudwaras.com/India/Punjab/TaranTaaran/GurudwaraShriBibiVeeroJi/gallery.php * http://www.historicalgurudwaras.com/India/Punjab/TaranTaaran/GurudwaraShriMaiBhagoJi/gallery.php * http://www.thesikhencyclopedia.com/punjab/jhabal-kalan * http://www.sikh-history.com/sikhhist/gurus/bhailangah.html * https://web.archive.org/web/20120426080305/https://export.writer.zoho.com/public/adhillon/0401-JoSS-Village-Jhubal-and-Jhubalia-Clan2/fullpage {{Amritsar district Cities and towns in Tarn Taran district