Chak Ramdas is a village in

Bhalwal Tehsil Bhalwal Tehsil ( Punjabi,) is a tehsil of Sargodha District in the Punjab province of Pakistan Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, f ...

, Sargodha District, Punjab, Pakistan. According to the 2017 census, it has a population of 9,249.

Gurdwara Sri Guru Arjan Sahib

Gurdwara Sri Guru Arjan Sahib Chak Ram Das was located in the village of Chak Ram Das, on the

Eminabad Eminabad (), formerly known as Saidpur, is a town located in the southeast of Gujranwala city, in Punjab province, Pakistan. It is 12 to 15 km away from Gujranwala city. According to the census of 2017 it has a population of 27,460 inhabita ...

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Mianwali Mianwali (Saraiki language, Saraiki, ) city in Mianwali Tehsil is the capital city of Mianwali District in Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab, Pakistan. The Largest cities of Pakistan, 81st most populous city of Pakistan, it is known for its diverse popu ...

Bungalow road about 20 km east of

. The site commemorated

Guru Arjan Dev Guru Arjan (Gurmukhi: ਗੁਰੂ ਅਰਜਨ, pronunciation: ; 15 April 1563 – 30 May 1606) was the fifth of the ten total Sikh Gurus. He compiled the first official edition of the Sikh scripture called the Adi Granth, which later expande ...

's visit, who was particularly drawn here by his devotee, Bhai Prana. In honour of the Guru's stay, a spacious Gurdwara and an adjoining chaubara, locally known as the "Guru Da Mehal" (Guru’s Palace), were erected by the Sikh authorities. Under the Sikh Empire, the Gurdwara was endowed with forty ghumaon of agricultural land, exempt from all revenue, to sustain its upkeep and community services. Following the Partition of British India in 1947, communal violence and mass migrations led the local Sikh sangat to cross into Indian Punjab for safety. With its congregation gone and no local caretaker body, the Gurdwara buildings gradually fell into ruin. Today, only fragments of its brickwork remain, and the original land grant is administered by the Auqaf Department of Pakistan, although no revenues are currently collected from it.

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{{Sargodha-geo-stub Populated places in Sargodha District