Ghuram is a village in the
Patiala district of
Punjab, India
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.
History
An ancient site called Ram Garh is located in Ghuram. Some coins discovered here were attributed to the ancient
Audumbara tribe by archaeologists G. B. Sharma and Manmohan Kumar,
but later scholars have assigned these to the Mitra rulers including Indramitra. In 1976, Sharma discovered a seal bearing the
Gupta Brahmi legend "Ghvankrum", which may be the ancient name of Ghuram. According to a local tradition,
Kaushalya, the mother of the legendary hero
Rama
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, was born in Ghuram.
Mound of Ghuram, district Patiala, Punjab.jpg , Mound of Ghuram
Bhikham Shah Da Maqbra, Ghuram,district Patiala, Punjab.jpg , Bhikham Shah Da Maqbra
Ghuram is mentioned as "Kuhram" in
Persian language
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sources such as ''
Ain-i-Akbari
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''.
After the
Ghurid
The Ghurid dynasty (also spelled Ghorids; ; self-designation: , ''Šansabānī'') was a Persianate dynasty of eastern Iranian peoples, Iranian Tajik people, Tajik origin, which ruled from the 8th-century in the region of Ghor, and became an Emp ...
ruler
Mu'izz ad-Din defeated the
Chahamana king
Prithviraja III
Prithviraja III (IAST: Pṛthvī-rāja; 22 May 1166 – February 1192), popularly known as Prithviraj Chauhan or Rai Pithora, was a king from the Chahamanas of Shakambhari, Chauhan (Chahamana) dynasty who ruled the territory of Sapadalaksha, w ...
at the
Second Battle of Tarain in 1192, he placed his general
Qutb al-Din Aibak
Qutb ud-Din Aibak (; 1150 – 4 November 1210) was a Turkic general of the Ghurid emperor Muhammad Ghori. He was in charge of the Ghurid territories in northern India, and after Muhammad Ghori's assassination in 1206, he established his ow ...
at Ghuram.
According to a legend, when the Sikh leader
Guru Gobind Singh
Guru Gobind Singh (; born Gobind Das; 22 December 1666 – 7 October 1708) was the tenth and last human Sikh gurus, Sikh Guru. He was a warrior, poet, and philosopher. In 1675, at the age of nine he was formally installed as the leader of the ...
was born at
Patna
Patna (; , ISO 15919, ISO: ''Paṭanā''), historically known as Pataliputra, Pāṭaliputra, is the List of state and union territory capitals in India, capital and largest city of the state of Bihar in India. According to the United Nations, ...
, Bhikhan Shah - a Muslim
Sufi
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Practitioners of Sufism are r ...
fakir
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of Ghuram - had visions of his divinity. Bhikhan Shah traveled to Patna with some of his followers, and told the Gobind Singh's maternal uncle Kirpal Singh about his visions.
Demographics
According to the 2011 census of India, the village has 3,165 people living in 614 households. This includes 1,670 males and 1,495 females. 519 villagers belong to the
scheduled castes. The number of literates is 1,827.
References
{{Patiala district
Villages in Patiala district