Talwandi Sabo (also known historically as Guru Kashi) is a

town A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...

and Municipal Council, in

Bathinda District Bathinda district is in Malwa region of Punjab, India. The district encompasses an area of 3,385 square kilometers. By area, Bathinda district is the second-largest in Punjab, after Ludhiana district. It is bounded by Faridkot district and ...

Punjab Punjab (; ; also romanised as Panjāb or Panj-Āb) is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia. It is located in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising areas of modern-day eastern Pakistan and no ...

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

. It is famous for being the town in which one of the five Takhts of

Sikhism Sikhism is an Indian religion and Indian philosophy, philosophy that originated in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent around the end of the 15th century CE. It is one of the most recently founded major religious groups, major religio ...

where

Takht Sri Damdama Sahib The Takht Sri Darbar Sahib Damdama Sahib, is one of the five takhts or Seat of Temporal Authority of Sikhism, located in Talwandi Sabo, near the city of Bathinda in Bathinda district of Punjab, India. At this place Guru Gobind Singh, the te ...

. It is also famous for its Baisakhi, which is celebrated on the 13th of April every year. It is a major cultural, transportation and agricultural centre, located in the

Malwa Malwa () is a historical region, historical list of regions in India, region of west-central India occupying a plateau of volcanic origin. Geologically, the Malwa Plateau generally refers to the volcanic plateau, volcanic upland north of the ...

region of

. It is near the Punjab-Haryana border. According to the 2011 census, the city had a population of 20,589. The

Talwandi Sabo Power Project Talwandi Sabo Power Project is a coal-based super-critical thermal power plant located in Banawala village in Mansa district in the Indian state of Punjab. The power plant is operated by Talwandi Sabo Power Limited (TSPL), a subsidiary of Vedan ...

is named after this town and it provides lots of energy for the West Malwa area.

History

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 ...

blessed a man named Bhai Dalla Singh, and stated that the area, which was a sandy desert, that it would have canals flowing through it and it would have many farms of oranges and pomegranates and lots of vineyards. Bhai Dalla Singh also helped Guru Gobind Singh by sending his private force of 700 soldiers to assist him. He also said that it would be a area of education and business. Bhai Dalla Singh then established the Gurudwara of Damdama Sahib, where

Baba Deep Singh Baba Deep Singh (26 January 1682 – 13 November 1757) is revered among Sikhs as one of the most hallowed martyrs in Sikhism. He is remembered for his sacrifice and devotion to the teachings of the Sikh Gurus. Baba Deep Singh was the fir ...

then formed the

Damdami Taksal The Damdamī Ṭaksāl, Jatha Bhindra(n), or Sects of Sikhism, Sampardai Bhindra(n) is an orthodoxy, orthodox Khalsa Sikhism, Sikh cultural and educational organization, based in India. They are known for their teachings of ''Vidya (philosophy ...

; the primary Sikh learning institution. In the British era many Sikh families travelled to this area to learn Sikhism. It was owned by the Talwandi Sabo family who were an aristocratic landowning family who were able to keep their Jagir by the British. In the 1950s-1980s many educational institutions developed in the era such as Guru Kashi College (Established in year 1964), Punjabi University Guru Kashi Campus, University School of Business Studies,

Punjabi University Punjabi University is a collegiate state public university located in Patiala, Punjab, India, Punjab, India. It was established on 30 April 1962 and is only the second university in the world to be named after a language, after Hebrew Universit ...

, Yadavindra College of Engineering,

, Akal University, established by Baru Sahib Trust and Guru Kashi University. There are also 111 schools in the village. The main event that gave Talwandi Sabo a pedestal was in 18 November 1966; when Damdama Sahib was made a Takht Sahib and part of the

Panj Takht A takht, or takhat (), literally means a throne or seat of authority and is a spiritual and temporal centre of Sikhism. There are five takhts (), which are five gurudwaras that have a very special significance for the Sikh community. Three are ...

by the

Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee ( SGPC; Supreme Gurdwara Management Committee) is an organization in India responsible for the management of ''gurdwaras'', Sikh places of worship, in the states of Punjab and Himachal Pradesh and ...

, subsequently 17 Gurudwaras have been established.

Demographics

Talwandi Sabo consists of 13 wards and as of 2011 it has a total population of 20,589 with 11,062 males and 9,527 females.

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{{Authority control Cities and towns in Bathinda district

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Demographics

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