Tarn Taran Sahib is a city in the

Majha Majha ( ''Mājhā''; ; from "mañjhlā" )Punjabi language, Punjabi: ਮਾਝਾ , is a region located in the central parts of the historical Punjab region, presently split between the republics of Pakistan and India. It extends north from the ...

region of the state of

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. It is the district headquarters and hosts the

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of Tarn Taran district. Gurdwara Sri Tarn Taran Sahib, a prominent

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shrine, is located in the central part of the city.

History

Tarn Taran Sahib was founded under Mughal rule by Guru Arjan Dev (1563–1606), the fifth

Sikh Guru The Sikh gurus (Punjabi language, Punjabi: ਸਿੱਖ ਗੁਰੂ; Hindi: सिख गुरु) are the spiritual masters of Sikhism, who established the religion over the course of about two and a half centuries, beginning in 1469. The year ...

. Tarn Taran district was formed in 2006.

Gurdwara Reform Movement

As the Gurdwara reform movement got under way, the control of the sacred shrines passed to a representative body of the Sikhs, 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 ...

, on 27 January 1921. A leper asylum established by Guru Arjan Dev was ignored by the clergy after the abrogation of Sikh sovereignty, and taken over in 1858 by Christian missionaries.

Demographics

Indian

census A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ...

, Tarn Taran Sahib had a population of 66,847. Males constituted 52.3% of the population, and females 47.7%. Tarn Taran has an average literacy rate of 79.33%, higher than the state average of 75.84%: male literacy was 82.39%, and female literacy was 76%. In Tarn Taran Sahib, 11.2% of the population was under 6 years of age and 15% is elderly. 3% of its residents have settled abroad.

Religion

The table below shows the population of different religious groups in Taran Taran city and their gender ratio, as of 2011 census.

Politics

The city is part of the Tarn Taran Assembly Constituency. Kashmir Singh Sohal from Aam Admi Party is the MLA elected in 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election.

Economy

Industry

It is the site of the Goindwal Sahib Power Plant.

Government and politics

Tarn Taran Sahib is situated near the

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. It sends one elected representative to the

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(the Indian parliament), one member to the State Legislative Assembly and two members to Shiromani Gurdwara Parbhandhak Committee (SGPC) at

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. It is the headquarters of Tarn Taran district. It is a municipal council with 19 wards. The district borders Doaba, Malwa Belt and

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Notable people

* Baba Deep Singh,

leader * Baba Gurdit Singh, of the SS Komagata Maru incident * Bhai Bidhi Chand Chhina, soldier * Bhai Maha Singh, Sikh leader * Dara Singh, wrestler * Deepak Dhawan communist leader * Gurdial Singh Dhillon, politician * Gurpreet Singh (shooter) * M. S. Gill, politician * Mai Bhago, soldier * Pratap Singh Kairon, politician * Krishan Kant politician * Surender Mohan Pathak, novelist * Teja Singh Samundri, temple administrator * Baghel Singh, who occupied

Delhi Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, but spread chiefly to the west, or beyond its Bank (geography ...

Sohan Singh Bhakna Baba Sohan Singh Bhakna (4 January 1870 – 20 December 1968) was a Sikh revolutionary, the founding president of the Ghadar Party, and a leading member of the party involved in the Ghadar Conspiracy of 1915. Tried at the Lahore Conspiracy ...

, politician * Gurbaksh Chahal, businessman *

Prem Dhillon Premjeet Singh Dhillon (born 4 January 1995) is an Indian singer and songwriter associated with Music of Punjab, Punjabi music. Dhillon is best known for singles "Boot Cut", "Old Skool" and "Majha Block". Personal life Premjeet Singh Dhillon w ...

, singer * Jordan Sandhu, singer * Paintal, actor

References

External links

Cal-C Computer educationDarbarsahibtarntaran.com Website
created by navdeep singh chandi (navi kamboj)

LATimes.com, 27 August 2010. {{Authority control Cities and towns in Tarn Taran district