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Nankana Sahib (Urdu: ننکانہ صاحب, Nankāna Ṣāhib; Punjabi: ننکاݨا صاحب (Shahmukhi), ਨਨਕਾਣਾ ਸਾਹਿਬ) is a city and capital of Nankana Sahib District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is named after the first Guru of the Sikhs, Guru Nanak, who was born in the city and first began preaching here. Nankana Sahib is among the most important religious sites for the Sikh religion.It is located about 91 km (57 mi) west of Lahore and about 75 km (47 mi) east of Faisalabad. According to the census of 2017 the city has a population of 110,135 inhabitants. Until 2005, it was a part of the Sheikhupura District.

History

Originally, the locality was founded by a Hindu ruler named Raja Vairat and was originally named Raipur but it was destroyed during the Islamic invasions of the Indian subcontinent. A later, re-built township on the site of the first settlement was founded during the Delhi Sultanate rule by Rai Bhoi, a Rajput of Bhati stock whose Hindu ancestor had converted to Islam due to the influence of Sufism, and thus was known as Rai-Bhoi-Di-Talwandi.[5][6] His great-grand son Rai Bular Bhatti, renamed it as 'Nankana Sahib' after the birth of Guru Nanak. The Gurdwara Nankana Sahib, originally constructed by Sikhs during the Mughal era in around 1600 CE was renovated in 1819–20 CE by Gian-Punjab Maharaja Ranjit Singh[citation needed] The Sikh Conference of Panjab, Jammu and Kashmir, Peshawar, Kangra and Hazara.

During the Akali movement, on 20 February 1921, Narain Das, the Udasi mahant (clergy) of the gurdwara at Nankana Sahib, ordered his men to fire on Akali protesters, leading to the Nankana massacre. The firing was widely condemned, and an agitation was launched until the control of this historic Janam Asthan Gurdwara was restored to the Sikhs.] Again in the 1930s and 1940s the Sikhs added more buildings and more architectural design.

Notable places
Gurdwara Nankana Sahib

Quba Masjid (A replica of Quba Masjid of Madina)
Gurdwara Janam Asthan
Nankana Lake Resort
Residency of Baba Guru Nanak
Gurdwara Patti Sahib
Gurdwara Bal Leela
Gurdwara Mal Ji Sahib
Gurdwara Kiara Sahib
Gurdwara Tambu Sahib

And other historical Gurdwaras of Sikhism.
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