Malerkotla

Tehsil Malerkotla, District Malerkotla, Punjab, Bharat.

Malerkotla is a town in Sangrur District in the present-day Indian state of Punjab, which was the seat of the eponymous princely state during the British Raj. The state acceded unto the union of India in 1947 and was merged with other nearby princely states to create the Patiala and East Punjab States' Union (PEPSU). When that political entity was reorganised, the territories of the erstwhile state of Tehsil Malerkotla, DistrictMalerkotla, Punjab, Bharat.Malerkotla became part of Punjab.
Malerkotla, a Muslim pathan state, is most respected house in

Punjab. Maler Kotla state was founded in 1600. It is a historic fact that during the 1947 riots when the whole of Punjab was in flames it was the State of Malerkotla which did not witness a single incident of violence. It was in island of peace. When the younger Sahibzadas of Guru Gobind Singh, the 10th and the last Sikh Guru, were ordered to be bricked alive by the governor of Sarhind, Wazir Khan, his close relative Sher Mohammed Khan, Nawab of Malerkotla who was present in the court, lodged vehement protest against this inhuman act and said it is against the glorious tenets of Quran and Islam. Wazir Khan acquiesced and the Sahibzadas were tortured and bricked alive. At this the noble Nawab of Malerkotla walked out of the court in protest. Guru Gobind Singh on learning this kind and humanitarian approach profusely thanked the Nawab of Malerkotla and blessed him with his Hukamnama, Kirpan etc. In recognition of this act, the State of Malerkotla did not witness a single incident of violence during partition.

To facilitate the oriental scholars, Punjabi University, Patiala, decided to establish an Institute of higher learning in this field in the 'Urdu Town of Punjab' i.e. Malerkotla named after one of the founders of Malerkotla Estate, Nawab Sher Mohammad Khan. The Nawab Sher Mohd. Khan Institute of Advanced Studies in Urdu,Persian and Arabic provides the facilities of higher research in the area of Urdu/Persian Languages and Literature up to the level of PhD. Besides regular classes are being run for M.A. (Persian) and Certificate Courses (Urdu, Persian and Arabic).

Today Malerkotla is the only place in Punjab that has a Muslim majority. 70% percent of the residents of Malerkotla are Muslims with sufficient Sikh and Hindu population.
MALERKOTLA/KOTLA/KOTLE.,PRINCELY STATE MUNICIPALITY.,MALWA.
KOTLA Used to have a Nawab{king}called Nawab Sher Mohammed KHAN,who objected in the court of Wazir KHAN Nawab of SIRHIND.,to the assassination of sri guru gobind singh ji's youngest sons the present King is in West PUNJAB.
The present king's father and Ancestors are deeply respected by the Sikhs.Not a fight or ethnic cleansing took place in this kingdom.,
during the partition [1947]of The BRITISH Punjab. so,toady Malerkotla is well developed city.i think.
{country}to East India Punjab STATE and
West Pakistani Punjab PROVINCE.,
as its ruler NAWAB SHER MOHAMMED KHAN,
condemned the assassination martyrdom
of SRI Guru Gobind Singh Ji's 5 and 8 yr old sons {Sahebzade}
by getting bricked up in a wall till suffocation;
whilst the Guru got word in this kingdom in Raikot to the east ;
he the Guru proclimed that no sikh
shall ever say or do ill to the shia/sunni Moslems of Malerkotla.;

Malerkotla still has a sizeable and growing
moslem/mussalman population with shia shrines.

Sahebzade/Guru Gobind Singh Ji'S BOYS BRICKED ALIVE @ Sirhind in the 1600'S.

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