Sadhaura Sadhu-Rah Sadhaura | |
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  Sadhaura Location in Haryana, India Show map of Haryana Sadhaura Sadhaura (India) Show map of India | |
| Coordinates:30°23′00″N77°13′00″E / 30.3833°N 77.2167°E /30.3833; 77.2167 | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Haryana |
| District | Yamunanagar |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 25,693 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi,Haryanvi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-HR |
| Vehicle registration | HR-71 |
| Website | haryana |
Sadhaura is atown, nearYamunanagar city with Municipal Committee inYamunanagar district in theIndianstate ofHaryana. Thecity of Yamunanagar, it is of great historic significance. Sadhaura is very old town many historical temples/Dargah are there like Manokamna Temple, Laxmi narayan Temple, Roza Peer Dargah are some famous places in Sadhaura.
Sadhuara, steeped in history is asanskrit language composite ofsadhu (saint) anddwara (way), meaning"the way of saints"[1] This use to be a camping ground for thehindusadhus on the way toganges pilgrimage.[2]
Alexander Cunningham, conducted his exploration here at Sadhaura in 1879. He described an old ruinous fort and excavated many coins from here.The discovery of ancient copper cast coins,Kuninda coins (of 2nd century BCE to 3rd century CEKuninda Kingdom),Kushano-Sasanian Coinage (of 3rd century CEIndo-Sasanian Kingdom), coins ofSamanta Deva (from circa 850–1000 CE of HinduKabul Shahi dynasty of Gandhara in Afghanistan) from Sadhaura point towards the antiquity of the place.[2]
Banda Singh Bahadur defeated localMughal forces and built hisLohgarh Sahib Fort at nearbyLohgarh in 1709 after his conquest of the area in the wins ofBattle of Chappar Chiri andBattle of Sadhaura. He killed the local Mughal chief of Sadaura, Usman Khan, to avenge the killing ofPir Budhan Shah. The historical book,"Twarikh Khasa" chronicles,"Nawab usman Khan of Sadhora was so cruel and fanatical that he used to have cows slaughtered and uneatable parts of cows he would have them thrown into the Hindus homes. He never allowed them to cremate their dead and forcibly matched Hindu brides toMusalmen. TheJazia was collected in most humiliating ways so that they might be more easily converted to Islam." In 1710 ADBattle of Samana, Banda Singh Bahadur also killed infamous Governor ofSirhindWazir Khan (real nameMirza Askari) who had ordered the merciless murder ofGuru Gobind Singh's young sons, 6 years oldSahibzada Fateh Singh and 9 years oldSahibzada Zorawar Singh bybricking up alive within a wall in 1705 AD.[3] Wazir Khan was beheaded by the Sikh army led byBanda Singh Bahadur outside the Sirhind city in theBattle of Chappar Chiri in May 1710.[4][5]"Qatalgarhi"haveli here is the home of muslims who were massacre by him after they betrayed him in the war.[2] Band bahadur demolished the fortress of Daura and hanged the Mughal faujdar and the town plundered.[6]"Gurdwara Baba Banda Bahadur" inside the ruined fort later became ruined and a new "Gurdwara Baba Banda Bahadur" was constructed close to the fort wall, which is also known as"Quila Gurdwara" and"Gurdwara Qatalgarh".[6]
Pir Budhan Shah, who helpedGuru Gobind Singh againstmughals in the 1688battle of Bhangani in which all four sons of Shah were killed, has agurdwara here named after him.[2]
At present, 40-feet high mound survives narrating the past historic glory of Sadhaura and its fort.
Town also has a tomb of Shah Kumesh constructed in 1450 AD and a mosque from 1600 AD where an annual fair is held that was started byBairam Khan in 1556 AD. Another ruined,"Sagni mosque", from ??th[when?] century lies in ruins.[2]
Town also has three old temples with sacredjohad water pond: Gaggarwala temple, Toronwala temple and Manokamna temple.[2]
Nearby historic places includeBuddhist Stupa at Chaneti,Buria - a town with connections toBirbal,Adi Badri Sarasvati udgam Sthal,Lohgarh Sikh capital ofBanda Singh Bahadur.[1]
As of 2011[update] Indiacensus,[7] Sadaura had a population of 25,693. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Sadaura has an average literacy rate of 82%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 76%, and female literacy is 66%. In Sadaura, 21% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Sadaura Fort is an ancient fort in Sadaura, as seenhere.[8]
Gurdwara Baba Banda Bahadur, also sometimes known asQuila Gurdwara andGurdwara Qatalgarh is the ancient privately managedgurudwara named afterBanda Singh Bahadur.
Gurdwara Pir Buddhu Shah was built by localSikh Singh Sabha more recentlyin honour ofPir Budhan Shah.
Gurudwara shri singh sabha ji was built by localSikh with a humble and beautiful heart, now its maintained by nabour Sikhs.
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