Guru Gobind Singh also sent reinforcements, though the number of Sikh soldiers is disputed. However, realizing their mistake of deserting him, and under the motivation of Mai Bhago, these 40 deserters came back to join the Guru's forces at Mukatsar. Historians believe that the Guru asked them to write a formal declaration stating they no longer wish to fight alongside Guru Gobind Singh. Some historians believe that 40 Sikhs from Majha region of Chabal had deserted the Guru. Earlier, in 1704, when Guru Gobind Singh's Army was treacherously surrounded in Anandpur Sahib by the Moghul forces, supported by Dogra hill chiefs, Sikhs had run out of provisions. He received news of imperial troops, at least 10,000 strong, under Wazir Khan, subedar of Sirhind pursuing him. Assisted by an experienced guide of a Brar chief, the guru reached Khidrane Di Dhab where he finally decided to meet the enemy. In 1705, after battle of Chamkaur against the Mughals, Guru Gobind Singh started looking out for a suitable place from where he could re-group his forces and battle the Mughal forces, who were now supported by the Dogra hill chiefs. His father Bhai Pheru was a Trehan Khatri merchant, and mother, Ramo, a housewife.Īn artist's expression of the Battle of Muktsar, 1705 In March 1504, the second Sikh guru, Guru Angad Dev, was born at Matte-di-Sarai (now called Sarai Naga), about 6 miles from Muktsar. At one time they were undoubted masters of Mamdot and Khai, as well as of Ferozepor including the present area of Muktsar their seats were principally in the Khadir of the Sutlej, and their occupations pastoral and predatory. The area has many people who are converted descendants of the Chauhans of Delhi, emigrated some years ago to the neighbourhood of Pakpattan and from thence, two centuries ago, spread for a hundred miles along both banks of the river Sutlej from a few miles above Ferozepur to the borders of Bahawalpur. These Bhati Rajputs are known to have fought against the imperial Muslim armies alongside Gobind Singh.ĭuring the decay of the Delhi Empire, the country, which had apparently become almost depopulated, was occupied by the various clans of Rajput origin, who are still prominent among the occupants of Muktsar. Many of these Bhati Rajputs followed the Sikh Gurus and later embraced the Sikh faith, during the times of Gobind Singh. They overcame the local Paramara chief and firmly established themselves.īurar had two sons, Paur and Dhul, the younger of whom held almost the whole of the region of Muktsar. Jiwa moved to the neighborhood of Muktsar where his descendants held a group of villages, and his grandson Abdulla Khan became the zaildar of Muktsar.Ībout the time of the first Muslim conquests of India, a colony of Bhati Rajputs, of whose stock the tribes of Manj, Naipal and Dogra Rajputs are branches, came from Jaisalmer under a leader, called Rai Hel, and settled to the south of the present town of Muktsar. The territory of which Muktsar now forms a part of was formerly ruled by the Paramara Rajputs who held it for a considerable period. But the city does not date from an earlier period than the reign of Akbar. Legends connected with Raja Sálbán attach to one or two other ruined sites near Muktsar such as that at Sarai Naga, 10 miles (16 km) to the east of Muktsar. The present area of Muktsar is almost entirely destitute of ancient buildings and contains no places mentioned in early records. While shifting its course it is said to have leveled down everything that came its way, leaving behind ruins and mounds of earth and pottery debris. The Sutlej is notorious for shifting its course, and it is stated to have flowed as far east as Muktsar within historical times. This may partly be due to the river Sutlej. Not much is known about the early history of the present area of the city. The modern day Muktsar city was historically a semi-desert terrain named Khidrana or Khidrane de dhab, situated near a lake.
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