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Kahnuwan
Kahnuwan was Founded by Kahna, a Rajput of the Nur clan, Kahnuwan is an ancient town in Gurdaspur District, located around 20 km from Gurdaspur. The ancient buildings are symbolic representations of the antiquity of the town. Kahnuwan was the pargana headquarters of the Mughal dynasty. The ethnic diversity of Kahnuwan is remarkable. You can find five sikh temples, more then six hindu temples, two churches and the ancient dargaahs of pirs. Moreover, the interesting thing is that most of these all pilgrims are ancients like Naag Mandi, Gufaa wala Mandir, Wada gurdwara sahib(navaa pind), baba balknath ji da mandir, shevala ,, baba nur shah, baba shabu shah and so on. The two vital sikh temples are also nearby Kahnuwan. Firstly, Gurdwara baba Makhan Shah Lubana sahib ji, Checkshrif. This fabulous historic sikh temple reveals us about the baba Makhan Shah Lubana, who had a remarkable role in the sikh history. He is the personality who is responsible for the introduction of Ninth guru of sikhs, Sahib Sri Guru Teg Bahdur ji to the world at baba Bakala, when chanted,"guru lodhore.. guru ladho re ". By the grace of Guru sahib ji, he became the first ever person, who see the Ninth Guru sahib ji. Secondly, Gurdwara Sahib Ghalu Ghara ji at Kahnuwan chamb. The lesser Holocaust,Chhota Ghalughara.In order to avenge the death of his brother, Diwan Lakhpat Rai had got all the Sikhs of Lahore executed by scavengers on the 10th March, 1746 AD after that he marched with an army of fifty thousand and the artillery to wipe out the Sikhs. In those days, about Fifteen thousand Sikhs had taken shelter in the marshes of river Ravi near the pool of Kahnuwan in Gurdaspur District. The forces of Lakhpat Rai besieged the marshes and began pounding the area with cannons from outside. More then 15000 sikhs were killed in the war. So this is place of Sahid Singhs.