Editing Nankana Sahib (section)

== History ==
Originally, the locality was founded by a Hindu ruler named Raja Vairat and was originally named Raipur but it was destroyed during the [[Muslim conquests in the Indian subcontinent|Islamic invasions of the Indian subcontinent]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Singh |first=Bhupender |title=Baba Nanak Shah Fakir |date=December 2022 |publisher=Blue Rose Publishers |isbn=9789357046602 |pages=151 |quote=Talwandi is said to have been originally built by a Hindu king, Raja Vairat. It was sacked and destroyed by fire and crowbar, like most Hindu towns and cities, during the Muslim invasions. Rai Bhullar restored Talwandi (earlier known as Raipur) and built a fort on the summit of the tumulus (ancient burial mound), in which he lived as the secure and happy ruler of a small village, some limited acres of cultivated land, and a boundless wilderness. The Bhatti clan is known to have founded the cities of Bathinda and Jaisalmer, among others. Rai Jaisal Bhatti (who lived around 1000 AD) founded Jaisalmer. One of the descendants of Rai Jaisal Bhatti came out of Jaisalmer, moved towards Punjab and settled down in Lahore. From within the same clan a gentleman named Rai Addel Bhatti (1265–1350), the grandson of Rai Jaisal Bhatti adopted the Islam faith due to the influence of Sufism, but did not leave his Hindu Rajput traditions and culture and Rai Bhoi Bhatti, one of his descendants, established Talwandi Rai Bhoi Khan Ki (today's Nankana Sahib).}}</ref> A later, re-built township on the site of the first settlement was founded during the [[Delhi Sultanate]] rule by [[Rai Bhoe Bhatti|Rai Bhoi]], a [[Rajput]] of [[Bhati]] stock whose Hindu ancestor had converted to Islam due to [[Sufism in India|the influence of Sufism]], and thus was known as Rai-Bhoi-Di-Talwandi.<ref name=":1" /><ref name="Khalsa 2010">{{cite web | last=Khalsa | first=Sukhmandir | title=Historical Gurdwaras of Nankana, Pakistan Commemorating Guru Nanak Dev | website=About.com Religion & Spirituality | date=1 January 2010 | url=http://sikhism.about.com/od/gurdwaras/tp/Gurdwaras_of_Nankana_Sahib.htm | access-date=20 April 2016 | archive-date=9 May 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160509080502/http://sikhism.about.com/od/gurdwaras/tp/Gurdwaras_of_Nankana_Sahib.htm | url-status=dead }}</ref> 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 Empire|Mughal]] era in around 1600 CE was renovated in 1819–20 CE by Gian-Punjab [[Maharaja Ranjit Singh]]{{Cn|date=April 2025}} The Sikh Conference of Panjab, Jammu and Kashmir, Peshawar, Kangra and Hazara.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our History {{!}} Nankana Sahib |url=https://nankana.punjab.gov.pk/our_history |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240521071135/https://nankana.punjab.gov.pk/our_history |archive-date=2024-05-21 |access-date=2025-03-08 |website=nankana.punjab.gov.pk |language=en}}</ref>

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 [[Nihang|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.<ref>{{cite news | first = Roopinder | last = Singh | title = Bhagat Singh: The making of the revolutionary | date = March 23, 2011 | url = http://www.tribuneindia.com/2011/20110323/main6.htm | work = [[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]] | access-date = 2011-10-23 | quote = Bhagat Singh was a well-read, articulate young man who significantly impacted Indian history and left behind a legacy that even 80 years after his martyrdom is still very much a part of our cultural ethos | archive-date = 2015-09-30 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150930145024/http://www.tribuneindia.com/2011/20110323/main6.htm | url-status = live }}</ref> Again in the 1930s and 1940s the Sikhs added more buildings and more architectural design.