Fatehgarh Sahib is a historically important town north of Patiala, especially for the Sikh faith. It has a number of Gurudwaras (temples of Sikh faith), Gurudwara Fatehgarh Saheb and Gurudwara Jyoti Sarup are the most important among them. The town had it's historically important event in 1704 when the two younger sons of Guru Gobind Singh who were bricked alive by Wazir Khan, the then Fauzdar of Sirhind. This Gurudwara Fatehgarh Sahib is now ereceted at the same place where the sacrifice happened. It is named Fatehgarh (Town of Victory) because it marks the conquest of the Sikhs in 1710 when under the leadership of Banda Bahadur, the Sikhs ran over the area and razed the fort (built during Balban's rule) to the ground.
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