About Taran Taran

About Taran Taran

Tarn Taran Sahib is the district headquarters and a municipal council in Taran Taran district in the Indian state of Punjab. It is a city with population of more than 100,000 and is situated near Amritsar, in the state of Punjab, India. It sends one elected representative to Lok Sabha (the Indian parliament) and one member to the State Legislative Assembly. arn Taran has many Gurdwaras, which include Gurdwara Sri Tarn Taran Sahib, Gur Guru Ka Khuh, Gurudwara Bibi Bhani Da Khuh, Gurudwara Thakhar Sahib, Gurudwara Lakhir Sahib, Gurudwara Jhulna Mahal Thatti Khara. Other Gurdwaras at Goindwal Sahib, Khadurr Sahib, Baba Buddha Sahib (Bir Sahib) and that of historic places at Amritsar make this area a historic sikh centre of gathering and interest. Tarn Taran was the only Tehsil in Punjab with a majority Sikh population.The main occupation in this area is agriculture and agroindustry with very few other industries. This area has suffered neglect from successive government administrations.

Tarn Taran district was formed a few years ago, the declaration to this effect was made by Captain Amrinder Singh, Ex-Chief Minister of Punjab during the celebrations marking the martyrdom day of Sri Guru Arjan Dev Ji. With this, it became the 19th district of Punjab. But till today it seems like a political stunt because no development activities are started after the announcement of the new district. Tarn Taran was famous as the hotbed of Sikh extremist militancy during the 1980s and early 1990s. The main occupation in this area is agriculture. Recently on 16th June 2006, Tarn Taran has been accorded the status of a district, the declaration to this effect was made by the Chief Minister of Punjab during the celebrations marking the martyrdom day of Guru Arjan Dev. With this it becomes the 19th district of Punjab. Now Tarn Taran district comprises of 493 revenue villages of subdivisions of Tarn Taran, Khadoor Sahib and Patti.

History Of Tran Taran

Tarn Taran is famous as a center of the Sikh insurgency during the 1980s and early 1990s. During the Sikh insurgency, it was said that Tarn Taran would be the capital of “Khalistan”, the proposed Sikh independent nation. In 1947, the year of the Partition of India. arn Taran Sahib was founded by the Fifth Sikh Guru, Shri Guru Arjan Dev Ji (1563–1606). He laid the foundation of Sri Tarn Taran Sahib Temple. Tarn Taran Sahib was part of the Bhangi Sikh Dynasty ruled by a powerful Sikh family of the Dhillon Clan from 1716-1810.
The city has many historical gurdwaras which include: Darbar Sahib Sri Guru Arjan Dev Ji, Gurdwara Guru Ka Khuh (Gurdwara of the Guru’s Well), Gurdwara Bibi Bhani Da Khuh, Gurdwara Takkar Sahib, Gurdwara Lakeer Sahib, Gurrudwara Baba Garja Singh Baba Bota Singh, Gurdwara Jhulna Mahal, and Thatti Khara.

The main religious hub at Tarn Taran Sahib is Sri Darbar Sahib Tarn Taran, built by Sri Guru Arjan Dev Ji. The Gurdwara Sri Darbar Sahib Tarn Taran has the largest sarovar (holy tank) in the world.

Taran Taran and the British Raj

After the annexation of the Punjab to the British dominions, the management of the shrines at Tarn Taran, along with those at Amritsar, was entrusted to a sarbarah, or manager, appointed by the deputy commissioner of Amritsar. The role of the manager was, however, confined to general supervision, the priests being autonomous in the conduct of religious affairs. They divided the offerings among themselves and gradually appropriated most of the lands endowed to the Darbar Sahib during Sikh rule. They neglected their religious duties and cared little for the sanctity of the holy shnnes and the sarovar. The traditional monthly congregation on every amavasya day, the last day of the dark half of the month, was reduced to a gay carnival. Reforms introduced by the Siugh Sabha, Tarn Taran, established in 1885, were disapproved and resisted by the clergy. Efforts of the Khalsa Diwan Majha and the Central Majha Khalsa Diwan to cleanse the administration met with only partial success.