Kotkapura
Kotkapura
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Kotkapura is a historic city 50 km from Bathinda, in the state of Punjab, India. It is the largest city in the Faridkot District and used to have one of the largest cotton markets in India. Kotkapura is poplar Due to world renowened astrologer Sardar Ujjal Singh.He has been honoured by the guild of international astrologers.Many people know about kotkapura due to his fame.Kotkapura is also popular due to Kapura Brar who is known as a traitor of sikh religion.Kapura Brar has refused shelter to the tenth guru of sikhs Guru Gobind Singh.Kotkapura is also popular due to its railwaycrossing.For more information go to sikhiwiki.com or aswers.com
History
Bhallan, founder of the Faridkot principality died issueless in 1643. He was succeeded by his nephew, Kapura Brar, who founded the town of Kotkapura in 1661. Nawab Kapura was the chaudhry of eighty-four villages. Guru Gobind Singh, the 10th guru of the Sikhs, en route from Machhiwara, reached Kotkapura and asked Kapura for his fort to fight the pursuing Mughal army. Kapura was a Sikh, but did not want to earn the ire of the Mughals by helping Guru Gobind Singh openly in his war with them and refused the fort to the guru.[1]
Nawab Kapura’s state was captured in 1803 by Maharaja Ranjit Singh. In 1808, Ranjit Singh captured the principality of Faridkot up to Muktsar, but vacated the area on the behest of the British[2]. During the Anglo-Sikh Wars in 1845, Pahara Singh Brar, aided the British by providing secret intelligence to the British army and was rewarded with territory after the British victory over Maharaja Ranjit Singh.