Dharowali

Dharowali
—  village  —
Coordinates
Country	India
State	Punjab
District(s)	Gurdaspur
Population	1,154[1] (2001[update])
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)
Codes • Pincode • 143605[2]

Dharowali is a village near Dera Baba Nanak, Gurdaspur District in Punjab state, India. The population was 1,154 at the 2001 Indian census.^[1]

Demographics

The residents of the village (mainly Randhawa Jatts) are descendants of Baba Lachhman Singh Dharowali, a martyr of the Nankana Sahib Holocaust, where he was burnt alive after being hung upright from a jand tree. Probably the descendants who migrated during the Indo-Pak partition from Pakistan created and settled in this village.

See also

• Saka Nankana

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Dharowali village. OurVillageIndia.org. Retrieved on 2008-08-16.
2. ^ Pin codes of Gurdaspur district. WhereInCity.com. Retrieved on 2008-08-16.