In 1706, after the Battle of Muktsar, the Khalsa Army of Guru Gobind Singh camped at Sabo Ki Talwandi.

[7] Damdamā Sahib was considered to be the highest seat of learning for the Sikhs during the 18th century,[8] and Damdami Taksal claims direct historical ties to Guru Gobind Singh,[4] who entrusted it with the responsibility of teaching the reading (santhiya), analysis (vichār) and recitation of the Sikh scriptures, and Baba Deep Singh.

[10] The main center of the present-day Damdami Taksal (Jatha Bhindran-Mehta) is located at Gurdwārā Gurdarshan Parkāsh in Mehta, Amritsar.

[11] During much of the mid-1900s, Gurbachan Singh Khalsa was a prominent sant teaching a large number of students[12] and remains an influential figure.

[11] The Damdami Taksal also had a history of dispute with the Government of India, as a previous leader, Kartar Singh Khalsa, had been a severe critic of the excesses of Indira Gandhi's Emergency rule.

[3][4] In 1975, a large event to commemorate the 300th anniversary martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur was attended by Indira Gandhi and Kartar Singh Khalsa.

[13] The dispute[note 1] was about who was the leader and who had the greater authority over the Sikh people, the Guru Granth Sahib or Indira Gandhi.

[14] The Damdami Taksal was first brought to wider attention in the whole of India by Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale during the 1978 Sikh–Nirankari clashes,[15] the Anandpur Resolution, the Dharam Yudh Morcha of 1982,[16] and later Operation Blue Star and the Khalistan movement and insurgency.

[41] Giani Ram Singh Sangrawa now heads a breakaway group as "mukh sevadar" (chief servicemember).

[49][50] Sant Gurbachan Singh Bhandranwale studied the famous Faridkot Teeka authored by Nirmala scholars.