Fatehabad, Punjab

Fatehabad is a small town in the Tarn Taran district of Punjab State.

It was originally a border fort that had a Ghaznavid garrison permanently stationed there, and is known to have existed from the time of Mahmud Ghaznavi, or even earlier.

It is believed Muhammad Ghori stationed his troops here and the town was turned into a kasbah which is a military encampment.

In the year 1755, he had defeated Adina Beg, the Mughal Governor of Jullundur, and taken possession of Fatehabad.

Fatehabad is also known as the place where the First Sikh Guru, Guru Nanak had penned the Gurbani in praise of Nature[4] Fatehabad is the place to which the family of the renowned Urdu poet, Mehr Lal Soni Zia Fatehabadi belonged.