Malwa (Punjab)

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[4] The city of Ferozepur, located in the Malwa region, was founded sometime in the latter half of the 14th century by Firuz Shah Tughlaq the third of the Delhi Sultanate.

[7] Guru Hargobind was physically impressive in stature and charismatic with his missionary efforts, which drew-in converts in the region and providing new recruits for his Akal Sena.

[11] At Dagru village in Moga district, it is believed Guru Har Rai stayed there for some time whilst on a tour of the Malwa region.

[6] The local Punjabi dialect of the cultural region is known as Malwai, which differs from other adjacent Punjabic lects.

Map created by the British East India Company of the Malwa region of Punjab showing the various polities, borders, and settlements of the area, ca.1829–1835. Rupnagar, Moga, Jagraon, Dharamkot, Kotkupura, Muktsar, and Sahnewal, are marked as the territories south of the Sutlej River which were controlled by the Sikh Empire .
Equestrian painting of a Sikh from Malwa, Company School, Punjab Plains, ca.1840