[citation needed] The village was founded by the Batth Jatt Zamandirs and was historically part of the Patti Pargana region, where the members of the local Batth Jatt Chaudhries family held feudal land Jagirs in Manhala, Mughal Wala, and Kulla.

[citation needed] The Sixth Sikh Guru, Guru Hargobind Sahib Jee, is known to have visited Manhala with Sikh soldiers and stayed opposite to the house of the Batth Jatt Chaudhries on an open space in the centre of the village.

[citation needed] The Bhangi Sikh Misl, led by Sardar Hari Singh Dhillon, saw an influx of members in the early mid-1700s when the Mughal power faded from the region.

The Batth Sikh sardars proved an influential family in their area, with a documented history provided in the book entitled Sardar Gharaane of Punjab.

[citation needed] This prestige was further noted by Lieutenant Governor Lepel H.Griffen in his book Chiefs of Punjab, published in 1865, which records the Rajas and Chiefs of Punjab.