Badrukhan

Badrukhan
village
Badrukhan Show map of Punjab Badrukhan Show map of India Location in Punjab, India
Coordinates: 30°15′08″N 75°47′30″E / 30.252319°N 75.791675°E / 30.252319; 75.791675Coordinates: 30°15′08″N 75°47′30″E / 30.252319°N 75.791675°E / 30.252319; 75.791675
Country	India
State	Punjab
District	Sangrur
Government
• Body	Gram panchayat
Languages
• Official	Punjabi
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)

Badrukhan is a big village about 5 km from Sangrur, the district headquarters, on Sangrur-Barnala road in Punjab, India.

History

The residents of five small villages, Vada Agwarh, Vichla Agwarh, Dalamwal, Dhaliwas and Thagan wali Patti, under the leadership of Pandit Badru, approached Gajpat Singh, the Maharaja of Jind, for security from dacoits. Maharaja Gajpat Singh amalgamated these villages and named it Badrukhan. In 1763, when Gajpat Singh captured the town of Jind, Badrukhan was made the capital of Jind State. He also built a fort here.^[1]

Badrukhan is believed to be the birthplace of Maharaja Ranjit Singh and Maharaja Hira Singh of Nabha.

Present

The village has a Government Senior Secondary school, a 4-bedded subsidiary health center and a post office.

Notable people

• Lt. Gen. Harbaksh Singh, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Vir Chakra

References