Country India District Tarn Taran Climate Sub Tropical (Köppen) | State Punjab Time zone IST (UTC+5:30) | |
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Jhabal Kalan(CHABHAL) is a village in the Amritsar district of Punjab, India.
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Description
The neighboring villages are Jhabal Khurd, Thathi, Sarai Nurdin, Lalu Ghumman, Mannan, Panjwar and 15 km west of Tarn Taran Sahib. Jhabal Kalan is a very ancient village and is centuries old. It was one of the many earliest villages of Punjab. The village was founded by Dhillon Jatts. Jhabal Kalan stands in the centre of Amritsar district.
History
Chaudhary Langah a Dhillon Jatt of Jhabal Kalan was a well known chieftain who had 84 villages under him in the Amritsar area during the late 16th Century. He was one of the three Chaudharys of Majha of Patti Parganah during the rule of Akbar, a liberal and secular Mughal ruler from 1556-1605. The family was a Hindu Jatt but Bhai Langaha's father took the name Abu Al Khair and converted to Islam. The family also started worshiping Sakhi Sarwar a Mystical Pir. Chaudhary Langah became so ill once that even his prayer to Sakhi Sarwar could not cure him from his pain. So, he met a Sikh who told him to pray to God Almighty and to House of Guru Nanak. Langah got better and converted to Sikhism, his Brother Bhai Pero Shah also became a Sikh. The whole family became a Sikh at that time. Guru Arjan Dev Ji (1563–1606) was the fifth Sikh Guru prophet.
In 1588, both brothers went to Amritsar, then known as Guru Ka Chak, Holy Sikh City and also helped in the construction of the Harmandir Sahib. They preached Sikhism in their territories and soon Jhabal Kalan became a Sikh preaching center during the time of the Fifth Sikh prophet in the 1580s.
Their descendants were Mai Bhag Kaur, the granddaughter of Chaudhary Pero Shah daughter of Bhai Mallo Shah and was a famous Sikh warrior during the time of Guru Gobind Singh Ji (1666–1708) Tenth Sikh Prophet. She led a group (Jatha) of 40 Sikhs from her Village and from neighboring villages to wage a war against the Muslim Empire of the Mughals in 1705.
Jathedar Baba Baghel Singh was married into this family and made this village his home. He was a Sikh Warrior and a Misl Ruler who in 1783 invaded and raided Mughal Delhi.
The marriage of daughter of Guru Hargobind Sahib Ji (1595–1644) Sixth Sikh prophet Bibi Viro (b.1615)was arranged in Jhabal Kalan and she was married to Bhai Sadhu son of Bhai Dharma of Village Malla. A Gurdwara stands known as Bibi Viro Anand Karaj Asthan where the marriage ceremony took place. She was the mother of five sons.
The House of the Jhabalia Sikh Brothers Langah, Pero Shah, still stands but is in ruins as it is about 500 years old, with old Nanakshahi Bricks.
The famous Jhabal Brothers, Amar Singh Jhabalia, Sarmukh Singh Jhabalia and Jaswant Singh Jhabalia who sacrificed a lot for Gurduwara reforms and freedom struggle belonged to this village. Dr. Parkash Kaur, daughter-in-law off S. Amar Singh Jhabal became the first woman to be a Minister in erstwhile East Punjab after the partition of India and worked for the welfare of Punjab. S. Sarmukh Singh Jhabalia was the founder President of Sharomani Akali Dal.
The village is Dhillon Jatt and the main religion is Sikhism.