Country India Time zone IST (UTC+5:30) | State Punjab | |
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The village of Maddoke is situated between the cities of Moga and Jagraon, India, on an Ajitwal-Badhni link road which is 7 km. from Ajitwal. The sixth Sikh Guru, Siri Guru Hargobind Sahib visited this historical village. In the memory of Siri Guru Hargobind Sahib, a five story beautiful building has been constructed.
Contents
- Map of Maddoke Punjab 142053
- About Maddoke
- Origin of Maddoke
- History of People Belonging to Different Last Names in Maddoke
- References
Map of Maddoke, Punjab 142053
An English medium school is run by Gurudwara Committee. This school was started in 1984 with the aim and object to impart Primary and Secondary education to the students preparing them for high class universities and colleges. There are currently over 1500 students enrolled which come from various villages around Maddoke.
About Maddoke
Origin of Maddoke
Some people think that Sant Madho Das put the foundation stone of village Maddoke and the village was named Madhoke. The name Madhoke can also be seen in some old government record books.
Some other experts think there was an old man named "Maddo Kaler" and he gave the name Maddoke to this village. People from Kaler Patti, Chuhar Chak had been visiting the grave of "Maddo Kaler" up to 1970–1980. There is another myth that Sant Madho Das was called "Maddo Kaler".
The modern village of Maddoke was settled in the late nineties of 1600 and was settled by the efforts Dharm Singh from village Dhudike. Jhanda Singh and Dharm Singh were sons of Gurdas Singh from Dhudike. Jhanda Singh settled in "Jhandyiana" and that village is named after his name. Dharm Singh came to Maddoke and this village wasn't named after his name because there was already an old well and the place was called Madhoke. So the conclusion is: The name Maddoke is given by either Sant Madho Das or "Maddo Kaler", but the village Maddoke is settled by Dharam Singh.
History of People Belonging to Different Last Names in Maddoke
- The Gill's belonging to Bhan Singh, Biram Singh, Fateh Singh and Diya Singh came from village Dhudike.
- The Gill's belonging to Kapoor Singh came from village Dala.
- Families belonging to Atma Ram Mahanat belong to Gill's from Moga, but they came from a village near Patti (Amritsar).
- The Sekhon's came from a village called Bohar walla.
- The Dhaliwal's and Bhangu's came from village Mallah(Ludhiana).
- The Maan's came from village Maan.
- The Sran's came from Pathrala.
- The Sidhu's came from Baso ke in Doaba.
- The Sivyia's came from village Sivyia near Sodiwalla.
- Families belonging to Inder Singh Gill came from village Gholyia.