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Kotla Nihang Khan
30.9531° N, 76.5375° E
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Kotla Nihang Khan is a suburb town of Ropar city in Punjab, India. It is famed as the erstwhile principality of the seventeenth-century Pathan zamindar ruler, Nihang Khan, who was an associate of the tenth Sikh Guru, Guru Gobind Singh.
Historical Timeline
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Initial settlement phase
c. 2200 BCE
Nihang Khan's rule and fort
17th century
Guru Gobind Singh visit
1688
Indus Valley occupation
3300–1300 BCE
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Industrial and Craft Structures
Religious and Ritual Structures
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