Gurudwara Dasvin Patshahi (Nadaun)

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Nadaun is in Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh. Here a holy shrine stands in memory of Guru Gobind Singh who fought a pitched battle here taking part in assisting Raja Bhim Chand of Kahlur and some other hill chiefs against the Mughal general Alif Khan. The Mughal Commander had been sent by the Muslim overlord of Jammu to collect arrears of tribute from the hill Rajas in 1687. The battle was fought on 20th March 1691. Alif Khan was routed leaving his camp and its contents behind.

After the battle the Guru stayed for 8 days in Nadaun, camping on the bank of the river Beas. The memorial shrine west of the town on the bank of the River is called Gurdwara Dasvin Patshahi.

Nadaun is a town along the Una-Amb-Kangra road, about 30 kilometers from Kangra and 70 kilometers from Una. Replacing an earlier Gurdwara, ordered built by the Lion of the Panjab Maharaja Ranjit Singh was replaced by the present Gurwara building, a square domed room, which was constructed by Rai Bahadur Wasakha Singh in 1929. It was taken over by the S.G.P.C. in 1935 and is administered by it through a local committee.

Alif Khan was routed. The Guru stayed for 8 days in Nadaun, on the bank of the river Beas.