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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}}<br /> {{Use Indian English|date=April 2018}}<br /> {{Infobox settlement<br /> | name = Badrukha<br /> | other_name = <br /> | nickname = <br /> | settlement_type = village<br /> | image_skyline = <br /> | image_alt = <br /> | image_caption = <br /> | pushpin_map = India Punjab#India<br /> | pushpin_label_position = right<br /> | pushpin_map_alt = <br /> | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Punjab, India<br /> | coordinates = {{coord|30.252319|N|75.791675|E|display=inline,title}}<br /> | subdivision_type = Country<br /> | subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}<br /> | subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]<br /> | subdivision_name1 = [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]<br /> | subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]<br /> | subdivision_name2 = [[Sangrur district|Sangrur]]<br /> | established_title = &lt;!-- Established --&gt;<br /> | established_date = <br /> | founder = <br /> | named_for = <br /> | government_type = <br /> | governing_body = [[Gram panchayat]]<br /> | leader_title = Sarpanch<br /> | leader_name = <br /> | unit_pref = Metric<br /> | area_footnotes = <br /> | area_rank = <br /> | area_total_km2 = <br /> | elevation_footnotes = <br /> | elevation_m = <br /> | population_total = <br /> | population_as_of = <br /> | population_rank = <br /> | population_density_km2 = auto<br /> | population_demonym = <br /> | population_footnotes = <br /> | demographics_type1 = Languages<br /> | demographics1_title1 = Official<br /> | demographics1_info1 = [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]<br /> | timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br /> | utc_offset1 = +5:30<br /> | postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]<br /> | postal_code = <br /> | area_code_type = Telephone code<br /> | area_code = <br /> | registration_plate = <br /> | website = <br /> | footnotes = <br /> }}<br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Badrukhan&#039;&#039;&#039; is a big village about 5&amp;nbsp;km from [[Sangrur]], the district headquarters, on Sangrur-[[Barnala]] road in [[Punjab, India]].<br /> <br /> ==History==<br /> The residents of five small villages, Vada Agwarh, Vichla Agwarh, Dalamwal, Dhaliwas and Thagan wali Patti, under the leadership of Pandit Badru, approached Great [[Jats|Jat]] ruler [[Gajpat Singh|Maharaja Gajpat Singh]], the Maharaja of [[Jind State|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.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=http://sangrur.gov.in/html/placestovisit.html|title=Official website of Sangrur|accessdate=24 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150624145915/http://sangrur.gov.in/html/placestovisit.html|archive-date=24 June 2015|url-status=dead}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Present==<br /> The village has a Government Senior Secondary school, a 4-bedded subsidiary health center and a post office.<br /> <br /> ==Notable people==<br /> {{unreferenced section|date=March 2024}}<br /> * Lt. Gen. [[Harbaksh Singh]], Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Vir Chakra<br /> * Maj. Gen. [[Gurbakhsh Singh]], DSO, OBE<br /> * Pandit Durga Das Bhardwaj, revenue minister of Jind State<br /> * Amaranth Patwari (Kaka Patwari) <br /> *Tarsem Chand Bhardwaj, Manager, Punjab Agro <br /> *Dr Vikram Bhardwaj, doctor of ear, nose, throat and cancer surgery in Delhi.<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{Reflist}}<br /> <br /> {{Sangrur district}}<br /> [[Category:Villages in Sangrur district]]</div>

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