Malerkotla

Malerkotla is a city and a municipal council in Sangrur district in the Indian state of Punjab. It was the seat of the eponymous princely state during the British Raj. The state acceded unto the union of India in 1947 and was merged with other nearby princely states to create the Patiala and East Punjab States' Union. When that political entity was reorganised in 1956, the territories of the erstwhile state of Malerkotla became part of Punjab. Malerkotla, a Muslim Pathan state, is the most respected house in Punjab. Malerkotla state was founded in 1600.

Malerkotla was in flames it was an island of peace. When the younger Sahibzadas of Guru Gobind Singh, the 10th and the last Sikh Guru, were ordered to be bricked alive by the govemor of Sarhind. Wazir Khan, his close relative Sher Mohammed Khan, Nawab of Malerkotla who was persent in the court, lodged vehement protest against this inhuman act and said it is against the glorious tenets of Quran and islam. Wazir Khan did not acquiesce and the Sahibzadas were tortured and bricked alive.