Sunam

Sunam is a city and a municipality in Sangrur district in the Indian state of Punjab. It is located 16 KM towards South from District head quarters Sangrur. It is a Tehsil head quarter. Sunam means the name with a good reputation. According to old people of sunam, sunam derived its name from tsunami which means structure like hump of camel. This city is the birthplace of Shaheed Udham Singh. who shot former British Indian governor Michael O'Dwyer in revenge for his support of the notorious Jallianwala Bagh massacre.

The most well known is the Gurdwara of the first Guruji Guru Nanak Dev Ji. Gurudwara Pehli Patshahi well known as Wadda Gurudwara where Guruji stayed for a night. This is one place in Sunam where people from all religions come to pay homage to a great saint of 17th Century. Descendants of his legacy are known as 'Bhaike' as they all are from a small village near Sunam named 'Bhai Ki Peshower'.Once every year they congregate in this ancestral village of theirs in a social gathe