District Court Sangrur

ABOUT DISTRICT COURT

SESSIONS DIVISION SANGRUR

Brief History
Sangrur was Capital of Erstwhile Jind State and Raja Raghbir Singh kept his residence here. His elevation as Chief of State took place on 31.3.1874. It was he, who built a beautiful town constructing a bazaar on the pattern of famous pink city Jaipur with pucca shops. In those days there used to be located gates, temples and Gurudwaras on all four corners of city. At the time of independence, Raja Ranbir Singh was ruler of Jind State. It remained a part of Pepsu State. Thereafter, the place was given status of District in 1948.
District Sangrur draws its name from its city Sangrur which is headquarter. Sangrur is bounded by Ludhiana, Moga, Bathinda and Patiala Districts of State of Punjab and by Hissar District of State of Haryana. It is directly linked by road with Chandigarh (127 Kilometer), Ludhiana (80 Kilometer), Bathinda (100 Kilometer) and Delhi (257 Kilometer). It falls on Ludhiana-Jakhal railway track. From the administrative point of view, District Sangrur is divided into four Tehsils i.e. Sunam, Moonak, Dhuri and Malerkotla (now Malerkotla is a separate District only on the Administrative side).
There is an ancient Temple[...]