User:Qila Diwan Singh

Baba Diwan Singh Sandhu of Qila Diwan Singh, Teh. Nokhar, Gujranwala, now In Pakistan Baba Diwan Singh was a Sandhu jat Sikh, who adopted Sikh religion somewhere in 1730 AD, and may have accepted Pahul { Sacred water},either from Mata Sahib Kaur or from Nawab Kapur Singh. He was resident of village Kahna, near Lahore. During the freedom struggle, when attacks by Ahmed Shah Abdali were very frequent on India, the Sikhs rose against the attackers and many armed groups were formed, to combat the attackers. Diwan Singh also formed such a group and occupied few villages in District Gujranwala. He left his native village Kahna and settled in Distt. Gujranwala, where he constructed fort, which was named as “Qila Diwan Singh. “Even now the name of this village continues to be same in Pakistan. The villages under his control were Badangil, Ohak, Ohata and Kotgarh.