
This is the place where Jagat Guru Nanak Ji died on 23rd Assu, Samvat 1596 (22 September 1529 AD). It is also called Dera Nanak Baba. Dera Sahib railway station, on Narowal-shakarghar section, serves this place. The Shrine is located by the River Ravi within a distance of nine kilometers from the railway station. The present building was built at a cost of Rs 1,35,600, donated by Sardar Popindar Singh, the Maharaja of Patiala. It was repaired by the Government of Pakistan in 1995, incurring expenditure in lakhs of rupees. It is a spacious and beautiful building. Its location beside a forest and the River Ravi makes its care difficult.[citation needed] Narowal city has four union councils and its important colonies are Islam pura, Jilany colony, Jawad colony, Mumtaz colony and Mehmood colony near Railway station. Some of the prominent villages in the district Narowal with regards to Rajput polulation are Jabal, Sulehrian, Molun, bibral, bhimber, Lacer
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