Description of Giddarbaha

1. Giddarbaha
Punjab

2. Introduction
• Giddarbaha is a town and a municipal council in Muktsar district, in
the Indian state of Punjab. It is 19 kilometres (12 mi) from the city
of Malout, 30 kilometres (19 mi) from the city of Bathinda and 40
kilometres (25 mi) from the city of Muktsar. It lies on NH-7, which
connects Fazilka (Punjab) to Mana (Uttarakhand) in India.

3. History
• Giddarbaha in its earliest stage was known as Pepali (Punjabi: ਪਪਿੱਪਲੀ,
romanized: Pippalī) named after an old pipal tree. It was a very happy
and small village with limited number of people. According to local
tradition, when Shri Guru Gobind Singh ji visited Pepali, he saw ladies
of the village disturbed by a jackal (Punjabi: ਪ ਿੱਦੜ, romanized: giddaṛ)
when they went to fetch water from the well. He asked the villagers
about this and they told him that everybody in this village was
married except the jackal.

4. History
• After knowing the problem, Guruji arranged the marriage of jackal to the
pipal tree. From there that village was renamed by the locals to Giddar
vyahya (Punjabi: ਪ ਿੱਦੜ ਪਿਆਪਿਆ, romanized: Giddaṛ viāhiā, lit. 'the jackal
is married').[1]
• Giddarbaha is educationally very advanced[2]and famous for its snuff
factories. It surpasses many cities in the cleanliness of its sewer system, the
broadness of its roads etc. It has an impressive railway station and
platform. During that time, it took the shape of a town from the small
village and when the Britishers reached here they wrongly pronounced the
town name as Giddarbaha. They planned a new walled city in 1909 with six
gates and carved the name on the gates as Giddarbaha. From there people
accepted the name and started pronouncing the same.

5. Geography
• Giddarbaha is located in the south-western zone of Punjab. The
district of Faridkot lies to its North, Firozepur to the West and
Bathinda to the East. It is well connected by rail and road networks.
National Highway NH-15 connects Giddarbaha to Bathinda. Through
Bathinda, Giddarbaha is connected to various Indian cities via railways
as well.