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Gurudwara Talhan Sahib Ji

Gurudwara Talhan Sahib Ji is located in a small village on the outskirts of Jalandhar named Talhan. It is one of the unique places to visit in Jalandhar because of the devotees who come here offer toy aeroplanes to the deity. The deity in this shrine is of Baba Nihal Singh who was a local in Talhan.Baba helped his fellow villagers in various things and later years after his death, a shrine was built by Harnam Singh, one of his devotees. The story behind offering toy aeroplanes is that the devotees wish they could fly in an aeroplane someday. As per the temple authorities, around 50-60 planes are offered in a week. 

The village was founded by Jats of Talhan surname. However, they all left the village during Baba Banda Singh Bahadur's time and later joined forces of Baba Baghel Singh Dhaliwal during the Battle of Delhi 1783  and the original inhabitants settled in western Uttar Pradesh. Subsequently, the village was inhabited by people of the following surnames: Sahgal's; Randhawa Jats; and Bains Jats of Mahilpur.  During the colonial period Talhan housed the Zail headquarters, which covered 21 villages, headed by a Bains Zaildar family from 1871 until the Government of India abolished the Zaildari feudal system by in 1952 by abolishing the oppressive feudal legislation. It is mentioned that the zaildar in 1923 was Sham Singh and last zaildar was Zaildar Jagat Singh