Kalanaur

Kalanaur is a City in Kalanaur Tehsil in Gurdaspur District of Punjab State, India. It is found 27 km towards west from District central station Gurdaspur. It is a Tehsil headquarter. The town has recorded essentialness as Mughal Emperor Akbar, was enthroned in a garden close to the Kalanaur by Bairam Khan. As per Imperial Gazetteer of India, Kalanaur was established by two Muslim siblings named Kala and Noor. As per the history specialist Mohammad Latif, the town was established by the Noor clan of Rajputs who likely relocated from South India.

It is additionally conceivable that the town took its name from the Kaleshwar sanctuary, sanctified to Shiva, which remains inside a nearby fortification. Kalanaur existed much before thirteenth century. It is most likely late seventh or mid eighth century that Raja Nakay Rao built up its control over the domain. Afterward, the Raja of Kalanaur Raja Saheb Rao Sena was one of the 150 Rajas who had taken an interest in both the skirmishes of 1191 and 1192 at Tarain nearby Prithviraj Chauhan against Mohammad Ghour. He embraced religion of Islam after the annihilation and Prithviraj Chauhan was caught and killed by Mohammad Ghour under imprisonment. They moved to the slopes close Peer Panchaal subsequent to getting to be Muslims as different Rajputs broke relations with this family.