Tarn Taran traces its founding to 1596 and Guru Arjan Dev, and borders Pakistan on the west

Background

The Tarn Taran district administration records the founding of the town in 1596 by Guru Arjan Dev Ji, the fifth Sikh Guru, with the establishment of the Shri Tarn Taran Sahib temple.
The district covers 2,449 sq. km.
It is bounded by Amritsar district in the north, Kapurthala district in the east, Pakistan in the west and Firozpur district in the south.
It has three tehsils, Tarn Taran, Patti and Khadur Sahib, along with five sub-tehsils and eight development blocks.
The 2001 Census put the district population at 939,057, of which 88.02 per cent was rural.
Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Sri Guru Arjan Dev Ji and Gurdwara Guru Ka Khuh are among its documented historic shrines.