Kot Kapura
| Kot Kapura | |
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| Town | |
 Kot Kapura
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| Coordinates: 30°35′00″N 74°54′00″E / 30.5833°N 74.9°ECoordinates: 30°35′00″N 74°54′00″E / 30.5833°N 74.9°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | Punjab |
| District | Faridkot |
| Founded by | Kapura |
| Area | |
| • Total | 17.25 km2 (6.66 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 208 m (682 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 91,979 |
| • Density | 5,300/km2 (14,000/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Punjabi |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 151204 151204 |
| Website | citykotkapura |
Kot Kapura is a historic town some 50 km from Bathinda, 40 km from Moga and 30 km from Muktsar in the state of Punjab, India. It is the largest city in the Faridkot District and has a large cotton market, considered one of the best in the world. Kotkapura is the birthplace of world-renowned astrologer Late Sardar Ujjal Singh. It takes around 15 minutes by bus from Faridkot, 4 hours by road from Chandigarh and 2.0 hours from Ludhiana, and 8 hours from New Delhi by train to reach the city. It is a central city on route to Ganganagar, Ludhiana, Bathinda, Firozpur etc. Kot Kapura takes its name from its founder, Nawab Kapur Singh, and the word "Kot", meaning a small fort – literally the "fort of Kapura".
Bhallan, founder of the Faridkot principality, was an ardent follower of Guru Har Gobind, the 6th Sikh Guru. He helped Guru Har Gobind Ji in the Battle of Mehraj, but died issueless in 1643. He was succeeded by his nephew, Kapura, who founded the town of Kot Kapura in 1661. Nawab Kapura was the chaudhry of eighty-four villages. Guru Gobind Singh, the 10th Guru of the Sikhs, en route from Machhiwara, after staying at Dina and after short stopovers at various other places, reached Kot Kapura and asked Nawab Kapura Brar for his fort to fight the pursuing Mughal army. Kapura was a Sikh, but did not want to earn the ire of the Mughals by helping Guru Gobind Singh openly in his war with them; otherwise, the famous last battle of Muktsar (Khidrane Di Dhaab; now a historic town) between Guru Gobind Singh and the Mughal army would have been fought at Kot Kapura. However, Nawab refused the fort to the guru. He however handed over the town to his confidente Family of Khemka's as a gift. They took care of the town very well. Today the town is run by the family trust.
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