Gurdwara Badshahi Bagh Sahib is situated on the Ambala-Hisar Road, near the District Courts, Ambala City.

Gurdwara Badshahi Bagh commemorates the visit of Guru Gobind Singh Ji, the Tenth Guru, who visited this place around 1670 during one of his excursions to Lakhnaur. While on a hunting trip one day on his horse, he came to a big garden just outside the city of Ambala. Then only a small child of eight years, he had with him his white hawk as well.

The garden belonged to Pir Amir Din, the custodian of the Muslim shrines of the city. He happened to be present in the garden at the same time. Pir Amir Din had with him a black hawk. On seeing Guruji’s white hawk, the Pir took a liking to it and began thinking of how to take it himself. He threw a challenge to the Guru for a fight between the two hawks. But, Guruji realizing the real intention of the Pir, refused and said that instead of the hawk, he would make sparrows fight the Pir’s hawk. The Pir laughed and said that sparrows were food for his hawk, but Guruji repeated his words. With this, Guruji called upon two sparrows that were sitting on a tree to fight with the hawk. The sparrows fought so ferociously that the hawk was injured badly. It finally fell to its death about a kilometer away, near Labbu ka Talaab, the site of Gurdwara Gobindpura. The Pir realized his folly and built a platform in honor of the Guru. It is here that Guru Gobind Singh uttered his famous words:

Chirion se main baaz turaun,
Tabe Gobind Singh naam kahaun.

(It is when I make sparrows fight hawks that I am called Gobind Singh)

A small gurdwara was built here during the last quarter of the eighteenth century. The site remained in a state of neglect till about 1926 when the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabhandhak Committee took it over. Later, a more befitting building was constructed here. In 1995, construction of the main building was started and is in the process of being completed. A langar hall was also constructed in 1995. A sarovar and an Old Age home are also planned in the area behind the main building.

The Secretary,
Management Committee,
Gurdwara Badshahi Bagh,
Ambala (Haryana),
Pin 134002

Phone Nos. : 91-171-2530110