The Sikh martyrs of the eighteenth century, among them Bhai Mani SinghModern—
Sacred since
1716 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
present building 1935 (site from 1716)
Modern
History & significance
A memorial gurdwara in the Naulakha quarter of Lahore on a site where large numbers of Sikhs were executed under the Mughal governors of the eighteenth century, including Bhai Mani Singh in 1738. Work began in 1716 and was completed in 1753 after the Sikhs were given control of the ground; the marble building standing today dates from 1935.