Kartarpur (Pakistan) is about 60 km from Amritsar and about 36 km from Batala. Guru Nanak Sahib founded the village in 1522. Bhai Duni Chand Karoria (also known as Bhai Karori Mall) made liberal contributions for the establishment of this village. Guru Nanak spent last years of his life (1522 – 1539) here. Guru Angad was coronated as Second Guru in this village. Most of this village was eroded by floods in the river Ravi several times. At one time it was feared that the river would wash the whole historical village of Guru Nanak Sahib away. The Sikhs, at a cost of about one hundred and fifty thousand rupees, built a dam of cement and stones in 1926. The then ruler of Patiala contributed major share of this money. The main shrine in the village is Dehra Sahib.
On the other side of the river Ravi (at a distance of about four km) there is another town Dera Baba Nanak. A few years after the death of Guru Nanak Sahib, a flood in the river Ravi washed away the Samadh (erecting of Samadh is in contradiction with the Sikh ideology) of Guru Nanak Sahib. At this Sri Chand (son of Guru Nanak Sahib), established himself in village Pakkhoke, on the other side of the river Ravi, and raised a mound in the outskirts of the village. It came to be known as Dehra (literally: memorial raised at the site of cremation) of Guru Nanak Sahib. Later, a shrine was built there and after some decades, it became a separate village and came to be known as Dera Baba Nanak. Now it has become a town. In Dera Baba Nanak there is another major Gurdwara named Chola Sahib. The descendants of Lakhmi Das, the younger son of Guru Nanak Sahib, have preserved a cloak, claimed to have been presented to Guru Nanak Sahib, by some Muslim admirer, during his tour of Mecca/Baghdad (but it does not seem to be so much old). Dera Baba Nanak is about 55 km from Amritsar. Before 1947, there was rail service between Dera Baba Nanak and Sialkot (Pakistan).