This is a town, about 25 km from Amritsar, founded by Guru Arjan Sahib. In 1590, only the Sarovar and a Gurdwara had been built. The city was established in 1596. (Special brick-kilns were set up to bake bricks for the tank. Amir-ud-Din, son of Nur-ud-Din, a Mogul chief of the nearby area, took away the bricks forcibly and built two houses at village Nurudin. In 1766, the Sikhs demolished the buildings of Amir-ud-Din, recovered the bricks and brought them back). The main Gurdwara is in the midst of the city. It had been built by Guru Arjan Sahib, in memory of Guru Ram Das. Unlike Darbar Sahib Amritsar, this Gurdwara has not been built in the middle of the Sarovar but rather on one side (of the Sarovar). The tank at Tarn Taran (490ʹX500ʹ) is almost double in size than the Sarovar at Amritsar. Here, Guru Arjan had established a centre for the lepers. In 1921, this Gurdwara was in the possession of Udasi Mahants. When the Sikh leaders visited Tarn Taran to discuss the transfer of the shrine to the S.G.P.C., the hired men of the Mahants attacked the Sikhs and wounded several of them. Later, two of the injured, Bhai Hazara Singh of Aladinpur and Bhai Hukam Singh of Wajaukot, succumbed to injuries. Tarn Taran had also been visited by Guru Hargobind Sahib and Guru Tegh Bahadur (in 1664). Both Guru Sahibs held congregations in the main shrine. Guru Arjan Sahib got a well built in the outskirts of the town. It is known as Guru Da Khuh. There is another well in the name of (Mata) Bhani (the mother of Guru Arjan Sahib).