Tarn Taran Sahib is the district headquarters and a municipal council in Taran Taran district in the Indian state of Punjab
Tarn Taran is famous as a center of the Sikh insurgency during the 1980s
and early 1990s. During the Sikh insurgency, it was said that Tarn
Taran would be the capital of "Khalistan", the proposed Sikh independent
nation. In 1947, the year of the Partition of India, Tarn Taran was the
only Tehsil in Punjab with a majority Sikh population.
The main occupation in this area is agriculture and agroindustry with
very few other industries. This area has suffered neglect from
successive government administrations.
Tarn Taran district was formed a few years ago, the declaration to this
effect was made by Captain Amrinder Singh, Ex-Chief Minister of Punjab
during the celebrations marking the martyrdom day of Sri Guru Arjan Dev
Ji. With this, it became the 19th district of Punjab. But till today it
seems like a political stunt because no development activities are
started after the announcement of the new district.