Qadian
Qadian (ਕਾਦਿਆਂ ) is a small town and a
municipal council in
Gurdaspur, north-east of
Amritsar, situated 18 km east of
Batala city in the
state of
Punjab,
India. From Gurdaspur take Kahnuwan-Kot-Todarmal for about 26 km to reach Qadian.Qadian is perhaps best known as the birthplace of
Mirza Ghulam Ahmad and of the
Ahmadiyya Muslim movement he founded.Qadian was established in 1530 CE and Mirza Hadi Baig was the first Qazi (city Magistrate) of this area. On his name the town was known as Qazi. Mirza Hadi Baig was a religious scholar dedicated to Islam. Therefore he named the new town 'Islam Pur Qazi'. With the passage of time, it changed to 'QaziMaji' (The word "Maji" means Bull referring to the animal still found in abundance in Qadian) and then later to just 'Qadi' and eventually came to be known as Qadian.
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