Barnala
Barnala is an Indian city in the Punjab state of India which serves as the headquarters of the Barnala district. It is situated in the heart of the state. Barnala is well known for textile market in the area.
It is located on the Bathinda-Chandigarh highway (no.-7) and the Jalandhar-Rewari national highway (no.-71). The Sirsa-Ludhiana state highway(no.-13) also passes through it. It is 65 km from Bathinda and 85 km from Ludhiana
History
The common prevalent details reveal that this place was a village named Anahatgarh. In neighboring village Bhadalwadh Rungarh Muslims used to live who indulged in cattle stealing and plundering acts in surrounding villages grazing cattle in their crops. Following being tormented by Rungarh Muslims, people of Anahadgarh went to Bhadaur for help. Baba Gama was known for his might. When people went to Bhadaur at that time, Baba Gama was not there in his house but his brother Baba Ala Singh came along with them and he forced all Rungarh Muslims to run and started living there planting a tree (it being a Dera at that time marking foundation of a village).