What is Nankana Sahib?
{{unref|date=February 2012}} '''Nankana Sahib''', (Shahmukhi: {{lang-fa|ننکانہ صاحب}}; Gurmukhi: {{lang-pa|ਨਨਕਾਣਾ ਸਾਹਿਬ}}) is a city in the [[Nankana Sahib District|Nankana Sahib]] district. This new district formed in 2005. The city used to be called '''Rai-Bhoi-Di-Talwandi''' and was part of the old [[Sheikhupura District]]. Nankana Sahib is in the region of [[Punjab]]. It is about 75 kilometres west of [[Lahore]] and about 55 kilometres east of [[Faisalabad]]. Nankana is the holiest city for [[Sikhism|Sikhs]] and [[Hinduism|Hindus]]. ==History== The village of Nankana Sahib was founded by [[Rai Boi]]. He was a Muslim [[Rajput]] of Bhatti Clan, and a retainer of the [[Delhi Sultanate]] rulers of the early 15th Century. His descendants were Chaudhary Rai Bular (died 1515), who was a devotee of [[Guru Nanak Dev]] (1469-1539), the founder of the [[Sikh]] religion. Guru Nanak's parents were from [[Amritsar District]] area, as his father Mehta Kalu got a new job as a [[patwari]] of the village of Rai Bhoi Di Talwandi (now Nankana Sahib), in the Sandal Bar region of Punjab. {{Asia-stub}} [[Category:Cities in Punjab (Pakistan)]] [[Category:Nankana Sahib District]]