Guru Nanak Dev, the first Sikh Guru, settled and died near the village Pakhoke, opposite to the present town and named it Kartarpur - a town which lies over the border in Pakistan.
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The Bedis, descendants of Guru Nanak Dev built a new town and named it Dera Baba Nanak after their great ancestor.
He married Hukum Kaur of Dera Baba Nanak in 1898 and they had two children, a son and a daughter.
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After the formation of Pakistan they moved to the village of Gazneepur, which is 6 miles on the Gurdaspur Dera Baba Nanak road.