This was the place from which the ancestors of Bhagat Singh, an Indian freedom fighter, had moved prior to his birth in 1907 and after whom the district is named.
On September 27, 2008 at Khatkar Kalan, eight km from Nawanshahr, the Punjab government announced that a district in the state would be named after freedom fighter Bhagat Singh.
Kalan Porter | Jaffarpur Kalan | Sahan Kalan | Rurka Kalan | Khatkar Kalan | Kalan | Jharoda Kalan | Elliott Kalan | Boparai Kalan | Barauna Kalan |