SYLLABUS: General studies Paper 1 CONTEXT: Recently, the Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has announced on Eid that the former princely state of Malerkotla would be the 23rd district of the state. ABOUT MALERKOTLA: It is the only Muslim-dominated town of Punjab. Malerkotla owes its foundations in the 15th century to Sufi saint Sheikh Sadrauddin Sadar-i-Jahan. The initial beginnings were humble with the settlement being called Maler which was bestowed by the Behlol Lodhi to the Sheikh whose lineage too was Afghan. Kotla meaning, Fortress, was added later in 17th century with a collection of villages which formed a....Read More