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A village of  Punjab   (Pakistan) situated in  tehsil Kallar Syedan is  identified as dera khalsa. The name was given by the   administration of Sub continent of this region during 18th century on demand of  Sikh   community. This name is still used to refer this village. Presently entire population of this village is  Muslims , having strong religious believes and 95% of existing families are migrated from Jammu in 1947.    History of dera khalsa  This is a historical village and during Sikh,s rule on Punjab in the 18th Century it was a kind of religious center of Sikhism.  In 1855 this  village was  entirely a Sikh village and  in the later days of the Sikh rule in the Punjab, this village was the head quarter of  Sikh Sardars. There was a Sikh Dhara-mshala where all strangers and preachers could come and stay and enlighten the village people who gather every morning and...