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| Country | India |
| State | Punjab |
| District(s) | Sangrur |
| Population | 51,024 (2001[update]) |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+05:30) |
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• 231 metres (758 ft) |
Sunam is a city and a municipality in Sangrur district in the Indian state of Punjab. Sunam means the name with a good reputation. This is the birth place of the famous patriot, Shahid Udham Singh who took revenge of the massacre of innocent Indians by the British on April 13 in 1919 in JAHLLIAN WALA Bagh in Amritsar by shooting O'Dwyer, in Caxton Hall in London on 13 March, 1940 as he was the one who had ordered the shooting of a large and peaceful meeting of the patriots in the Bagh by using machine guns and killed hundreds of them as the garden had just one narrow lane to enter and it was surrounded by walls with no exit gates elsewhere. The machine guns were placed in the only escape lane which was actually both, the way in and out and many in the gathering there jumped into the famous well in the garden to save their lives and drowned. Thousands of people pay their homage to the killed patriots daily by bowing to this garden, the well and by remembering Shahid Udham Singh of Sunam.
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Sunam is located at .[1] It has an average elevation of 231 metres (757 feet.Sunam falls under the district of Sangrur.
As of 2001[update] India census,[2] Sunam had a population of 51,024. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Sunam has an average literacy rate of 62%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 66%, and female literacy is 57%. In Sunam, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.
This is one place in Sunam where people from all religions/communities come to pay homage to a great saint of 17th Century.Descendants of his legacy are known as 'Bhaike' as they all are from a small village near Sunam named 'Bhai Ki Peshower'.Once every year 'Bhaike' congregate in this ancestral village of theirs in a social gathering known as 'Babe Mitti'.Now some 'Bhaike' are settled in Sunam mostly known by their surname 'Joshi'. This is by far the most visited place in Sunam.
Another local attraction, "Sitasar", a pond which has dried out now in Sunam, is said to be the place where Sita (wife of the Lord Rama) washed her hair during the exile.It's one of the most sacred places for Hindu's.Festivals of Shivratri and Ramnavmi are celebrated with a large gathering of the people of Sunam.
There are number of Gurudwaras in Sunam. The most well known is the Gurdwara of the first Guruji Guru Nanak Dev Ji, Gurudwara Pehli Patsahi well known as Wadda Gurudwara where he stayed for a night.
Before Partition of Punjab Sunam's population was predominantly Muslim, legend has it that if there would have been 5 more peers it would have been the first 'Peergah' in the region with 100 peers but that did not happen now Muslim Community constitutes about 15 families in Sunam. Peer Banna Banoi is an Islamic shrine where people of all faiths pay homage as Peer Banna Banoi was a God fearing and a true Muslim who sacrificed his life on the day of his marriage to save the Hindu & Sikh girls from being kidnapped by the armed Muslim goons.
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