BETMA SAHIB at BETMA (Near Indore - MP)
Betma is a town and a nagar panchayat in Indore District in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India.
Betma means 'sit mother'.
Betma Sahib is one of the pious Gurudwara of historical significance for Sikhs, as it is believed that Guru Nanak Dev Ji visited this place during his southern Udasi. Guru Nanak Dev ji came here in 1567 and stayed here for 6 months.
In The age of the Mughal Era, Betma was a paragna of Qanungoh (Kanungo) Hakh Dastoor 26 village under this Paragna. Thakur Dungar Singh Nigam who was the appointed Betma Paragna Jagirdar and received the Sanad & title of Kanungo by the Akbar's court Mandu sarkar. By caste he was a kastariya kayastha. The family traced their ancestry from Thakur Ganrajdas, he was the diwan of Rana Udaipur Prithviraj Singh in between 1600 and 1700 century .
In the Holkars time, Holkars change the revenue policy and Holkars appointed to Madhorao Wagh for Betma local revenue collection. After some years a Chouhan Rajputs appointed revenue agent (Thikanedar) by the agent of Holkars Wagh Mansabdar and Pargna Kanungo of Betma they were decentliy enjoyed their work in campany raj and British India also.
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