Sirhind
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Sirhind is a historic town in the Fatehgarh Sahib district of Punjab, India, known for its significant role in Sikh history and as a former Mughal administrative center.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sirhind canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11628422 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sirhind Context triple: [Mata Gujri, placeOfDeath, Sirhind]
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A.
Nawanshahr
Nawanshahr is a town and district headquarters in the Doaba region of Punjab, India, known for its agricultural base and significant Punjabi diaspora.
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B.
Nadiad
Nadiad is a city in the Indian state of Gujarat, historically notable as the birthplace of independence leader Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.
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C.
Sultanpur Lodhi
Sultanpur Lodhi is a historic town in Punjab, India, renowned as a major Sikh pilgrimage site associated with Guru Nanak Dev Ji.
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D.
Chamkaur
Chamkaur is a historic town in Punjab, India, renowned as the site of the Battle of Chamkaur where Guru Gobind Singh and his followers fought the Mughal forces.
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E.
Kalhoro
Kalhoro is a Sindhi tribe historically prominent in the region that provided the ruling family for the Kalhora dynasty in what is now Pakistan.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sirhind Target entity description: Sirhind is a historic town in the Fatehgarh Sahib district of Punjab, India, known for its significant role in Sikh history and as a former Mughal administrative center.
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A.
Nawanshahr
Nawanshahr is a town and district headquarters in the Doaba region of Punjab, India, known for its agricultural base and significant Punjabi diaspora.
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B.
Nadiad
Nadiad is a city in the Indian state of Gujarat, historically notable as the birthplace of independence leader Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.
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C.
Sultanpur Lodhi
Sultanpur Lodhi is a historic town in Punjab, India, renowned as a major Sikh pilgrimage site associated with Guru Nanak Dev Ji.
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D.
Chamkaur
Chamkaur is a historic town in Punjab, India, renowned as the site of the Battle of Chamkaur where Guru Gobind Singh and his followers fought the Mughal forces.
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E.
Kalhoro
Kalhoro is a Sindhi tribe historically prominent in the region that provided the ruling family for the Kalhora dynasty in what is now Pakistan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic place
ⓘ
town ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Guru Gobind Singh
NERFINISHED
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Mughal Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Sikh–Mughal conflicts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| climate | humid subtropical climate ⓘ |
| connectedByHighway | National Highway 44 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| distanceTo |
approximately 45 km from Chandigarh
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approximately 50 km from Patiala ⓘ approximately 55 km from Ludhiana ⓘ |
| division | Patiala division NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| elevation | approximately 260 metres above sea level ⓘ |
| formerAdministrativeStatus |
headquarters of the Mughal Sirhind Subah
ⓘ
important Mughal military outpost ⓘ |
| governingBody | local municipal council ⓘ |
| hasNearbySite |
Aam Khas Bagh
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Fatehgarh Sahib Gurdwara complex NERFINISHED ⓘ Gurdwara Fatehgarh Sahib NERFINISHED ⓘ Gurdwara Jyoti Sarup NERFINISHED ⓘ Tomb of Ustad and Shagird NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRailwayStation | Sirhind Junction NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalEvent | execution of younger sons of Guru Gobind Singh at Fatehgarh Sahib ⓘ |
| historicalName | Sirhind-Fategarh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriodOfProminence | Mughal period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalRole |
Mughal administrative center
ⓘ
Sikh historical center ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Mughal-era architecture remnants
ⓘ
proximity to Fatehgarh Sahib Gurdwara complex ⓘ role in Sikh history ⓘ |
| languageOfficial | Punjabi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Fatehgarh Sahib district
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
India ⓘ Punjab NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Indian Standard Time ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Fatehgarh Sahib
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sirhind Canal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnRoute | Grand Trunk Road NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearestAirport | Chandigarh International Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Malwa region of Punjab NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| railwayLine |
Ambala–Ludhiana line
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sirhind–Nangal line NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | northwestern India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religionMajority | Sikhism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religionSignificant |
Hinduism
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scriptOfficialLanguage | Gurmukhi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| UTCOffset | +5:30 ⓘ |
| vehicleRegistrationCode | PB-23 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Sirhind Description of subject: Sirhind is a historic town in the Fatehgarh Sahib district of Punjab, India, known for its significant role in Sikh history and as a former Mughal administrative center.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.