Lehar Phagwara Shehar

Phagwara was built by Shah Jahan as a market town. Over time, some people of Phagwara started farming and Phagwara took on a rural character. Phagwara Sharki covers the original rural Phagwara, which now is only covered by the area surrounding Sukhchainiana Gurdwara (Sukhchain Nagar) where some people continue to farm the land.In 1772 it became Part of the Ahluwalia Sikh Dynasty of Kapurthala.The Sixth Sikh Guru, Shri Guru Hargobind Sahib Ji visited this place in 1635 after winning the battle of Kartarpur and Palahi. Phagu, a great devotee of Guru Ji used to reside here. When Phagu came to know that Guru Ji had come after fighting against Mughals and thought that Mughals might be following him, he was worried and did not serve Guru Ji. Guru Ji said," Phagu Da Warra, Bahron Mitha Andron Khara"(House of Phagu, sweet on outside and salty on inside). Therefore Phagwara got its name from "Phagu-Da-Warra". It is said that inner parts of the city near bohr wala bazaar still have salty water coming from underground and outer areas of Phagwara have sweet water.

Phagwara is the main industrial center in the Kapurthala District because of its good location on the national highway. This city has many different types of manufacturing industries, the main ones being textiles, auto components, machine tools and agricultural implements as well as agriculture services. There are three major industries in Phagwara which are well known all over,
JCT textile ltd.
Fine Switches (P) Ltd
Wahid Sandhar sugar ltd.
Sukhjit starch & chemical ltd.
JCI Industries, Railway Road.
Bawa Industries
Bharti Engines
UAW Auto Parts Pvt. Ltd
Novo Technologies Zone, Banga Road
Deluxe kitchenware,Mehli Gate phagwara (7508851529)
Johnson Electricals India
Manjit Electronics (Johnson Stabilizers)
In recent years, Phagwara is witnessing a tremendous growth in its real estate category which can be attributed to potential rise in number of students , teachers and para-educational staff because of LPU and other developing institutes.