A History of Agriculture in India v2.c64.s1.2

v2.c64.s1.2

Nanak was born in A.D. 1469 when Bahlul Lodi was the Sultan of India. It is necessary to examine his career and teachings in greater detail, as they led to the rise of a farming community which played, in due course, a significant role in India's Green Revolution. Nanak's father, Mehta Kalian Das Bedi, was the accountant of village Talwandi Rai Bhoe, about forty miles from Lahore. At the age of twelve he was married to Sulakhni, daughter of Mool Chand Chona of Batala. Two sons, Lakhmi Das and Sri Chand, were born to them. His sister Nanaki was married to one Jai Ram Uppal in Sultanpur Lodi, now in the present Kapurthala district. Jai Ram got Nanak employed as an accountant in the service of Nawab Daulat Khan Lodi.