Bathinda , is one of the historical towns of India , it's associated with the imprisonment of first women emperor of India, Razia Sultan in 1239 in the fort here. Bathinda is located in the southern Punjab. The Faridkot and Mukatsar districts in the North and West, the Sangrur and Mansa districts in the East and Haryana State in the South, bound it.Bala Rao inhabited this city in 965 AD and named this city as Bathinda after his caste name. This city also remained the capital of Raja Jaipal