Mehraj in Bathinda district was founded by Mohan and Rup Chand, ancestors of the Phulkian line, and gave its name to the battle of Mehraj or Lahira in 1634, one of Guru Hargobind Sahib Ji's four engagements.
The battle arose over two horses meant for the Guru that had been seized by the Lahore authorities and recovered by Bhai Bidhi Chand Ji.
It is the only one of the four battles fought in the Malwa rather than in the Majha or the Doaba, and it is the point at which the Sikh tradition establishes itself south of the Sutlej.
Gurdwara Gurusar Sahib at Mehraj marks the site.
The Malwa's connection to the Gurus runs through Mehraj, Talwandi Sabo, Dina, Muktsar and the villages between them, and it is a later and thinner connection than the Majha's, which is one reason the two regions' relationship to the tradition is different.
Mehraj is the village of the Phulkian ancestors, from whom the houses of Patiala, Nabha and Jind descend, and the country was divided among the founder's grandsons.
Guru Hargobind Sahib Ji fought an engagement near here in 1631 against a Mughal force, sometimes called the battle of Mehraj.
It is an ordinary village in Bathinda district now, with a gurdwara marking the site. The origin of three princely states is not marked in any other way.