On 27 September 2008 at Khatkar Kalan, 8 km from Nawanshahr, the Punjab government announced that a district in the state would be named after the freedom fighter Bhagat Singh.
It was announced on 27 September 2008 at Khatkar Kalan, near Nawanshahr, by the Punjab government that a district within the state would bear the name of the freedom fighter Bhagat Singh.