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Abstract
Narratives and stories play an important role in the town of Malerkotla. Stories shape our identity and how we view ourselves. The leaders of the town, and the narratives about them, have shaped the town of Malerkotla and the way the residents identify them self as a community. It is not just the history that has shaped the town, but what the residents have chosen to remember and to ignore. The collective memory of the town focuses on positive aspects of their leaders. Out of the history of Malerkotla, the important people and events that the town has remembered are Shaikh Sadruddin, the founder of the town, Sher Mohammad Khan and his call for Justice, Bayzid Khan Bahadur, and the Kuka Massacre, which in particular, have fostered an attitude of peace for the residents in the town, which has led to inter-religious cohesiveness.