According to the legend,Giddarbaha in its earliest stage was known as ‘Pepali’, named after the old tree ‘pipal’. Giddarbaha, means Pepali of that time, was a small village. It was very happy and small village with limited number of people. When Shri Guru Gobind Singh ji visited Pepali, they saw ladies of the village disturbed by the ‘giddar’ when they went to fetch water from the well. When Guru
ji saw this, he inquired about the problem to which the villagers replied that everybody in this village is married except him (giddar). After knowing the problem, Guruji arranged the marriage of giddar. From there that village was renamed by the locals as ‘Giddar viahia'. In The British Raj
During that time it took shape of a town from the small village and when Britishers reached here they wrongly pronounced the name as Giddarbaha. They planned a new walled city in 1909 with six gates and carved the name on the gates as Giddarbaha. From there people accepted the name and started pronouncing the same. In 1917, the British government established the Bathinda - Karachi railway line, to transport the goods from this part of India to Karachi. Giddarbaha Railway Station was established on the line in 1918 which divide the old and new city. It is established near the clock house gate and was very close to the bus stand.Due to its geography, it is also known as mini Chandigarh.
