Paonta Sahib

Raja Medni Parkash was the ruler of Nahan

The thirty third in the lineage of Nahan rulers

Raja Fateh Shah of Sri Nagar (Garhwal)had

Annexed a part of the princely state of Nahan

Both Rajas Medni Parkash and Fateh Shah

Often used to engage in small skirmishes

The occupied land being the bone of contention

Between the two conflicting, competitive rulers

Rishi Kalpi was both state priest and minister

At the court of Rana Medni parkash of Nahan

On Rishi Kalpi's advice king Medni Parkash

Took refuge in Gobind Rai and invited him over

Raja Ratan Rai of Assam gifted Prasadi elephant

And many other gifts and requested him lovingly

To always keep these for his personal use and 

Not to give away these to others in any case

The king of Kahlur was jealous and wanted to

Own these  on the pretext of his son's marriage

He asked Guru Gobind Rai to lend him these

But keeping his word it was refused by him 

In the meantime a minister of Medni Parkash

Came to Anandpur to invite Gobind Rai to Nahan

On consultation with the family and some elders,

He agreed and reached there on Baisakhi, 1742.

Baba Ram Das at that time was in Dehradoon

And he helped Raja Fateh Shah of Kanpur

But when he came to know about Gobind Rai

To Nahan, he stopped being an ally of Fateh Shah

At this Baba Ram Das told Fateh Shah that

Because of Gobind Rai's coming to Nahan

Meaning Parkash had become very powerful

And he would not fight against Gobind Rai

After this situation, Fateh Shah felt week

And decided not to fight unnecessarily, thus

Opted to return the annexed land back. 

Medni Parkash felt more attached to Guru

At Medni Parkash's request in Magar, 1742

Guru Gobind laid the foundation of Paonta

He lived here for four and a half years and

Here he wrote many Sikh religious books.