Farīdkot, Faridkottown, southwestern Punjab state, northwestern India, 70 miles (116 113 km) southwest of Ludhiāna townLudhiana. It was founded by Bhallan of the Burai Jāṭ Jat (a warrior community of northern India) during the 16th-century reign of the Mughal emperor Akbar. It later came under British rule. Seized in 1803 by Ranjit Singh, the Sikh ruler of the historic Punjab, it was subsequently restored to the British by the Treaty of Amritsar in 1809. Situated in a cotton-producing area, the town’s industries include cotton ginning and baling, powerloom power-loom weaving, steel rolling, and metal founding; agricultural . Agricultural implements, machine tools, bicycles, and sewing machines are manufactured. The Baba Farid University of Health Sciences is located there. Pop. (19812001) town78, 42,423265.