1884, Thomas Gordon Walker, Final report on the revision of settlement, 1878-83, of the Ludhiána district in the Panjáb, p. 61,
There are two or three famous Langars or almshouses, well known throughout the country. That of Bagrián lies 40 miles south of Ludhiána.
1987, William Hewat MacLeod, Karine Schomer, The Sants: studies in a devotional tradition of India, Motilal Banarsidass, ISBN8120802772, p. 261,
Bagrian is in Ludhiana District [not true in 2006], seven and one half miles north-west of Nabha [correct].
1996, Joseph Davey Cunningham, H.L.O. Garrett, History of the Sikhs from the Origin of the Nation to the Battles of the Sutlej, Asian Educational Services, ISBN8120609506, p. 62,
