The Moorish Mosque, Kapurthala situated in Kapurthala in the Indian State of Punjab is patterned on the lines of the Grand Mosque of Marrakesh, Morocco.[citation needed] It was commissioned by Maharajah Jagatjit Singh, the last ruler of Kapurthala.[1] Kapurthala city, was then the capital city of the Kapurthala State, known as Mini Paris of Punjab and the mosque was stated to be one of the best in South-east Asia.[2] The mosque is a national monument protected by the Archaeological Survey of India.[3]The mosque is situated in Kapurthala about 21 kilometres (13 mi) from Jalandhar. kapurthala is also the nearest rail head to the mosque.The mosque was built to the architectural design of the French architect Monsieur M. Manteaux, who had also designed the Jagatjit Palace in the city.[7] Construction was started in 1927 and completed in 1930 and built at a cost of Rs 600,000. The mosque was inaugurated by Nawab Sadiq Mohammed Khan Bahadur, the Nawab of Bhawalpur.[3] An inscription on the mosque also states that it was built in a period of four years.[5]The mosque was built by Maharaja Jagatjit Singh, the last ruler of Kapurthala. He was ruler with extravagant tastes but known for the developmental activities implemented in the then Kapurthala State. He was renowned for his secular credentials.[3][4] The Maharaja, a Sikh, who built it, believed in catering to the aspirations of his largely Muslim subjects (about 60%).[5] The mosque was his ambitious effort to promote social integration among his people, and this is proved by the fact that when the then Viceroy of India sent him a letter questioning him on the large costs involved in building it, the Maharaja replied: Your Excellency may be unaware that 60 per cent of my population comprises of my loyal Muslim subjects. It is only in the fitness of things that the best place of worship in my state be constructed for them.[6]

This is not the correct location,Moorish Mosque is actually situated on the road that leads to Kapurthala railway station.