Wednesday, October 28, 2020

Indian Government Constitutes Committee To Celebrate 400 Parkash Purab of Guru Tegh Bahadur ji

The office of the Indian Home Ministry has constituted a high level committee (HLC) to celebrate the 400th Parkash Purab of the ninth Sikh Guru, Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur .

The Indian PM Narendra Modi has been appointed as a Chairman of this committee while Lok Sabha’s speaker Mr. Om Birla, former Indian PM Dr. Manmohan Singh, Home Minister Amit Shah, Defense Minister Rajnath Singh and Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari have been nominated as its members.

The mandate of the 70-member committee includes approval of policies, plans, programmes and supervision and guiding the commemoration, besides deciding broad dates for detailed programmes of celebration.

It is pertinent to note here that the 400th Parkash Purab of Sri Guru Teg Bahadur  will be celebrated on April 18 next year. The Punjab government has already announced year-long celebrations of Guru Sahib’s 400th Parkash Purab.

The Hindu community exists today due to the sacrifices made by Sri Guru Teg Bahadur Ji, and his three Sikhs Bhai Mati Das Ji, Bhai Sati Das Ji and Bhai Dyala Ji.

Guru  had challenged the then Mughal ruler Aurangzeb’s act of forcing Hindus to embrace Islam by standing as an iconic figure against forceful conversions and oppression of disciples of other religions.

https://www.sikh24.com/2020/10/28/indian-government-constitutes-committee-to-celebrate-400th-parkash-purab-of-guru-tegh-bahadur-ji

https://www.news18.com/news/india/govt-sets-up-high-level-committee-headed-by-pm-modi-to-commemorate-400th-birth-anniversary-of-shri-guru-tegh-bahadur-3003320.html

Dr. Gurdeep Kaur
Associate Professor
Sri Guru Nanak Dev Khalsa College
University of Delhi

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