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Antim Darshan : Baba Harbans Singh ji Kar Sewa Wale
with thanks : pics by : Harvinder Singh Meenu, Inderpreet Kaur
SGPC challenges Sehajdhari Sikhs' vote in SGPC elections
Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee(SGPC) has reiterated that Sehajdhari Sikhs, who shave, cut or trim their hair, cannot be recognized as Sikhs for the purpose of grant of electoral rights in SGPC elections and only Keshadhari Sikhs should have the right to vote. The submission to this effect was made before the Punjab and Haryana high court by Mukhtar Singh on behalf of SGPC in an ongoing case challenging the notification dated October 8, 2003 issued by the union government. By way of issuing this notification, union ministry of home affairs had amended sections 49 and 92 of the Sikh Gurudwara Act, 1925, also barring Sehajdhari Sikhs from casting their votes in SGPC elections. Mukhtar Singh informed that in keeping with the tenets of Sikh religion and the importance of keeping 'Khalsa' purity, which includes keeping of unshorn hair, these modifications were suggested by the SGPC in its meeting held on March 30, 2001.
with thanks : Hindustan Times : link above for detailed news.
SikhsIndia
Baba Harbans Singh ji ( Kar Sewa Wale ) - way to reach Gurdwara Guru Ka Bagh
Baba ji da Parthiv shareer, nager keertan de roop vich Gurdwara Bangla Sahib ton saturday 23 April noo savere 6.00 vaje chal ke VIA Connaught place - Minto Bridge - ITO - Ring Road - Kashmere gate - ISBT - Seelampur -Jafrabad - Durgapuri 100 futa road - Loni road - Behind GHPS - Gurgwara Guru Ka Bagh Pujange ji.
Chaddikala TV, MH live, ETC punjabi, PTC, Zee News etc. are expected to cover it.
B S Vohra
Manmohan Singh's apology for anti-Sikh riots a ‘Gandhian moment of moral clarity,' says 2005 cable
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's public apology for the 1984 anti-Sikh riots is hailed in an American diplomatic cable as a “singular act of political courage'' and an “almost Gandhian moment of moral clarity in India's long march to religious harmony.”
The violence in northern India, primarily in Delhi, targeting members of the Sikh community broke out following Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's assassination on October 31, 1984.
Writing on August 12, 2005 (38469: unclassified), Robert O'Blake, Deputy Chief of Mission at the American Embassy in New Delhi, noted that Dr. Singh had done “what no Indian leader in 20 years has been willing to do.”
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The cable, accessed by The Hindu through WikiLeaks, said the Congress party's “swift action'' against Jagdish Tytler and Sajjan Kumar in the wake of the commission's report “raised questions about the fate of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi if a similar commission investigating the 2002 Gujarat riots finds his government at fault.''
In his apology in Parliament on August 12, 2005, Dr. Manmohan Singh said: “I have no hesitation in apologizing to the Sikh community. I apologize not only to the Sikh community, but to the whole Indian nation because what took place in 1984 is the negation of the concept of nationhood enshrined in our Constitution.”
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with thanks : THE HINDU : link above for detailed news.
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