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29/10/22 06:07 AM IST

Saka Panja Sahib centenary event

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  • A 117-member special jatha of Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC)  departed for Pakistan from Amritsar to attend the event being held to mark 100 year centenary of Shaheedi Saka Panja Sahib on October 30.
Saka Panja Sahib 
  • On October 30, 1922, the Saka was about to stop the train and serve Langar to hungry Sikh prisoners of Guru Ka Bagh Morcha, who were taken to Attock for two and half years of Imprisonment.
  • The station master informed that the train won’t stop there and as a result, Sikhs protested by lying on railway tracks.
  • Bhai Karam Singh & Bhai Partap Singh Attained martyrdom in this incident.
  • Since then, both Sikhs are hailed as martyrs of Saka Panja Sahib who sacrificed their lives fighting for the rights of Sikhs against the British.
Gurudwara Panja Sahib
  • The history of the shrine Gurdwara Panja Sahib, in Hasan Abdal of Pakistan, is far older than the Saka Panja Sahib incident.
  • Maharaja Ranjit Singh and his general Hari Singh Nalwa got the gurdwara building constructed to commemorate Guru Nanak and his companion Bhai Mardana’s visit to the above site.
Source- Hindustan Times 

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