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.....that one of the '''five forts''' in [[Anandpur Sahib]] built by [[Guru Gobind Singh]] was called '''[[Keshgarh Fort]]'''. | .....that one of the '''five forts''' in [[Anandpur Sahib]] built by [[Guru Gobind Singh]] was called '''[[Keshgarh Fort]]'''. | ||
.....that '''[[Guru Ram Das]]''' ji was born at Chuna Mandi Bazaar, [[Lahore]] on 24th September 1534 and spent the first seven years of his life here and that his name before obtaining Guruship was '''Bhai Jetha''' which means '''the first born'''. | |||
..... that it is every Sikh's duty to defeat the '''[[Five vices]]''': [[Kam]] ('''Lust'''), [[Krodh]] ('''Rage'''), [[Lobh]] ('''Greed'''), [[Moh]] ('''Attachment''') and [[Ahankar]] ('''Ego'''). Also that the [[Guru Granth Sahib]] gives clear warning about these five plundering you - read [[Guru Granth Sahib against lust]] on this issue. | |||
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....that the [[Makindu Sikh Temple]] is located about 100 miles (160km) from Nairobi on the main Nairobi-Mombasa Road and that it was built in 1926 by the [[Sikh]]s who were working on the construction of the railway line from the coast (Mombasa) inland to Lake Victoria and beyond to Uganda. | ....that the [[Makindu Sikh Temple]] is located about 100 miles (160km) from Nairobi on the main Nairobi-Mombasa Road and that it was built in 1926 by the [[Sikh]]s who were working on the construction of the railway line from the coast (Mombasa) inland to Lake Victoria and beyond to Uganda. | ||
[[Image:Mian Mir.jpg|150px|left|Hazrat Mian Mir]] | [[Image:Mian Mir.jpg|150px|left|Hazrat Mian Mir]] | ||
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..... that Gurdwara Dukh Nivaran Sahib Patiala marks the place where Guru Tegh Bahadur visited village Lehal on 24 January 1672 and stayed under a banyan tree by the side of a pond. Soon the sickness in the village subsided. The site where the Guru had sat came to be known as "Dukh Nivaran" literally meaning Eradicator of suffering.
....that on 10 October, 1982, a National Protest by UK Sikhs was organised to highlight and demand the right of children to go to school wearing their turbans.
.... that the tercentenary celebration of the Guruship of Sri Guru Granth Sahib is to be undertaken on a massive scale in October 2008 at Takhat Sachkhand Shri Hazur Abchalnagar Sahib in Nanded, Maharashtra, India.
.....that one of the five forts in Anandpur Sahib built by Guru Gobind Singh was called Keshgarh Fort.
.....that Guru Ram Das ji was born at Chuna Mandi Bazaar, Lahore on 24th September 1534 and spent the first seven years of his life here and that his name before obtaining Guruship was Bhai Jetha which means the first born.
..... that it is every Sikh's duty to defeat the Five vices: Kam (Lust), Krodh (Rage), Lobh (Greed), Moh (Attachment) and Ahankar (Ego). Also that the Guru Granth Sahib gives clear warning about these five plundering you - read Guru Granth Sahib against lust on this issue.
