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Appeal of Jathedar Joginder Singh ji

Be it known to the Khalsa fraternity, spread all over the world that year 535 N.S. (corresponding to 2004 C.E.) presents before us three memorable centennial dates of Sikh history.

We will be celebrating 500th Birth Anniversary of the second Guru, consecrated by Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji as Angad (a part of his own limb and body) shedding his former identity as Lehna. The Quadrennial Centenary of the installation of Sri Guru Granth Sahib (the repository of spiritual knowledge & embodiment of Shabad Guru doctrine) in the Sri Harimandar Sahib at Sri Amritsar also falls in this very year. We have to remember the unique chivalry of the two elder sons of Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji who fell fighting at Sri Chamkaur Sahib, as also the harrowing scenes of the martyrdom of his younger sons of tender age and his aged mother, Mata Gujri Ji. The tercentenary of this unique martyrdom, a red-letter day in Sikh history has also to be observed by the Khalsa Panth with a sense of gratitude and devotion, this very year.

We are fortunate to have got the opportunity to observe these centenaries with a sense of pride and glory in the name of the Gurus and the martyrs.

Let us all re-dedicate ourselves to the doctrine of Shabad-Guru on this occasion pray for the glory of the Panth, work for the ideal of ‘good of all’ and strive hard to disseminate the message of the great Gurus and the Sri Guru Granth Sahib.

May the Guru be saviour to all,

I remain,

The humble disciple of the Guru,

Joginder Singh

Jathedar,

Sri Akal Takhat Sahib