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Chandigarh: Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh on Tuesday announced that the state government will commemorate the 400th birth anniversary of the ninth Sikh master, Guru Teg Bahadur, on April 18, 2021, with year-long celebrations beginning April 12 this year.
During a meeting here at his official residence, Amarinder asked the tourism and cultural affairs department to organise a mega function on the Guru’s 399th Prakash Purb at the historic town of Baba Bakala and the concluding function on his 400th birth anniversary at Sri Anandpur Sahib on April 18, 2021.
He also gave nod to constitute an executive committee under his chairmanship to finalise the broad contours of the mega events, besides approving a steering committee to be headed by the chief secretary to coordinate and chalk out several programmes to be organised throughout the year, to spread the teachings of Guru Ji.
Tourism and cultural affairs minister Charanjit Singh Channi will prepare a comprehensive proposal for the overall development of three cities — Amritsar (the Guru’s birth place), Baba Bakala (where Guru stayed at his ancestral house) and Sri Anandpur Sahib (town founded by him), in consultation with the local MPs and MLAs, to be submitted to the central government for seeking financial assistance the big-scale celebration.
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Chandigarh: Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh on Tuesday announced that the state government will commemorate the 400th birth anniversary of the ninth Sikh master, Guru Teg Bahadur, on April 18, 2021, with year-long celebrations beginning April 12 this year.
During a meeting here at his official residence, Amarinder asked the tourism and cultural affairs department to organise a mega function on the Guru’s 399th Prakash Purb at the historic town of Baba Bakala and the concluding function on his 400th birth anniversary at Sri Anandpur Sahib on April 18, 2021.
He also gave nod to constitute an executive committee under his chairmanship to finalise the broad contours of the mega events, besides approving a steering committee to be headed by the chief secretary to coordinate and chalk out several programmes to be organised throughout the year, to spread the teachings of Guru Ji.
Tourism and cultural affairs minister Charanjit Singh Channi will prepare a comprehensive proposal for the overall development of three cities — Amritsar (the Guru’s birth place), Baba Bakala (where Guru stayed at his ancestral house) and Sri Anandpur Sahib (town founded by him), in consultation with the local MPs and MLAs, to be submitted to the central government for seeking financial assistance the big-scale celebration.