40 Years of 1984 40 Gurdwaras armed with knowledge

Dear Supporter, 

Vaheguru Ji Ka Khalsa Vaheguru Ji Ki Fateh. 

This year marks forty years of 1984 June and Novemeber Sikh Genocide.

In June 1984, forty Gurdwaras in Punjab, including Darbar Sahib Amritsar, were attacked by the Indian Army in the operation named Blue Star. So this year in June, we decided to arm the libraries in forty Gurdwaras with the knowledge of what happened in Punjab so the visiting Sangat including our youth can learn the forgotten history, commemorate their martyrs and learn about the struggle of Punjab while they get inspired by the iconic human rights hero, Shaheed Jaswant Singh Khalra. 

Our volunteers prepared the laminated posters, armed themselves with the books and went Gurdwara to Gurdwara, informing them about our hero and explaining them the importance to connect with our recent history.

Sadly, 90% young people they met there didn't know about Jaswant Singh Khalra and had only a vague idea of what went on in Punjab in eighties and ninties. Also, most of Gurdwaras didn't have a library or a book shelf for non-Gurbani related books. Some Gurdwaras resisted and others outrightly refused to take the books after browsing through the contents.

Thankfully, most graciously accepted them and promised to do their best to inspire the Sangat to read these books. We also distributed many copies of our booklet on the environment called Nava Naroa Punjab. 

Here is a list of the forty Gurdwaras where two or more copies of the Punjabi and English edition of the books are now available to read. Please make sure you visit this album of the pictures from the distribution here. 

1 Gurudwara sahib Baba Joraver Singh Ji, vill – Khijrabad, Mohali.

2 Gurudwara sahib, vill – Kubaheri, Mohali.

3 Gurudwara sahib, vill – Palanpur, Mohali.

4 Gurudwara sahib, vill – Abhipur, Mohali.

5 Gurudwara sahib, Sector - 42

6 Gurudwara sahib, vill – Daluan Khadri, Mohali.

7 Gurudwara sahib Singh Shaheedan, vill – Sohana, Mohali.

8 Gurudwara Angitha sahib, phase - 8, Mohali.

9 Gurudwara Amb sahib, phase - 8 , Mohali.

10 Gurudwara gurushabad parkash akaal ashram sahib, vill – Sohana, Mohali.

11 Gurudwara babe singh shaheed, vill – ajnoudh, canal road, doraha, Ludhiana.

12 Gurudwara sahib Pakka bhoura sant Attarsar singh Reru sahib, vill – Kanech, Ludhiana.

13 Gurudwara sahib Gokhe di chhappdi, vill – Rampur, Ludhiana.

14 Gurudwara Kalgidhar Sahib, doraha, Ludhiana.

15 Gurudwara Jai Sar Sahib, vill – Rajgarh, Doraha, Ludhiana.

16 Gurudwara sahib, sector 34. CHD.

17 Gurudwara sahib, sector 47 c. CHD.

18 Gurudwara sahib, sector 31, 47 . CHD. (Personal, pathi singh)

19 Gurudwara sahib, Kanthala, Institute of Sikh Studies. CHD.

20 Gurudwara sahib, sector 8. CHD.

21 Gurudwara sahib, sector 35 B. CHD.

22 Gurudwara sahib, sector 7. CHD.

23 Gurudwara sahib, sector 28. CHD.

24 Gurudwara sahib, sector 21. CHD.

25 Gurudwara sahib, sector 20. CHD.

26 Gurudwara sahib, sector 27.  Kendri Singh Sabha, CHD.

27 Gurudwara sahib, sector 12. CHD, PGI.

28 Gurudwara sahib, sector 14. Punjab University CHD,

29 Gurudwara sahib, sector 38 - West. CHD.

30 Gurudwara sahib, sector 30 (Ravidass ji). CHD.

31 Gurudwara sahib, sector 30. CHD.

32 Gurudwara sahib, sector 29. CHD.

33 Gurudwara sahib, sector 19 - D. CHD.

34 Gurudwara sahib, sector 23. CHD.

35 Gurudwara sahib, sector 37. CHD.

36 Gurudwara sahib, sector 38. CHD.

37 Gurudwara sahib, sector 44. CHD.

38 Gurudwara sahib, sector 15. CHD.

39 Gurudwara sahib, sector 11. CHD.

40 Gurudwara sahib, sector 40. CHD.

Pictures: 

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1048893193910602&type=3

Thank you for all your support thus far and a big thank you to our ground volunteers for  this immense seva.

Gurmeet Kaur
www.pippal.org