24 November — Sikh History

Also on this day

• 1271Bhagat Nam Dev Ji was born at Nursi Bahamani, district Sitara (Maharashtra) His verses have been included in Sri Guru Granth Sahib. He died in 1349 at Pandarpur.
• 1598Akbar visted Guru Arjan Dev Ji at Goindwal Guru Arjan’s perception of the times to come was not withstanding Akbar’s high regrads for him. According to the Court historian, Abdul Fazal’s Akbar Namah, Guru Arjan accorded a produse reception to Akbar on this day at Goindwal. Akbar was really impressed by Guru Arjan’s bewitching and handsome appearance, sweet and melodious voice and fascinating and charming manners, his princely style of living, his warm reception and his singing of hymns in praise of God. At Guru Arjan’s instance, Akbar issued orders to remit the revenue by one-sixth.
• 1969Fateh Singh announced another fast unto death for transfer of Chandigarh to Punjab The fast was to begin on Jan. 26, 1970, to be followed by self-immolation on Feb. 1, 1970.
• 1979"Maerath Morcha" announced on behalf of All India Sikh Student Federation
• 1990and Nov. 25, a International Conference on Sikh Studies was held at the University of Toronto Dr. K.S. Mann, secretary of the Sikh Studies Institute, Chandigarh, travelled to Tonronto four months prior to the conference to organize a series of Sikh Academic Conferences in North america. It was a huge task undertaken to lay down the ground work for 7 major conferences. Apart from the education of the Sikh community, these conferences emphasized the participation of Western scholars. Topics covered includedDDistinguished scholars from India, United Kingdom, and United States took part andpresented papers on diverse topivs concerning "Dasam Granth, a critiques of Two Views; Arjan Dev, Apostle of Peace; Sikhism a Faith Misunderstood; Sikh World View - Its Eternal Relevance; Concept of Chardi Kala in Sikhism; Origin and Debelopment of Sikh Studies; Gurbilas Patshai 10, An 18th Century Mosaic; Concept of Miri Piri; The Sikhs and the British; Context of World Religions; and World Centre of Sikh Studies. About 350 people attended this conference.