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3 unusual facts about Guru Nānak


Guru Nanak

He returned from Lhasa and went to the famous monastery Samye and entered Pemoshubu Menchukha in Arunachal Pradesh.

His father was a patwari (accountant) for crop revenue in the village of Talwandi, employed by a Muslim landlord of that area, Rai Bular Bhatti.

Work of Muhammad Iqbal

The Bang-e-Dara (1924) is a collection of Urdu poetry written in three distinct phases of Iqbals life, In his early work he also wrote on most of the Indian iconic personalities such as Rama Tirtha, Guru Nanak and Rama.


Baba Sundar Das

Bakshi Singh ‘Adil’ in his Sampooran Ramgarhia Itihaas (lit. Comprehensive Ramgarhia History) states that Bhai Sundar Das hailed from Musapur Village in Punjab and met by Guru Nanak, the first Guru of the Sikhs, to later become an influential parcharak (preacher) of Sikhism.

Bhai Dayala

Bhai Dayala continued to his last breath to recite the Japji of Guru Nanak and the Sukhmani of Guru Arjan.

Eckankar

Linguistically, however, "Eckankar" derives from Ekankār or Ik Oankār (Punjabi Eka Omkāra), a name for God given by Guru Nānak and the very first word of the Mūl Mantra (recited everyday by Sikhs), the Japjī Sahib, and the Sri Guru Granth Sahib (Sikh holy scriptures).

Gurdwara Makhdoom Pur Pahoran

A narrative tells that Guru Nanak set out from Pakpattan and reached a place near Tulamba where Sajjan Thug had set up a trap in the form of a caravan inn.

Mirasi

Unlike the other Mirasi communities, the Rababi are Sikh, and trace their descent from Bhai Mardana, a Mirasi who used to play the rebab before Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism.

Nankana massacre

The Bedi Jagirdars who had received Jagirs from the English Government by virtue of their past connections with Guru Nanak also supported the Mahant.


see also

Anand Isher Senior Secondary Public School

The school maintains a heathy relation with the Guru Nanak School, Hayes, Middlesex, England and has patterned its curriculum as per that school's standard.

Dera Baba Nanak

The Bedis, descendants of Guru Nanak Dev built a new town and named it Dera Baba Nanak after their great ancestor.

Guru Nanak High School, Mahim

Guru Nanak High School was established in 1952 by Guru Nanak Vidyak Society in Mahim, Mumbai.

Mukhbain Singh

Passed matriculation from Guru Nanak Khalsa High School Batala, Gurdaspur, Punjab (India).

Operation Sundown

Operation Sundown was codename of a covert plan of India's secret service Research & Analysis Wing (R&AW), in which Special Group of R&AW's armed units was to abduct Sikh leader Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale from Guru Nanak Niwas, near Darbar Sahib Amritsar (also called the Golden Temple of Amritsar).