The Chief Khalsa Diwan (CKD) acclaimed the New York (the US) Assembly for recognising Guru Tegh Bahadur as the protector of human rights and the Sikh community for its selfless deeds worldwide, especially during the Covid-19 pandemic.

• Members of the World Sikh Parliament’s Councils for Religion along with Civil and Human Rights organised the 345th martyrdom day and the 400th birth anniversary of Guru Tegh Bahadur at the Gurdwara Sikh Center of New York recently.
• On the occasion, state and city officials from New York joined members of the Sikh community and recognised Guru Tegh Bahadur’s sacrifices to uphold human rights and justice.
• CKD president Nirmal Singh said it was a proud moment that the Guru’s birthday and martyrdom day would be commemorated in the New York Legislative Assembly which had passed a resolution in this regard.

About Guru Tegh Bahadur

• Guru Tegh Bahadur was the ninth of ten Gurus of the Sikh religion.
• He was born at Amritsar in 1621 and was the youngest son of Guru Hargobind.
• His term as Guru ran from 1665 to 1675.
• One hundred and fifteen of his hymns are in Guru Granth Sahib.
• He resisted the forced conversions of the Hindu Kashmiri Pandits and non-Muslims to Islam and was publicly killed in 1675 on the orders of Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb in Delhi for himself refusing Mughal rulers and defying them.