08-28-2006, 03:06 AM
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[ 27 Aug, 2006 2126hrs ISTPTI ]
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WAGAH (AMRITSAR): Ganga Sagar, an urn gifted by Sikh Guru Gobind Singh to an ancestor of Pakistan National Assembly member Rai Azizullah Khan 300 years ago when they ruled Raikot (Ludhiana), was brought back here on Sunday.
Khan, who brought with him the metallic golden urn of high religious significance to the community, was received by a large number of Sikh devotees led by Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) after entering India through the land route of the international border.
A direct descendent of the Nawab of Raikot Kalah III who was gifted the urn by the 10th Sikh Guru in 1705, Khan had taken the Ganga Sagar to Pakistan just before the Partition.
It was brought for display at Gurdwara Tahliana Sahib in Ludhiana in 2004 and made its way to Amritsar district after being brought from Britain.
Khan said his family felt blessed that his ancestor was given the Ganga Sagar by Guru Gobind. "We are taking special care of it and had kept it in a bank locker in the UK".
He said he was the only son of Rai Faqirullah Khan and migrated to Pakistan along with his father after the Partition in 1947.
Narrating the Ganga Sagar's history, he said Gobind went to Machiwara in 1704 leaving Anandpur Sahib after the order of death warrant against his family by Mughal emperor Aurangzeb.
When the Sikh Guru reached the princely state of Raikot, the Muslim ruler Kalha welcomed him and asked him to be his guest for as long as he wanted. Gobind spent 16 days with Kalha
[ 27 Aug, 2006 2126hrs ISTPTI ]
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WAGAH (AMRITSAR): Ganga Sagar, an urn gifted by Sikh Guru Gobind Singh to an ancestor of Pakistan National Assembly member Rai Azizullah Khan 300 years ago when they ruled Raikot (Ludhiana), was brought back here on Sunday.
Khan, who brought with him the metallic golden urn of high religious significance to the community, was received by a large number of Sikh devotees led by Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) after entering India through the land route of the international border.
A direct descendent of the Nawab of Raikot Kalah III who was gifted the urn by the 10th Sikh Guru in 1705, Khan had taken the Ganga Sagar to Pakistan just before the Partition.
It was brought for display at Gurdwara Tahliana Sahib in Ludhiana in 2004 and made its way to Amritsar district after being brought from Britain.
Khan said his family felt blessed that his ancestor was given the Ganga Sagar by Guru Gobind. "We are taking special care of it and had kept it in a bank locker in the UK".
He said he was the only son of Rai Faqirullah Khan and migrated to Pakistan along with his father after the Partition in 1947.
Narrating the Ganga Sagar's history, he said Gobind went to Machiwara in 1704 leaving Anandpur Sahib after the order of death warrant against his family by Mughal emperor Aurangzeb.
When the Sikh Guru reached the princely state of Raikot, the Muslim ruler Kalha welcomed him and asked him to be his guest for as long as he wanted. Gobind spent 16 days with Kalha