Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, April 18: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the nation from the Red Fort on the 400th Parkash Purab of Sikh guru Tegh Bahadur on April 21, according to a statement from the Culture Ministry. On the occasion, he will also release a commemorative coin and a postal stamp.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will take part in the 400th Parkash Purab of Sikh guru Tegh Bahadur on April 21 at Red Fort. PM will also release a postage stamp, and a coin on the occassion: Union Minister G Kishan Reddy pic.twitter.com/DUlWYmggCk
— ANI (@ANI) April 18, 2022
The ministry announced that 400 ‘ragis’ (Sikh musicians) will perform in a ‘Shabad Kirtan’ to commemorate the anniversary. The Ministry of Culture will host the event in partnership with the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee. The celebrations will include Chief Ministers from a number of states as well as a number of notable figures from across the subcontinent and internationally, according to the statement.
PM Modi will be joined by Union Home Minister Amit Shah for the ceremony, which will take place on April 20-21. On April 20, Amit Shah will begin the programme.
As part of the Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, this ceremony commemorates Sikh guru Tegh Bahadur’s 400th Parkash Purab (birth anniversary). Notably Guru Tegh Bahadur, the ninth Sikh guru, was born in Amritsar in the year 1621. Mughal ruler Aurangzeb assassinated him in Delhi in 1675. On the site of Guru Tegh Bahadur’s execution, the famed Gurudwara Sis Ganj Sahib was built near the Red Fort.
