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PRAKASHOTSAV
Guru Nanak Jayanti 2020

SPECIAL BOND WITH SIKHS

From opening up of the Kartarpur Corridor, stuck for decades, to celebrating
the 550th birth anniversary of Shri Guru Nanak Devji on a grand scale
worldwide, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Government have worked

towards re-establishing the pride of the Sikh community. Many institutional
measures have been taken for the welfare of the Sikhs in the last six years

fter making consistant efforts for years, the
Government succeeded in opening of Sri
AKartarpur Sahib corridor for devotees in
World over, the influence of Guru November, 2019 on the 550th birth anniversary of
Nanak Dev ji is distinctly visible. Shri Guru Nanak Devji. Sri Kartarpur Sahib corridor
From Vancouver to Wellington, is between Dera Baba Nanak in Punjab's Gurdaspur
from Singapore to South Africa his district and Gurdwara Sri Kartarpur Sahib in
messages are heard all around. It Pakistan's Kartarpur.
is mentioned in Guru Granth Sahib l The Government allocated Rs 120 Crore for it
–“sevak ko seva bun aayee”, that l It ensured that pilgrims cross over into Pakistan
is the work of a sevak, a servant is from the Indian side to visit Gurdwara Sri Kartarpur
to serve. In the past few years at Sahib in Pakistan throughout the year
many important junctures we had the l It has state-of-the-art infrastructure, including
opportunity to serve as a Sevak. I feel a passenger terminal built to take care of over
that I have been specially blessed by 15,000 pilgrims per day
Guru Sahib that he has associated me EMPOWERING SIKH YOUTH
very closely with his work.”
Prime Minister, Narendra Modi l Before 2014, just 18 Lakh students from the Sikh
community had been given scholarships. But the
Narendra Modi Government ensured that 31 lakh

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