26th December as ‘Veer Baal Diwas’

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The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi  on the auspicious occasion of the Parkash Purab of Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji, has announced that starting this year, 26th December shall be observed as ‘Veer Bal Diwas’ to mark the martyrdom of Sahibzada Zorawar Singh Ji and Sahibzada Fateh Singh Ji.

• Sahibzada Zorawar Singh Ji and Sahibzada Fateh Singh Ji were two of the four sons of Guru Gobind singhji  who were killed by the Mughals during Aurangzeb rule due to treachery .
• Guru Gobind singh ji was the 10th  Guru of the Sikhs and Guru Granth Sahib is considered as the 11th Guru of the sikhs .Guru Granth Sahib or Adi Sri Granth Sahib ji  is considered to be the holy book of Sikhism  and it contains all the  actual words spoken by the ten gurus of Sikhism.

Sikh religion was founded by Guru Nanak and he was the first of the ten Gurus of the Sikhs other being Guru Angad, Guru Amar Das , Guru Ram Das, Guru Arjan Dev,  Guru Hargobind, guru har rai sahib ,Guru Har Krishan,  Guru Teg Bahadur and Guru Gobind Singh. 

The entire Guru Granth Sahib is written in the Gurumukhi script, official script for writing Punjabi in the State of Punjab.