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Passing away of Guru Nanak is a mystery in
history. There are tales and tales in the history books from Sikh, Hindu and
Muslim sources. However for the present it is a fact that there is
1. a Muslim grave or tomb of Guru Nanak at Kartarpur in Pakistan
2. a Hindu smadh or tomb of Nanak at Kartarpur in Pakistan
3. a Sikh smadh or tomb of Nanak on the Indian side of Border
There are historical references that Guru was against division of society on
the lines of Muslims and Hindus (and Sikhs). Guru insisted that both Muslims
and Hindus should observe the values of the respective faiths and that
leading truthful life was important. Muslims treated him like a ‘peer’ and
the Hindus referred as the Guru.
Sikhs believe that since Guru Nanak doesn’t recognise divisions in humanity,
Kartarpur can’t be divided. You can’t keep it in a sectarian way. This
aspect was well demonstratd in 1947 when Sir Ceril Radcliffe drew
boundary-line between India and Pakistan. According to June 3, 1947 division
plan the whole of Gurdaspur had gone to Pakistan. That meant Kartarpur going
deep in the Pak territory. But the plan didn’t work and had to be amended .
Now the District of Gurdaspur was bifurcated and the line that bisected
Kartarpur from its bare chest worked. Two of the tombs going to Pak side and
one in the Indian side.
The plan worked but Kartarpur remained abandoned for all these 56 years and
wild grass had grown all around its building. But the relation between the
two countries also remained wild all these years.
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