CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -However, with most Sikh families moving away from Jogiwara after the Partition, the gurdwara had been neglected for 66 years. It was in 2012 that ETPB, a body corporated under Pakistan’s ministry of religious affairs and inter-faith harmony, began restoring the gurdwara.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Gur Sikh Temple (Gurdwara) (Punjabi: ) of Abbotsford in British Columbia is the oldest existing Sikh temple in North America and a National Historic Site Canada. It is the only Sikh temple outside of India and Pakistan that is designated as national historic site.

Detailed explanation-3: -The first gurdwara was built in Kartarpur, on the banks of Ravi River in the Punjab region by the first Sikh guru, Guru Nanak Dev in the year 1521.

Detailed explanation-4: -In 1906, the Khalsa Diwan Society-Canada’s first Sikh organization-was formed. Two years later, on Jan. 19, 1908, Vancouver became home to North America’s first gurdwara, or Sikh temple.

Detailed explanation-5: -In 1911, the first Sikh Gurdwara was founded in London. During the visit of the Maharaja of Patiala to London in 1911, he was approached by Khalsa Jatha members to set up a Gurdwara.