Nankana sahib is a city situated in
Punjab province of Pakistan. It is named after the first guru of the Sikhs,
Guru Nanak, who was born in this city and began preaching here. Nankana sahib
is the most important religious site for the Sikh religion. During the Akali movement,
on 20 February 1921, Narain Das, the Udasi mahant (clergy) of the gurdwara at
Nankana Sahib, ordered his men to fire on Akali protesters, leading to the
Nankana massacre. The firing was widely condemned, and an agitation was
launched until the control of this historic Janam Asthan Gurdwara was restored
to the Sikhs.
Migration between India and Pakistan
was continuous before independence. By the 1940s Western Punjab was
predominantly Muslim and supported the Muslim League and Pakistan Movement.
After independence in August 1947, the minority Sikhs and Hindus migrated to
India while the Muslim refugees from India settled in the Western Punjab and
across Pakistan.There are plans to construct 100 acres (40 ha) university as
well as hospitals and health care facilities by the district government with
mutual interest of local communities and family of Rai Bular.
In 2007, the Pakistan government
announced a plan to set up a university on Sikh religion and culture at Nankana
Sahib, the birthplace of Guru Nanak. Chairman of Pakistan's Evacuee Trust
Property Board (ETPB), Gen (R) Zulfikar Ali Khan, said that "The
international Guru Nanak University planned at Nankana Sahib would have the
best architecture, curricula and research Centre on Sikh religion and
culture",


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