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RAMDASPUR
(Amritsar) |
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Date-wise Events |
October 21, 1577 -
Founded |
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Description |
- The city of Amritsar in Punjab was originally called
Ramdaspur - Guru Ramdas's City.
- The foundation of the town was laid on Oct 21,1577 by
Guru Ram Das Ji when he inaugurated the digging of the
holy tank Amritsar (amrit = nectar, sar = pool) on a piece
of land.
- The Harmandar Sahib's foundation stone was laid by the
Sufi Sant Hazrat Mian Mir and was designed by Guru Arjan Dev
Ji .
- The free kitchen (called Langar in Punjabi ) is one of
the largest free kitchens to be run anywhere in the world.
- The concept of langar was initiated centuries ago by
Guru Nanak Dev Ji, the founder of Sikh religion.
- Two hundred thousand Rotis - Chapattis (Indian flat
bread), 1.5 tons of Daal (lentil soup) and free food is
served to over 100,000 people every single day.
- Volunteers also wash the 300,000 plates, spoons and
bowls used in feeding the people.
- The food is vegetarian and the expenses are managed
through donations from all over the world.
- Guru Hargobind (1595-1644) constructed near the pool and
opposite the Harimandar Sahib, the Akal Takht, literally
Throne of the Eternal, where he sat in state dispensing the
secular business of the community.
- He also gave two more tanks, Kaulsar and Bibeksar, to
the town.
- Maharaja Ranjit Singh first occupied Lahore (1799), the
traditional capital of the Punjab and declared himself
Maharaja in 1801, extended his hegemony to Amritsar in 1805
when he took over the town from his traditional rivals, the
Bhangi chiefs.
- The occupation of Amritsar as a whole was complete by
1820.
- Maharaja Ranjit Singh then constructed a double wall and
a moat around the city with twelve gates and their
corresponding bridges over the moat.
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