India News | Home Minister Amit Shah Pays Tributes to Guru Tegh Bahadur

New Delhi, Apr 20 (PTI) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday paid glowing tributes to Sikh Guru Tegh Bahadur and said his and Guru Govind Singh's supreme sacrifices sowed the seed of India's Independence.

Addressing a function organised on the occasion of the 400th birth anniversary of Guru Tegh Bahadur, Shah said the Sikh Guru gave his life for the protection of Kashmiri Pandits and other Hindus who were persecuted by the then Mughal rulers.

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"I want to say without any hesitation that it was due to the supreme sacrifices of Guru Tegh Bahadur and Guru Gobind Singh, India could get Independence later and the country is now on the 75th year of Independence," he said at the event held at the historic Red Fort here.

The home minister said organising the event at the Red Fort was a fitting tribute to Guru Tegh Bahadur as his death warrant was issued from here by Mughal ruler Aurangzeb and he was killed near the premises where a gurudwara stands now.

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He appreciated the initiatives taken by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in organising the function.

Shah said Modi was the luckiest prime minister as he was fortunate to have organised the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev, 400th birth anniversary of Guru Teg Bahadur and 350th birth anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh.

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