{"id":18606,"date":"2025-12-27T13:50:39","date_gmt":"2025-12-27T08:20:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=18606"},"modified":"2025-12-27T14:04:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-27T08:34:10","slug":"veer-baal-diwas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/veer-baal-diwas\/","title":{"rendered":"Veer Bal Diwas"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Veer Bal Diwas Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the Prime Minister addressed the Veer Bal Diwas programme in New Delhi.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Veer Bal Diwas<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is observed on <\/span><b>December 26 every year<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, starting in 2022.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is commemorated in remembrance of the martyrdom of <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/upsc-exam\/guru-gobind-singh\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Guru Gobind Singh<\/strong><\/a> ji\u2019s (the tenth Sikh Guru) sons <\/span><b>Sahibzada Zorawar Singh ji<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>Sahibzada Fateh Singh ji.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The objective is to honour the bravery of the two young heroes of the country.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Historical Context of Veer Bal Diwas<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Guru Gobind Singh, along with his family and disciples, were compelled to flee as the Mughal Army encircled the Anandpur fort.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During the chaos, Guru Gobind Singh\u2019s youngest sons, <\/span><b>Zorawar Singh and Fateh Singh<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, were captured by the Mughal forces.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The two young boys courageously refused to abandon their faith, and consequently they were bricked alive on <\/span><b>December 26, 1704.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Key facts about Guru Gobind Singh<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Guru Gobind Singh was the <\/span><b>10th Sikh guru,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> following the demise of his father, <\/span><b>Guru Tegh Bahadur<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the ninth Sikh Guru.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Contribution to Sikh religion<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He is renowned for <\/span><b>founding the principles of Khalsa<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or the Five \u2018K\u2019s i.<\/span><b>e kesh<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (uncut hair), <\/span><b>kanga <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(wooden comb), <\/span><b>kara <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(iron or steel bracelet), <\/span><b>kirpan<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (dagger) and <\/span><b>kachera<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (short breeches).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He fought against the Mughals in the <\/span><b>battle of Muktsar in 1705.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He declared <\/span><b>Guru Granth Sahib<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as <\/span><b>Sikhism\u2019s holy scripture<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in 1708, before his death.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2208811&amp;reg=3&amp;lang=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PIB<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Veer Bal Diwas on Dec 26 honours the bravery of Guru Gobind Singh ji\u2019s sons, Sahibzada Zorawar Singh &#038; Fateh Singh, martyred for their faith in 1704.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":79910,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[4449],"class_list":{"0":"post-18606","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"tag-veer-bal-diwas","9":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18606"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18606\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}