{"id":33569,"date":"2022-12-26T04:31:17","date_gmt":"2022-12-25T23:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=33569"},"modified":"2025-04-19T23:34:04","modified_gmt":"2025-04-19T18:04:04","slug":"vir-bal-diwas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/vir-bal-diwas\/","title":{"rendered":"Vir Bal Diwas"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>What\u2019s in today\u2019s article?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Why in news?<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>What is Vir Bal Diwas?<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>What were the sacrifices made by the sons of Guru Gobind Singh?<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Who was Guru Gobind Singh<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>What are some of the notable works of Guru Gobind Singh?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>\u00a0Why in news?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Recently, the Prime Minister Modi participated in a historic programme marking \u2018Veer Bal Diwas\u2019 at Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium in Delhi.<\/li>\n<li>On the first celebration of the Veer Bal Diwas, PM Modi said that concocted narratives were taught in the name of history to infuse inferiority.<\/li>\n<li>He stressed upon the fact that any country with such a glorious history must be full of self-confidence and self-respect.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>For this, there is the need to be freed from the narrow interpretation of the past.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What is Vir Bal Diwas?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>On 9th January 2022, the day of the Prakash Purab of Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji, the Prime Minister had announced that 26th December would be observed as \u2018Veer Bal Diwas\u2019.<\/li>\n<li>This was announced to mark the martyrdom of sons of Sri Guru Gobind Singh &#8211; Sahibzadas Baba Zorawar Singh Ji and Baba Fateh Singh Ji.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What were the sacrifices made by the sons of Guru Gobind Singh?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>While two of Guru Gobind Singh\u2019s sons were killed fighting the Mughals, two other sons were bricked alive on the orders of Aurangzeb\u2019s governor of Sirhind.\n<ul>\n<li>The two younger sons, Sahibzada Zorawar Singh ji and Sahibzada Fateh Singh ji, attained martyrdom after being sealed alive in a wall.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>As per the home minister, incomparable sacrifice and patriotism of the four Sahibzadas and\u00a0\n<ul>\n<li>Mata Gujri to protect the country and religion is the heritage of the country.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Veer Baal Diwas will be observed on the same day the two younger sons, Sahibzada Zorawar Singh ji and Sahibzada Fateh Singh ji, attained martyrdom.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Who was Guru Gobind Singh?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Guru Gobind Singh, born as Gobind Rai, was the tenth Sikh Guru, a spiritual leader, warrior, poet and philosopher.\u00a0\n<ul>\n<li>He was born on January 5, 1666 in Patna Sahib, Bihar in the Sodhi Khatri family of the ninth Sikh guru, Guru Tegh Bahadur and his wife Mata Gujri.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>He formally became the leader and protector of the Sikhs at the age of nine after the death of his father.\n<ul>\n<li>His father was killed by Aurangzeb for refusing to convert to Islam.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What are the notable works of Guru Gobind Singh?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><strong>Organised the Sikh community<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>He was responsible for institutionalising the Khalsa, who played a significant role in protecting the Sikhs after his death.\u00a0\n<ul>\n<li>The Khalsa warriors had to follow a code of discipline that was introduced by Guru Gobind Singh.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>He commanded the Sikh to wear five items all the time which includes Kesh, Kangha, Kara, Kachera, and Kirpan.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>The Sikh Scriptures<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The fifth Sikh Guru, Guru Arjan compiled Sikh scripture by the name of Adi Granth. It contained the hymns of the previous Gurus and may saints.<\/li>\n<li>Guru Gobind Singh in 1706 released a second edition of the religious scripture with the addition of\u00a0\n<ul>\n<li>one salok, dohra mahala nine ang, and all the 115 hymns of his father Guru Tegh Bahadur.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>The rendition was now called Sri Guru Granth Sahib.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Guru Gobind Singh proclaimed that he was the last of the personal Gur\u016bs.\u00a0\n<ul>\n<li>From that point forward, the Sikh Gur\u016b was to be the holy book, the \u0100di Granth.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>He declared Guru Granth Sahib as Sikhism&#8217;s holy scripture in 1708, before his death.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>Q1)\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Who wrote Guru Granth Sahib?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The Guru Granth Sahib, in its present form, was compiled by Guru Gobind Singh, the last Sikh guru, who incorporated the \u201cbani\u201d; of the ninth guru, Guru Teg Bahadur, as well into the Adi Granth and formally installed it as a \u201cguru\u201d at the Takht Damdama Sahib in 1708.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Q2) What are the 5 K of Khalsa?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The Five K&#8217;s are the markers of Sikh identity, and they consist of Kesh (uncut hair), Kara (a steel bracelet), Kanga (a wooden comb), Kaccha &#8211; also spelt, Kachh, Kachera (cotton underwear), and Kirpan (steel sword).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/fabricated-narratives-overlooked-sacrifice-by-guru-gobinds-sons-pm-modi\/articleshow\/96527006.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>Fabricated narratives overlooked sacrifice by Guru Gobind\u2019s sons: PM Modi<\/u><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pib.gov.in\/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1886675\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>PIB<\/u><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/guru-gobind-singhs-sons-didnt-bow-down-to-mughals-pm-modi-at-veer-bal-diwas\/article66306947.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>The Hindu<\/u><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/india\/modi-speech-veer-bal-diwas-certain-narratives-history-inferiority-complex-8344874\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>Indian Express<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vir Bal Diwas marks martyrdom of sons of Guru Gobind Singh &#8211; Sahibzadas Baba Zorawar Singh and Baba Fateh Singh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":33570,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-33569","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-mains-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33569","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=33569"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33569\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}