{"id":38789,"date":"2023-12-27T02:48:04","date_gmt":"2023-12-26T21:18:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=38789"},"modified":"2025-04-23T18:26:14","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T12:56:14","slug":"veer-bal-diwas-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/veer-bal-diwas-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Veer Bal Diwas 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>What\u2019s in today\u2019s article?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Why in news?<\/li>\n<li>What is Vir Bal Diwas?<\/li>\n<li>Sacrifices made by the sons of Guru Gobind Singh<\/li>\n<li>Who was Guru Gobind Singh?<\/li>\n<li>What are notable works of Guru Gobind Singh?<\/li>\n<li>News Summary: Veer Bal Diwas 2023<\/li>\n<li>Key highlights of the speech<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Why in news?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Recently, PM Modi said India is now coming out of the mindset of slavery and has full faith in its people, their abilities and heritage.<\/li>\n<li>He made those remarks while speaking at a &#8216;Veer Bal Diwas&#8217; event to commemorate the martyrdom of two sons of Guru Gobind Singh.\n<ul>\n<li>This was the second celebration of the Veer Bal Diwas.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>What is Vir Bal Diwas?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>On 9th January 2022, the day of the <u>Prakash Purab of Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji<\/u>, 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; <u>Sahibzadas Baba Zorawar Singh Ji and Baba Fateh Singh Ji<\/u>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Sacrifices made by the sons of Guru Gobind Singh<\/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, <u>Sahibzada Zorawar Singh ji and Sahibzada Fateh Singh<\/u> ji, attained martyrdom after being sealed alive in a wall.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Incomparable sacrifice and patriotism of the four Sahibzadas and Mata Gujri to protect the country and religion is the heritage of the country.<\/li>\n<li>Veer Baal Diwas is observed on the same day the two younger sons, Sahibzada Zorawar Singh ji and Sahibzada Fateh Singh ji, attained martyrdom.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Who was Guru Gobind Singh?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Guru Gobind Singh, born as Gobind Rai, was the <u>tenth Sikh Guru<\/u>, a spiritual leader, warrior, poet and philosopher.\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<h2>What are notable works of Guru Gobind Singh?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Organised the Sikh community\n<ul>\n<li>He was responsible for <u>institutionalising the Khalsa<\/u>, who played a significant role in protecting the Sikhs after his death.\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 <u>Kesh, Kangha, Kara, Kachera, and Kirpan<\/u>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The Sikh Scriptures\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 one salok, dohra mahala nine ang, and all the 115 hymns of his father Guru Tegh Bahadur.\n<ul>\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 <u>last of the personal Gur\u016bs<\/u>.\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 <u>Guru Granth Sahib as Sikhism&#8217;s holy scripture<\/u> in 1708, before his death.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>News Summary: Veer Bal Diwas 2023<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Recently, PM Modi addressed the \u2018Veer Baal Diwas\u2019 celebrations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Key highlights of the speech<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>India is now coming out of the mindset of slavery and has full faith in its people, their abilities and heritage.\n<ul>\n<li>The world only took notice of Indian heritage when Indians gave it its due respect.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The next 25 years will bring huge opportunities for the country\u2019s youth and the government has a clear roadmap and a vision to fulfil their unlimited dreams.<\/li>\n<li>Veer Bal Diwas is a symbol of the <u>never-say-die attitude for the protection of Bhartiyata (Indianness)<\/u>.<\/li>\n<li>India was playing a key role in solving the global problems of economy, science, research, sports and diplomacy.<\/li>\n<li>This is India\u2019s time. The next 25 years will showcase India\u2019s capabilities. There is need to follow <u>panch pran and not waste even a single moment<\/u>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1)\u00a0What is Adi Granth?<\/h3>\n<p>The Adi Granth is the sacred scripture of Sikhism, a religion in India. The name translates to &#8220;First Book&#8221; in Punjabi. The Adi Granth is a collection of around 6,000 hymns from Sikh Gurus and other saints from different religions and castes.<\/p>\n<h3>Q2)\u00a0What is Khalsa?\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p>Khalsa is a Punjabi word that means &#8220;the pure&#8221;. It refers to both a community of Sikhs and a special group of initiated Sikhs. The Khalsa tradition was established in 1699 by Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Guru of Sikhism.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/india\/india-slavery-mindset-world-respecting-pm-modi-9083616\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>India coming out of slavery mindset, world respecting it: PM Modi<\/u><\/a><u> | <\/u><a href=\"https:\/\/pib.gov.in\/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1990383\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>PIB<\/u><\/a><u> | <\/u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/india-news\/india-coming-out-of-slavery-mindset-world-respecting-it-pm-modi-as-he-celebrates-veer-bal-diwas-101703596413590.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>Hindustan Times<\/u><\/a><u> | <\/u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/sikh-gurus-taught-indians-to-live-for-their-lands-glory-pm-modi\/article67675953.ece#:~:text=Prime%20Minister%20Narendra%20Modi%20says,years%20will%20showcase%20India&#039;s%20capabilities%E2%80%9D&amp;text=Prime%20Minister%20Narendra%20Modi%20on,%2C%20research%2C%20sports%20and%20diplomacy.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>The Hindu<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Veer Bal Diwas&#8217; event commemorates the martyrdom of two sons of Guru Gobind Singh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":38790,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-38789","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\/38789","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=38789"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38789\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}