Gurdwara Shaheed Bhai Taru Singh

Gurudwara Shaheed Bhai Taru Singh
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General information
Architectural styleSikh architecture
Town or cityNaulakha Bazaar, Lahore
CountryPunjab, Pakistan
Coordinates31°34′44″N 74°19′55″E / 31.578997°N 74.331910°E / 31.578997; 74.331910
Construction started1747
Completed1748

Gurdwara Shaheed Bhai Taru Singh (Punjabi and Urdu: گوردوارہ شہید بھائی تارو سنگھ) or Gurdwara Shahidi Asthan Bhai Taru Singh ji[1][2] is a Sikh Gurdwara at Naulakha Bazaar in Lahore, Pakistan, which commemorates the spot where Bhai Taru Singh was executed.[3][4][5][6] The shrine was built on the grounds of the Shaheed Ganj Mosque, leading to a legal dispute over ownership that began in 1850.[7] British, and later Pakistani, courts upheld the right of Sikhs to maintain a place of worship at the site.[8] While a settlement was being negotiated by British authorities, a group of Sikhs demolished the mosque on 7–8 July 1935, triggering communal riots.[9] In December 2022, the official Gurdwara’s doors where locked by the local people was turned into a mosque.

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  6. ^ The Sikh Review. Sikh Cultural Centre. 2004.
  7. ^ Ahmed, Hilal (2015-06-03). Muslim Political Discourse in Postcolonial India: Monuments, Memory, Contestation. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-55955-9.
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