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U8 AN EXAMINATION OF SUCCESSION THEORIES
APPENDIX XIX
Statement of the Secretary Goadateer Itihas
Samshodhan Mandal, Nanded
My attention has been drawn to a series of articles on
'Guru Govind Singh did not die at Nanded' published in the
weekly Indian Progress of Delhi, March-October, 1971. The
editor seems to be grossly misinformed on the subject. It is.
an acknowledged historical fact that Guru Govind Singh, the
Tenth and last Guru of the Sikhs, died at Nanded in the first
week of October, 1708 (Katik Sudi 5, 1765 Bikrami). It was
here that he proclaimed that, with his death, the line of personal
succession to Guruship would end and that in future the
Sikh holy book would be the Guru. These facts are recited in
the Sikh prayer at the Sachkhand temple here, as also everywhere
else. It was to perpetuate.the memory of Guru Govind
Singh here at Nanded that in the early nineteenth century
Maharaja Ranjit Singh sent men and money all the way from
the Punjab to raise the present monumental building over the
relics of the great Guru. Not only the Sikhs from all over the
world but also large numbers of Hindus and Muslims visit
this place daily. To say that Guru Govind Singh did not die
at Nanded is a misrepresentation of an historical fact which
is well-known to all Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs of the town
and its neighbourhood. It is true that there is a legend of the
Guru having given darshan to a Sadhu after his death. Such
legends are found in the hagiographical books of all religions,
Hindu, Muslim and Christian. But these legends are not to be
accepted as part of the historical biographies of the saints.
23rd October, 1971.
(Sd.) V. A. Kanole,
Hony Secretary,
Godateer Itihas Samshodhak Mandal,
Nanded, Maharashtra
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