Important Stories
Story of Freedom
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This story is told when Sikhs celebrate Bandi Chhorah Divas (The Day of Freedom) and it's about freedom of guru Hargobind Ji who Sikhism's sixth guru, and the freedom of fifty-two other prisoners . The story say he went to the king and asked to be free, and the king would allow this. He then requested that all the other prisoners be released as well. The king that any prisoner who held onto the back of the guru's robe, and could walk with him to freedom would be allowed to leave, and since he had fifty-two prisoners he was sure that not all of them would be able to leave. The guru however had a robe with fifty two pieces of string attached to the end of it so each prisoner was able to grab onto on piece of string and walk with the guru to freedom.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/sikhism/holydays/diwali.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/sikhism/holydays/diwali.shtml
Guru Nanak's Birth
When he was born his father and mother were immensely happy, and the second he was born Hardyal started do some angle checking and calculating with the sun and the moon. His father was told by Hardyal that his Nanak would influence many people over the course of his life and that he would be a man who would be respected by both Hindus and Muslims. His father was not quite sure what this would mean and what exactly his son would end up doing, but he guessed that all would be clear in time.
http://sikhism.about.com/od/gurunanaksbirth/a/Nanak_Birth.htm
http://sikhism.about.com/od/gurunanaksbirth/a/Nanak_Birth.htm
Muktsar
This story is about the last battler Guru Gobind Singh Ji fought. In this story forty of the guru's disciples ended up giving their own lives. The left the guru during a dangerous period and the guru only allowed them to leave if they wrote down that they weren't his followers and he wasn't their guru. They did so and when they got back to their homes, they were't welcomed back because they abandoned the guru during such a dangerous time, bringing them all to shame. Hearing the guru was in a region close by the forty soldiers went to fight to protect him. They fought bravely against the Mughal army and they all died achieving martyrdom. The Mughals failed to capture or kill Guru Ji. The guru found one of the man alive but was dying, and asked him what he wanted. The man said he wanted the paper they had all signed to be torn up. The guru did indeed tear up the paper and all forty men became known as the 40 Muktsars. Every year Sikhs pay tribute to those forty men who lost their lives and the holiday is called Sri Muktsar Sahib.
http://muktsar.nic.in/
http://muktsar.nic.in/