DEC 20th

Three very significant things happened today:
December 20, 1520: Guru Nanak Dev Jee went to Baghdad to preach gurmat
December 20, 1704: Guru Guru Gobind Singh Ji left Anadpur Sahib.
December 20, 1920: The panth took back control of Gurudwara Sri Panja Sahib(now in Pakistan)
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Bhai Gurdass Jee in the 35th Pauree of the 1st Vaar writes:
ਬਾਬਾਗਿਆਬਗਦਾਦਨੂੰਬਾਹਰਜਾਇਕੀਆਅਸਥਾਨਾ॥
ਇਕਬਾਬਾਅਕਾਲਰੂਪਦੂਜਾਰਬਾਬੀਮਰਦਾਨਾ॥
ਦਿਤੀਬਾਂਗਨਿਮਾਜ਼ਕਰਸੁੰਨਸਮਾਨਹੋਯਾਜਹਾਨਾ॥
ਸੁੰਨਮੁੰਨਨਗਰੀਭਈਦੇਖਪੀਰਭਇਆਹੈਰਾਨਾ॥
ਵੇਖੈਧਿਆਨਲਗਾਇਕਰਇਕਫਕੀਰਵਡਾਮਸਤਾਨਾ॥
ਪੁਛਿਆਫਿਰਕੇਦਸਤਗੀਰਕੌਨਫਕੀਰਕਿਸਕਾਘਰਾਨਾ॥
ਨਾਨਕਕਲਿਵਿਚਆਇਆਰਬਫਕੀਰਇਕਪਹਿਚਾਨਾ॥
ਧਰਤਅਕਾਸ਼ਚਹੂੰਦਿਸਜਾਨਾ॥੩੫॥
After Guru Sahib left Mecca they reached Baghdad. As they reached the outskirts of the city Guru Sahib- the image of Akalpurkh and Bhai Mardana- the Rabbab player sat down.

After meditating for a while Guru Sahib loudly said “Satnaam” in a sweet piercing voice. The whole town heard this; everyone was so awe struck that they instantly froze and were paralyzed with naam. No one moved. The city become still all of a sudden silence took over.

The head Muslim Pir, Dastgeer became worried and didn’t know what had just happened. He started to meditate and saw that a ‘fakir’ with a glowing face was sitting outside the city in a deep trance.

Dastgeer couldn’t resist, he was drawn to Guru Sahib so much that he immediately ran to guru Sahib. He asked Bhai Mardana about the the man sitting with him and which family of fakirs he belonged to. Bhai Mardana said: This is Guru Nanak Dev Jee who’s Akhalpurkh’s fakir and has come to save everyone in kalyug. Think of him as the being of God, there’s no difference between him and God. Guru Nanak Dev Jee is worshipped in the entire universe.
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The siege of Anandpur Sahib itself and every single event that followed it holds a unique place in history world history. Because there aren’t any examples that can even remotely match up to what happened for the next few weeks and really up till even now.

And the struggle to get control of Gurdwarri back under panthic control was long bloody and painful no less intriguing than the events of the 1700’s. Unfortunately not many know of this in detail. Mostly because of not knowing, the same has happened to many of the Gurdwarai once more: they're at the very pre 1920's state all over agin. The fight to get them back under panthic again seems far fetched, sometimes even impossible as the ‘panth’ sinks deeper and deeper into disunity by the day.