NALŪCHHĪ, a village three kilometres west of Muzaffarābād in Pakistan-occupied Kashmīr, had a gurdwārā commemorating Gurū Hargobind who had visited the village during his visit to Kashmīr in 1620. Mahārājā Raṇjīt Siṅgh had made out to it a land grant worth Rs 3,000 annually. Baisākhī was observed as a religious festival in the gurdwārā until its evacuation in the wake of invasion by Pakistan-supported tribal raiders in October 1947.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

  1. Kāhn Siṅgh, Bhāī, Gurūshabad Ratnākar Mahān Kosh [Reprint]. Patiala, 1981
  2. Giān Siṅgh, Giānī, Twārīkh Gurū Khālsā [Reprint]. Patiala, 1970

Major Gurmukh Siṅgh (Retd.)