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463 Indians To Get Pak Visa For Maharaja Ranjit Singh's Death Anniversary

Darpan News Desk IANS, 25 Jun, 2019 07:59 PM

    Pakistan on Monday issued visas to 463 Indian Sikh pilgrims who are going to there to observe the death anniversary of Maharaja Ranjit Singh.

     

    The Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi has also accommodated Sikh "Yatrees" who were granted visas for observing the Martyrdom Day of Guru Arjun Dev Ji from June 14-23, but could not go to Pakistan, the country's mission in New Delhi said.


    The visas issued by the High Commission in New Delhi are in addition to the ones given to Sikh pilgrims participating in the event from different parts of the world, it said.


    The 463 Indian Sikh pilgrims will visit Pakistan to observe Maharaja Ranjit Singh's death anniversary from June 27-July 6.


    Within the framework of the Pakistan-India Protocol on Visits to Religious Shrines of 1974, thousands of pilgrims from India visit Pakistan every year to observe various religious festivals and occasions.

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