Kartarpur Corridor reunites Pakistani and Indian friends separated during partition
The Kartarpur Corridor has brought together two friends separated after India was divided into two countries, Dawn has reported.
Sardar Gopal Singh from India who is now 94 and Muhammad Bashir from Pakistan who is now 91 got separated in 1947. They both hugged each other when they met almost after six decades.
Sardar Gopal Singh came to Kartarpur to perform religious rites at Gurdwara Darbar Sahib and Bashir visited Kartarpur as a visitor.
Gopal Singh, while recalling old memories, said that both of them were young at the time of partition. Bashir, who is from Narowal, said that even before partition, Gopal and he used to visit Baba Guru Nanak’s Gurdwara.
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Religion and pilgrimage aside for a moment… this is a heart-warming story from Kartarpur Sahib ❤️❤️
— Harjinder Singh Kukreja (@SinghLions) November 22, 2021
The Kartarpur Corridor reunited two nonagenarians friends, Sardar Gopal Singh (94) from India and Muhammad Bashir (91) from Pakistan. They had got separated in 1947. pic.twitter.com/VnKoxhKxLb
People on social media have expressed their love for both Gopal and Bashir.
— rabia O'chaudry (@rabiasquared) November 23, 2021
Bhai Bhai @aarifshaah @manaman_chhina @ParaRjs @rwac48 #KartarpurSahib @ranjona @rupagulab @imrantelegraph @ajay43 https://t.co/GLKrg1bx0f
— Shakeel Gundagi (@shaqueelsinai) November 22, 2021
— Arundhati Mahima Sankhla (@Arundhatis23) November 22, 2021
https://twitter.com/RezinaSultana9/status/1462690486116782081We are lucky to witness one of the last of such partition reunions. Feel sad to realise within a decade this generation will be gone.
— Adil Hossain (@adilhossain) November 22, 2021
Only they know what pain they went through. https://t.co/5yzpxwB7oM
The Kartarpur Corridor, which links Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Pakistan, the final resting place of Sikhism founder Guru Nanak Dev, to Dera Baba Nanak shrine in Gurdaspur district, reopened in November. The pilgrimage to the Kartarpur Sahib gurdwara was suspended in March 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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