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Irony of Dyal Singh Majithia

A controversial decision to rename Delhi University's Dyal Singh College as 'Vande Mataram Morning College' was taken by the management committee in November 2017. The decision was taken " to remind our students of (the) freedom struggle ," Pawan Kumar Sharma told India Today. Dyal Singh College Campus, New Delhi The move has evoked strong reaction from Sikh bodies as well as Congress backed student body NSUI. Opposing this decision are SGPS and DSGMC. Sikhs have claimed that the resolution adopted by the governing body was unconstitutional and illegal. and any effort to belittle the contribution of Dyal Singh Majithia that would not be tolerated. The Dyal Singh College website acknowledges that the college owes its existence to Majithia and his foresight in setting up an education trust for a truly secular college. The move is being perceived as a design to wipe out the legacy of Dyal Singh Majithia. Who was Dyal Singh? Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia (1

Thanksgiving Meals Significance - Sikh Perspective

In September 1620, a small ship called Mayflower left Plymouth, England, carrying 102 passengers—an assortment of religious separatists and other lured by the promise of the New World. After a treacherous and uncomfortable crossing that lasted 66 days, they dropped anchor near the tip of Cape Cod. One month later, the Mayflower crossed Massachusetts Bay, where the Pilgrims began the work of establishing a village they named as Plymouth . Thanksgiving at Plymouth in 1621 In 1621, the Pilgrims and Wampanoag Indians shared an autumn harvest feast in Plymouth that is today acknowledged as the first Thanksgiving celebrations in the colonies. The Pilgrims’ first corn harvest proved successful and Governor William Bradford organized a celebratory feast and invited a group of Native American allies. However it wasn’t until 1863, during the Civil War, that President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a national Thanksgiving Day to be held each November. Thanksgiving Meal In many Americ