Sikh Reference Library Sikh Reference Library The Sikh Reference Library was a repository of over 1,500 rare manuscripts located in the Harmandir Sahib (Golden Temple) at Amritsar, Punjab which was destroyed during Operation Blue Star. In 1984, the library's contents were confiscated by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the empty building allegedly burned to the ground by the Indian Army. In recent years the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has attempted to recover the looted material but has not yet recovered substantial materials. To date, the status of library manuscripts and artifacts is unclear; the vast majority remain in the hands
Shri Muktsar Sahib district Shri Muktsar Sahib district Sri Muktsar Sahib district is one of the twenty two districts in the Indian Punjab and earlier known as khidraane di dhaab. Its capital, the city of Sri Muktsar Sahib, is renamed from Muktsar to Sri Muktsar Sahib and so the district. Other towns include Malout (the largest town by population) and Giddarbaha. Muktsar district was created as a new district on 7 November 1995 by taking out Muktsar subdivision of Faridkot district. The last battlefield of the tenth Sikh Guru, Shri Guru Gobind Singh, lies in the district's main city. A huge battle, knowns as