Conflit sur la terre : affrontement à सराय काले खां Sarai Kale Khan (दिल्ली Delhi) – 2 mars 2012

Land dispute leads to clash near Gurdwara

expressindia.com

Mar 03, 2012

New Delhi Clashes broke out between the residents of Sarai Kale Khan and members of the Gurudwara Management Committee on Friday.

On Friday afternoon, residents protested outside the gurdwara near Sarai Kale Khan in Southeast Delhi. The residents said they were protesting against the handover of land meant for a hospital to a private party. The clashes broke out when the man, to whom the land had been sold, held a ceremony. Both sides began pelting stones, leading to injuries. Read more…

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Sarai Kale Khan is a historic locality and a Gujjar village of Basista / Bosatta Gotra (clan), migrated from Khanpur village situated in South Delhi in 16th – 17th Century . During past, it was known as Moocho waali Sarai (Inn of Moustaches) because every male have had long moustaches, which was a symbol of manliness those days. In the north-west cornerside of the village there used to be some debris of old monuments which were called Mahal(Mansion) (nowadays DDA Flats are situated over there). The land area of Sarai Kale Khan was stretched from Purana Qila (Old Fort) in north-west to Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium in west, Mayur Vihar in east and Taimoor Nagar in south. The village is surrounded by some famous monuments such as Purana Qila, Humayun’s Tomb, Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya’s Dargah, Abdur Rahim Khan-e-Khana’s Tomb, Baara Pullah and other monuments.

A Gurdwara (Punjabi: ਗੁਰਦੁਆਰਾ, gurduārā or , gurdwārā), meaning the Gateway to the Guru, is the place of worship for Sikhs,^[1] the followers of Sikhism. A Gurdwara can be identified from a distance by tall flagpoles bearing the Nishan Sahib (the Sikh flag, see image at lower right).