08.08.2026: Governor inaugurates one-day National Seminar on The Legacy of Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur
08.08.2026: Maharashtra Governor Jishnu Dev Varma today inaugurated a one-day National Seminar on ‘The Legacy of Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji’, organised to commemorate the 350th martyrdom of Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur at the Punjab Heritage Bhavan in CBD Belapur, Navi Mumbai. The seminar was jointly organised by the Ministry of Culture, Government of India, Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi, and the Punjabi Cultural and Welfare Association, Navi Mumbai. A video message from Union Minister for Culture and Tourism Gajendra Singh Shekhawat was also screened on the occasion. Minister of Forest Ganesh Naik, MLA Mandatai Mhatre, Navi Mumbai Mayor Sujata Patil, President of the Sahitya Akademi Madhav Kaushik, Vice-President Kumud Sharma, Chairman of the Haryana Sahitya and Sanskriti Akademi Kuldeep Chandra Agnihotri, Sahitya Akademi Secretary Varun Gulati, Administrator of Takht Sri Hazur Sahib Vijay Satbir Singh, Secretary to the Governor Dr Prashant Narnaware and a large number of litterateurs, scholars and distinguished members of the Sikh community were present.