30 March 1699[EoS][EoS][Src]Vaisakhi 1756 Bk

Creation of the Khalsa

Name: Creation of the Khalsa
Start: 1699-03-30
Location: Anandpur Sahib

At the Vaisakhi assembly in Kesgarh fort, Anandpur, Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji initiates the Panj Piare with amrit, is initiated by them in turn, and gives the community its name, code and the name Singh. The masands are abolished.

KhalsaInstitution📍 Anandpur Sahib Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji The Panj Piare

Sainapati's Sri Gur Sobha, written within a few years, confirms the creation of the Khalsa and the new code; the scene of the five heads comes from eighteenth-century sources.[EoS][EoS][Src]