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Place

Muktsar

ਮੁਕਤਸਰSri Muktsar Sahib, Punjab, India, Indiaalso Khidrana, Sri Muktsar Sahib

Formerly Khidrana, a pool in the Malwa scrub where in December 1705 forty Sikhs who had earlier deserted Guru Ji at Anandpur returned and attained martyrdom fighting a pursuing Mughal force. Guru Ji tore up their letter of renunciation and named the place Muktsar, the pool of liberation.[EoS]

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"Muktsar". Sikh History: lives of the Gurus. https://sikh-history.co.uk/places/muktsar/