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The Hindu
The Hindu
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Rahul Karmakar

Arunachal locals hurt by Sikh claim on medieval Buddhist shrine

GUWAHATI

A Colonel in the Indian Army apparently sowed the seeds of a Buddhism-Sikhism dispute near the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Arunachal Pradesh 36 years ago.

On April 24, the National Commission for Minorities sought a detailed report from the Arunachal Pradesh government over the claim of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) that a historical site associated with Guru Nanak Dev in Mechukha had been converted into a Buddhist shrine.

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