Although Sikh population in east India is not much, even then even then in addition to historical gurdwaras, we find a number of non historic Gurdwaras in a number of cities of east India. We have gurdwaras even in Far East cities like Barpeta, Dibrugarh, Dimapur Guwahati, Jorhat, Nagaon, siliguri, Tezpur and Shillong, which was recently in news when Sikhs living in Punjabi lane were attacked by local Khasi community. Even Meghalaya government sided with the locals and was inclined to evict them from their homes where they’ve been living for the last 2-3 generations Although, on the united intervention of Sikhs from all parts of the country and legal efforts made by Sikh organizations like United Sikhs, Meghalaya High court has stayed the relocation of Sikhs from their area, the dispute is yet to be finally settled in favour of Sikhs who are the genuine owners of their properties and possess all documents of the same All the Gurdwaras in East India are governed by respective committees, which, in turn are the members of Sikh pratinidi board eastern zone (For details, see last chapter). For example, as per a news report on Sikh news channel, Nagaland Gurdwara management committee was formed in 2010.There are four Gurdwaras in Nagaland. All these Gurdwaras have seprate committees as well as a combind committee for these Gurdwaras. For example, the Dimapur Gurdwara (most prominent in Nagaland) committee was elected for 3 years in 2017. S. Gurbachan Singh became the new president in place of S. Harjinder PS Ahluwalia (former president). S. Hardev Singh became the general secretary.
Kolkata is another biggest town of East India. Here also we have a number of historical and non historical Gurdwaras. The two most important non historical Gurdwaras are Gurdwara Jagat Sudhar and Gurdwara Sant Kutiya. Gurdwara Jagat Sudhar is quite popular among the Sikh Community of Kolkata and the adjoining states of Bengal, Bihar & Assam. Its importance lies in the fact that it is controlled by Sri Guru Singh Sabha, Kolkata which is the most important Sikh Organisation in the city. This Gurdwara situated at 31, Rash Bihari Avenue, Kolkata attracts the maximum devotees on the occasions of Gurpurabs, particularly that of Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji. The Langar attracts even non Sikhs who relish the free food available here at all times. This Gurdwara and its functional committee can be contacted on telephone nos. 033-24663877, 033-24665727.
Gurdwara Sant Kutiya is another renowned Gurdwara in East India. This is mainly because of the fact that this Gurdwara situated on Harish Mukherjee Road, lies in the area where Sikh population is quite abundant. The Gurdwara is open to public from 4.00 hrs to 22.00 hrs. This Gurdwara was established by Baba Basant Singh Nota. The Gurdwara organizes several communal activities like free health care services. Guru Tegh Bahadar Nursing Home and Medical Research Centre are associated to this sacred place. The management can be contacted on Mobile no. 91-33-24552585.
