List of places named after Guru Gobind Singh
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A number of places are named after the tenth guru
of Sikh
s, Guru Gobind Singh Ji
.
Guru Gobind Singh College, Chigwell, Essex, England.
Guru
A guru is one who is regarded as having great knowledge, wisdom, and authority in a certain area, and who uses it to guide others . Other forms of manifestation of this principle can include parents, school teachers, non-human objects and even one's own intellectual discipline, if the...
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Sikh
A Sikh is a follower of Sikhism. It primarily originated in the 15th century in the Punjab region of South Asia. The term "Sikh" has its origin in Sanskrit term शिष्य , meaning "disciple, student" or शिक्ष , meaning "instruction"...
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Guru Gobind Singh
Guru Gobind Singh is the tenth and last Sikh guru in a sacred lineage of ten Sikh gurus. Born in Patna, Bihar in India, he was also a warrior, poet and philosopher. He succeeded his father Guru Tegh Bahadur as the leader of Sikhs at a young age of nine...
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- Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha UniversityGuru Gobind Singh Indraprastha UniversityGuru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University is a public, professional university located in Delhi, India...
, New DelhiNew DelhiNew Delhi is the capital city of India. It serves as the centre of the Government of India and the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. New Delhi is situated within the metropolis of Delhi. It is one of the nine districts of Delhi Union Territory. The total area of the city is... - Guru Gobind Singh Super Thermal Power PlantGuru Gobind Singh Super Thermal Power PlantGuru Gobing Singh Super Thermal Power Plant is located at Ghanauli near Ropar in Punjab. The power plant is one of the coal based power plants of PSPCL-Power plant:Guru Gobind Singh Super Thermal Power Station has an installed capacity of 1260 MW...
- Guru Gobind Singh Sikh Center, Plainview, New York, USA
- Sri Guru Gobind Singh College of CommerceSri Guru Gobind Singh College of CommerceSri Guru Gobind Singh College Of Commerce is the commerce college of the University of Delhi, Delhi, India. It was founded in 1984 and is named after the tenth Sikh Guru. It is the second college of commerce of the University of Delhi...
, New Delhi - Guru Gobind Singh MargGuru Gobind Singh MargGuru Gobind Singh Marg is the route taken by tenth guru of sikhs Guru Gobind Singh from Anandpur Sahib to Talwandi Sabo. This memorable and eventful journey of 47 days by Sikh Guru and his troops has got significant place in the history of Punjab. This highway, measuring about 577 kilometres ...
- Guru Gobind Singh Medical CollegeGuru Gobind Singh Medical CollegeGuru Gobind Singh Medical College is a school of medicine located in Faridkot, Punjab, India. Established in 1973, it is one of the oldest medical institutes of Punjab State....
, Faridkot - Guru Gobind Singh RefineryGuru Gobind Singh RefineryGuru Gobind Singh Refinery is an oil refinery that was set up in 2007 with HPCL as main stakeholder and Mittal Energy Limited, a company floated by L N Mittal . It is located in village Phulokheri, Bhatinda, Punjab, India....
, Phulokheri, Bathinda - Guru Gobind Singh BhawanGuru Gobind Singh BhawanGuru Gobind Singh Bhawan is a building located at Punjabi University, Patiala. Guru Gobind Singh Bhawan has four doors and houses the literature for the study of all religions...
, Punjabi UniversityPunjabi UniversityPunjabi University, located at Patiala, is one of the premier institutions of higher education in Punjab, India. Panjabi University teaches and researches in science, engineering and technology, humanities, social sciences, performing arts and sports....
, Patiala - Guru Gobind Singh StadiumGuru Gobind Singh StadiumGuru Gobind Singh Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Jalandhar, India. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of JCT Mills Football Club. The stadium holds 22,000 people....
, JalandharJalandharJalandhar is a city in Jalandhar District in the state of Punjab, India. It is located 144 km northwest of the state capital, Chandigarh... - Mandi GobindgarhMandi GobindgarhMandi Gobindgarh is a town and a municipal committee in Fatehgarh Sahib district in the Indian state of Punjab. It is also sometimes referred to as Steel City Mandi Gobindgarh is a town and a municipal committee in Fatehgarh Sahib district in the Indian state of Punjab. It is also sometimes...
, steelSteelSteel is an alloy that consists mostly of iron and has a carbon content between 0.2% and 2.1% by weight, depending on the grade. Carbon is the most common alloying material for iron, but various other alloying elements are used, such as manganese, chromium, vanadium, and tungsten...
town of PunjabPunjab (India)Punjab ) is a state in the northwest of the Republic of India, forming part of the larger Punjab region. The state is bordered by the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh to the east, Haryana to the south and southeast and Rajasthan to the southwest as well as the Pakistani province of Punjab to the...
, IndiaIndiaIndia , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world... - Guru Gobind Singh Khalsa SchoolGuru Gobind Singh Khalsa SchoolGuru Gobind Singh Khalsa Higher Secondary School is a secondary school located in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. The school is popularly known as "Khalsa School". In 1994, a college affiliated with the Rani Durgavati University in Jabalpur was opened on the same campus...
, Jabalpur - Guru Gobind Singh Hospital, JamnagarJamnagarJamnagar is a city and a municipal corporation in Jamnagar district in the Indian state of Gujarat. The city was built up substantially by Maharaja Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji in the 1920s, when the district was known as Nawanagar. The district lies just to the south of the Gulf of Kutch and is...
, Gujarat, IndiaIndiaIndia , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world... - Shri Guru Gobind Singhji (SGGS) Institute of Engineering and Technology, NandedShri Guru Gobind Singhji (SGGS) Institute of Engineering and Technology, NandedShri Guru Gobind Singhji Institute of Engineering and Technology, at Nanded is an autonomous institute set up and entirely funded by the Government of Maharashtra. The institute is approved by the All India Council for Technical Education, Government of India...
- GGS College of Modern TechnologyGGS College of Modern TechnologyGGS COLLEGE OF MODERN TECHNOLOGY, Kharar is an ISO 9001-2000 certified privately managed college imparting best technical education. GGSCMT is affiliated to the PTU, Jalandhar and is recognized by the All India Council of Technical Education, New Delhi and the Govt. of Punjab. GGSCMT has pioneered...
, KhararKhararKharar is a city and a municipal council in Mohali district in the state of Punjab.It is at a distance of about 10-15 kilometres from Chandigarh and about 4 kilometres from Mohali.... - Guru Gobind Singh Children's FoundationGuru Gobind Singh Children's FoundationThe Guru Gobind Singh Children's Foundation is a Foundation run by children/youth with a vision to help other children meet their basic needs, while adding meaning to their lives, and carrying out the work in the spirit of the teachings of Sikh Gurus....
- Gobind SagarGobind SagarGobind Sagar is a man-made reservoir situated in Bilaspur District, Himachal Pradesh.The reservoir on the river Sutlej, was formed after the hydel dam at Bhakra was constructed and has been named in honour of Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Sikh guru. One of the world's highest gravity dams, the...
, a man-made reservoirReservoirA reservoir , artificial lake or dam is used to store water.Reservoirs may be created in river valleys by the construction of a dam or may be built by excavation in the ground or by conventional construction techniques such as brickwork or cast concrete.The term reservoir may also be used to...
situated in Bilaspur DistrictBilaspur district, Himachal PradeshBilaspur is a district of Himachal Pradesh state, India. It contains the manmade Govind Sagar Lake on the Sutlej River which acts as the reservoir for the Bhakra and Nangal Dam project. The road bridge on this lake at Kandraur is highest of its kind in Asia. Its headquarters are in the town of...
, Himachal PradeshHimachal PradeshHimachal Pradesh is a state in Northern India. It is spread over , and is bordered by the Indian states of Jammu and Kashmir on the north, Punjab on the west and south-west, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh on the south, Uttarakhand on the south-east and by the Tibet Autonomous Region on the east...
. - Gobind Marg, a street in BradfordBradfordBradford lies at the heart of the City of Bradford, a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, in Northern England. It is situated in the foothills of the Pennines, west of Leeds, and northwest of Wakefield. Bradford became a municipal borough in 1847, and received its charter as a city in 1897...
, West YorkshireWest YorkshireWest Yorkshire is a metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England with a population of 2.2 million. West Yorkshire came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972....
, UK Where the Guru Gobind Singh Gurdwara is situated. (1)
Guru Gobind Singh College, Chigwell, Essex, England.