Khalsa College Management Seeks UNESCO Heritage Status

PATIALA, Punjab (June 10, 2015)—The Governing Council of Khalsa College has reportedly appointed a five member committee to dig into the possibilities of getting Khalsa College enlisted in the UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) heritage list. The five member committee comprises Dr. JS Brar, Dr. Mehal Singh, Dr. JS Dhillon, and DS Rataul and Dr. HS Soch (Former VC, GNDU).

DS Rataul said that they would go through the standards to be maintained for enlisting the Khalsa College in heritage list of UNESCO. “The committee will decide upon how to prepare dossier to put forth their claim,” he added.

The committee has exhibited the 80 years old british clock, a museum with 115 artifacts (ancient Weapons, lithographs, paintings of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, etc.)  of Sikh history as key features for claiming place in the UNESCO heritage list.

The library of the college contains rare manuscripts of ‘Nanak Parkash’ beside 6300 books of historical importance.

Statement by the Honorary Secretary of Khalsa College Governing Council in ‘The Tribune’ of June 3 quotes “The Khalsa College Building is an exceptional architectural and historical marvel with fusion of traditional Indian and Mughal style of architecture.”

In contrast, Er. Inderbir Singh Ahluwalia says that labeling architecture of Khalsa College as fusion of Indian and Mughal architecture would be incorrect and misleading. He says that Khalsa College is one of the examples of Sikh Architecture and the Sikh Architecture is unique in itself. “At the most it can be said that Sikh Architecture is inspired from Mughal Architecture or other ones, but terming the Khalsa College building as fusion of Indian and Mughal architecture would be incorrect’ he added.

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