Mahendra Kaur, 81, of India, met her younger brother, Sheikh Abdul Aziz, 78, in the Kartarpur corridor. Kaur was extremely moved as she greeted her brother, hugged him repeatedly, and kissed his hands.
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Desk: Long-lost siblings from India and Pakistan
exchanged hugs and tears on Monday (May 22) at the Kartarpur Corridor. Thanks
to social media, an almost amazing encounter occurred.
The brother and sister had split up during India's and Pakistan's partition
in 1947. The encounter took place only after they discovered they were siblings
through a social media post.
Mahendra Kaur, 81, of
India, met her younger brother, Sheikh Abdul Aziz, 78, in the Kartarpur
corridor. Kaur was extremely moved as she greeted her brother, hugged him
repeatedly, and kissed his hands.
The family of Sardar Bhajan Singh from the Indian side of Punjab
was cruelly ripped apart when Aziz went to Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK)
while his other family members stayed in India, according to Dawn News.
Aziz, who married at a young age, has always wished to see his
parents and other family members. Mahendra and Aziz were determined to be
estranged siblings by the two families.
This was made possible by
a social media post about a man and his sister being separated during the
Partition. Following the reunion, the families went to Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in
Kartarpur, where they sat side by side and shared a meal on Sunday.
To commemorate the happy event, both families were decked out with
garlands and sweets were handed by the gurdwara. As a symbol of their
reconciliation, they also exchanged gifts.
The Kartarpur Corridor
connects the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Pakistan's Punjab province, the final
resting place of Sikhism's founder Guru Nanak Dev, with the Dera Baba Nanak
shrine in India's Punjab state. Indian Sikh pilgrims do not need visas to enter
the 4 km-long corridor to see the Darbar Sahib.
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