Sikh History

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There are three Versions on which the current SGGS is built.

1. The Granth owned by Dhirmal (Dhirmal was cousin of guru Arjan Dev ji). This
granth is currently called "Kartarpuri bir" and is currently owned by a descendant
of Dhirmal named Amarjit Singh Sodhi living at Kartarpur, Jalandhar. This book is generally
thought to be the original book which Guru Arjan dev ji and Bhai Gurdas ji had worked upon,
in this book you will find pran sangli in Urdu (which was written by Bhai Gurdas ji),
this was rejected by Guru Arjan dev ji in the subsequent Granth that he installed at Golden
Temple.


2. Then there is another Bir named "Bhai Banno's Bir" at Gurudwara Bhai Bannu, Kanpur, UP.
It is pretty much similar to the one installed at Golden Temple by Guru Arjan Dev ji.

3. The third bir is called "Damdami Bir" which was edited by Guru Gobind Singh, when he
was in hiding at Damdama Sahib (just after his family was massacred). Guru Gobind
singh copied the adi Granth and included his father (guru Tegh Bahadur) bani as well as his,
before passing it out as the final SGGS. This is the real Granth that is everywhere.

the 1 above is "Kartarpuri Bir" and since Dhirmal Sodhi (cousin of Guru Arjan Dev) wanted
himself to become "Guru" he tried various nefarious means to put down the Sikh struggle.
He also owned Golden Temple and thus his descendants never let Guru Gobind Singh enter
the Golden temple. Guru Gobind Singh tried to visit Golden Temple once but doors were shut and
then he never ever visited Golden Temple. Guru Tegh Bahadur actually had
to establish Chak Nanaki (later named as Anandpur Sahib) away from Amritsar,
to move away from his cousins.