Guru Nanak Charitable Dispensary
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| Guru Nanak Punjabi Sabha Dispensary | |
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 Guru Nanak Punjabi Sabha Dispensary | |
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| General information | |
| Town or city | Mumbai, Maharashtra |
| Country |  India |
| Coordinates | 19°06′55.3″N 72°51′32″E / 19.115361°N 72.85889°ECoordinates: 19°06′55.3″N 72°51′32″E / 19.115361°N 72.85889°E ⧼validator-fatal-error⧽ |
| Construction started | 1956 |
| Completed | 1957 |
Guru Nanak Charitable Dispensary is a free doctor, dentist and pharmacist available for those that are in need of medical care but do not have the ability to pay for treatment. The Charitable Dispensary can be found on the ground floor inside a Sikh Gurdwara in Chakala in Mumbai. The charity that funds and manages the dispensary is called Guru Nanak Punjabi Sabha, and it was founded by Shamsher Singh Jolly [1] (1922–1992) [2] to establish a Gurdwara, the Guru Nanak Charitable Dispensary and the Guru Nanak Mission High School.[3]
History[edit]
The Guru Nanak Charitable Dispensary is inside the Sikh Temple. The land for this was originally purchased in 1955 and construction began in 1956.[4] The Gurdwara, Charitable Dispensary and the Mission High School were all operating by 1967.[5] The school, which occupied the first floor did eventually become too big for the available space, and had to be relocated. A new site was purchased in 1985 and the school moved to its present location on Mahakali Caves Road in the year 2000. [6]
In 1955, Shamsher Singh Jolly was transferred to N J Wadia Dispensary on S V Road in Andheri as the Chief Medical Officer. He was provided with accommodation, which consisted of a bungalow and an outhouse. Jolly started to use the outhouse for Kirtan because there was a large community of Sikhs in the area, and the next nearest Gurdwara was some distance away in Khar. Funds were raised to buy some land in 1955, with work on its construction beginning in 1956 by first laying the foundations and going on to build the Gurdwara, Charitable Dispensary and eventually the School. [7] To ensure that the Gurdwara remained self-sufficient financially, a significant section of the ground floor was made available to rent as a shopfront, which it still is to this day. [8]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Guru Nanak Mission High School, Andheri East". schoolsearchlist.com.
- ↑ "Dr Shamsher Singh Jolly Centenary Commemoration: History of the Guru Nanak Punjabi Sabha in Mumbai". YouTube.
- ↑ "Gurunanak Mission High School, Mumbai - Reviews, Admissions, Address and Fees 2022". iCBSE.
- ↑ "A Short Biography of Dr Shamsher Singh Jolly". YouTube. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
- ↑ "Guru Nanak Mission High School- Chakala". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
- ↑ "Dr Shamsher Singh Jolly Commemoration Part 2". YouTube.
- ↑ "Dr Shamsher Singh Jolly Centenary Commemoration: History of the Guru Nanak Punjabi Sabha in Mumbai". YouTube.
- ↑ "Speech about the late Dr Shamsher Singh Jolly by Amreek Singh". YouTube.
External links[edit]
- Guru Nanak Charitable Dispensary
- Charitable Dispensary
- How to get to the Dispensary
- Mumbai Government Approved Health Locations
- World Gurudwaras
- Guru Nanak Mission High School
- Gurdwara Guru Nanak Punjabi Sabha Chakala
- History of the Founder Dr SS Jolly
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