Long-Lost Siblings Reunite at Kartarpur Corridor After More Than 75 Years

A Sikh woman and her brother, who were separated during Partition 75 years ago, were reunited at the historic Kartarpur Corridor in an emotional reunion through social media.

Mahendra Kaur, 81, from India was reunited with her 78-year-old brother Sheikh Abdul Aziz from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir at the Kartarpur Corridor after she learned through a social media post that they were separated during Partition in 1947. She was a sister.

The two families learned that Kaur and Aziz were estranged siblings after they connected through a social media post detailing the separation of a man and his sister during Partition.

Aziz’s family member Imran Shaikh said that Sardar Bhajan Singh’s family was tragically torn from the Indian part of Punjab during Partition, when Aziz relocated to Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, while his other family members remained in India. I was left alone.

He got married at a young age but always longed to be reunited with his parents and other family members.

On Sunday, Kaur and Aziz reached the Kartarpur Corridor in a wheel chair. Emotional scenes of family reunion were seen, with family members singing songs and showering flowers to express their love.

Overwhelmed with joy, Kaur repeatedly hugged her brother and kissed his hands and the two families also dined together at the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur.

They also exchanged gifts as a mark of their reunion.

After the amicable reunion, the Kartarpur administration garlanded both the families and distributed sweets.

The Kartarpur Corridor connects Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Pakistan’s Punjab province, the final resting place of Guru Nanak Dev, the founder of Sikhism, with the Dera Baba Nanak temple in Gurdaspur district in India’s Punjab state.

The 4 km long corridor provides visa-free access to Indian Sikh pilgrims to visit the Darbar Sahib.

(This story has not been edited by News18 staff and is published from a syndicated news agency feed – PTI,