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<p class="C1">&#65279S&#298OKE, or S&#299hoke, village in &#7692ask&#257 subdivision of Si&#257lko&#7789 district in Pakistan, had a Sikh shrine, Gurdw&#257r&#257 Chho&#7789&#257 Nank&#257&#7751&#257, commemorating Gur&#363 N&#257nak&#8217s visit. At the time of his visit, the village was known as Bharov&#257l and, according to local tradition, he put up here with a devotee named Bh&#257&#299 R&#363p&#257. The Gurdw&#257r&#257, about one kilometre soutwest of the village, was affiliated to Shiroma&#7751&#299 Gurdw&#257r&#257 Parbandhak Committee, Amritsar, until 1947 when it was abandoned in the mass exodus following the partition of the Punjab.</p>
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