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State of the Panth, Report 10 - Caste & Race
Our latest report offers an in-depth analysis of caste and race within the Sikh community through the lens of Gurmat (Guru’s Way). Featuring insights from a global survey and practical recommendations, this report is a must-read for
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In 1745, Jassa Singh Ahluwalia demonstrated his leadership abilities by persuading 15000 surrounding Sikhs to fight back against the Afghan invaders. He said,"There was no question of surrendering, for the Khalsa does not surrender to any other authority except that of the Guru."
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Today in
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Surjit Singh Barnala, the Chief Minister of Panjab, orders “Black Thunder.” An assault on Sri Harimandar Sahib, Amritsar, conducted by National Security Guards as part of a psychological operation against the
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#Punjab
#India
#TodayInHistory
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Today in
#Sikh
History:
"Human Rights lawyer and activist Sardar Jaswant Singh Khalra was tortured to death in the custody of Panjab police. He was killed for investigating the forced disappearance of thousands of Sikhs by the state..."
#TodayInHistory
#India
#Punjab
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1984 is in My DNA by
@InniKaur
The act of remembrance is “to remember proactively so that we will never forget.”
Read the full article at
#June1984
#1984BattleofAmritsar
#AkalTakht
#SriHarmandirSahib
#Panjab
#Sikh
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It has been 39 years since the 1984 Sikh Genocide orchestrated by the Indian government.
Why is the legal course of action still necessary? What outcomes have been achieved so far, and what else is being pursued? How can the Sikhs and non-Sikhs help in Panjab, Inspora, and
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Today in
#Sikh
History:
On this day in 1995, Bhai Jaswant Singh Khalra was killed by the Panjab Police after being brutally tortured for a month following his unlawful detention on 6 Sept. Tragically, his body was never found.
Jaswant Singh Khalra became politically engaged
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Today in
#Sikh
History:
In 1955, the Indian government passed a law that made it illegal even to raise slogans supporting a Panjabi-speaking state. Uttering the words "Panjabi Suba Zindabad" became a criminal offense. Five years later, on this day in 1960, in the city of Karnal
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Today in
#Sikh
History:
Human Rights lawyer and activist Sardar Jaswant Singh Khalra was tortured to death in the custody of Panjab police.
#TodayInHistory
#India
#Punjab
#SikhHistory
#HumanRights
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In 1762, Ahmad Shah Durrani blew up the Sri Harimandar with gunpowder. In 1764, Jassa Singh Ahluwalia, after conquering Sarhind, donated a large part of the acquired treasury of the empire towards the rebuilding of Sri Harimandar Sahib & the Akal Takht Sahib complex.
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Do you know about the Ghallughara in which Jassa Singh Ahluwalia, along with 15000 Sikhs, fought the Lahore usurpers and foreign invaders? In this Ghallughara, around 7000 Sikhs were killed, and 3000 were captured & tortured to death. Sikhs termed this place as Shahid-Ganj.
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Today in
#Sikh
History:
On this day in 1992, Bhai Sukhdev Singh ‘Sukha’ and Bhai Harjinder Singh ‘Jinda’ were executed by the Indian government. Sukha and Jinda were members of the Khalistan Commando Force. They had delivered justice to General Vaidya, the head of the Indian
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Today in
#Sikh
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Ten year old Maharaja Duleep Singh signed a document renouncing every ‘right, title or claim’ to Panjab. All of the Kingdom’s property, including the Koh-i-noor, now belonged to the British.
#Sikhs
#Punjab
#India
#TodayInHistory
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"The Guinness Book of World Records states: “On 15 August 1947, the partition of British India triggered the largest ever mass migration, uprooting over 18 million people.”
The land of the five rivers, Panjab, became divided into two parts: West Panjab went to Pakistan, and
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Harinder Singh (
@1Force
) chats with Vijay Saini (
@VijayVsaini
) on the Sver Wala Show to discuss Sikhi in an intellectual modern context and the reality of Sikhs in Canada-India strained relations.
@connectfmcanada
#Sikhi
#SikhCommunity
#CanadaIndia
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Today in
#Sikh
History:
Punjab and Sind Bank, the Sikh bank, was nationalized by the Government of India along with five other banks, effectively taking over its ownership.
The bank was established in Amritsar on 24 June 1908 by Bhai Vir Singh, Sir Sunder Singh Majitha,
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It has been 39 years since the 1984 Sikh Genocide orchestrated by the Indian government.
Why is the legal course of action still necessary? What outcomes have been achieved so far, and what else is being pursued? How can the Sikhs and non-Sikhs help in Panjab, Inspora, and
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1 June 1984 was an attack “not on a political figure or movement but to suppress a religion, to attack their heart, to strike a blow at their spirit and self-confidence...”
—Joyce Pettigrew
The Sikhs of the Panjab, 1995, p.8
#Sikh
#Neverforget1984
#SikhHistory
#GoldenTemple
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Today in
#Sikh
History:
Sardar Baghel Singh’s army invaded Delhi and captured parts of the Shahdara region. By 11 Mar 1783, the Nishan Sahib was flying at the Red Fort.
#TodayInHistory
#India
#Punjab
#SikhHistory
#SardarBaghelSingh
#Delhi
#Shahdara
#NishanSahib
#Gurduara
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Today in
#Sikh
History:
The first Gurduara Sahib in Canada, “The Khalsa Diwan Society Vancouver” on 1866 West 2nd Avenue, Vancouver, B.C. was inaugurated.
#Canada
#Sikhs
#TodayInHistory
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Today in
#Sikh
History:
On this day in 1986, Bhai Harjinder Singh Jinda and Bhai Sukhdev Singh Sukha, members of the Khalistan Commando Force, deliver justice to General Vaidya, the head of the Indian army during the attack on the Sri Harimandar Sahib Complex and the subsequent
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The Sikh Genocide was much more than causation. It had been festering for a while.
The attacks of November 1984 were not just a response to Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s assassination. Delhi violence was an organized event. Regardless of Indira Gandhi’s death, the attacks
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Today in
#Sikh
History:
Guru-ka-Lal, the beloved of the Guru, Jassa Singh Ahluwalia, was born. His leadership was crucial in guiding the Sikh community through numerous genocidal campaigns during one of their most turbulent periods, empowering Sikhs to establish sovereignty in
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Today in
#Sikh
History:
The Indian Government launched “Operation Bluestar” (the Battle of Amritsar), the armed invasion and attack on Sri Harimandar Sahib and Akal Takht Sahib Complex and Sikh centers of learning and worship across Panjab in June 1984. Over 108 Gurduaras across
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Today in
#Sikh
History:
Bhai Meva Singh of Lopoke village, a Ghadr party activist, was executed by the Canadian government on this day in 1915. Bhai Meva Singh had delivered justice to Canadian immigration inspector W.C. Hopkinson who through a proxy had been responsible for the
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"Sikhs and Panjabis do not hate India. They have no vengeance towards India. This is very clear in our history. It's very clear even today."
Join
@1Force
and
@jasleenkaurbawa
as they discuss the larger context around the latest events in Canada.
Watch the full video at:
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“India is being watched from multiple angles. This is a place where mass killings of a genocidal campaign can restart any time. This is where extra judicial killings have become a norm and in the Panjabi-Sikh context, I want to just remind this is why Sikhs like to talk about
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#WordoftheDay
ਗੋਬਿੰਦ / Gobind
Gobind literally means the one who knows the earth or the creation. It is a synonym used for the Divine (IkOankar) in the Guru Granth Sahib.
Learn More:
@tggsproject
#GuruGranthSahibJi
#Gobind
#Divine
#Sikhi
#Wisdom
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Women in
#SikhHistory
:
Gulab Kaur, along with fellow members of the Ghadar Party, embarked on a voyage to India. Once there, she and other revolutionaries took part in the villages of Kapurthala, Hoshiarpur, and Jalandhar, actively mobilizing the local population for the armed
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Today in
#Sikh
History:
Vadda Ghallughara (Greater Holocaust)
"This battle between the
#Sikhs
and the Abdali’s forces is considered to be the bloodiest and the largest human loss in the Sikh history within a single day..."
#Punjab
#India
#TodayInHistory
#NeverForget
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Today in
#Sikh
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Sikh resistance leader Baba Gurbachan Singh Manochahal met his demise at the hands of the Panjab Police, responding to the Indian government's placing a bounty of Rs 30 lakh on his head. The Indian security forces orchestrated 45 simultaneous raids in
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Today we celebrate Bandi Chor Divas – The Emancipation Day!
Guru Harigobind Sahib freed 52 political prisoners (king or prince) under Emperor Jahangir from the prison of Gwalior fort along with him today in 1619.
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Today in
#Sikh
History:
Bhai Maharaj Singh, Maharaja Kharak Singh, and Mul Raj, the hero of the 2nd Anglo-Sikh War, arrived at Calcutta. Both Bhai Maharaj Singh and Maharaja Kharak Singh were due to be deported to Singapore.
#Sikhs
#Punjab
#India
#TodayInHistory
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In “My Bleeding Punjab,” Khushwant Singh speaks of the realization and empathy that arose from the 1984 Genocide. “I realized what Jews must have felt like in Nazi Germany. The killing assumed the proportion of a genocide of the Sikh community.”
Learn more about the 1984
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During a recorded interview with Surinderjit Singh Bains, Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindrawale poses a series of probing questions to Indira Gandhi, shedding light on the various forms of discrimination and violence against Sikhs perpetrated by the Indian state.
"The question is that
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Today in
#Sikh
History:
Jathedar Gurbakhash Singh Nihang and 30 Sikhs defended Sri Harimandar Sahib, Amritsar, from the attack of Ahmad Shah Abdali’s army of 30,000.
A small shrine behind Sri Akal Takht Sahib commemorates this saga of heroism by Baba Gurbakhsh Singh and his
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Today in
#Sikh
History:
"Sardar Beant Singh and Sardar Satwant Singh deliver justice to Indira Gandhi, the then Prime Minister of the Indian Union, for ordering an attack on one of the most revered historical Gurduaras for Sikhs..."
#TodayInHistory
#India
#Punjab
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Join Harinder Singh (
@1Force
) and Mo Dhaliwal (
@modhaliwal
) as they delve into the profound experiences of the Third Ghallughara (large-scale massacre) in India in 1984 and beyond.
This insightful conversation goes beyond mere recounting, aiming to illuminate diverse
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Today in
#Sikh
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300,000 Sikhs march in Delhi to protest against the Indian government for interference in the management of Gurduaras.
#TodayInHistory
#India
#Punjab
#SikhHistory
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Today in
#Sikh
History:
Sardar Udham Singh was sentenced to death for bringing Michael Francis O'Dwyer to justice in London for presiding over the Jallianwala Bagh massacre as the Lieutenant Governor of Panjab.
#TodayInHistory
#Punjab
#India
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8 June 1984
#Remembering1984
"We have broken the back of the Sikhs and we will get them elsewhere.”—M. M. K. Wali, Indian Foreign Secretary, 7 June 1984 (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Radio 740, As It Happens)
#Sikh
#Neverforget1984
#SikhHistory
#GoldenTemple
#SikhGenocide
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Today in
#Sikh
History:
Ranjit Singh was crowned the Maharaja of Panjab, thus creating a unified political state with a Sikh Rule.
#TodayInHistory
#RanjitSingh
#Maharaja
#Singh
#India
#Punjab
#Panjab
#SikhHistory
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Today in
#Sikh
History:
Historian Ganda Singh returned the "Padma Bhushan" award (received in 1983) in protest against “Operation Bluestar” (The Battle of Amritsar), the Indian Government’s armed invasion and attack on Sri Harimandar Sahib (Amritsar) and many Gurduaras across
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In a recorded interview with Surinderjit Singh Bains, Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindrawale prompts a list of open questions to Indira Gandhi that exposes and outlines the various levels of discrimination and violence against Sikhs by the Indian state.
"[In September of 1981, buses
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Today in
#Sikh
History:
Ranjit Singh was crowned the Maharaja of Panjab. The ceremony was conducted by Baba Sahib Singh Bedi. This created a unified political state known as the Sarkar-i-Khalsa. Ranjit Singh refused any emblems of royalty for the ceremony and wished to be
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Today is International Day of Non-Violence.
We remember what Guru Teghbahadur Sahib taught his Sikhs - Fear none, Frighten none!
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Today in
#Sikh
History:
Regarding Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar's expressed desire to convert to Sikh, a leader of India's Dalits, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, made a statement: "Today, I will only say that to me Sikhism is a part of Hinduism. But the situation is different from the
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We have joined
@WorldSikhOrg
,
@sikh_coalition
, and
@PoeticJFdn
in demanding transparency and scrutiny as India furthers efforts to suppress free flow of information amid the largest protest human history.
#FarmersProtest
#Freedom
#Farmers
#Punjab
#Sikhs
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Today in
#Sikh
History:
On this day in 1981, Sant Jarnail Singh Khalsa Bhindranwale, leader of the Mehta Chowk branch of the Bhindranwale Taksal, voluntarily courted arrest at the Taksal headquarters. He had been accused of involvement in the death of the anti-Sikh newspaper
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Today in
#Sikh
History:
Pir Buddhu Shah, originally named Badr ud-Din, was a revered Muslim Sufi saint and a devoted follower of Guru Gobind Singh Sahib. His relationship with Guru Sahib began when he visited the young Guru Gobind Singh Sahib, then known as Guru Gobind Rai Sahib,
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Today in
#Sikh
History:
Sardar Satwant Singh and Sardar Kehar Singh hanged for assassinating Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. Indira Gandhi ordered the June 1984 attack on Sri Harimandir Sahib and Akal Takht Sahib by the Indian Armed Forces.
#Sikhs
#Punjab
#India
#TodayInHistory
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Today in
#Sikh
History:
Jassa Singh Ahluwalia was selected as Jathedar by the Sarbat Khalsa at Sri Akal Takht Sahib. He was also bestowed the title of Nawab.
As Bandi Chor (liberator), he secured the release of thousands of enslaved people from Ahmad Shah Durrani’s
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Guru Teghbahadar Sahib is “srisati di chadar” (Protector of Humanity) as per Chandra Sain Sainapati’s (court-poet of Guru Gobind Singh) recordings in Sri Gur Sobha. Beware of revisionism: Hind-di-chadar and dharam-di-chadar reduce the Guru’s domain from global to local,
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Today in
#Sikh
History:
Giani Dit Singh, the scholar, poet, journalist, reformer, editor, and debater, was born. Initially a Gulabdasi, Giani Dit Singh turned Arya Samaji before becoming a Sikh. A Mulnivasi (original inhabitant) by birth, he fought caste apartheid and was one
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Today in
#Sikh
History:
On this day in 1915, Kartar Singh Sarabha, a 19-year-old Ghadar Revolutionary, was executed by hanging. Kartar Singh's journey began at 16 in 1912 when he traveled to California to attend Berkeley University. While in San Francisco, he was inspired by
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Today in
#Sikh
History:
"Guru Nanak Jahaz (Komagata Maru) started its journey from Hong Kong to British Columbia, Canada, with 376 passengers, mostly Sikhs, under Baba Gurdit Singh’s leadership. The Guru Granth Sahib accompanied..."
#Sikhs
#Punjab
#India
#TodayInHistory
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Today in
#Sikh
History:
"Jaswant Singh Khalra, the human rights activist, was abducted today by the Panjab Police. He had uncovered thousands of disappearances, extrajudicial killings, and secret cremations of Sikhs..."
#ChallengetheDarkness
#TodayInHistory
#India
#Punjab
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Harimandar Sahib has faced numerous attacks throughout history. In the eighteenth century, Afghan invaders assaulted it four times. In 1955, the Government of India invaded the Harimandar Sahib Complex, and two people died in that attack. The 1984 attack, labeled Operation Blue
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7 June 1984
“Operation Blue Star will go down in history as one of the biggest massacres of unarmed civilians by the organised military force of a nation…” — Army Action in Punjab: Prelude and Aftermath (1984), G.K.C. Reddy, p 49.
#Neverforget1984
#SikhHistory
#SikhGenocide
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"The disrespect happening with Guru Granth Sahib is happening in a systematic way in India, there is no doubt about that..."
Full video:
#Sikh
@OMNITelevision
@1Force
@OMNIpunjabi
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Today in
#Sikh
History:
On behalf of the Sikhs, Sirdar Kapur Singh rejected the Punjab Reorganization Bill presented in the Lower House (Lok Sabha) of the Indian Parliament and famously called it “the betrayal of the Sikh faith.”
#TodayInHistory
#India
#Punjab
#LokSabha
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Oct 31, 1984
#Remembering1984
Sardar Beant Singh and Sardar Satwant Singh delivered justice to Indira Gandhi for ordering the 1984 Ghallughara: attack on Sri Harimandar Sahib and Akal Takht Sahib Complex along with 70 Gurduaras throughout the Panjab.
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Today in
#Sikh
History:
Maharani Jind Kaur, the widow of Sher-e-Panjab Maharaja Ranjit Singh and mother of the last king of the Sarkar-i-Khalsa, Maharaja Duleep Singh, passed away on 1 Aug.1863, in London, England. She was a fascinating and controversial figure, with some
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Today in
#Sikh
History:
On this day in 1949, the two Sikh representatives in the Constituent Assembly of India rejected the newly drafted Constitution of India. The Constituent Assembly was established on December 9, 1946, with the primary objective of crafting a new constitution
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Jassa Singh Ahluwalia, as a leader, fought bravely for the Panjab. His legacy was built on immersing in the Guru Granth Sahib & serving the Guru Khalsa Panth. Be like Jassa Singh & learn Gurmat-centered leadership lessons. Join Sidak Leadership Program
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Today in
#Sikh
History:
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru introduced the following assurance for Sikhs in the Constituent Assembly: "Adequate safeguards would be provided for minorities in India. It was a declaration, a pledge and an undertaking before the world, a contract with millions
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This is the story of Hari Singh Nalua, a formidable general in the army of the Khalsa during the reign of Maharaja Ranjit Singh.
From birth to death, what lessons can we learn from this figure from Sikh history?
#Sikhi
#SikhHistory
#Wisdom
#Khalsa
#India
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Today in
#Sikh
History:
Sardar Kartar Singh Sarabha, a 19-year-old revolutionary of the Ghadar Party, was hanged to death under the Lahore Conspiracy Case for planning a revolt against the British. He was labeled as the “most dangerous of all rebels''...
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In a recorded interview with Surinderjit Singh Bains, Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindrawale prompts a list of open questions to Indira Gandhi that exposes and outlines the various levels of discrimination and violence against Sikhs by the Indian state.
“Why the daughters of Sikhs have
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Today in
#Sikh
History:
Nihal Singh, alias Bhai Maharaj Singh, died a hero's death in the Singapore prison. He single-handedly carried the Sikh struggle for sovereignty after the annexation of Panjab by the British.
#TodayInHistory
#Punjab
#India
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Today in
#Sikh
History:
Vadda Ghallughara (Greater Holocaust)
This battle between the Sikhs and the Abdali’s forces is considered to be the bloodiest and the largest human loss in the Sikh history within a single day. Around 30,000 to 40,000 Sikh died in this battle, including
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Today in
#Sikh
History:
On this day in 1986, Bhai Harjinder Singh Jinda and Bhai Sukhdev Singh Sukha, members of the Khalistan Commando Force, deliver justice to General Vaidya, the head of the Indian army during the attack on the Sri Harimandar Sahib Complex and the subsequent
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Today in
#Sikh
History:
In June 1975, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, displaying increasing dictatorial tendencies, was found guilty of election fraud. The verdict rendered her victory in the previous election null and void and banned her from holding office for six years. In
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In 1762, Ahmad Shah Durrani gathered 150,000 men & nearly killed 30,000 Sikhs, including men, women, & children, at Malerkotla. This day was known as Vadda Ghallughara (major holocaust). To know more, listen to the full episode:
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Sidakers Explore Historic Sikh Gurduara in Abbotsford, BC!
Gur Sikh Temple (Gurduara) is a remarkable National Historic Site on South Fraser Way in Abbotsford. This 100-year-old gurduara was founded by determined settlers in 1908. In 1905, the first Sikhs arrived in the Fraser
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In a recorded interview with Surinderjit Singh Bains, Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindrawale prompts a list of open questions to Indira Gandhi that exposes and outlines the various levels of discrimination and violence against Sikhs by the Indian state.
“The police took Kulwant Singh of
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The new State of the Panth report, on Women & Gender in Sikhi, aims to understand and explore Sikh conceptions of women and gender, responses to gender-based inequality and oppression, and framings of masculinity.
How did the Sikh Gurus address women’s issues?
How did they frame
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Today in
#Sikh
History:
Sardar Udham Singh was sentenced to death for delivering justice to Michael Francis O'Dwyer in London for presiding over the Jallianwala Bagh massacre (in Amritsar, 1919) as the Lieutenant Governor of Panjab.
#TodayInHistory
#India
#Punjab
#Amritsar
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Today in
#Sikh
History:
The British Government announced its withdrawal from the management of Sri Harimandar Sahib, Amritsar, which was under their control as they opposed Sikh political activity from the Gurduara. Under the leadership..
#Punjab
#India
#Sikhs
#TodayInHistory
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Today in
#Sikh
History:
Bhai Taru Singh, from Puhla village in the Amritsar district, was born in 1720. He was a devout Sikh, a farmer who lived simply and shared what little he had with the Khalsa, who had been forced into the jungles and wastelands of Panjab. Governor Zakariya
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Today in
#Sikh
History:
Sirdar Kapur Singh (1909–1986), the eminent Sikh philosopher, theologian, politician-parliamentarian, linguist, and prolific writer, was bestowed the honor "National Professor of Sikhism" by Sri Akal Takht Sahib.
#TodayInHistory
#India
#Punjab
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