On this Day in Sikh History


Thursday, April 30th, 2026 / ੧੭ ਵੈਸਾਖ , ਨਾਨਕਸ਼ਾਹੀ ੫੫੮

1837 The Battle of Jamrodh was fought and this is where Hari Singh Nalwa accepted Shahadat.
1877 A mysterious aroma circumambulated the Guru Granth Sahib in the Sri Darbar Sahib Complex.
1921 The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee was officially registered as a Sikh body in Lahore.
1924 A Jatha of 500 Singhs left for the Jaito Morcha

ਜਿਨ੍‍ ਕੇ ਬੰਕੇ ਘਰੀ ਨ ਆਇਆ ਤਿਨ੍‍ ਕਿਉ ਰੈਣਿ ਵਿਹਾਣੀ ॥੬॥ (ਆਸਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ - ਅੰਗ ੪੧੮)

Extrajudicial killings and disappearances in Punjab by Indian Authorities during the 1980's - 90's as documented by ENSAAF

1988Extrajudicial execution of Gurdial Singh
Nawan Pind Milkhiwala, Batala, Gurdaspur
1989Extrajudicial execution of Anonymous Sikh
1989Extrajudicial redition of Saroop Singh
Nangal Khunga, Dasuya, Hoshiarpur
1991Extrajudicial execution of Anonymous Sikh (between April 30, 1991 and May 1,1991 )
1992Extrajudicial redition of Ajit Singh
Sehnsra Patti Rampura, Ajnala, Amritsar
1992Extrajudicial redition of Manjit Chahal
Dadrai, Ajnala, Amritsar
1996Extrajudicial execution of Harjinder Singh
Sallodin, Ajnala, Amritsar

Details of the dissapearance for hundereds of other individuals could never be fully ascertained.
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Source: ENSAAF Crimes Against Humanity in Punjab, India