On this Day in Sikh History


Sunday, May 5th, 2024 / ੨੨ ਵੈਸਾਖ, ਨਾਨਕਸ਼ਾਹੀ ੫੫੫

1705 The Battle of Mukatsar martyrdom of 40 Muktey took place.
1723ਜਨਮ-ਦਿਹਾੜਾ   The great Sikh missal General Sardar Jassa Singh Ramgarhia
1739 Sikhs attacked Nadar on their return trip to Persia and rescued thousands of captive Hindu women and looted treasures.
1834 Peshawar was conquered and the Khalsa Raj was extended upto Jamraud, Afghanistan.
1844 Dera of Baba Bir Singh Ji was attacked by Hira Singh Dogra's army.
1948 The Indian government disbanded the Sikh States and formed a province "Patiala and East Punjab States Union" (PEPSU).
1992ਸ਼ਹੀਦੀ   Bhai Arjan Singh Raja (KCF) was captured from Nawapind, Batala and tortured and killed in a staged encounter.
(Source: 1984tribute.com)
1992ਸ਼ਹੀਦੀ   Bhai Bakshish Singh Shisha (KLF), Bhai Kuljit Singh Bittu and Bhai Avtar Singh Bota Kang were killed near village Jandoke Sarhali by Indian security forces.
(Source: 1984tribute.com)
1992ਸ਼ਹੀਦੀ   Bhai Piara Singh Fauji (BKI) was tortured an killed in a staged near Shimla Puri, Ludhiana.
(Source: 1984tribute.com)
1992ਸ਼ਹੀਦੀ   Bhai Yadwinder Singh Yadu (KCF) and Bhai Paramjit Singh Pamma Daroli were killed near a police checkpoint in Nainital, Uttar Pradesh.
(Source: 1984tribute.com)

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

1985Extrajudicial execution of Gurwinder Singh
Batala, Batala, Gurdaspur
1987Extrajudicial execution of Satnam Singh (between May 5, 1987 and May 15,1987 )
Chakwalia, Patti, Amritsar
1989Extrajudicial execution of Avtar Singh
Bir Pind, Nakodar, Jalandhar
1989Extrajudicial execution of Jarnail Singh
Ghawaddi, Ludhiana East, Ludhiana
1989Extrajudicial execution of Paramjit Singh
Bir Pind, Nakodar, Jalandhar
1989Extrajudicial execution of Sajan Singh (between May 5, 1989 and May 7,1989 )
Naushehra Pannuan, Tarn Taran, Amritsar
1990Extrajudicial redition of Pardeep Singh
Sahlon, Nawanshahr, Nawanshahr
1991Extrajudicial execution of Amarjit Singh (between May 5, 1991 and May 13,1991 )
Ram Singh Wala, Patti, Amritsar
1991Extrajudicial execution of Babbu Singh
Malikpur Alias Jandali Khurd, Malerkotla, Sangrur
1991Extrajudicial execution of Balbir Singh
Lehal Khurd, Moonak, Sangrur
1992Extrajudicial execution of Jaspal Singh (between May 5, 1992 and June 4,1992 )
Shezada, Dera Baba Nanak, Gurdaspur
1992Extrajudicial execution of Karnail Singh
Gowara, Dera Baba Nanak, Gurdaspur
1992Extrajudicial execution of Kartar Singh
Amritsar, Amritsar II, Amritsar
1992Extrajudicial execution of Nishan Singh (between May 5, 1992 and May 30,1992 )
Tur, Khadoor Sahib, Amritsar
1992Extrajudicial execution of Piara Singh
Chogawan Roopowali, Amritsar I, Amritsar
1993Extrajudicial execution of Sukhdev Singh
Datewas, Budhlada, Mansa

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