On this Day in Sikh History


Saturday, October 11th, 2025 / ੨੬ ਅਸੂ , ਨਾਨਕਸ਼ਾਹੀ ੫੫੭

1870 Sikh Misls forces punished Nawabs for atrocities against their own people.
1982 Four Sikhs were killed by Police fire while demonstrating for Sikh rights in Delhi.
1986ਸ਼ਹੀਦੀ   Bhai Harpal Singh (Pappu) Babbar was tortured and killed in police custody.
(Source: Khalsa Fatehnama – October 2010)

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

1986Extrajudicial execution of Harpal Singh
Amritsar, Amritsar II, Amritsar
1990Extrajudicial execution of Hardev Singh
Munda Pind, Khadoor Sahib, Amritsar
1991Extrajudicial execution of Anokh Singh
Saddarwala, Muktsar, Muktsar
1991Extrajudicial execution of Balvir Singh (between October 11, 1991 and October 16,1991 )
Chakkar, Jagroan, Ludhiana
1991Extrajudicial execution of Rajinder Singh (between October 11, 1991 and October 12,1991 )
Kotli Mallian, Amritsar I, Amritsar
1991Extrajudicial redition of Raminder Singh
Bathinda, Bathinda, Bathinda
1992Extrajudicial execution of Davinder Singh
Sohal Sain Bhagat, Tarn Taran, Amritsar
1992Extrajudicial execution of Jasbir Singh
Ghasitpura, Khadoor Sahib, Amritsar
1992Extrajudicial execution of Sardara Singh Chahal (between October 11, 1992 and November 30,1992 )
Ramana Chak, Baba Bakala, 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