On this Day in Sikh History


Sunday, April 28th, 2024 / ੧੫ ਵੈਸਾਖ, ਨਾਨਕਸ਼ਾਹੀ ੫੫੫

1635 Painda Khan was killed by Guru Hargobind Sahib Ji during a duel.
1671ਜਨਮ-ਦਿਹਾੜਾ   Bhai Rupa Ji, a devoted Sikh of Guru Har Gobind Sahib Ji.
1685 Bhai Ram Kanwar Ji laid down the foundation stone for the town of Paonta Sahib.
1835 Mahraja Ranjit Singh and his forces reached Peshawar.
1921 British India' s government decides to reconstruct the boundry wall of Sri Rakab Ganj Sahib which was demolished earlier in 1914.

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 Jasbir Singh
Ajnala, Ajnala, Amritsar
1990Extrajudicial execution of Jaspal Singh
Chandke, Batala, Gurdaspur
1991Extrajudicial execution of Major Singh
Bathinda, Bathinda, Bathinda
1991Extrajudicial execution of Palwinder Singh
Mahi Nangal, Talwandi Sabo, Bathinda
1993Extrajudicial execution of Baj Singh
Pir Mohamad, Zira, Firozpur
1993Extrajudicial execution of Onkar Singh
Talwandi Jhandir, Jalandhar II, Jalandhar
1993Extrajudicial execution of Sukhdev Singh
Dhun, Tarn Taran, 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