On this Day in Sikh History


Saturday, March 21st, 2026 / ੮ ਚੇਤ , ਨਾਨਕਸ਼ਾਹੀ ੫੫੮

1664 Guru Tegh Bahadhur Sahib Ji visited Delhi.
1758 Sikhs captured Sirhind.
1986ਸ਼ਹੀਦੀ   Bhai Paramjit Singh Pamma alias Baba Karam Singh (SSF/BKI) was tortured and killed in a fake encounter by police near Mehalpur, Hoshiarpur.
(Source: Khalsa Fatehnama – March 2015/1984tribute.com)
1989ਸ਼ਹੀਦੀ   Bhai Buta Singh Sursinghwala (KLF) and Bhai Balbir Singh Fauji were killed in an encounter with the police ar the village of SurSingh
(Source: Baljit Singh Khalsa – Vangaar April 2012/1984tribute.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

1987Extrajudicial execution of Sulakhan Singh (between March 21, 1987 and September 8,1987 )
Darapur, Khadoor Sahib, Amritsar
1988Extrajudicial execution of Paramjit Singh
Bhangala, Mukerian, Hoshiarpur
1991Extrajudicial execution of Gurdip Singh
Thikriwala, Gurdaspur, Gurdaspur
1991Extrajudicial execution of Rajinder Singh
Thikriwala, Gurdaspur, Gurdaspur
1992Extrajudicial execution of Kulwinder Singh
Nijjar, Baba Bakala, Amritsar
1993Extrajudicial execution of Balwinder Singh (between March 21, 1993 and March 22,1993 )
Romana Ajit Singh, Jaitu, Faridkot
1993Extrajudicial execution of Jagdish Singh
Har Raipur Urf Bhokhri, Bathinda, Bathinda
1993Extrajudicial execution of Suba Singh (between March 21, 1993 and March 22,1993 )
Romana Ajit Singh, Jaitu, Faridkot

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