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Bhai Mani Singh was a significant Sikh scholar and teacher who lived in the city of Amritsar, founded by Guru Ram Das. For many years, Sikhs had customarily gathered at Amritsar in the spring and fall for the holidays of Vaisakhi and Diwali. [13] Under the persecution of the Mughals, these festivals had been disrupted.
In Pataudi, two teenage Sikh women were dragged in the middle of a street where they were stripped naked. They were beaten and urinated on. They were finally burned alive. [78] 500 armed men were allegedly transported in trucks to Hondh-Chillar. They yelled anti Sikh slogans before burning Sikhs alive in their homes and gang raping women. [81]
Pages in category "Persecution of Sikhs" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. 1984 anti-Sikh ...
Sikh groups dispute this figure, claiming thousands died. The raid had been ordered after a call was made for a separate homeland, called Khalistan, for Sikhs in northern India.
During the Mughal and Afghan persecution of the Sikhs during the 17th and 18th centuries, [139] the latter were concerned with preserving their religion and gave little thought to art and culture. With the rise of Ranjit Singh and the Sikh Raj in Lahore and Delhi , there was a change in the landscape of art and culture in Punjab; Hindus and ...
In the 1980s, Sikh separatists in Punjab demanded an independent homeland, called Khalistan. In 1984, Gandhi ordered a massive military action against those who were sheltering in Amritsar's ...
In his new role as governor for the Afghans, Mir Mannu was able to resume his persecution of the Sikhs. Moreover, he had arranged for new artillery to be forged and a unit of 900 men assigned especially to the hunting down of the "infidels". [20] In the words of an eyewitness: "Muin appointed most of the gunmen to the task of chastising the Sikhs.
He came to the United States after the Sikh Genocide of 1984 and has lived in California for over three decades. Dr. Singh has been deeply involved in Sikh American advocacy and interfaith work.