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A detective inspector from Punjab police killed by Sikh militants. [93] 14 July 1983: Four policemen killed by Sikh militants. [93] 21 September 1983: Senior superintendent of Punjab Police wounded and his guard killed by Sikh militants. [93] 29 September 1983: 5 Punjab Police constables killed by Sikh militants in a week. [93] 14 Oct 1983
The absence of condemnation of the massacres by leaders of the Muslim League widened the growing rift between the League and the Sikhs. [70] The riots also lead to the Congress and Sikh leaders of the Punjab demanding its partition. [71] On 8 March, the Congress Working Committee passed a resolution to partition the Punjab. [72] [73]
This incident was triggered by the death of a Nihang Sikh who was shot after he attacked a police officer. [6] [7] [8] April 1983 Punjab police DIG A. S. Atwal murdered outside Harmandir Sahib, the holiest shrine of the Sikhs, and his body left to rot. He came in with his Punjab Police uniform and his gun when he was killed. [9] September 1983 ...
On 3 October 1986, 6 men identified in the press as Sikh militants in police uniforms attacked Director General of Punjab Police Julio Francis Ribeiro inside his Punjab Armed Police headquarters in the city of Jalandhar, with automatic weapons. According to Ribeiro he was strolling with his wife when Sikh militants in a jeep disguised as a ...
By 1748 when Mughal power in Punjab was on its decline, Sikhs were in ascendance. Sardar Heera Singh Sandhu (1706–1776) took possession of the lands surrounding Baherwal. The countryside of Kasur was located in Nakka country South of Majha Region. His misl took the name of the area they ruled. He took Amrit Sanchar (Sikh Baptism) in 1731.
The demand for Khalistan as a separate homeland for Sikhs is championed by a segment of the Punjabi Sikh population, various advocacy groups, and certain Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) who demand secession of Indian Punjab from India. This movement, rooted in historical, political, and religious factors, emerged prominently in the 1970s and 1980s.
Despite its purported success in controlling the armed insurgency in the Punjab region, the operation was criticized by human-rights groups for the suspension of civil liberties and habeas corpus, resulting in the disappearances of thousands of Sikh men. After the operation, the central government was criticized for using "draconian legislation ...
The Sukerchakia Misl was one of twelve Sikh misls in Punjab during the 18th century, concentrated in Gujranwala and Hafizabad districts in western Punjab (in modern-Pakistan) and ruled from (1752–1801). The misl, or grouping with its own guerilla militia , was founded by Charat Singh of Sandhawalia, grandfather of Maharaja Ranjit Singh. [1]