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The 1978 Sikh-Nirankari clashes had been within the Sikh community, but the pro-Sant Nirankari stance of some Hindus in Punjab and Delhi had led to further division, including Jan Sangh members like Harbans Lal Khanna joining the fray, who, in a protest against holy city status for Amritsar, raising inflammatory slogans like "Kachha, kara ...
23 April 2016 - Durga Prasad Gupta shot dead by two motorcycle-borne assassins in Khanna city. He was the President of Mazdoor Sena, labour wing of Shiv Sena Punjab. [9] [10] Dashmesh Regiment claims responsibility for the killing. [11] According to the NIA the killing was done by the Khalistan Liberation Force like the other killings. [12]
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]
Punjab Sikh gunmen stormed into huts and houses across Punjab state and killed 37 people, including 7 children [48] 15 May 1988 Samana, Patiala 26 persons killed, 100 others injured in different incidents 16 May 1988 Amritsar, Ludhiana, Jalandhar and Gurdaspur 40 persons gunned down, 100 others injured in different incidents 17 May 1988 Kharar
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 ...
Satinder Pal Singh Raju, an organizer in the Khalistan movement, which calls for Sikhs to have a country of their own in the Punjab region of India, survived the attack on Interstate 505 about 30 ...
Sikhs stage protests at the Indian Parliament, members of the Pro-Autonomy Faction, belonging to the Shiromani Akali Dal attack with swords the building, killing four people, five wounded, and at least 60 policemen were said to be injured. The attack is in response of the deaths of 34 Sikhs in police custody in Punjab last month.
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.