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Today in Sikh History :20th May

<TABLE cellSpacing=5 cellPadding=5><TBODY><TR vAlign=top align=left><TD>1606</TD><TD>The Mughal royal decree to apprehend Guru Arjan Dev Ji was announced.</TD></TR><TR vAlign=top align=left><TD>1704</TD><TD>Anandpur Sahib was attacked unprovoked by the combined forces of neighbouring Hindus Rajas.</TD></TR><TR vAlign=top align=left><TD>1912</TD><TD>Kahan Singh began compiling Mahan-Kosh, a Sikh Encyclopedia.

KAHAN SINGH: is among the noted learned Sikh scholars. He was born on Bhado Wadi 10th sunmat 1918 (1861) in village Sabaj Banaera, Patiala, to father Bhai Narayan Singh and mother Mata Har Kaur Ji. As a child Kahan Singh was very active and thereby extremely close to his parents. He learned Gurmukhi from Bhai Bhup Singh. He was initiated to read Sri Guru Granth Sahib at the age of five by his father. At seven years of age, he was fluent in reciting Sri Guru Granth Sahib. Subsequently, Kahan Singh was sent to Delhi for Sanskrit education. He studies initially from Bawa Kalyan Das then Pandit Sri Dhar, Bansi Dhar, Bhai Vir Singh, Bhai Ram Singh, and Bawa Parmanand. He studied poetry from Bhai Bhagwan Singh Dughu. Subsequently, he learned music from Mahant of Gurusar Maharaj, Gaja Singh. At 20 yrs. he started learning Pharsi and english. By the age of 22, Bhai Kahan Singh had accomplished the basic necessary for understanding and analyzing Sikh literature.
His knowledge of Sikh scriptures and history is most profound and unrivalled. Beside being trained in the old school of Sikh scholarship wherein depth of knowledge and mastery of detail was more emphasized, he has also cultivated the variety and vastness of view which is characteristic of western learning. He not only possesses an intimate knowledge of the most obvious and the most distant facts, but he also knows how to marshall them and use them to some purpose.
Belonged to the earliest batch of the Singh Sabha reformers, Kahan Singh greatly influenced the formation of the modern opinion about Sikhism. Mr. M.A. Macauliffe, the author of the Sikh Religion, found in him a guide, philosopher, and friend. If Bhai Dit Singh and others were responsible for the social and religious reforms, Bhai Kahan Singh has worked for the whole movement as a writer, articulating its principles in works.
His work Mahan Kosh, is a unique reference and probably the only one of a kind available to Sikh preachers. It is a dictionary and an encyclopedia combined of sikh literature. It contains words occurring in the original Sikh scriptures as well as in other allied books.
Mahan Kosh, today is not only an all-inclusive work for ready reference, but contains solid articles on great and intricate topics connected with the Sikh history and religion. It represents a whole library of literature on Sikhism.
Kahan Singh Nabha passed away on Nov. 23, 1938.
-Ref. Mahan Kosh.
</TD></TR><TR vAlign=top align=left><TD>1922</TD><TD>Harnam Singh Mehdipur is assaulted by Chakarvartis of Kishan Singh Gargaj group.</TD></TR><TR vAlign=top align=left><TD>1923</TD><TD>Ralla and Dittu of Kaulgarh were murdered.</TD></TR><TR vAlign=top align=left><TD>1930</TD><TD>Akali Jatha left Peshawar to help the Pathans. Akali Jatha, led by Master Tara Singh, left for Peshawar to help the Pathan followers of Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, who had been fired upon in Kissa Khwani Bazar. Tara Singh was arrested in Lahore and incarcerated in Gujrat jail. The Akali volunteers were not permitted to proceed beyond Dina in Jhelum, where they were lathi charged till every one of them bacame unconscious.

-Source The Sikhs in History, by Sangat Singh, 1995

MASTER TARA SINGH: Master Tara Singh was born on 24 June, 1885, in Haryal in Rawalpindi district of North Western Province of undivided India. His mother, Moolan Devi, was a pious lady and his father, Bakshi Gopi Chand, was a patwari of the village and was a well known and respected person. Tara Singh's original name was Nanak Chand. In 1902 Nanak Chand embraced Sikhism and came to be called Tara Singh.
Tara Singh had a bright educational career and was a scholarship holder almost at all stages of his education. In 1907 he passed his B. A. examination from Khalsa College, Amritsar. Later Tara Singh joined as headmaster of Khalsa High School, Lyallpur, at an honorarium of Rs. 15 per month. Since then he came to be known as Master Tara Singh. His career as a teacher ended in 1921, following the Nankana tragedy.
He also edited two Akali newspapers, Akali (Udru) and Akali te Pardesi (Grumukhi) in which he forcefully put forward the aims and objectives of the Akali Dal.
He took an active part in national politics till his death on 22 November 1967.
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bihat bohat dhanwaad aa beeba ji aini info den lai.
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assin te 5000 miles durron hi matha taken wale,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,waise tuhadi wishes menu manzoor aa,,thnxxx dear
 

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Today in Sikh History :21st May

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</CENTER><TABLE cellSpacing=5 cellPadding=5><TBODY><TR vAlign=top align=left><TD>1920</TD><TD>The Akali, a Punjabi daily nespaper, started publication. The Akali, a daily newspaper in Punjabi was started by the Sikh leaders of Shironamni Committee and Shiromani Akali Dal. The newspaper was meant to protect the rights of Sikhs and provide a political voice for their interests. It was published from Lahore and brought out by Master Sunder Singh Lyallpuri and Giani Hira Singh Dard. Under the editorship of Mangal Singh Gill, it played the role of the precusor of the Akali Movement. In its veru first issue, it outlined its programme advocating Panthic control over the Gurudwaras, Khalsa College, Amritsar and repairing the demolished wall of Gurudwara Rakabganj, Delhi.

</TD></TR><TR vAlign=top align=left><TD>1921</TD><TD>The militant Akalis held a meeting and deputed Bela Singh and Ganda Singh to murder J.W. Bowring in Lahore. J.W. Bowring was was Police Captain during the Nankana Sahib massacre. Akalis were convinced that he had conspired and aided Mahant Narayan Dass in carrying of the Nanakana Sahib massacre. Since then, he had been moved to Lahore. Unfortunately the plan foiled by a government agent, Sadhu Singh, who has poised as a staunch Akali supported and worked with Akali newspaper. Both were arrested at the Lahore railway station on May 23, 1921 and tried under Babbar Akali Conspiracy Trial No. 1.

</TD></TR><TR vAlign=top align=left><TD>1923</TD><TD>Second declaration of the Babbar Akalis owning the Kaulgarh murders was issued in Babbar Akali Doaba newspaper.

</TD></TR><TR vAlign=top align=left><TD>1924</TD><TD>Viryam Singh Babbar hanged until death.

</TD></TR><TR vAlign=top align=left><TD>1924</TD><TD>5th Shahidi Jatha of 500 valiant Akali Satyagrahies courted arrest on reaching Jaito.

WHERE IS JAITO? A village under Nabha, which falls on the Bathinda-Ferozpur railway line. It is 96 miles from Lahore and 17 miles from Bathinda.


WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF JAITO? On this place situated near a fort, is a historical Gurudwara of Guru Gobind Singh Patshah. Maharaja Hira Singh constructed the beautiful buildings of this Gurudwara. The sarowar is popularly known as Gangsar. About a mile and a half north of Jaito is Tibhi Sahib Gurudwara, where Guru Gobind Singh Patshah used to organize and participate in the evening recitation of Rehras. Both Gurudwaras have extensive land sanctioned to it by the Nabha rulers. Additionally, extensive financial resources are made available on an annual basis from the Nabha rulers and the surrounding villages. A maela celebration is held every 7th of Pooh month (Dec.-Jan.) and Katak (Oct.-Nov.) Puranmashi. Jaito's markets are well renowned. People come from far distances to buy and sell their herds.


WHY AKALIS COURTED ARREST? The key issue involved was resoration of Maharaja Ripudaman Singh of Nabha. Maharaja of Nabha, well-known for his pro-Tat Khalsa Proclivities, had a dispute with Maharaja of Patiala, known for this pro-government role. Although Maharaja of Nabha had absolutely no dispute with the government, as a result of mediation, he was forced to abdicate in July 1923. Col. Michin, with the help of troops and armoured cars, took the Maharaja by surprise on July 8, 1923 and taunted him with the query, Where is that Akali? The news of deposition by the government raised a strom of protest against the Government's interefernce in Nabha and was decsribed as a challenge to the Akali movement. As a result tensions mounted. The Akalis, in defiance of state orders, continued to hold diwan indefinitely. The Nabha police in order to arrest all the Akalis, including the one reading the holy Granth Sahib, was said to have disrupted the Akhand Path on Sept. 14, 1923. This dispute took such a tragic shape and got so inflames by Feb. 21, 1924 that several people lost their lives. After sixteen shaheedi jathas apart from one from Bengal and another from Canada, the agitation process was completed two years later, on August 6, 1925, after the concurrent bhog of 101 Akand Paaths.
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Today in Sikh History :22nd May



<TABLE cellSpacing=5 cellPadding=5><TBODY><TR vAlign=top align=left><TD>1606</TD><TD>The Mughals apprehended Guru Arjan Dev Ji under the Royal decree announced on May 20, 1606. Guru Sahib asked his family to leave for Dalla (in Doaba), yet he made no plans to either flee, or hide in the hills or in the jungles.

</TD></TR><TR vAlign=top align=left><TD>1710</TD><TD>Baba Gurbakhash Singh (Banda Bahadur) killed Wajir Khan in Chapud-Chidhi and destroyed Sirhind. Then he established his capital at Mukhlas. Until 1720 everything was conducted from this capital. -Ref. Amritsar Ji Dae Darshan Eshnan Utay 500 Sala Di Ethasak Directory, Satnam Singh Khalsa Advocate, pp. 73.

</TD></TR><TR vAlign=top align=left><TD>1960</TD><TD>Punjabi Suba Convention was held at Amritsar. It was attended by Dr. Kitchlew, K.G. Jodh, Zaheer Qurashi and leaders of Socialist and Swatantra Parties.

</TD></TR><TR vAlign=top align=left><TD>1964</TD><TD>11 Sikhs were gunned down at Paonta Sahib (Himachal Pradesh) by the Mahant's henchmen. The sangat of Poanta Sahib had requested head of Tarna Dal (not Nihal Singh, but the one before him) to visit the Gurdwara. They complained that the residing masand was abusing the Gurdwara premises through drinking, raping women that came alone, and making prostitutes dance inside. After several such requests Babaji decided to visit Poanta Sahib accompanied by 13 GurSikhs. They left, from Gurdwara Haria Welan Hoshiarpur, riding horses and horse drawn carts. When they arrived near Gurdwara Poanta Sahib, two GurSikhs carried Babaji's message for the masand requesting initiation of a Akhand Path at the Gurdwara. The masand did not give a definitive answer, instead assured to respond before the next morning. Meanwhile the masand confided with the local police chief, one of his corrupt friends who endorsed and permitted his evil acts.
Babaji started the Akhand Path next morning which proceeded uninterrupted for 2 days. On the 2nd day, the masand came with the police. They arrested Babaji who was outside at that time and fired at the GurSikhs inside, who were conducting the Akhand Path. The GurSikhs had no guns. For they had not come with the intent to fight, but rather to hear the sangat's concerns. As a result they were brutally massacred. Eleven died and two survived. As each Pathi was shot while reciting the Guru Granth Sahib, another simply pushed his body and continued the uninterrupted recitation of Sri Guru Granth Sahib. Nihal Singh, 21 at the time, continued with his choar sewa (even when he had been shot 3 times) until the last GurSikh was shot. As the Akhand Path was interrupted, Nihal Singh finally fell. The only survivor was the youngest GurSikh, a 11 year old, who was found hiding behind a nagara (drums). Besides him all others were presumed dead. It wasn't until the bodies were being loaded up in a cart that a small child saw Nihal Singh breath and informed the local sikhs. The local sikhs who had gathered by now, screamed to get him some medical attention. Fortunately they succeeded in their efforts. He received medical attention and survived with Vaaheguru's grace. He was subsequently honored by many gurdwaras as Jinda-Shaheed Jathedar. The masand was finally removed. Akhand paths are held each year in the commemoration of this event.
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dosto mere paatshah siri guru arjun dev ji nu ajj de din,, year 1606 nu mugal sarkar de zulmi baadshah JAHANGIR (shehzada salim) ne giraftaar karan layee fauj nu hukam ditta c,

sade guru ji te ajj to lai ke muglaa de zulam shuru ho gaye,,10 din har roj guru ji te zulam (torture) hoya,,, te aakhir 30 may 1606 nu guru ji shaheedi pa gaye,,,,,,,,,tusi sare jane 1 minute kadh ke apne paatshah di shaheedi nu sees jhukaao,,,,many thnxx,,




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dosto mere paatshah siri guru arjun dev ji nu ajj de din,, year 1606 nu mugal sarkar de zulmi baadshah JAHANGIR (shehzada salim) ne giraftaar karan layee fauj nu hukam ditta c,

sade guru ji te ajj to lai ke muglaa de zulam shuru ho gaye,,10 din har roj guru ji te zulam (torture) hoya,,, te aakhir 30 may 1606 nu guru ji shaheedi pa gaye,,,,,,,,,tusi sare jane 1 minute kadh ke apne paatshah di shaheedi nu sees jhukaao,,,,many thnxx,,




bhul chul layee khima chondi aa

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dhan dhan Sri Guru Arjun Dev Ji, sikh itehaas de pehle shaheed.
Dhan ohna di sikhi.
pamatma sab nu sumat bakhshe te ohna de darsaye raah te chalaave :pr
 

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dhan dhan Sri Guru Arjun Dev Ji, sikh itehaas de pehle shaheed.
Dhan ohna di sikhi.
pamatma sab nu sumat bakhshe te ohna de darsaye raah te chalaave :pr


sach kiha tusi,, assin ohna de dasse hoy rah te chalna hai,, sada oh 5waa nanak sanu balh te budhi parmatma to bakhshwaye,, ta ki assin v apna jeevan saffal ker sakiye






 

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Today in Sikh History :23rd May

DHAN DHAN GURU AMAR DAS JI DA JANAM DIN V AJJ DE DIN MANAYA JAANDA HAI,,,,,, JADKI OHNA DA JANAN HISTORY CH 4/5 MAY NU LIKHIYA GIYA HAI,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

<TABLE class=infobox style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ccd2d9 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.1em; BORDER-TOP: #ccd2d9 1px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 0.1em; FONT-SIZE: 85%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.1em; BORDER-LEFT: #ccd2d9 1px solid; WIDTH: 254px; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.4em; PADDING-TOP: 0.1em; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ccd2d9 1px solid; FONT-FAMILY: lucida grande, sans-serif; empty-cells: show" align=right><TBODY><TR><TD>Full Name : </TD><TD>Amar Das Ji </TD></TR><TR><TD>Birth : </TD><TD><SMALL>5 May 1479 at Basarka, Amritsar</SMALL> </TD></TR><TR><TD>Parents : </TD><TD>Tej Bhan & Mata Bakht Kaur </TD></TR><TR><TD>Brother/Sisters : </TD><TD>Ishar Das, Khem Rai and Manak Chand </TD></TR><TR><TD>Spouse : </TD><TD>Mata Mansa Devi </TD></TR><TR><TD>Children : </TD><TD>Sons - Bhai Mohan and Bhai Mohri, Daughters - Bibi Dani and Bibi Bhani </TD></TR><TR><TD>Guruship : </TD><TD>26 March 1552 at age of 73 </TD></TR><TR><TD>Joti Jot : </TD><TD>1 September 1574 </TD></TR><TR><TD><SMALL>Other Info:</SMALL> </TD><TD>907 hymns, Anand Sahib</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>https://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Image:GuruAmardas_Gagar.jpg










<TABLE cellSpacing=5 cellPadding=5><TBODY><TR vAlign=top align=left><TD>1606
</TD><TD>Jahangir received false reports on Guru Arjan's blessing Khusrau.

A report about Guru Arjan's blessing Khusrau and affixing a saffron mark on his forhead poured into Jahangir's eras. That made him to call for Guru arjan into his presence and set the stage for confrontation with the Sikhs. Khusrau's indiscreet revolt against his father on April 6, 1606 had helped to strengthen the position of Islamic revivalists. Khusrau was pursued by Shaikh Farid Bukhari who in turn was being followed by Jahangir. Anyone helping Khusrau directly or indirectly was immediately punished. Khusrau crossed river Bease and was followed by Shaikh Fard Bukhari who inflicted on him a crushing defeat near Bhairowal. Khusrau was captured on April 27, 1606, near Chenab and brought as prisoner to Lahore. Upto May 22 there was no mention at all of Khusrau's calling on Guru Arjan much less the latter's blessing on him.
</TD></TR><TR vAlign=top align=left><TD>1848</TD><TD>Maharani Jind Kaur exiled and sent to Banaras prison. ==> Maharani JIND KAUR: was daughter of Sardar Manna Singh Auhlakh, a resident of village Chandh, district Sialkot, Tehsil Jafarwall. She was wife of Maharaja Ranjit Singh and mother of Maharaja Dalip Singh. Once the British government gained control of the Khalsa Raj's affairs, she was initially kept under house arrest at Saekhupura and subsequently jailed at Chunar fort (U.P. district Mizapur). However, she escaped in a beggar's attire and reached Nepal, where she lived with dignity. In 1861, Maharani Jind Kaur reached England to visit her son Maharaja Dalip Singh, where she died on Aug. 1, 1863 at the age of 46. Her body was brought back and cremated in Nasik Nagar, on the outskirts of Bombay.
On March 27, 1924, Maharaja Dalip Singh's daughter, Bamba Dalip Singh, brought the ashes of Maharani Jind Kaur from Nasik Nagar and buried it next to Maharaja Ranjit Singh's samadh. Sardar Harbans Singh Rais of Atari performed the last rights (antim Ardas) on this occasion.
-Ref. Mahan Kosh (pp. 523)

Here are a few glimpses of her life from "Maharani Jind Kaur" by Dr. B.S. Nijjar that also sheds light on the sad, unfortuante affairs of Sikh state after the death of Sher-i-Punjab, and offers a rare glimpse of the treachery of some Dogras and Brahmins.
At one time the Dogras has become so influential that the Raja Hira Singh wanted to be the king by pushing aside Maharaja Dalip Singh. The Sikh army did not like him. They liked Maharaja Dalip Singh.
There was a general discontent among the Sikh army and they were not happy with the way Rani was behaving. She had became louder in her demands. She asked for more jagirs for her brothers and more yearly allownaces for herself. She spoke of the designs against every survivor of the royal family and of intending flight to the southern side of Satluj where the English would at least secure for her son, his father's protected territory. This, of course, was a great miscalculation on her part.
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1914
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Guru Nanak Jahaz (Koma gata Maru) reached Vancouver port, Canada. However, it was forced to return to India.

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1921
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Bela Singh and Ganda Singh are arrested and the militant Akali's conspiracy to murder J.W. Bowring, for his part in the Nankana Sahib massacre, ends in a fiasco. A government agent, Sadhu Singh, poised as a straunch Akali supporter working for "Akali" newspaper facilitated their arrest. They were tried under Babbar Akali Conspiracy Case Trail No. 1.
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<TABLE cellSpacing=5 cellPadding=5><TBODY><TR vAlign=top align=left><TD>1606</TD><TD>Guru Arjan Dev reached Lahore for martyrdom in protection of the Dharam. For 6 days he suffrede emmense tortures. At the time of martyrdom, Sai Mia Meer and a priest from Puratgal, Saint Jaerom Jaevier witnessed the martyrdom. -Ref. Amritsar Ji Dae Darshan Eshnan Utay 500 Sala Di Ethasak Directory, Satnam Singh Khalsa Advocate, pp. 67.

</TD></TR><TR vAlign=top align=left><TD>1710</TD><TD>Baba Banda Singh Bahadur enters Sirhind city.
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BANDA SINGH BAHADHUR: born on KatakSudhi 13 sunmat 1727 to Rajput father Ramdev who was a resident of the Rajori village in Jammu. He was named Lashman Dev by his parents. Since childhood, he exhibited extremely fondness for sanskrit literature and hunting. However, he plunged into deep remorse after killing a pregnant deer. As a result he discarded all his hunting tools and became a disciple of Vaesnav JankiPrasad. He shed all his material wealth, started onto the seekers path for enlightenment, and adopted the new name, Madho Dass.
Wondering in search of enlightenment, when he traveled towards south India and reached the banks of Godawari, he fell in love with this beautiful new place. He established his Ashram and started living here. In sunmat 1765, when Guru Gobind Singh Ji reached Nandaedh, he was extremely impressed and influenced by Guru's preaching. He offered himself as "Satguru Da Banda" (Satguru's person). Guru Gobind Singh Ji introduced him to Amrit and changed his name to Gurbakash Singh. However, he remained popularly known in our Panth as "Banda".
To eradicate the prevalent injustices, Guru Gobind Singh sent Banda accompanied by the following five GurSikhs to Punjab:
<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD vAlign=baseline width=42></TD><TD vAlign=top width="100%">Baba Binod Singh </TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=baseline width=42></TD><TD vAlign=top width="100%">Baba Kanh Singh </TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=baseline width=42></TD><TD vAlign=top width="100%">Baba Bajh Singh </TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=baseline width=42></TD><TD vAlign=top width="100%">Baba Bijae Singh </TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=baseline width=42></TD><TD vAlign=top width="100%">Baba Ram Singh </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>Banda went to Punjab in sunmat 1765 accompanied with a Hukamnama from Guru Gobind Singh addressed to all the GurSikh. In this Hukamnama, Guru Gobind Singh asked GurSikhs to help Banda in his efforts. Before departure, Banda received three arrows from Guru Gobind Singh and the following instructions:
  1. Remain celibate ("Jatt rakhana")
  2. Live, operate, and act under the dictates of Khalsa ("Khalsae dae Anusari hokae rahna")
  3. Never consider yourself to be Guru ("Aap nu Guru na manenna")
  4. Eat only after serving others ("Vartakae Shakana")
  5. Help the orphas, poor, unprotected, helpless, destitute, or disolate. ("Anatha di sahiata karni")
Upon reaching Punjab, Gurbakash Singh strictly followed Guru Sahib's instructions and successfully punish all who had previously mistreated the Khalsa Panth. On the 1st Hadh sunmat 1767, after conquering Sirhind, Wajir Khan was punished and eventually killed for the mistreatment of Sahibzadas.
However, Gurbakash Singh became popular among the Khalsa Panth, his self-godliness started awakening. As a result he started adopting and engaging in practices that were against Gurmat. In sunmat 1771, Banda Bahdhur expressed desires to establish his own Gadhi in Sri Harmindar Sahib and sought his self-worhsip. He started a new slogan of "Sachae Sahib ki Fateh" in contrast to the traditional "Vaaheguru Jee Kee Fateh". This resulted in a severe split among Khalsa Panth. Those following the principles as laid by Guru Gobind Singh came to known as "TattKhalsa" while the followers of Gurbakash Singh were known as "BandaiKhalsa". Today there are very few Bandai Sikhs. They do not believe in any other holy scriptures other than Sri Guru Granth Sahib. All their practice are according to Gurmat principles.
Eventually, Banda Bahadhur was cornered by the pursuing enemy forces at "Gurdaspur de Gadhi". It is also popularly known as Bhai Duni Chand di Hawaeli. After months of sustained attacks from AbdalSamadKhan and others with a force of over 20,000, Banda Bahadhur was arrested along with his companions and taken to Delhi. He accepted Shahadat on Chaet Sudhi 1st sunmat 1773.
-Ref. Mahan Kosh



</TD></TR><TR vAlign=top align=left><TD>1960</TD><TD>Master Tara Singh and hundreds of Sikhs arrested.

</TD></TR><TR vAlign=top align=left><TD>1998</TD><TD>Darbara Singh died - first known casuality of India's nuclear explosion. Darbara Singh, who was appointed Governor of Rajasthan (India) just 24 days ago, died. He is the first known casuality of India's nuclear explosion. Darbara Singh had taken ill when he visited the site of the nuclear test at Pokhran with India's Prime Minister. He was a severe diabetic and had been advised to go to Delhi for treatment. According to family sources, Mr Singh's blood sugar level had shot up during his Pokhran visit where he suffered a mild stroke. He was rushed to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi for medical treatment. He suffered an heart attack at 1415 hrs today and died soon after. Doctors, however, declared him dead only at 1700 hrs. He was 71.

Darbara Singh was born on February 25, 1927 into a farmer's family at Chak 26 J B Village in Lyallpur district, now in Pakistan. He was native of the village Malsiyan, near Nakoddar in Punjab. An engineering graduate from Punjab Engineering College, Roorkee, he was a member or office bearer of various decision-making bodies, from the panchayat to the Lok Sabha. He joined the Quit India movement in 1942. He was elected chairman of the Panchayat Samiti Shahot (Jalandhar-Punjab) in 1964 and became member of the zilla parishad the same year. He won the Punjab assembly elections thrice -- in 1967, 1969 and 1972. He was first elected to the Punjab vidhan sabha in 1967 as an independent from Nakodar. In 1969 he became the Punjab Speaker and was renominated in 1972. He was a deputy minister in the Punjab government from 1968 to 1969. He was elected to the Lok Sabha in 1996 from Jalandhar and during the 1997 Lok Sabha elections he offered the seat to former Prime Minister of India, I.K. Gujral.
Apart from politics, he remained very active in fields of education and social work. He was founder president of the Guru Nanak National College for boys and another for girls in Nakkodar in Jalandhar district.
-Source The Times of India, Monday 25 May 1998
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Today in Sikh History :25th May


<TABLE cellSpacing=5 cellPadding=5><TBODY><TR vAlign=top align=left><TD>1606</TD><TD>GUR GADHI, Patshahi Sixth,
Guru Har Gobind Ji. Pattshahi sixth, Guru Har Gobind Sahib Ji, ascended to Guruship of GurSikhism. Just after the martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev, Baba Budha anointed Hargobind as the sixth Guru of the Sikhs. Guru Arjan had sent to Hargobind, five paisas and a coconut through a messenger. baba Budha put those in front of Hargobind and applied a 'tilak' (saffron mark) on his forehead, bowed to him and declared him to be the next Guru of the Sikhs. The Guru then asked baba Budha to adorn him with a sword. Baba Budha who had not handled a sword before, tied it on the wrong side of the Guru. On realising his mistake he wanted to move it to the right side, but the Guru said not to remove that sword, but instead to put another one on the right side, which Baba Budha did. Thus the Guru wore two swords simultaneously. He declared that one sword represented 'Piri' (spirituality) or Bhakti) while the other represented 'Miri' (Temporality or Shakti). He told his followers that in the Guru's house spiritual and temporal powers would be combined. He declared that his rosary would be the sword-belt and he would wear the emblem of royality on his turban. Further he instructed the Sikhs to keep a sword and a horse and always recite the name of God from their lips.
-Ref. "The Sikh Religion and The Sikh People," by Dr. S.S. Kapor, Hemkunt Press, New Delhi, 1992

</TD></TR><TR vAlign=top align=left><TD>1675</TD><TD>Kashmiri Panditsi, led by Kirpa Ram, arrive in Anandpur Sahib to ask Guru Tegh Bahadhur for help in preserving Hindu dharam. Kashmiri Pandits, led by Kirpa Das of Mattan (Martand), reached Chak Nanki, Kahlur (old name of Anandpur Sahib). He appealed to Guru Tegh Bahadhur for his help in against the prosecution of Kashmiri Pandits by Aurangzeb's forces and resulting extinction of hindu dharma. After appointing Gobind Rai as the next Guru, Guru Tegh Bahadhur left for Delhi on July 11, 1675. After Guruji's martyrdom, Pandit Kirpa Das stayed back and became Kirpa Singh after taking amort in 1699 and died fighting at Chamkaut along with the two elder sahibjadas of Guru Gobind Singh Ji.
When Guru Tegh Bahadhur sacrificed himself to save the Kashmiri Pandits from extinction in 1675, Guru Gobind Singh put his stamp on this truth by proclaiming "The Lord (Guru Tegh Bahadhur) protected the sacred thread and the frontal mark of the Hindus: He performed a great deed in the age of Kalyug." However, it is strange that the Kashmiri Pandits did not build any memorial in honour of Guruji. On the other hand the present generation has started doubting the veracity of this event.

</TD></TR><TR vAlign=top align=left><TD>1739</TD><TD>Sikhs attack Nadir Shash and relieve him of much of his booty. Nadir Shah was on his way to Iran with billions of Rupees as well as a large amount of gold, pearls, and other valuables. When he reached Akhmur (near Jammu), Khalsa army attached him from the rear and releived him of much of his booty. Astonished at this, he questioned accompaning Zakaria Khan about the desperados. The anecdote runs:
SHAH: Have you got any troublesome people in the country?
ZAKARIA: None, except a sect of the Sikh faqirs, who assemble twive a year to bathe in a tank which they regard as a place of pilgrimage.
SHAH: Where are their abodes?
ZAKARIA: Their homes are the saddles of their horses.
SHAH: It seems probable these rebels will raise their heads.

Having taken a hint from Nadir Shah, Zakaria Khan started a fresh attack on the Sikhs. The Sikhs fled to the hills and to the forests but still continued visiting Amritsar.

</TD></TR><TR vAlign=top align=left><TD>1984</TD><TD>100,000 Indian Army troops are mobilized and deployed throughout Punjab surrounding all important Gurdwars including the Golden Temple complex.

</TD></TR><TR vAlign=top align=left><TD>1985</TD><TD>Sikh Symposium held in Toronto. Through May 26, a Sikh Symposium was held in Toronto. The symposium was organized to provide an opportunity to analyze the Punjab situation, explore basic issues, and develop strategies to bring some realism into our community, especially in the wake of tragic happenings in Punjab that affected Sikhs all over the world. The papers presented at the symposium covered a wide range of subjects, such as "Together-Reflections; Sikh Identities; Obstacles to Render Aid to Sikhs; Cultural restraints on Sikhs in India; Economic Restraints on Punjab; The Khalsa its Universality; Psychology of Violence; Role of Media; Unspeakable; and What Went Wrong".

</TD></TR><TR vAlign=top align=left><TD>1994</TD><TD>Continued censorship of all communication with Punjab. Continuation orders issued for censorship of all communication to and from Punjab. The copy of the document containing the top secret order pertaining to the Indian government's official discrimination, harrasment, subjugation and humiliation of the Sikhs is shown below.

<TT> TOP SECRET ORDER - May 25, 1994
Whereas the Administrator (UT) Chandigarh, is satisfied that this measure is necessary in the interest of public safety and tranquillity.
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<TT>Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by Sub-Section (1) of Section 26 of the Indian Post Office Act 1898 for censorship of Postal articles and by Section 5 (2) of the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885 for censorship of telegraphic messages, the Administrator (UT) Chandigarh is pleased to direct that all Postal articles and telegraphic messges of any description whatesoever addressed to or emanating from the:</TT>
<TT>(1) Office bearers, important members and important workers of:</TT>
<TT>i) Akali Dals, Dal Khalsa, Khalsa Raj Party, National Council of Khalistan and their front organisations;
ii) Central Coordination Committee of Local Gurdwara & Sikh Institutions, Chandigarh;
iii) A.I.S.S.F.;
iv) Sikh Lawyers Forum;
v) Panjab Bachao Morcha;
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<TT>(2) Office bearers, important members and important workers of Anand Marg and its branches;</TT>
<TT>(3) Any organisation/person from whom danger to the' security ofthe State/VIP;</TT>
<TT>(4) Persons residing in Pakistan;</TT>
<TT>shall be detained and forwarded to the Deputy Superintendent Of Police (CID) UT/Chandigarh to return to the Postal/Telegraph Authorities direct for delivery such Postl articles/telegraphic messages as are intercepted in accordance with this Office Order which it is not necessary to detain permanently in the interest of public safety.</TT>
<TT>This Order is to remain in force for a period of six months with effect from the date of issue.</TT>
<TT>--(Signed) Sanjay Kothari--
Home Secretary,
Chandigarh Administration
Dated Chandigarh,
the 25.5.1994
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