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1984-2: At Patiala Dr Dalvinder Singh Grewal I reached Patiala on 8 June 1984 and stayed with my brother who was posted in income tax department there. During discussions with him, I shared my experiences of 1984 with him. He was touched and felt pained at the turn of events but he had more...

AJNALA: After nearly 157 years, the mortal remains of freedom fighters were dug out from a well at Gurdwara Shaheed Ganj, Ajnala, near Amritsar when a team of volunteers, historians and Gurdwara management committee started an excavation on its own, as the site is not protected by the...

Lakhs pay homage to Sikh martyrs at Fatehgarh Sahib By Parmjit Singh http://www.sikhsiyasat.net/2013/12/28/lakhs-pay-homage-to-sikh-martyrs-at-fatehgarh-sahib-on-shaheedi-sabha/ The three-day Shaheedi Sabha in the memory of two younger Sahibzadas (sons) of Guru Gobind singh and Mata...

How about memorial for secularist martyrs? Gurpreet Singh - South Asia Post - July 15, 2012 Not only has the political environment of Punjab, India heated up ever since the ruling Akali Dal and the Sikh hardliners started raising a demand for monument in memory of those who died...

Hindustan Times Monday, May 21, 2012 HT Correspondent, Hindustan Times Amritsar , May 20, 2012 First Published: 15:06 IST(20/5/2012) Last Updated: 01:21 IST(21/5/2012) Kar sewa for memorial to 1984 'martyrs' begins As the Sikh community prepares to observe the 28th...

Political plinth The site for the memorial for Operation Bluestar martyrs Politics: punjab Troubled Reminder A memorial for Op Bluestar ‘martyrs’? Chander Suta Dogra Provocative Idea... •SGPC adopts resolutions in 2002 and 2005 to raise a memorial for “martyrs" of...

Politicians forget Saragarhi martyrs Anirudh Gupta Ferozepur, September 11 Saragarhi Day is celebrated every year on September 12 to mark the sacrifice of the 22 soldiers belonging to the 36 Sikh Regiment who died while defending the post of Saragarhi at Lockhart Fort from a group...

San Francisco, USA (18 May 2011): American Gurdwara Parbhandak Committee (AGPC) has supported the Panthic bodies that served an ultimatum to Akal Takht, the highest temporal seat of Sikhs in Amritsar to set up martyrs memorial in the Darbar Sahib complex and open ‘Martyrs Gallery’ at Akal Takht...

Khalsa Women and Meer Mannu's Jail Without any doubt, Sikh women had played an equal part in the struggle to keep alive the Khalsa ideals and beliefs. Sikh women worked as a silent majority in the background and sometimes as in the case of Mai Bhago exceeded the Khalsa men in warfare. But...

Forwarded for posting by respected forum mentor Gyani Jarnail Singh "Arshi" 100 percent of the martyrs depicted at this sitewere hanged, died in battle, or in custody. This is a very interesting site, and the Photo Gallery is impressive. There are about 120 portraits of martyrs, and every...

Nikian Jindan-Vada Saka: Story of Child Martyrs Dr. Manmohan Singh # The anniversary of the martyrdom is observed in the last week of December. Guru Gobind Singh Ji, the founder of the Khalsa Panth sacrificed his whole family to protect the freedom of faith for India’s persecuted masses...

Memorial for Bluestar martyrs: SGPC feels the heat as radicals plan protest Memorial for Bluestar martyrs: SGPC feels the heat as radicals plan protest The issue of a “fitting” memorial for those who died during the Operation Bluestar is back to haunt the politics in Punjab. While...

Dal Khalsa, a radical Sikh body, said on Tuesday that it would hold a week-long programme during the upcoming anniversary of the Operation Bluestar and demand a memorial in the memory of those died in June 1984, inside the Golden Temple complex. In a statement issued here, president of the...

Three memorials for Punjab martyrs: CM Three memorials for Punjab martyrs: CM - Express India Fatehgarh sahib The Punjab government has decided to set up three memorials for its martyrs. While one such memorial would come up in Chhappar Chiri in memory of Baba Banda Singh...

After 90 years and a long campaign, the victims of a British atrocity in a holy city are being recognised as martyrs and freedom fighters by the Indian government The massacre at Amritsar (above) inspired Gandhi to become more involved in mainstream politics and was a turning point in the...

Ludhiana, Aug 15 : The Punjab government has decided to develop the native villages of all martyrs of the freedom movement as 'Model Villages'. More...

The Punjab Government will set up memorials in the memory of all the Kuka martyrs of freedom movement at their native villages in the state. This was announced by the Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on the occasion of a function held in continuation of a year-long state level celebrations of...

Ludhiana, Aug 5 : The Punjab Government would set up memorials in the memory of all the Kuka martyrs of the freedom movement at their native villages in the state, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal announced today. More...

washingtonpost.com - Before Hadi bin Mubarak Qahtani exploded himself into an anonymous fireball, he was young and interested only in "fooling around."...