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On this day in 1977
Kartar Singh Khalsa Bhindrawalae passed away
Also on this day 1604 SRI GURU GRANTH SAHIB first installed in Sri Harmindar Sahib (ACTUAL DAY)The Panth observes the first Prakash of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji on 1 September in the Nanakshahi calendar. 1932 Communal Award announced 1940 Gandhi wrote a nasty letter to Master Tara Singh It contained some of his preceoceived notions about Sikhs and the Akali movement. It was also influenced by the Punjab Congress’s solid support of Subash Chandra Bose for the Presidentship of the Congress vis a vis Pattabhi Sitaramayya, Ghandhi’s nominee. Gandhi wrote, 1965 Fateh Singh announced another fast unto death for Punjabi Suba
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August in Sikh History
Aug 1 Khalistan Flag Hoisted for the first timeAug 2 Baba Budha Singh Ji relinquished control and bestowed the control of Sirhind to Baba Ala Singh PatialaAug 3 Kartar Singh Khalsa Bhindrawalia was seriously injured in a car accidentAug 4 Dharam Yudh morcha to seek Sikh demands was launched by Akali DalAug 5 Bhagat Puran Singh Ji, a panthic saewak who devoted his entire live in service of humankind, passed awayAug 6 Amrik Singh and Baba Thara Singh were releasedAug 7 Baba Ala Singh passed awayAug 8 Guru Ka Bagh morcha was launchedAug 9 Akalis arrested at Guru Ka BaghAug 10 Sukhdev Singh Sukha and Harjinder Singh Jinda were hanged to deathAug 11 Government of India conducted a false Sarbat KhalsaAug 12 Marked the begining of arrests and ruthless torture of GurSikhs in Guru Kae bagh GurdwaraAug 13 Sardar Kapur Singh, National professor of Sikhism, passed awayAug 14 Sardar Harnam Singh of Hushiarpur was hanged until death in Mandla JailAug 15 Dal Khalsa hoisted Khalistan flag throughout the Sikh HomelandAug 16 Kartar Singh Khalsa Bhindrawalae passed awayAug 17 The foundation stone was laid for Sri Guru Ram Das SaraiAug 18 Sardar Thakur Singh Sandhwalia, the chief of Sri Guru Singh Sabha movement, and a chief proponent of Khalsa RajAug 19 Maharani Jind Kaur placed arrested in Saekhupura JailAug 20 PEPSU established through a combination of eight regionsAug 21 Sardar Gurmit Singh of Dhudkot was martyred in a false police enocunterAug 22 Guru Ka Bagh Morcha was initiatedAug 23 Baba Nischal Singh Ji, a devoted member of Panthic Saewaks, passed awayAug 24 Sardar Hari Singh Nalwa reaches Kashmir and was appointed Nazim (Governor)Aug 25 Jotti Jot, Fourth Patshah, Guru Ram Das JiAug 26 With the protection of Baba Nihal Singh, Krishan Kaur Khalsa was the first woman to perform kirtan, in recent timeAug 27 Piara Singh Langeri, ex-Ghadrite, participated in the General meeting of the Akali DalAug 28 Akali Conference Baba Bakala demands the formation of Punjabi SubaAug 29 Sacrilege of Guru Granth Sahib at jaito by the BritishAug 30 Murder of Kanwar Peshaura SinghAug 31 Baba Kharak Singh was brought on a stretcher to the SGPC meeting
