8 August — Sikh History

Also on this day

• 1881Lord Ripon’s statement exposed the Britishers true desires that they never wanted Sikhs to be the masters of their Gurudwaras He wrote, " I think it would be politically dangerous to allow the management of the Sikh templaes to fall into the hands of a committee emancipated from government control." As such the mahants under the government thumb failed to become the honest interpreters of the wishes of the Panth. For example, they issued a Hukamnama from Sri Akal Takhat in 1915 condemming the Komagata Maru Sikhs.
• 1898Raja Bikram Singh of Fridkot, who published the "Fridkoti Teeka" passed away
• 1923Third proclamation announcing rewards for the arrest of the Babbars was issued