26 December in Sikh History: Shaheedi of the Chhote Sahibzade

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26 December

On this day in 1704

Shaheedi of the Chhote Sahibzade

Baba Zorawar Singh, aged seven, and Baba Fateh Singh, aged five, were bricked alive at Sirhind in 1704 for refusing to abandon their faith. Their grandmother Mata Gujri Ji passed away the same day.

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1802Maharaja Ranjit Singh captured Amritsar
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December in Sikh History

Dec 1Ahmad Shah Abdali attacked Sri Harimandir Sahib
Dec 2International Conference on Sikh Studies was held at University of British Columbia, Vancouver
Dec 3Maharaja Dalip Singh meets Lord Dalhousie
Dec 4Seige of Anandpur ended
Dec 5Guru Gobind Singh Ji bid farewell to Anandpur
Dec 6Khalsa Dal, the combined forces of 11 Sikh Misls, attacked Ruhel Khand, U.P
Dec 7Baba Gurbakhash Singh (Banda Bahadhur) along with 740 of his men were arrested from Gurdas Nangal
Dec 8During the violence instigated by India’s partition, Muslims killed 102 members of a Sikh family in Ughi Nagar
Dec 9The Dal Khalsa in its first annual conference at Gurdaspur passed a resolution demanding the declaring of Amritsar as a…
Dec 10Battle for the conquest of Tibet by Sikhs
Dec 11Baba Gurbakhash Singh (Banda Bahadur) escaped unhurt from the fort Lohgarh
Dec 12Dogra Hira Singh attempted to escape to Jammu
Dec 13Lord Hardinge, the Governor General of British forces, issued tne proclamation of War against the Sikhs
Dec 14Shiromani Akali Dal was established to assist the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee and launch Gurudwara Sudhar…
Dec 1514th Shaheedhi Jatha of 500 Akalis marched from Amritsar to Jaito
Dec 16Guru Tegh Bahadhur released from Aurangzeb’s detention
Dec 17Treaty of Bhairowal signed between the British and Maharaja Dalip Singh
Dec 18Battle of Mudki
Dec 19Babbar Sada Singh PinDori accepted shahadat in Jail
Dec 20Guru Gobind Singh Ji evacauted Anadpur Sahib
Dec 21Battle of Ferozeshah
Dec 22SHAHEEDHI, Wadhae Sahibjadhae, Sakka Chamkaur
Dec 23Janam Din, Mata Sudari Ji
Dec 24Fateh Singh Ahluwalia sought understanding between General Lake and Jaswant Rai Hulkar
Dec 25First meeting of Babbars is held at Jassowal to decide the reformation of the Jholichuks
Dec 26Shaheedi of the Chhote Sahibzade
Dec 27The Sikhs refused Jawahar Lal Nehru permisssion to speak from a religious shrine
Dec 28Bhai Maharaj Singh was arrested from sugarcane fields of Pandori Nijjar and Jalbhe
Dec 29Battle of Mukatsar (1705)
Dec 30Mata Sahib Kaur sent a Hukamnama for Bhai Mann Singh Ji
Dec 31Guru Hargobind left Amritsar for Delhi where he was taken into and sent to Gwalior