28 February
On this day in 1712
Bahadur Shah died
A cicil war broke out among his sons. Baba Gurbakhash Singh, alias Banda Bahadur, took advantage of the situation and appeared once again in the plains. His first victory was against Islam Khan, the Governor of Lahore. The next to fall was the zone of Sirhind. But this victory was again, short lived.
Also on this day
- 1921Gurudwara Rori Sahib was forcibly taken over and brought under the control of SGPC
- 1925Judgement of Babbar Akali Case, closely related to the Akali movement was passed 5 Babbar Akalis were sentenced to death.
- 19267 Babbars are sentenced to death in the Babbar conspiracy case, supplementary II
- 1975Sikhs congregation from all corners of IK, gathered at the Sikh Temple, Birmigham, protested against the Anti-Sikhs Policy and passed the following resolution :
- 1982A very strong police force sieged the border village of Daonke, near Pakistan, in order to arrest a young Sikh boy When the boy could not be found, the sister of the boy was stripped naked and paraded through the streets of the village. The police threatened that the whole village would be dealt with in the same way if the boy was not produced the next day. The next day, before the arrival of the police, all the villagers crossed the border and entered Pakistan in order to escape the fury of the brutal policemen of Gharinda police station of the Punjab. This action was approved by the Punjab Police Chief as well as the Government of the Punjab. The issue was raised in Parliament. The villagers returned one week after the incident.
- 1983More Killings: At the end of February, 1983, two young Sikhs, Bhajan Singh and Harpal Singh, were killed by the police in fake encounters
- 1993Baba Gurbachan Singh Manochahal died fighting for Sikh indepedendence Surrounded by Indian security forces, this legendary hero preferred death to surrender.