24 March — Sikh History

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24 March
On this day in 1847

The British being aware of the Sikh’s emotional and sentimental attachment to Golden Temple and other shrines

Issued special instructions to the British subjects to be careful in maintaining the sanctity of the shrines. An official notification issued by H.M. Lawrence, the British resident read as follows:

Also on this day

  • 1664Guru Har Krishan Ji visited Aurangzeb’s court This is the time Guru Sahib visited Aurangzeb’s court, when Ram Rai emphatically declared that the decision of his father in selecting his younger brother as his sucessor to the pontificate of Guru Nanak was based on cogent reasons, and that he was now under the command of the new Guru.
  • 1922Meeting at Rajowal by Kishan Singh Gargaj group to devise ways and means of reforming the toadies
  • 1945Master Tara Singh denounces the Acharyae Formula

March in Sikh History