27 March
On this day in 1924
The 4th shahihi jatha of 500 valiant Akali satyagrahies, led by Sardar Puran Singh Bahowal
Marched from Anandpur Sahib to Gangsar, Jaito
Also on this day
- 1843Raja Suchet Singh murdered Raja Suchet Singh was brother of Raja Dhiyan Singh Dogra and Gulab Singh Jammu. He was a popular propenent of Sikh Raj. Sher-e-Punjab, Maharaja Ranjit Singh, personally bestowed the honor Raja on Suchet Singh.
- 1923Hazara Singh Sirbrah of Behbalpur is murdered
- 1940A Sikh delegation called on Sir Stafford Cripps and submitted a formal memorandum They asked for the division of Punjab into two provinces with Ravi as the dividing line to safeguard their interests.
- 1970Prakash Singh Badal formed Akali government in Punjab He replaced Gurnam Singh as Chief Minister of Punjab. The seesaw of Akali politics during the late 1960’s led to the emergence of a younger and more energetic and durable leader as the head of Akali government, Prakash Singh Badal, who was emotionally closer to the Punjab peasantry. Yet his regime was not exempt from pressure and intrigue. But ultimate and lethal challenge to akali power came from a totally different quarter, the Sant Nirankaris.
- 1993Court anounces three life sentences for Bhai Ranjit Singh, Jathaedar Sri Akal Takhat, in the case of Nirankari murders