16 May: Sikhs assembled at Amritsar and passed a Gurmatta…

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16 May

On this day in 1765

Sikhs assembled at Amritsar and passed a Gurmatta to regain more territorits

Occupy Lahore and strike coins in the name of their gurus as a symbol of the sovereignty of the Khalsa

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May in Sikh History

May 1Guru Hargobind arrived at Kiratpur
May 2Prakash Purab of Guru Arjan Dev Ji
May 3Sardar Jassa Singh Ahluwalia was born
May 4Janam Utsav of Sahibjada Baba Ajit Singh Ji, the eldest son of Guru Gobind Singh Ji
May 5Peshawar conquered and Khalsa raj extended Raj upto Jamraud, Afghanistan
May 6First year classess of Khalsa College were held in Amritsar
May 7Baba Bir Singh of Naurangabad was assassinated at the hands of the treacherous dogra Raja Hira Singh
May 8Battle of Mukatsar and Martyrdom of Chaali Muktey
May 9Indian government killed numreous innocent GurSikhs at Sri Darbar Sahib
May 106th Jatha of 500 Akalis, led by Prem Singh of Kokri, started its march to Jaito
May 11Dost Mohd. agitated over Sikh occupation of Peshawar in 1834 made war preparation but left battle field at Attock
May 12Battle of Chappar Chiri
May 13Famous battle of Chapar Cheri fought near Sarhind
May 14Banda Singh Bahadhur conquered Sirhind
May 15Conquest of Lahore by the Khalsa Forces
May 16Sikhs assembled at Amritsar and passed a Gurmatta to regain more territorits
May 17Baba Dyal Ji, the Nirankari leader, was born
May 18Battle of Batala between Baba Banda Singh Bahadhur and followers of Saekhul Hind
May 19A meeting of all Sikh parties was held in Amritsar
May 20Anandpur Sahib was attacked unprovoked by the combined forces of neighbouring Hindus Rajas
May 21The militant Akalis held a meeting and deputed Bela Singh and Ganda Singh to murder J.W
May 22Baba Gurbakhash Singh (Banda Bahadur) killed Wajir Khan in Chapud-Chidhi and destroyed Sirhind
May 23Prakash Purab of Guru Amar Das Ji
May 24Baba Banda Singh Bahadur enters Sirhind city
May 25Kashmiri Panditsi, led by Kirpa Ram, arrive in Anandpur Sahib to ask Guru Tegh Bahadhur for help in preserving Hindu…
May 26Atal Bihari Vajpayee, in his capacity as Prime Minister of India, visited Sri Harmandir Sahib
May 27Baba Banda Singh Bahadhur announces the establishment of Sikh rule in a heavy Diwan organized in Sirhind city
May 28SGPC came under the control of Congress Sikhs
May 29Shashter Dharan, Sixth Patshah, Guru Hargobind Ji
May 30Bahadur Shah called for volunteers for Jehad against the Sikhs
May 31In 1986 the International Sikh Organization (ISO) was established to educate the public and the U.S