26 May
On this day in 1996
Atal Bihari Vajpayee, in his capacity as Prime Minister of India, visited Sri Harmandir Sahib
Amritsar and apologized to the Sikhs for the following two abominations committed by the Government of India:
Also on this day
- 1886Maharaja Dalip Singh reentered Sikh faith
- 1960Morcha initiated for seeking Punjabi Subha
- 1984The last meeting was held between Akalis and Indira Gandhi
- 1988The President of India issued an ordinance banning the Sikh fundamentals of Miri-Piri (Cohesive oneness of Religion and Politics) An integral part of the Sikh religion Miri-Piri is the most fundamental to Sikh religion. This ordinance (which later became law) meant that the Sikhs shall have to adopt only that part of their religion which the Hindu majority will allow. This was the final blow to the Sikh nation which made the professing of their religion under the subjugation of the Hindu regime.