Khalsa College was handed over to a Panthic College Committee
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1675Guru Tegh Bahadhur Patshah Ji was taken to Delhi in an iron cage Guru Tegh Bahadhur along with Dewan Mati Das, Sati Das, and Dayal Das, were taken into custody on July 12, 1675 and taken to Sirhind where he was tortured while in detention. Upon reaching Delhi, the Subedar of Delhi and the royal Qazi formally went into the motion of offering them the options of showing miracles, accepting Islam or face death. Guru Sahib and the accompaning Disciples refused the first two options and were ready for the third.The Panth observes the Shaheedi of Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji on 24 November in the Nanakshahi calendar.
1840Maharaja Khadak Singh, the first Prince designate of Maharaja Ranjit Singh died of slow poisoning He was administered dozes of white lead in wine at the instance of Dhian Singh. The Dogra brothers had hatched a conspiracy to kill all the eligible princes of the Maharaja.
1978Killing of Sikhs took place in Delhi The Delhi police fired at a Sikh protest procession and killed four Sikhs including the President of the Akali Party’s Delhi unit, Jathaedar Awtar Singh Kohli, Sardar Mohinder Singh, and Sardar Gobind Singh. The police sieged three Sikh shrines of Delhi. Entrance to the Sikh shrines was banned after a period of 200 years. The curfew around the Sikh shrines was not lifted until November 7 when a secret Akali meeting decided to send a band of the senior-most Akali Ministers of the Punjab to violate the curfew orders.
