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On this day in 1670
Birth anniversary Baba Gurbakhash Singh (Banda Bahadur)
Also on this day
- 1814Diwan Mohkam Chand, of Maharaja Ranjjit Singh’s darbar passed away
- 1945Saint Amir Singh of Gurbani Exposition School, passed away
- 1955All Party Convention at Amritsar demanded Punjabi Suba
- 1981Negotiations among Akali Dal and Indian Central Government were initiated
October in Sikh History
- Oct 1Sri Guru Singh Sabha was first founded and its inaugral meeting at Manji Sahib, Amritsar
- Oct 2First meeting of General Members of SGPC held
- Oct 3Sikh uprising in Jalandar Doab came to a successful frution
- Oct 4Guru Gobind Singh appointed Baba Gurbakhash Singh (Banda Bahadur) as the Jathedar of the Panth and attached to him five…
- Oct 56 Hindu passengers murdered near Dhilwa As a result the Punjab government was suspended and President’s direct rule…
- Oct 6The control of Babe Ki Baer at Sialkot passed over to SGPC.This was the first Gurdwara to be liberated after Khalsa…
- Oct 7Guru Tegh Bahadhur disclosed his mission, through Makhan Shah, a trader from Muzaffrabad, Kashmir
- Oct 8Maharaja Khadak Singh was dethroned by Dogras and Maharaja’s chief advisor, Sirdar Chaet Singh Bajwa was murdered
- Oct 9Prakash Purab of Guru Ram Das Ji
- Oct 10A National Protest was conducted by the UK Sikhs
- Oct 11Khalsa army fought a pitched battle and captured Rahon
- Oct 12Shiromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) and Shiromani Akali Dal were declared unlawful bodies
- Oct 13President of Pakistan confers certain rights on Sikhs as a distict entity
- Oct 14Four Sikhs martyred in fake police encounters at Khadur Sahib
- Oct 15Bhog ceremony for Guru Gobind Singh
- Oct 16Birth anniversary Baba Gurbakhash Singh (Banda Bahadur)
- Oct 17The reconstruction work for "Guru-Kae-Mehal," Amritsar was initiated
- Oct 18All Sikhs arrested for DharamYudh morcha were released for lack of Jail space
- Oct 19Baba Gurbakhash Singh (Banda Bahadhur) won over the landlords of Bhallu
- Oct 20Gurgaddi Divas of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
- Oct 21Joti Jot Divas of Guru Gobind Singh Ji
- Oct 22Baba Gurbakhash Singh (Banda Bahadur), escaped Bahadhur Shah’s forces
- Oct 23Janam Utsav, Baba Budha Ji
- Oct 24Khalsa Dal attacked Anup-Shehar (UP) and arrested the British Commander, Lt
- Oct 25Babbar Amar Singh of Dhaliwal, Kapurthala, led the first Jatha of military pensioners furing Guru Ka Bagh morcha
- Oct 26Guru Hargobind was released along with 52 rajas from the Gwalior fort
- Oct 27A GurSikh flung two bricks at Aurangzeb
- Oct 28Emporer Bahadhur Shah confers a "khillat", robe of honour, on Guru Gobind Singh’s family
- Oct 29The occasion of the anniversary of the birth of Guru Nanak Sahib
- Oct 30Leaflets are distributed by the Babbar Akalis in the "Parkarma" of the Golden Temple, rediculing non-violence
- Oct 31Sri Guru Singh Sabha was first founded and its inaugral meeting at Manji Sahib, Amritsar
