29 October
On this day in 1982
The occasion of the anniversary of the birth of Guru Nanak Sahib
A Sikh procession at Jullundur was attacked with a grenade by Hindus. The bomb wounded 10 Sikhs, four of them seriously. At that time there were 40 battalions of the C.R.P. but no action was taken because those who were accused were Hindus.
Also on this day
- 1921SGPC asked the Sarbrah of the Golden Temple to hand over the keys to its President Instead, the Deputy commissioner of Amritsar seized them to forestall the SGPC’s decision. This led to the popular agitation known as the "Key’s affair".
- 1922GurSikhs arrested during Guru Kae Bagh morcha were moved from Amritsar to Attock jail
- 1977Prof. Sahib Singh, an eminent scholar of GurSikhism passed away