Punjab Sacrilege Row: These 3 Dates Tell Us Why Beadbi Remains a Wound for Sikhs
3 years ago

Punjab Sacrilege Row: These 3 Dates Tell Us Why Beadbi Remains a Wound for Sikhs

The Quint  

Veteran journalist Jagtar Singh says, "One has to go back to the Sikh-Nirankari confrontation in 1978 that pushed Punjab into dark tunnel for more than a decade". The then leader of the Nirankaris Gurbachan Singh is also said to have compared himself to Guru Gobind Singh and said that he would create 'Sat Sitaras' to compliment the 'Panj Pyare' of Sikhism. Sikhs took out a non-violent protest and moved towards the venue of the Nirankari convention but the police and armed Nirankaris attacked the protesters, killing 13 Sikhs. Jagtar Singh writes that the violence that followed the 1978 killings, "consumed Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, Akali Dal chief Sant Harchand Singh Longwal, Chief Minister Beant Singh and Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, besides thousands of others, known and unknown".

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Al Jazeera  

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Hindustan Times  

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11 months, 1 week ago

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News 18  

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11 months, 3 weeks ago

Hardeep Singh Nijjar killing | Canada may arrest two suspects ‘within weeks’, says report

The Hindu  

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Al Jazeera  

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Firstpost  

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3 years, 2 months ago

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News 18  

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