August

August 1
1863 Maharani Jind Kaur, mother of Maharaja Dalip Singh, passed away in Kaesington

August 2
1741 Sukha Singh of Mari Kambo and Mehtab Singh of Mirankot entered Harimandir Sahib, Amritsar

August 3
1977 Kartar Singh Khalsa Bhindrawalia was seriously injured in a car accident.

August 4
1982 Gurbakash Singh tried to hijack Indian Airline plane to Lahore.

August 5
1992 Bhagat Puran Singh Ji, a panthic sewak who devoted his entire live in service of mankind, passed away.

August 6
1983 Amrik Singh and Baba Thara Singh were released. They were arrested on July 18, 1982. Jarnail Singh Bhindrawalae had organized a morcha for their release

August 7
1965 Fateh Singh, then President of Shiromani Akali Dal, met with the then Prime Minister of India, Sri Lal Bahadhur Shashtri. This meeting is considered a significant in resolving Sikh demands.

August 8
1923 Third proclamation announcing rewards for the arrest of the Babbars was issued.

August 9

1942 60,0000 Sikhs courted arrest under the "Britishers Leave India" movement.

August 10
1992 Harjinder Singh "Jinda" and Sukhdev Singh 'Sukha' were hanged to death. They gunned down General Vaidya after his retirement from Indian Army. General Vaidya was the Chief of the Indian Army who ordered the attack on the holiest of the holy shrines at Amritsar and other places of religious importance in Punjab during 1984 operations.

August 11
1984 Government of India conducted a false "Sarbat Khalsa". In response, instead, Singh Sahiban called for a "World Sikh Conference" on September 2, 1996.

August 12
1922 Marked the begining of arrests and ruthless torture of GurSikhs in Guru Ka bagh Gurdwara.

August 13
1986 Sardar Kapur Singh, National professor of Sikhism, passed away.

August 14
1984 Surinder Singh Sodhi, a right-hand man of Jarnail Singh Bhindranwalae, was killed by hired men of the Indian Government

August 15
1940 Master Tara Singh declares his opposition to the establishment of Sikh rule.

August 16
1977 Kartar Singh Khalsa Bhindrawalae passed away.

August 17
1923 The Babbars are produced in court.

August 18
1887 Sardar Thakur Singh Sandhwalia, the chief of Sri Guru Singh Sabha movement, and a chief proponent of Khalsa Raj, passed away.

August 19
1847 Maharani Jind Kaur placed arrested in Saekhupura Jail.

August 20
1922 Babbar Akali Akhbar is brought out by Karam Singh.

August 21
1982 Sardar Gurmit Singh of Dhudkot was martyred in a false police enocunter.

1982 Gurmit Singh Rahon killed in fake encounter after a bomb attack on Darbara Singh, the terrorist Chief Minister of Punjab.

August 22
1909 The Anand Marriage Act was passed.

August 23
1940 Congress betrays Sikhs in Punjab in return for an overall settlement.

August 24
1820 Sardar Hari Singh Nalwa reaches Kashmir and was appointed Nazim (Governor)

August 25
1977 Jarnail Singh Bhindrawalae assumed responsibility of Chief sewadar of Damdami Taksal.
August 26
1931 SGPC resolved to launch a morcha for liberating Gurdwara Daska


August 27
1922 Piara Singh Langeri, ex-Ghadrite, participated in the General meeting of the Akali Dal. He influenced the Sikhs to take up arms and became an integral part of the Babbar Akali Jatha, under Jathedar Krishan Singh Gargaj. -Ref. "Babbar Akali Movement, A Historical Survey," by Gurcharan SIngh, Aman Publications, 1993.

August 28
1921 SGPC, headed by S. Kharak Singh endorsed the policy of non-cooperation with the British government.

August 29
1923 Sacrilege of Guru Granth Sahib at jaito by the British.

August 30
1845 Murder of Kanwar Peshaura Singh.

August 31
1923 Famous encounter at Babeli village between Babbar Akalis and the Police that left 4 Babbars killed.

1930 Baba Kharak Singh was brought on a stretcher to the SGPC meeting. He threatened to resign unless the Shiromani Akali Dal refused to fight under the Congress flag which did not include the Sikh color. He did not want the Sikhs to be taken for granted. The Punjab Provincial Congress Committee (PPCC) recommended the incorporation of the Sikh color in the national flag. But Jawaharlal Nehru, then Congress President, was amused and termed the PPCC decision as hasty and untimely.

1981 Marked the ultimatum date for acceptance of Sikh demands. This ultimatum was issued by Shiromani Akali Dal at the World Sikh Convention.

1995 Beant Singh, then 73-year-old chief minister of Punjab, was killed in a powerful car bomb blast at the high-security State Secretariat in Chandigarh, India. A dozen security personnel were also killed and 30 others injured as the blast blew off the Chief Minister's car to smithereens and damaged other vehicles. Under Beant Singh's chief ministership, Sikh youth were specifically targeted for elimination while the Indian goverment credited him with putting down terrorism and restoring peace in the State. The assasination showed that the committed bands of Sikh militants, fighting for an independent, Khalistan, were still capable of striking at select and well protected targets.