Today in Sikh History-27th July
1649 Parkash Utsav, Shaheed Baba Jorawar Singh Ji.......
Shaheed Baba Jorawar Singh Ji, son of
Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji and Mata
Jioto, was born at Anadpur Sahib. On
27th Dec. 1704, he was martyred by
being bricked alive at the orders of
Vajir Khan, Suba Sirhind. The place of
this incident is known as Gurudwara
Fatehgadh Sahib and the place of his
body's cremation is known as
Gurudwara Joti Saroop Sahib.
1925 Akali prisoners released upon victory
of Jaito Morcha.
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"Tibhi Sahib" Gurudwara, where Guru
Gobind Singh Patshah used to
organize and participate in the
evening recitation of Rehras. Both
Gurudwaras have extensive land
sanctioned to it by the Nabha rulers.
Additionally, extensive financial
resources are made available on an
annual basis from the Nabha rulers
and the surrounding villages. A maela
celebration is held every 7th of Pooh
month (Dec.-Jan.) and Katak (Oct.-
Nov.) Puranmashi. Jaito's markets are
well renowned. People come from far
distances to buy and sell their herds.
WHY AKALIS COURTED ARREST? The
key issue involved was resoration of
Maharaja Ripudaman Singh of Nabha.
Maharaja of Nabha, well-known for
his pro-Tat Khalsa Proclivities, had a
dispute with Maharaja of Patiala,
known for this pro-government role.
Although Maharaja of Nabha had
absolutely no dispute with the
government, as a result of mediation,
he was forced to abdicate in July 1923.
Col. Michin, with the help of troops
and armoured cars, took the Maharaja
by surprise on July 8, 1923 and
taunted him with the query, "Where is
that Akali?" The news of deposition by
the government raised a strom of
protest against the Government's
interefernce in Nabha and was
decsribed as a challenge to the Akali
movement. As a result tensions
mounted. The Akalis, in defiance of
state orders, continued to hold diwan
indefinitely. The Nabha police in order
to arrest all the Akalis, including the
one reading the holy Granth Sahib,
was said to have disrupted the
Akhand Path on Sept. 14, 1923. This
dispute took such a tragic shape and
got so inflames by Feb. 21, 1924 that
several people lost their lives. After
sixteen shaheedi jathas apart from
one from Bengal and another from
Canada, the agitation process was
completed two years later, on August
6, 1925, after the concurrent bhog of
101 Akand Paaths.
-Ref. Mahan Kosh
"The Sikhs in History," by Sangat
Singh, 1995.
1984 and July 28, an International Sikh
Convention was held at New York city,
in the wake of June 5 and 6, 1984,
when the Indian army stormed the
Golden Temple complex in Amritsar.
A group of Sikhs in New York formed
an ad-hoc International Sikh
Organization to represent Sikhs
interests. They called themselves the
World Sikh Organization. The
objectives of the Convention were:
1. to send the strongest possible
message to the Government of India
that Sikhs of India and abroad will not
gorget its actions,
2. to inform the international community
in the clearest possible terms of Sikh
aspirations and of the Indian
government's perfidy,
3. to chart a course of action that the
Sikhs can unitedly follow in order to
make their own destiny and be
responsible for their own future.
Shaheed Baba Jorawar Singh Ji, son of
Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji and Mata
Jioto, was born at Anadpur Sahib. On
27th Dec. 1704, he was martyred by
being bricked alive at the orders of
Vajir Khan, Suba Sirhind. The place of
this incident is known as Gurudwara
Fatehgadh Sahib and the place of his
body's cremation is known as
Gurudwara Joti Saroop Sahib.
1925 Akali prisoners released upon victory
of Jaito Morcha.
==
"Tibhi Sahib" Gurudwara, where Guru
Gobind Singh Patshah used to
organize and participate in the
evening recitation of Rehras. Both
Gurudwaras have extensive land
sanctioned to it by the Nabha rulers.
Additionally, extensive financial
resources are made available on an
annual basis from the Nabha rulers
and the surrounding villages. A maela
celebration is held every 7th of Pooh
month (Dec.-Jan.) and Katak (Oct.-
Nov.) Puranmashi. Jaito's markets are
well renowned. People come from far
distances to buy and sell their herds.
WHY AKALIS COURTED ARREST? The
key issue involved was resoration of
Maharaja Ripudaman Singh of Nabha.
Maharaja of Nabha, well-known for
his pro-Tat Khalsa Proclivities, had a
dispute with Maharaja of Patiala,
known for this pro-government role.
Although Maharaja of Nabha had
absolutely no dispute with the
government, as a result of mediation,
he was forced to abdicate in July 1923.
Col. Michin, with the help of troops
and armoured cars, took the Maharaja
by surprise on July 8, 1923 and
taunted him with the query, "Where is
that Akali?" The news of deposition by
the government raised a strom of
protest against the Government's
interefernce in Nabha and was
decsribed as a challenge to the Akali
movement. As a result tensions
mounted. The Akalis, in defiance of
state orders, continued to hold diwan
indefinitely. The Nabha police in order
to arrest all the Akalis, including the
one reading the holy Granth Sahib,
was said to have disrupted the
Akhand Path on Sept. 14, 1923. This
dispute took such a tragic shape and
got so inflames by Feb. 21, 1924 that
several people lost their lives. After
sixteen shaheedi jathas apart from
one from Bengal and another from
Canada, the agitation process was
completed two years later, on August
6, 1925, after the concurrent bhog of
101 Akand Paaths.
-Ref. Mahan Kosh
"The Sikhs in History," by Sangat
Singh, 1995.
1984 and July 28, an International Sikh
Convention was held at New York city,
in the wake of June 5 and 6, 1984,
when the Indian army stormed the
Golden Temple complex in Amritsar.
A group of Sikhs in New York formed
an ad-hoc International Sikh
Organization to represent Sikhs
interests. They called themselves the
World Sikh Organization. The
objectives of the Convention were:
1. to send the strongest possible
message to the Government of India
that Sikhs of India and abroad will not
gorget its actions,
2. to inform the international community
in the clearest possible terms of Sikh
aspirations and of the Indian
government's perfidy,
3. to chart a course of action that the
Sikhs can unitedly follow in order to
make their own destiny and be
responsible for their own future.
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