SIKH WOMEN IN MIR MANNU'S PRISON

Mir Mannu confiscated the estate of the Sikhs and deployed army patrols to eliminate them. He announced a reward of ten rupees for any person who brought in a Singh's head. He also began to reward informers for information on the whereabouts of Singh's and their families. People in greed were getting Singh's and their families arrested.

Captured Sikhs were brought to Lahore where Singh's were beheaded and their families were put in jails. Every woman was given forty pounds of grain to grind for each day in jail. A very heavy stone was placed on the chest of one who could not grind. Their children were hung on spears before their eyes, then they were cut into pieces and garlands made of those pieces were put around their mother's necks. They were given a small piece bread to eat and a bowl of water in the whole day. Bowing to the will of God, they strived and struggled not to let their faith be broken, they cried when they were raped, they bled when they were beaten but they did not give in. They believed in the Guru, they were blessed. On the 4th November 1753 A.D., Mir Mannu died. The Singh's fought to death to set the prisoners free and took the remaining women and children home.