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From 1900 until the Partition of India, many Sikhs have been the innocent victims of violent crimes as they were seeking nothing more than equal treatment under the laws of the British Raj.  
From 1900 until the Partition of India, many Sikhs have been the innocent victims of violent crimes while they were seeking nothing more than the control of their own places of worship, equal treatment under the laws of the British Raj or seeking to lift the yoke of colonialism from India's long suffering citizens.  


This is a database for those crimes and their struggles or cause.
This is a database for those crimes and their struggles or cause.
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{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
| '''Crime + people affected'''
| '''Crime + number of victims'''
| '''Date'''
| '''Date'''
| '''Incident'''
| '''Incident'''
| '''Place'''
| '''Place'''
|-
|-
| Of 29 Sikhs wounded, 20  die     
| 29 Sikhs wounded, 20  die     
| 1914
| 1914
| [[Komagata Maru]]
| [[Komagata Maru]]
| Budge Budge, India
| Budge Budge, India
|-
|-
| 379 killed and 1200 wounded / actual numbers unknown 
| April 1919
| [[Jallianwala Bagh massacre]]
| Amritsar, India
|-
|[[Bhai Hazara Singh]] and [[Bhai Hukum Singh]] murdered
| January 25, 1921
|[[Saka Tarn Taran]]
|[[Gurdwara Tarn Taran Sahib|Gurdwara Tarn Taran]]
|-
|-
|86 Peaceful Khalsa Sighs and Singhnis murdered
|86 Peaceful Khalsa Sighs and Singhnis murdered
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|[[Saka Nankana Sahib|Saka Nanaka]]
|[[Saka Nankana Sahib|Saka Nanaka]]
|Gurdwara Nankana Sahib
|Gurdwara Nankana Sahib
|-
|}
|}

Latest revision as of 21:40, 15 June 2008

From 1900 until the Partition of India, many Sikhs have been the innocent victims of violent crimes while they were seeking nothing more than the control of their own places of worship, equal treatment under the laws of the British Raj or seeking to lift the yoke of colonialism from India's long suffering citizens.

This is a database for those crimes and their struggles or cause.

Crime + number of victims Date Incident Place
29 Sikhs wounded, 20 die 1914 Komagata Maru Budge Budge, India
379 killed and 1200 wounded / actual numbers unknown April 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre Amritsar, India
Bhai Hazara Singh and Bhai Hukum Singh murdered January 25, 1921 Saka Tarn Taran Gurdwara Tarn Taran
86 Peaceful Khalsa Sighs and Singhnis murdered February 20, 1921 Saka Nanaka Gurdwara Nankana Sahib
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