DECEMBER 23, 2022, TO DECEMBER 29, 2022
22nd December
1666 Parkash Utsav, Patshahi Tenth, Guru Gobind Singh Ji. Guru Gobind Singh, born as Gobind Das or Gobind Rai, was the tenth Sikh Guru, a spiritual master, warrior, poet and philosopher. When his father, Guru Tegh Bahadur was executed by Aurangzeb, Guru Gobind Singh was formally installed as the leader of the Sikhs at the age of nine, becoming the tenth and final human Sikh Guru. Among his notable contributions to Sikhism are founding the Sikh warrior community called Khalsa in 1699 and introducing the Five Ks, the five articles of faith that Khalsa Sikhs wear at all times. Guru Gobind Singh is credited with the Dasam Granth whose hymns are a sacred part of Sikh prayers and Khalsa rituals.
1704 SHAHEEDHI, Wadhae Sahibjadhae, Sakka Chamkaur.
1899 Birth of freedom fighter Sardar Udam Singh.
23rd December
1667 Birth of Mata Sudari Ji.
1704 Martydom of Bhai Jaita.
24th December
1805 Fateh Singh Ahluwalia sought understanding between General Lake and Jaswant Rai Hulkar.
1921 Kishan Singh Garhgaj attended diwans at Chamjkaur Sahib and Sirhind during Dec. 24-28 and delivered fiercy speeches.
25th December
1850 Lord Dalhousie visits Fatehgarh to meet Maharaja Dalip Singh.
1922 First meeting of Babbars is held at Jassowal to decide the reformation of the Jholichuks.
1922 Special issue of “Babbar Akali Doaba” newspaper on Kalghidhar.
26th December
1802 Maharaja Ranjit Singh captured Amritsar.
1832 Sada Kaur died at a ripe old age of 70 years.
1832 Indus Navigation Treaty signed.
27th December
1953 The Sikhs refused Jawahar Lal Nehru permisssion to speak from a religious shrine.
28th December
1711 Bhai Mani Singh’s grandchildren accept shahadat in the war of Bilaspur, Himachal.
1844 A regency of ten Sardars was formed under Jawahar Singh as Wajir and Lal Singh as Commander-in-Chief of Sikh forces.
1849 Bhai Maharaj Singh was arrested from sugarcane fields of Pandori Nijjar and Jalbhe. This area is located between Adampur Doaba and Sham Chaurasi in Jalandhar district.
1929 All Parties Convention held at Calcutta where the Hindus refused to accept the rights of the Sikhs.
29th December
1705 Battle of Muktsar. The Battle of Khidrane Dee Dhab took place in 1705, following the siege of Anandpur. In 1704, Anandpur was under an extended siege by the allied forces of the Mughals and the hill chiefs. The forty deserters from Anandpur lived in the Majha region in Punjab. A woman, Bhag Kaur (also known as Mai Bhago) who also lived in the village, convinced the deserters to fight with her at Khidrane Dee Dhab, where they fought and died under the leadership of Guru Gobind Singh, who blessed them for their service and the place, later, was renamed as Muktsar, literally meaning The Pool of Liberation.
1923 Sadha Singh of Pandoori Nijjaran dies during the trail.