October9 (a) The murder of Sardar Chait Singh Bajwa inside the Lahore Fort barely three months after the demise of Maharaja Ranjit Singh (A.D. 1839) by Dogra brothers. It was the beginning of a long drawn tragedy of intrigues and murders of the royal Princes and high officials. Sardar Chait.
Singh was the close confident and chief advisor of Maharaja Kharak Singh. (b) Shahidi Diwas of the Punjabi Suba (Bathinda Jail (A.D. 1960). October 11 the combined forces of Sikh Misls attacked Gangetic Doab to punish the Muslim Nawabs for their atrocities on the people (A.D. 1780). October 12 Sn Akal Takhat came under the control of S.G.P.C. (A.D. 1920). October 13 Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee and Shiromani Akali Dal were declared unlawful bodies in A.D. 1923. October 15 after the death of Zakariya Khan, Dal Khalsa was organized to counteract the onslaughts of the Mughals and of the Afghans. It was divided into 25 bands. (A.D. 1745). All this was decided at Sn Akal Takhat Sahib.
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