Dec.12 1920: First session of SGPC held at Akal Takht, Amritsar. 1983: AISSF organized strike in all Punjab Colleges to protest arrest of Ranjit Singh for murder of Niramkari Baba. 1990:23 Killed in Punjab in a day of unabated violence: 2 KLE leaders Rhai Chand Singh and Bhai Kuldip Singh killed.

Dec.13 1982:Maj Gen Shabeg Singh PVSM,AVSM, a highly decorated Reid. Army officer (who organized Mukti Bahini’ in 1971) courted arrest in support of Dharm Yudh Morcha. 4

1983: Sant Jarnal Singh Bhindranwale and his followers prepare to resist entry of police or paramilitary forces into Golden Temple complex,

Dec, .14 1920: Shiromani Akali Dal established to launch Gurdwara Sudhar Movement.

1911: Khalsa Dewan Society formed in Vancouver, Canada.

1924:14th Shahidi Jatha of 500 Akali Satyagrohies marched from Amritsar to Jails.

1912: Goyt. Acquired land attacked to Gurdwara Rikab Ganj in Delhi and demolished the Gurdwaras old boundary wall.

Dec.16 1846: Sri Gobind Singh Ji ascended the “Guru Gaddi.’ Treaty of Bharowal: British become sole guardians of Maharaja Dalip Singh and his property Punjab.

Dec.17 1991: Panthic Committee appealed to President Bush to release Ranjit Singh Gill and Sukhminder Singh Sandhu lodged in a New York jail under fabricated charges at behest of Indian Govt. Deo.18 Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur ji martyred.

Article extracted from this publication >>  December 17, 1993