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NEVER FORGET 1984
The purpose of this site is to give an insight
into the atrocities we have suffered since 1984
and how they have changed the characteristics and nature of the Sikhs
today. The Sikhs are a peace loving community who follow the teachings God.
Guru Nanak Dev Ji taught that the human race is one race and we are all the
children of God regardless of what faith we follow, caste,
gender, background etc. Since the very beginning of Sikhi the
Sikhs have faced a series of human right violations.
Guru Nanak Dev Ji himself was unjustly imprisoned by the mughal forces just
for preaching unity amongst all and devotion to God.
Guru Arjan Dev Ji was the 5th Master of the Sikhs and is often referred to as the
King of Shaheeds (martyrs) as he was the first Sikh Martyr.
The Sacrifice made by the peace loving Guru was one of
the biggest turning point in the history of the Sikhs.
The revered Guru was killed entirely because of faith he followed.
Guru Arjan Dev Ji's Shaheedi had a big impact on the Sikh nation.
The Martyrdom of the Fifth Guru Nanak, Guru Arjan Dev Ji, showed us that all
peaceful means had failed, his life was unjustly taken simply because
he preached the true words of Guru Nanak Dev Ji.
An individual's belief is a basic human right; when this right has
been taken away we have been ordered by Guru Hargobind Sahib Ji
to restore justice using peaceful means. If these peaceful means fail we have
been permitted to pick up arms and restore justice.
As time progressed, so did the persecutions. In every corner
of India the tyrant Mughal rulers were slaughtering innocent men,
women and children simply because they were not Islamic.
It is for this reason and this reason alone we have been trained to protect the poor,
innocent and weak against any oppression, and if
we die doing so, we fear not because our faith in Sikhi remains firm.
Our souls may part but never our Sikhi.
It is for these reasons we are so very proud of our beloved martyrs.
As Sikhs, we have strived through some tough some harsh times in our rich history;
we have made hundreds of thousands, maybe even millions of
sacrifices ever since the death of the fifth King to the present day.
We will always be willing to do so unless any oppression is uplifted.
Primarily as Sikhs we hope that such extreme measures need not be necessary,
but subsequently such sacrifices are never forgotten.
One of the most horrific attack on the Sikhs was only 20 years ago. When the Temple of
God, Sri Harmandar Sahib was attacked and the Seat of Temporal Authority, Akaal
Takhat was demolished. Sikhs will never be able to forget how the Indian
Government led by Indira Gandhi laid siege to the most Famous of Sikh Temples.
In a feeble attempt to wipe out the Sikh Nation with the excuse to liquidise
Militants and Terrorists, Indira Gandhi ordered not the state police, but the
countries army, to storm the Golden Temple Complex and other Sikh shrines all
over India.
There are many questions that remain unanswered as to why the Indian Government
attacked a small minority of their own citizens. The peace keeping Sikhs never
stepped out of line and even in 1947 helped in the mighty battle when India was
created. What makes it worse is that not a single MP has once apologised and
made a statement to say that what happened was wrong and was not necessary. As
Sikhs we feel cheated, we demand justice and we demand the Very basic Human Rights.
There are some individuals that say the reason behind the attack was because
some terrorists were demanding Khalistan, a separate Sikh state. This is a
complete lie and a poor attempt to excuse the atrocities. Not once did any Sikh
leader demand Khalistan, they simply stated that if Khalistan was given to us we
would take it. However, Sant Jarnail Singh Ji Khalsa Bhindranwale did state that
the moment the Indian Army enters the Golden Temple Complex, that will lay the
foundation stone for Khalistan.
After the attack Indira Gandhi tried to win back the Sikh Nation and offered
to rebuild the desecrated Akaal Takhat. The Sikhs have never been bought and
never will be, every time we have been attacked we always restore our Gurdwara's
and shrines within the Panth. The Kaar Seva was started and approximately 12
years after the attack the Akaal Takhat was fully restored.
On October 31st of 1984, Indira Gandhi was preparing to address the Nation.
On her way through her garden she was killed by her two bodyguards, Bhai Beant
Singh Ji and Bhai Satwant Singh Ji, they were seeking justice after she attacked
the most sacred of places. After this event Delhi went haywire. Sikhs were
killed publicly, innocent women and children were gang raped, beaten, burnt
alive and killed then left to rot. Dogs would eat the remains of the Sikh
bodies. Where were the police whilst all this was happening?? The police were
busy...busy giving Hindu gangs the addresses of Sikh families, pointing out the
Sikh shops and assisting the mobs as they dragged Sikh taxi drivers from their
vehicles poured kerosene over their bodies, ripped off their sacred Turbans and
used them to tie their hands behind their backs and then set them alight.
Are these the actions of the Worlds largest democracy? You decide!
All we ask you to do is a small prayer for the families of the Shaheeds and
to Never Forget 1984!!!
Sikhs In The Square (2005) Footage
Illustrated: Hinduization of Sikh Faith & History (external link)
Poem by Bhai Jagdip Singh Faridkoat
Unheard: Atrocities on Sikh Women in Punjab