The Spirit Born People

Sikhs being martyred in Lahore

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One day battle between Dal Khalsa and Ahmed Shah Abdali on 5th Feb, 1762 The entire Dal Khalsa fought on three fronts An estimated 30,000 - 50,000 Sikhs killed in one day. (approx. half of the Sikh population) Three months later in May, Sikhs defeat Abdalis governor at Sirhind and Abdali himself at Amritsar in October, the same year.

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About 200,000 Sikhs were put to death during this period 3 generations of Sikhs perished before Sikhs emerged as sovereigns of Punjab

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 "The first step in liquidating a people is to erase its memory. Destroy its books, its culture, its history, Then have somebody write new books, manufacture a new culture, invent a new history. Before long the nation will begin to forget what it is and what it wasThe struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting.
Milan Kundera

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