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The Sikh Leaders, Freedom Fighters and Intellectuals

To bring an end to tyranny it is a must to punish the terrorist - Baba (General) Banda Singh BahadarSikhs have only two options: slavery of the Hindus or struggle for their lost sovereignty and freedom

- Sirdar Kapur Singh, ICS, MP, MLA and National Professor of SikhismI am not afraid of physical death; moral death is death in reality Saint-soldier Jarnail Singh KhalsaMartyrdom is our ornament - Bhai Awtar Singh Brahma (General)We do not fear the terrorist Hindu regime. We are tireless: we shall return home before freedom of Khalistan

- General Labh SinghThe coward Hindu regime will never achieve our surrender - Baba Gurbachan Singh ManochahalOne must have superior morality and lifestyle than the person he is going to punish

- Bhai Harjinder Singh Jinda and Bhai Sukhdev Singh SukhaMy real life will begin from the moment of my martyrdom for the Panth Bhai Amrik Singh KhalsaThe siege of Darbar Sahib is the siege of the Sikh Nation - Justice Ajit Singh BainsNo power on the earth can stop the freedom of the Sikh Homeland - Simranjit Singh Mann, MPEven they dismember my body, I will not surrender before the terrorist police chief KP Gill

- We are alive, we are awakened, we are struggling and we shall surely win - The Declaration of the Sikh Nation

The lessons of Guru Gobind Singh ji must be followed. No Sikh, whether a politician, sarpanch or jathedar, should be followed if they do not openly and unequivocally speak out for a free and sovereign Khalistan and encourage a peaceful movement

- Dr Gurmit Singh, President, Council of Khalistan, Washington DC

The goal of Khalsa Panth is the Sovereigny of Khalistan. The Akali government has backed away from it. It has lost its credibility with the Sikh Nation. Do not let these Akali leaders get away with it. It is our responsibility to liberate Khalistan.

- Dr Gurmit Singh Aulakh

Freedom is never given, it is won through preservance and struggle by peaceful means -Dr Gurmit Singh AulakhAkali Party id dead - Dr Harjinder Singh Dilgeer

The top priority of the Sikh Nation is to “Re-establish the Sovereignty of the Sikhs' Holy and Historic Homeland, Punjab, Khalistan, by peaceful means.” - Dr Gurmit Singh Aulakh, President, Council of Khalistan, Washington DC

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CONTENTS

Tribute: Usman Khalid: … Never Die Sami U Malik 1Ravings of a defeated pervert … civilization! Gurtej Singh 2RSS ideologue Nana Deshmukh justified1984 massacre of Sikhs 5 Blood of other nations – flows freely in world's largest democracy 7 Treatment of other nations and minorities in India after decolonization Gurtej Singh 10 INDIRA GANDHI.......UNKNOWN FACTS A Kaur Grewal 11Separatists movements in India today 13Passage of the … People's Republic of China A S Sekhon 13

News, Views and Short Articles 13

Who is the writer of a few lines Published in The PUNJAB MONITOR? A S Sekhon 15Fanaticism biggest hurdle in the spread of Sikhism A S Sekhon 15Dr Sekhon replies to Mr Ashok Sharma A S Sekhon 16Dr Awatar Singh Sekhon replies to Sirdar Gurmit Singh (Australia) A S Sekhon 17 Sikh situation in the "robbed" Punjab of 15th August, 1947… under 'occupation' A S Sekhon 19Dr Awatar Singh writes to Sardar Kanwal S Gill A S Sekhon 19 Dal Khalsa Alliance Submitted 'Memorandum' to the United Nations:Human Rights Council, Geneva, Switzerland A S Sekhon 20World Barua Organization, Item 3 Interactive Dialogue presented to the 25th Session of the UN:HRC, Geneva A S Sekhon 25 Dr Awatar Singh Sekhon writes to Dr Amolak Singh of the U S A S Sekhon 25

PUNJABI SECTION (Gurmukhi Font)Punjab de itihas vich jurrih navin sakhi Gurtej Singh 32Sikh katal-e-Aam! Hindutav alias Congress: Mai dhuii?Mai gharrihsi? Jan [or] is haman vich…. Gurtej Singh 34Kaach baadre lal khoii hai Gurtej Singh 40Bharti sabhiachar di balatikari [rape] ruchiPrati Khalsaii pahunch Gurtej Singh 44(Akhoti) Nanakshahi calendar Sikh panth naal keeta giya ik vadha dhokha te Guru Nanak Sahib di beadbi hai H S Dilgeer 48

My vote to such a candidate: 49

Khalsa Raj (www.facebook.com/khalsa raj): Bhai Sukhdev Singh Jhaamke….thMartyred 14 April, 1989 50

Right hand man of Sant [Shaheed-Bilas] Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale:

Surinder Singh Sodhi 53

1699 di Visakhi nu ki vaapria? Dal Khalsa Alliance (USA) 55

(What happened on Visakhi day of 1699?)rdKhalsa Raj: Shaheed Bhai Pargat Singh Fauji, 23 April, 1993 59

Khalsa Raj: Shaheed Bhai Satbachan Singh Sakrooli 62th(Martyred on 25 April, 1989)

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Hidden Racism: Women And Child' Rights 25International Buddhist Relief Organization 28Centre For Human Rights And Peace Advocacy General Debate – Item 9 Awatar Singh Sekhon 29Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action Agenda Item 8 Presented by: Awatar Singh Sekhon 29News, Views, Short Articles, Etc. 30The 3rd Sikh Ghallughara 30

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TributeUsman Khalid: Men of Humanity Never Die

President, London Institute of South Asia

Sami Ullah Malik

We are One - the humanity – a true sense of global complain as it harms or sometime disconnects mankind, and no matter when and where the pain, the relationship. As humans, we endure personal anguish and miseries hit in the face of all aridity afflictions and calamities but no matter how and disenchantment, we feel it, we imagine being much we complain to others, the life cycle shall part of it without any distinction of race, religion continue to embrace all that is part of your and culture. This was Usman Khalid, originally destiny, must happen and will happen. This from Pakistan, living in London and enriched teaches us to be patient in annals of human affairs with dedication and moral and intellectual as we grow and get mature to embrace all that is possessions to do the good for the best of in-waiting throughout life. Allah SWT gives life mankind. Recently, Usman Khalid passed away and death. Often, we tend to ignore this unchal-but continues to live in our heart and affection lengeable fact of human life. Allah SWT the refreshing the inseparable flourishing memories Creator and Sustainer of all life loves His of his marvellous teamwork initiatives and creation more than anybody else. If we remain contributions to support the cause of the deprived conscious of this reality, we can surely maintain and suffering human beings, be it in Kashmir, a balanced perspective of life cycle and futuristic Khalistan, Palestine, Egypt, Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria, he challenges often encompassing ignorance, triviality, hidden shared a conscientious soul and mind to understand the agony misfortunes, fatigue, viciousness and dark shadows of of the people, the victims and to sort out ways and means to extinction. Brig® Usman Khalid used to emphasize the unity make aware and to seek workable remedies. of body and soul – as focal point of human strength to Brig® Usman Khalid did not belong to any race culture or encounter miseries, injustice and degradation - all that can be sect or nationality but to the larger mankind in which he imagined in human misfortunes in all societies and in all the breathe his last soul and envisaged the human faculty of just ages. and right to help others. How much one individual can do is a I recall, how my beloved Mother (originating from a small matter of opinion and opportunities. But to discard stagnation remote town of Kashmir) used to advise us that we should and cynicism under challenging circumstances and to never agitate when it comes to matter life and death. Because enlighten others with hope and optimism for the good of all this is all from Allah SWT. Her narratives were impressive mankind requires inspiring vision, formidable determination and convincing. She used to tell that we do not die because of and strong commitment to make positive things happen. sickness, tragedies or physical misfortunes but our time is Allah Almighty is the Creator of all the things, whether we written to die. This is where we are helpless and must know it, believe it or not, it does not change the prevalent truth surrender to the Will of Allah SWT. This is what Brig® of human life. Life and death come from Allah Almighty, we Usman Khalid experienced it too in front of my eyes. May are simply assumed character and beings to endure the shape Allah SWT bless his soul. Allah SWT, The Merciful and and form of human life and existence on this planet- Earth. Cherisher has bestowed countless bounties to human beings Those who are born, certainly someday will die. This is an across all our endeavours, we just cannot take account of undeniable fact of human life. Brig® Usman Khalid was no them in a numerical context. To be heard out of human exception. What is unique about him since his childhood that conscience, we the creatures must be thankful to Allah SWT he tried to foresee a broader sense of mankind in which he all the time and in all our emerging affairs of human life. could share courage and moral and intellectual imagination to Undoubtedly, if we offer compassion, and show humility and motivate others and be part of a global scheme of things to kindness to fellow human beings, Allah SWT is full of support all everywhere and anywhere. In all human affairs, kindness and ever merciful to all human beings.affection and attachment to others most often help to create a By professional, I am a Civil Engineer and I continue to culture of unity and one humanity. This is where late Brig® honour my professional obligations but as a global concerned Usman Khalid had acquired the distinction and honour to be a citizen on a human spectacle, I am a writer - a columnist and moving character and spirit embodiment of love, kindness write on varied human affairs almost on a daily basis. Usman and friendship. As a very close friend, I have witnessed Khalid knew my inward thoughts, passion and human countless occasions to see Brig® Usman Khalid engaged in consciousness and often used to advise me to be cautious in concerns and worries to change and reshape the human expressing my compelling thoughts and engaging concerns miseries, injustice, violations of rights and warmongering on the current affairs as people do take notice of written words unto sustainable affairs of human understanding and support or show reactionary outburst on sensitive issues.for the cause of just and fair. His kind advice always helped to guide me in moments of At times, Brig® Usman Khalid showed deep understanding uncertainty and formidable challenges which are part of the of intricate human feelings and critical aspirations. I recall living and conscientious world. I pray to Allah SWT for His when he was taking the last breath, he said never complain to Mercy and Enlightenment to guide me to be truthful and one you love, nor lodge complaint against those who exploit continued to be just and fair to the causes of the besieged you. I was taken by surprise what he was telling me. He people, be it in Kashmir, Khalistan, Palestine, Syria, Egypt, realized the complex human paradox and filtered out the Afghanistan, Iraq or elsewhere, my thoughts, my pen, my feelings. Brig® Usman Khalid explained, if you love heart and soul are with them as they strive to attain their someone, you can challenge by your true feelings but do not rightful aims of life, freedom and human dignity.

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“Life is a continuous struggle”, as Brig® Usman people, be it in Kashmir, Khalistan, Palestine, Khalid used to motivate the human conscience Syria, Egypt, Afghanistan, Iraq or elsewhere, my and all his friends asking for compassion and thoughts, my pen, my heart and soul are with them understanding of human life and values. We must as they strive to attain their rightful aims of life, be ready to embrace happiness and sorrows as freedom and human dignity.changing fortunes of human life. There should be “Life is a continuous struggle”, as Brig® Usman no cries in face of obstacles or complaints for Khalid used to motivate the human conscience and revenge taken as indivisible spectrums of life. all his friends asking for compassion and We are all creation of Allah SWT, and we must understanding of human life and values. We must show the same compassion and helpful be ready to embrace happiness and sorrows as endeavours to make life better and more valuable changing fortunes of human life. There should be for all concerned. Since time unknown, we have no cries in face of obstacles or complaints for inhabited the Earth and shall continue to live in revenge taken as indivisible spectrums of life. We peace, unity and harmony encompassing all that are all creation of Allah SWT, and we must show can be imagined by men of humanity- those who the same compassion and helpful endeavours to have passed away in our presence but never die in our make life better and more valuable for all concerned. Since cherishing thoughts and living memories. We must be open to time unknown, we have inhabited the Earth and shall listening and learning and be determined to strive with continue to live in peace, unity and harmony encompassing engaged optimism that human life given many unknown fears all that can be imagined by men of humanity- those who have and distressed dark imaginings, we must be gentle and passed away in our presence but never die in our cherishing hopeful of our common future and destiny as One people and thoughts and living memories. We must be open to listening One Humanity. This is how we remember Brig® Usman and learning and be determined to strive with engaged Khalid - a friend, a passionate activist of global mankind who optimism that human life given many unknown fears and envisaged to seeing the mankind as One and collaborating for distressed dark imaginings, we the good of all and everywhere. Nobody shall claim human life forever. I recall, how morally and intellectually conscien-tious was Mian Mohammad Buksh - a poet and thinker and visionary:Life is a transitory spectrum, never a night angle sings in all the changing seasons Never a man lives forever.His kind advice always helped to guide me in moments of uncertainty and formidable challenges which are part of the living and conscientious world. I pray to Allah SWT for His Mercy and Enlightenment to guide me to be truthful and continued to be just and fair to the causes of the besieged

must be gentle and hopeful of our common future and destiny as One people and One Humanity. This is how we remember Brig® Usman Khalid - a friend, a passionate activist of global mankind who envisaged to seeing the mankind as One and collaborating for the good of all and everywhere. Nobody shall claim human life forever. I recall, how morally and intellectually conscientious was Mian Mohammad Buksh - a poet and thinker and visionary:

Life is a transitory spectrum, never a night angle sings in all the changing seasons Never a man lives forever.

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Ravings of a defeated pervert or “spiritual expression” of a cowering civilization! Gurtej Singh, IAS & IPS (Formerly)

Professor of Sikhism

[The document relating to the massacre of Sikhs in November responsibility for the prevailing situation lies squarely at the door 1984, has re-emerged early this year. It was first published by the of the permanent cultural majority. Since communalism is so inimitable George Fernandes in the weekly that he published. I deep rooted, shall we ever be able to get rid of it without divine received it on my email. I commented on it immediately at a intervention or a particularly damaging foreign invasion? We Jalandhar public meeting. Shortly after that, its Punjabi have over the ages, learnt to ignore a Nanak or a Buddha. They translation was prominently published, by the daily Pehredar. It drank the poison (halahal) of hate-filled centuries and tried to was in existence when the book was originally published but weld us into a powerful social entity, we ignored them. somehow it could not become a part of it. The full text and its Nana Deshmukh has tried to wean the Sikhs away from the translation in to English was again circulated recently by the springs of their faith by holding the Tenth Nanak's administration Indian Human Rights Organisation on the internet. of amrit to be a short time provision? This is cunningness at its Nana Deshmukh throws a flood of light on the fascist mindset of lowest. Defying all logic, he expects the Sikhs to refrain from an organisation that claims to be the sole mouthpiece of the exercising the right of self-defence that is sanctioned to all permanent cultural majority. It believes that nationalism obliges individuals and societies by every law and all shades of morality.it to massacre those belonging to minorities and other nations. Deshmukh's fertile imagination leads him to the belief that Apparently the Indira Congress was also of the same mind. Babbar Khalsa, Sant Jarnail Singh Bhnideranwale were working Surprisingly, so were many other parties and organisations that in tandem though all evidence is to the contrary. He also tries to aggressively flaunt secular credentials. If there were more like invent a terrorist past for the martyrs Beant Singh and Satwant Chandra Shekhar, they preferred to keep their views under Singh though they were serving policemen until the fatal day. wraps. Contrary to his belief, the real cause of the militant movement In the thirtieth year since the massacre, can it now be said that the was the attack on the Guru's Darbar and the killing of the Sant country is neck deep in communal mire. The primary along with thousands of pilgrims. In such a confused frame of

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mind he expects the intellectuals to see the Sikh faith as part of This document helps as no other, to understand the plight of Hinduism, which it is not. By the gross distortion of history, Sikhs in India after 1947. It reveals the real intentions of the Deshmukh tries to invent a convenient past for the Sikhs. His permanent cultural majority and highlights the philosophy of professed love for the Sikhs reminds one of the story of the “Little Hindutva. It also explains why the Sikhs have been massacred Red Riding Hood and the Wolf.” 'Big shining teeth behind the and who is responsible for the massacres. Even more smiting lips are to better eat you with, my dear,' said the wolf. importantly, it, helps us to reconstruct the terms of the nexus His praise of the Sikh character, progressive attitude, work between the forces of Hindutva and the Shiromani Akali Dal ethics, global presence and the hunger for education is also old (Badal) and its claim that it has been mandated to remain in hat. Vallabh Bhai Patel used similar words in the constituent political power for a quarter of a century. It, in a macabre way assembly before concluding, 'therefore the Sikhs have no need testifies to the truth of collaborative letters written to the prime for proportional representation' earlier sanctioned to them by the minister of India reproduced in the earlier chapter. After the assembly. He is not the only or the first one to deal so cunningly initial period of twenty-five years, it is hoped that the dynasty with the Sikh people but has an impressive pedigree. He invites will have obtained permanent political influence to uphold the “our Sikh brothers” to discover “their real roots,” while the unholy covenant for ever. offspring's of those 'real' roots are still going about massacring Care has been taken to circulate this statement on the birth Sikhs, desecrating and destroying their Gurdwaras (Gain Godri anniversary of Guru Nanak. The effort here is to pack a sting in for instance). every word and intent while the timing itself is meant to be a “Revelations of history” are calculated to fortify the chakravyuh severe blow. He is totally so off-guard and so completely he is erecting to entrap and destroy the Sikhs. He offers them the paralysed by fear, that the entire exercise undertaken by him choice between committing suicide and being massacred. That is becomes the work of a completely broken and defeated man, the interpretation of Hindutva that is overtly denied for the sake desperately mining in the deepest recesses of the collective mind of maintaining political correctness and is nevertheless the only overflowing with hatred for a five centuries old social order and a one adhered to by the Hindutva ideologues. Otherwise, he says, politically acknowledged Sikh nation. “they (the Sikhs) would not be able to be with peace among Nana Deshmukh's document is indeed “crucial” to themselves and with other countrymen.” Like VB Patel and understanding the situation and for that reason it has been Indira Gandhi again, he threatens to regard the Sikhs as agents of included in this volume.] foreign powers. He describes these sinister warnings coming from a grossly prejudiced mind as “spiritual expressions of a well RSS ideologue Nana Deshmukh justified massacre of Sikhs wisher… of my Sikh brothers.” in 1984.

The blood of innocent Sikhs massacred in 1984, spilled in which forced Indira Gandhi to launch the army action in different parts of the country and seen on the cuffs of the then which a large number of pilgrims were killed. rulers has not been erased from the memory despite the It is true that despite innumerable high-power committees, ganging up of almost all parliamentary political parties in police investigation teams and commissions, the real culprits ensuring that the perpetrators are not punished. It is are still eluding justice. The reality is that in the last three undeniable that since 1984, all kinds of political parties, left, decades, the country has been ruled by every shade of right (which include BJP & Akali Dal) and centre ruled this political opinion but there has been no political will to country but the search for the culprits could not be completed. prosecute the real culprits. However, the reality is that despite 'national consensus' over

This document may help in unmasking the whole lot of keeping incidents of violence against minorities under wrap, criminals involved in the massacre of innocent Sikhs who had the blood of innocents keep on crying for justice. nothing to do with the massacre of Indira Gandhi. This

The 1984 massacre is in news once again. This time it is a document may also throw light on where the cadres, who matter of acrimony between Congress leader Rahul Gandhi meticulously organized the killing of Sikhs, came from. Nana and the RSS choice for prime-ministership, Narendra Modi. Deshmukh in this document is seen outlining the justification It started with Rahul. In a speech in Alwar in Rajasthan, of the massacre of the Sikh community in 1984. According to Gandhi said it had taken 15 years to overcome his anger over him it was not the handiwork of any group or anti-social the assassination of his paternal grandmother, Indira Gandhi. elements, but the result of a genuine feeling of anger among He remained criminally silent about the anger of the Sikhs the Hindus of India.and democratic sections of the country, who were angry about

It is generally believed that the Congress cadres were behind the massacre of Sikhs and remain angry even after three this genocide. This is true but there were other forces too decades.which actively participated in this massacre, and whose role

Modi was quick to decry Rahul's anger and reminded him has never been investigated. Those who were witness to the that due to this hatred against Sikhs thousands of Sikhs were genocide of 1984 were stunned by the swiftness and military killed. Speaking in Jhansi, UP, Modi, the Hindutva icon and precision of the killer marauding gangs (later on witnessed RSS whole-timer, lamented the fact that the culprits are yet to during the Babri mosque demolition, burning alive of Dr. be booked and tried for this massacre. Thus the blame game Graham Stains with his two sons, the 2002 pogrom of the continues, but Modi did not tell the nation what the National Muslims in Gujarat and cleansing of Christians in parts of Democratic Alliance (NDA) government which ruled this Orissa) who went on a burning spree of the innocent Sikhs. country from 1998 to 2004, did to bring the culprits to justice. This, surely, was beyond the capacity of the thugs led by Modi also forgot to share the fact that as per the many Congress leaders.autobiography of LK Advani (page 430) it was his Party

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The author has in his possession a crucial document which killed in thousands, he was warning the country of Sikh may throw some light on the hidden aspects of the genocide extremism, thus offering ideological defense of those and identify the forces which executed it. It was authored and killings. circulated by veteran ideologue of the Rashtriya Swayam According to this document it was the Sikh community as a Sewaksingh (RSS), Nana Deshmukh on November 8, 1984. whole which was responsible for violence in Punjab.Interestingly, this document was published in the Hindi

Deshmukh argued in the document that Sikhs should have Weekly Pratipaksh edited by Mr. George Fernandes (Defence done nothing in self-defence but showed patience and Minister of India 1999-2004,) in its edition of November 25, tolerance against the killer mobs.1984 entitled “Indira Congress-RSS collusion.” According to Deshmukh's thesis these it was the Sikh The author of the following document is known as an intellectuals and not killer mobs which were responsible for ideologue and policy formulator of the RSS. After the killing the massacre. The former had turned Sikhs into a militant of Prime Minister (Indira Gandhi) he distributed this community, cutting them off from their Hindu roots, thus document among prominent politicians. It has a historical inviting attacks from the nationalist Indians. Moreover, he significance that is why we have decided to publish it, treated all Sikhs as part of the same gang and defended attacks violating the policy of our Weekly. This document highlights on them as a reaction of the nationalist Hindus. the new affinities developing between the Indira Congress

and the RSS. He described Indira Gandhi as the only leader who could keep the country united and expressed the opinion that on the This document may help in unmasking the whole lot of murder of such a great leader such killings could not be criminals involved in the massacre of innocent Sikhs who had avoided.nothing to do with the killing of Indira Gandhi. This

document may also throw light on where the cadres came Rajiv Gandhi, who succeeded Mrs. Gandhi as the Prime from, who meticulously organized the killing of Sikhs. Nana Minister of India and justified the nation-wide killings of Deshmukh in this document is seen outlining the justification Sikhs by saying, 'When a huge tree falls there are always of the massacre of the Sikh community in 1984. According to tremors felt', was lauded and blessed by Nana Deshmukh in him the massacre of Sikhs was not the handiwork of any the following words: 'it is not to deny the truth that the sudden group or anti-social elements, but the result of a genuine removal of Indira Gandhi from the Indian political scene has feeling of anger among the Hindus of India. created a dangerous void in the Indian common life. But India

has always displayed a characteristic inner strength in the This document also shows the true degenerated and fascist moments of such crisis and uncertainty. According to our attitude of the RSS towards all the minorities of India. The traditions, responsibility of power has been placed on the RSS has been arguing that they are against Muslims and inexperienced shoulders of a relatively young person in a Christians because they are the followers of foreign religions. lively and peaceful manner. It will be hasty to judge the Here we find them justifying the butchering of Sikhs who potentialities of his leadership at this time. We should give according to their own categorization happen to be the him some time to show his ability.followers of an indigenous religion.On such a challenging juncture of the country, in the The RSS often poses as a firm believer in Hindu-Sikh unity. meanwhile he is entitled to get full cooperation and sympathy But in this document we will hear from the horse's mouth that from the countrymen, though they may belong to any the RSS, like the then Congress leadership, believed that the language, religion, caste or political belief.' massacre of the innocent Sikhs was justified. Deshmukh in

this document is seen outlining the justification of the There was not a single sentence in the Deshmukh document massacre of the Sikh community in 1984. His defence of the demanding, from the then Congress Government at the carnage can be summed up as in the following. Centre, remedial measures for controlling the violence

against the minority community. Mind this that Deshmukh The massacre of Sikhs was not the handiwork of any group or circulated this document on November 8, 1984, and from anti-social elements but the result of a genuine feeling of October 31 to this date Sikhs were left alone to face the killing anger among Hindus of India. gangs. In fact November 5-10 was the period when the

Deshmukh did not distinguish the action of the two security maximum killings of Sikhs took place. Deshmukh was just personnel of Indira Gandhi, who happened to be Sikhs, from not bothered about all this.that of the whole Sikh community. From his document it

The Deshmukh document did not happen in isolation. It emerges that the killers of Indira Gandhi were working under represented the real RSS attitude towards the Sikh genocide some kind of mandate from their community. Hence attacks of 1984. The RSS is very fond of circulating publicity on Sikhs were justified. material, especially photographs of its khaki shorts-clad

Sikhs themselves invited these attacks, thus advancing the cadres doing social work. For the 1984 violence they have Congress theory of justifying the massacre of the Sikhs. none. In fact, Deshmukh's article also made no mention of the He glorified the 'Operation Blue Star' and described any RSS cadres going to the rescue of Sikhs under siege. This opposition to it as anti-national. When Sikhs were being shows up the real intentions of the RSS during the genocide.

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The RSS often poses as a firm believer in Hindu-Sikh unity. Mrs. Gandhi was pushed into the category of Ahmed Shah But in this document we will hear from the horse's mouth that Abdali. She was termed the enemy of the Sikh panth [Guru the RSS like the then Congress leadership, believed that the Khalsa Panth] and big prizes were announced on her head. massacre of the innocent Sikhs was justified. Nana On the other hand Bhindrawale who was guilty of heinous Deshmukh in this document is seen outlining the Justification crimes against humanity in the name of religion was hailed as of the massacre of the Sikh community very cunningly. a martyr. Open display of such feelings in different parts of This document was published in the Hindi Weekly the country and abroad played a special role in increasing the 'Pratipaksh' edited by George Fernandes in its edition of distrust and alienation between the Sikhs and the rest of November 25, 1984 with the following editorial comment- Indians. In the background of this distrust and alienation, “The author of the following document is known as an stunned and bewildered people accepted the validity of the ideologue and policy formulator of the RSS. After the rumours of celebrations by the Sikhs at the heinous murder of killing of Prime Minister (Indira Gandhi) he distributed this Indira Gandhi by her Sikh bodyguards in retaliation of the document among prominent politicians. It has a historical army action. Of these the most hurting explanation was that significance that is why we have decided to publish it, of Giani Kripal Singh who being the Head Granthi violating policy of our Weekly. This document highlights the considered himself to be the sole spokesman of the Sikh new affinities developing between the Indira Congress and community. He said that he expressed no sorrow at the death the RSS. We produce here the Hindi translation of the of Indira Gandhi. This statement added fuel to the tire of document.” boiling anger. No immediate and natural condemnation of this despicable statement by an important leader came from Nana Deshmukh's article is translated to English by responsible Sikh leaders, intellectuals or organization. Shamsul Islam [Professor of Political Science, Delhi Therefore the already angered common and unimaginative University] It is as follows: people took it as correct that the Sikhs celebrated the death of Indira Gandhi. Because of this belief, selfish elements could MOMENTS OF SOUL SEARCHING succeed in making the common people become violent Indira Gandhi ultimately did secure a permanent place at the against the hapless Sikhs.doorstep of history as a great martyr. With her dynamism This was the most explosive situation which needed utmost borne out of her fearlessness and dexterity, she was able to patience and skilful conduct on behalf of our Sikh brothers. I take the country forward like a colossus for over a decade and am saying this, being a life member of the RSS, because on was able to build an opinion that she alone understood the January 30, 1948 a Hindu fanatic, who was a Marathi and had realities of the country, that she alone had the ability to run the no relation with the RSS, rather was a bitter critic of the decadent political system of our corrupt and divided society, Sangh, committed unfortunate killing of Mahatma Gandhi. and probably that she alone could keep the country united. On this occasion we also suffered the sudden eruption of She was a great lady and her death as a brave leader had added hysteria, loot and atrocities of misdirected people. We to her greatness. She was killed by a person in wham she kept ourselves saw how selfish elements who were well faith despite several complaints, Such an influential acquainted with this incident, deliberately declared a personality was killed by a person who had the duty to protect murderer to be a member of the RSS and also spread the her person. This act came as a blow not only to her admirers in rumour that the RSS people were celebrating throughout the the country and the world but also her critics. This cowardly country the death of Mahatma Gandhi, and thus they and treacherous act of killing not only ended the life of a great succeeded in diverting the love and the feeling of loss and leader but also killed, in the name of the Panth, the mutual hurt in the hearts of people for Gandhi. Such feelings were faith of humanity. Explosion of sudden arson and violent spread against Swayamsewaks and their families, hysteria throughout the country was probably a direction-less particularly in Mahrashtra. and improper expression of the hurt, anger and feeling of loss Having gone through such experiences myself, I can of her followers. Lakhs of her followers used to see her as the understand the strong reaction and feeling of innocent Sikh only defender, powerful protector and a symbol of united brothers who became of victims of sudden eruption of India. It is a different matter whether this is right or wrong. people's violent hysteria. In fact, I would like to condemn in For these innocent and uninformed followers, the treacherous strongest words the inhuman barbarity and cruelty on Sikh murder of Indira Gandhi was the tragic culmination of the brothers in Delhi and elsewhere. I feel proud of all those poisonous campaign of separatism, antagonism and violence Hindu neighbours who protected lives and property of conducted over the previous three years in which hundreds of troubled Sikh brothers without caring for their lives. Such innocents had to lose their invaluable lives and the sanctity of things one being heard from all over Delhi. These things have religious places was destroyed. This campaign assumed an practically increased the faith in natural goodness of human ominous pace after the painful army action in June which, in behavior and particularly faith in Hindu nature. the eyes of most of the people of the country had become I am also worried at the Sikh reaction in' such delicate and necessary to protect the sanctity of the religious places. explosive situation. As an activist engaged in national Barring a few exceptions, the Sikh community observed reconstruction and unity for half a century and being a well silence for a long time on the barbaric massacres and heinous wisher of Sikh community I am hesitating in saying that if killings of innocent people, but they condemned the long- reactive armed action by Sikhs is even partly true then they pending army action with anger and dangerous have not been able to evaluate the situation correctly and explosiveness. The country was stunned at their attitude. The comprehensively and as a result could not respond according army action was compared to the “ghallu ghara” action of to the situation. Here I wish to draw the attention of all my Ahmed Shah Abdali in 1762 to desecrate the Harmandir countrymen including Sikhs that in a similar difficult Sahib. Without going into the objectives of the two incidents, situation arising out of murder of Mahatma Gandhi when in

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the hysteria against the RSS crimes of destruction of property, cut the Sikhs off from their Hindu environ. Unfortunately, heinous burning alive of children, inhuman cruelty etc. were after independence power hungry politicians kept alive for being committed and the news was reaching Nagpur from their own interest the unnaturally born problems of allover India, then the 'dictator' of the RSS known as the so- separation and equal existence, and carried forward the game called big private army, the then head of the Sangh late M.S. of imperialists to divide and rule by their vote bank politics. Golwalkar issued an appeal in Nagpur on February I, 1948 to This improper equating of Sikhs with militant Khalsaism is the lakhs of armed young followers throughout the country in not only the basic root of separatist tendencies in some parts the following unforgettable words: of Sikh community, but it also raised militancy and faith in the 'I direct all my Swayamsewak brothers that despite spread of power of weapons to the level of religious worship.provocation under lack of understanding, they should adopt This religious worship gave rise to terrorist movement like cordial attitude towards all and remember that this mutual Babbar Khalsa in the second decade and recently Indira distrust and improper hysteria is the result of the love and Gandhi was killed as a result of terrorist wave under the respect that the whole country has for Mahatma who made the leadership of Bhindrawale and a long 'hit list' is yet to be country great in the eyes of the world. We salute such great executed. respected departed soul'. I used to imagine that Sikh community has freed itself totally These were not empty words to hide cowardice and from illiteracy, ignorance, frustration and defeatism in which helplessness in the hopeless situation. In those life it was in the fifth decade of 19th century after losing its threatening serious moments he proved that every word of his freedom and which was exploited by cunning British appeal had a meaning. On the evening of February I, imperialists and selfish Sikh elites for their selfish interests. It hundreds of Swayamsewaks in Nagpur urged for armed is clear that in eighth decade Sikhs adorning the places of high resistance and resisting till the last drop of their blood to stop responsibility represent highly educated, laborious, vigilant, the probable attack on their leader the same night. And some relatively rich, enlightened and active section of Indian associates of Guruji told him of a conspiracy against his life society in every walk of life. In nineteenth century their and requested to shift his residence to a safe place before the experiences and vision was limited to the boundaries of the attack, Guruji told them in such a black moment also that if then Punjab but today they are spread not only throughout the same people whom he had truly and with full ability, India but throughout the world, and they are in a situation to served throughout his life wanted to take his life, then why directly know the conspiracies of big powers which are being and for whom he should save his life. Thereafter he cautioned hatched against independent and united India rising strongly them in stern voice that even if a drop of blood of his in the world. In such an advantageous situation they should countrymen was shed in saving him, then such a life would be know their historical development as an integral part of India. useless for him. History is a witness that lakhs of Such a revaluation of history will give them the opportunity Swayamsewaks spread throughout the country followed this to see many wrong formulations of their own religion and directive word by word. Though they had to digest vulgarities past which has been systematically drilled into their brains by in exchange of their patience and tolerance but there was a wrong and distorted historical writings by British faith to give them patience that whatever may happen to them administrators and intellectuals about nature and in present condition, history will definitely prove them development of their religion. Such an attempt will take them innocent. to their real roots. I hope that in present difficult situation my Sikh brothers will This is the time that our Sikh brothers should search their also show the above-referred patience and tolerance. But I am hearts so that they can get rid of the false description inserted deeply pained to know that rather than displaying such by British imperialists and power greedy opportunist people tolerance and patience at some places they have retaliated into their basic religious nature. Removal of such false against the crowd with arms and played into the hands of such descriptions is necessary to bridge the gulf of distrust and selfish elements who were eager to spread the trouble. I am alienation between two communities of similar destiny, surprised how a section of our society considered to be most nature and similar traditions. I am afraid that without such a disciplined, organized and religious, adopted such a negative self-introspection and revaluation of history they would not and self-defeating attitude. May be they could not get proper be able to live with peace among themselves and with other leadership at the moments of such a crisis. Through my scanty countrymen. A disinterested analysis of their own study and understanding of Sikh history I consider that such a enlightened interests will be enough to make them nonpolitical reaction of Sikhs in moments of such a crisis understand that their fate is indivisibly linked with the destiny came from their complete involvement with teachings of of India. Such an understanding will save them from falling love, tolerance and sacrifice of Sikh nature. Warrior nature of prey to the disruptive and destructive interests of foreign Sikh religion was a short time provision against barbarity of powers. foreign Mughals which was taught by tenth Guru. For him I disbelieve that my Sikh brothers will accept the cautious Khalsa was a relatively small part of a broad Hindu-Sikh words of spiritual expression of a well-wisher. brotherhood and was designed as an armed hand to defend Lastly, it is not to deny the truth that sudden removal of Indira Hindu community and its traditions. Guru Govind Singh laid Gandhi from Indian political scene has created a dangerous down for Khalsa followers five Ks (Kesh, Kripan, Kangha, void in the Indian common life. But India has always Kara and Kachha) and 'Singh' in the name of Khalsas. This displayed a characteristic inner strength in the moments of was a symbol of their being soldiers. But unfortunately today such crisis and uncertainty. According to our traditions, these only are being projected as basic and necessary forms of responsibility of power has been placed on the inexperienced Sikh religion. shoulders of relatively young person in a lively and peaceful I am sorry to say that Sikh intellectuals too have failed to manner. It will be hasty to judge the potentialities of his understand that conversion of Sikh religion into Khalsaism is leadership at this time. We should give him some time to show a much later event and this was due to deliberate plan of his ability. British imperialists to divide and rule in Punjab. Its aim was to On such challenging juncture of the country, in the

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meanwhile he is entitled to get full cooperation and sympathy balanced, inner strength and ability to give an impartial Govt. from the countrymen, though they may belong to any to the people so that he can take the country to real prosperous language, religion, caste or political belief. unity and glory. In the capacity of a nonpolitical constructive worker I only hope and pray that God bless him with more mature, Guru Nanak Divas November 8, 1984 Nana Deshmukh.

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Blood of other nations – flows freely in world's largest democracy

The Asian Games were to take place in Delhi. The Akalis lightly,” the court said, they could not believe that a highly announced that they will demonstrate at the venue of the placed person “in his senses” would make such a public Asian Games to draw international attention to their plight. statement, “especially with the kind of pressure of the public This statement was distorted by the press. It was published opinion and the Press we fortunately have in our country with sinister intent to represent that the Akalis planned to today.” disrupt the Asian Games. Many clarifications issued by the The hope that piously inspired the sanctimonious tone of the Akali leadership were to no avail. The impression that the judges did not materialise and the audacious behaviour of the Akalis were bent on shaming the country by disrupting the state of Haryana continued bringing misery to the whole Sikh games continued to be propagated vigorously by the people by making them feel that they were second class politicians and the press. citizens in their own country. The press that “we fortunately This gave an opportunity to Bhajan Lal, the then chief have in our country” continued to report a substantial part of minister of Haryana to pursue his anti-Sikh policies. He what it witnessed without moving a soul or changing a thing. decided to do so in a spectacular fashion. Since the road to The words used in the judgment “duty of the police is to Delhi runs through Haryana, he posted the Haryana police all maintain law and order – to protect public property” et cetera along the highway and assigned to them the task of insulting were interpreted by the Haryana government to confer a and harassing every Sikh man, woman and child who licence to go on administering the despicable treatment to the travelled to Delhi in the normal course of routine business. Sikhs. It continued in its macabre pursuit with a vengeance. Buses and cars were stopped on the road, all Sikhs inside were The description of the violence as it occurred on the ground asked to step aside, were obtrusively searched, freely has not been given, as history repeated itself just a year later. insulted, abused and assaulted in every way. Amarjit Kaur Precisely on February 14, 1984, Hindu Sauraksha Samiti who was a member of parliament belonging to the Indira [Hindu Protection Committee]lead by one Pawan Kumar of Congress was in tears when she reported the matter to her Patiala, staged a shutdown. Whatever had happened earlier in colleagues. The same treatment was meted out to the 1982 was repeated on that day in the region. It was large-scale Maharani of Patiala and her son Amarinder Singh. Several hooliganism against the Sikhs in the Punjab and in other army men in uniform and even retired generals were likewise states, particularly in Haryana. Hindu politicians and the treated. administration supported this lawlessness. Reports regarding Two Sikh advocates, Rupinder Singh Sodhi and A. S. Sohal of it appeared in the papers for several days. Sant Sipahi, a the Supreme Court of India who suffered humiliation, Punjabi monthly magazine published by Rajinder Kaur, a brought the matter to the notice of the court through a writ Member of Parliament, published some factual reports in the petition (number 8816of 1982). At the same time, Nirlep March 1984 issue of the magazine. The following report Kaur, former member of parliament and the daughter of a appeared on pages 29 and 30 under the heading of former chief minister filed a similar plea (Writ Petition `Communal riots in Haryana:'Number 8817 of 1982). She also attached an affidavit by an Complete information about what befell the innocent Sikhs of Akali leader, Parkash Singh Majithia MLA, that the Akali Dal Haryana cannot be given as no Akali leader of the Punjab is had no plans to disrupt the games. They sought “directions to allowed to go into Haryana. The Shiromani Akali Dal had remove all obstructions to – use of highways –without asked five senior Akali leaders to visit Haryana and to report making any discrimination against the Akali Sikhs on the back an eyewitness account of what they saw there. But these ground of religion.” The Games were to begin on November leaders were not allowed to go beyond Ambala. For this 19, 1982. Everyday the newspapers were full of news about reason the report concerning these riots has been constructed the barricades, the humiliating searches being conducted by from the letters received by the Shiromani Akali Dal from the Haryana police. K. G. Bhagat appearing for Haryana Haryana. These letters are written either by the prominent argued that the agitators were trying to malign the image of Akali leaders of Haryana and by those Singhs who were the country by trying to draw attention to their demands passing through Haryana during the disturbances and became during the prestigious Asiad. The court's verdict came on victims of the fury of the inflamed mobs.November 18, 1982. It was delivered by the chief justice Y. V. Four Singhs had gone from Karnal to Panipat to assess the Chandrachud and justice Amarendra Nath Sen. News conditions. According to a letter received from one of them, reporting the judgment was circulated by the United News of Sardar Harbans Singh Mukhi of Karnal, 25 Sikhs have been India and the Press Trust of India. It was used by almost all the killed in Panipat and six Gurdwaras have been burnt to ashes. daily papers. To the Supreme Court, “there did not appear to Eight Sikhs have been killed in Azadnagar Colony, five in be any executive order in writing for barricading highways Gurdwara Singh Sabha and the remaining six have been killed leading to Delhi for subjecting every Sikh in motion to search. on the road. A three storey Gurdwara on the Grand Trunk road It also expressed the hope that “the Sikhs as a body will not be has been burnt to ashes. Volumes of the revered Guru Granth subjected to harsh, uncivilised and discriminatory treatment.” Sahib have been burnt in the Model Town Gurdwara and the Referring to the chief minister's statement that, “police marauders have carried off the golden canopy. officers who deal harshly with the Akalis will be dealt with Apart from Mr. Mukhi, those Sikhs who were travelling

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through Panipat on that day, have also described heartrending 1. Lala Gian Chand Shoria.incidents. Because of the commotion, the government buses 2. Amar Singh Chorewalaplying through Panipat were taken to police station and 3. Charandas Chorewalaparked there. After some time, the police told them that there 4. Amarnath Commission Agent.was no danger and that they should proceed. Hardly had these 5. Raghu Nath ex-MLA.buses travelled one kilo meter when they were surrounded by 6. Kundan Pehalwan.a mob. Sikhs were taken off these buses. They were very badly beaten and the crowd dragged them on the road by their The Gurdwara at Jind was also attacked. The Gurdwara hair. Hair of many of them was tonsured. Almost all were employees present inside fired shots. The police also fired robbed. Those passengers who had the customary kirpans on here causing the death of one Hindu attacker. their person, unsheathed them intending to use them and no marauder picked up the courage to come near them. The Punjab Mail train coming from Bombay was stopped at

Ghanaur, the station next to Panipat. Sikhs were singled out Hair of three Singhs of Karnal, who were coming towards and beaten and hair of several Sikhs was cut. All were robbed Panipat, was cut. Their names are: of their belongings. This mob consisted of about two thousand people. Police was present at the railway station but 1. Sardar Nidhan Singh of the Punjab & Sind Bank, Karnal. did nothing to stop the trouble makers. The hair of the 2. Sardar Pal Singh, Diamond Icecream Factory, Karnal. following named persons was cut at this place:3. Sardar Balwinder Singh, Veeran di Hatti, Karnal.

1. Sardar Bakshish Singh Taran Taran.Fifteen shops belonging to the Sikhs were looted and burnt. 2. Sardar Jarnail Singh of village Jandiala of Sangrur.

3. Sardar Baljinder Singh village Rajgarh district Their description is: Ludhiana.

4. Sardar Malkit Singh of village Bange district 1. One Matador vehicle, one scooter and a godown full of Jallandhar.

tyres belonging to Sardar Amarjit Singh tyre dealer 5. Sardar Pavitar Singh Jeet Singh of Doraha Township was burnt. district Ludhiana.

2. Diamond Soda Water Factory and Dry Cleaners shop was looted and burnt. This incident happened on February 20, 1984. According to

3. Guru Nanak Book Store. the driver of the train, the signal light was red. So he stopped 4. Harbans Singh Jaswant Singh provision store. the train. The signal continued to emit red light for twenty 5. Piara Singh Dalip Singh provision store. minutes. He drove off the train when it started emitting yellow 6. Jagir Singh Joginder Singh snacks (pappar warrian) light. He was stoned as soon as the train reached the platform.

store. Search was conducted to locate the Sikhs, when located they 7. Pritam Singh and Sons - provision store. were beaten. Police was present there but made no effort to 8. Harnam Singh Kartar Singh saw mill. save the Sikhs. The driver saved his life by hiding in the 9. Sardar Kirpal Singh and Sons music and swords shop. engine. According to the driver, it appeared as if this incident 10. Sardar Ujjal Singh fruit seller's shop. happened with the connivance of the police, other 11. Uris Studio. government employees (of the railway department) and 12. Jasbir Studio. according to a pre thought out plan. It is worth mentioning that 13. Prem Sweets. on February 14, 1984, before the Panipat massacre, I 14. Inder Palace cinema. (Rajinder Kaur) received a phone call from Panipat telling me 14. Jaswant Singh Kirpal Singh Petrol Pump. that many lives were in danger. I had conveyed this message to the president of the Shiromani Akali Dal. The police too The shops with the names given above have been burnt. must have known this danger. This crowd of ten thousand Locks of 16 to 17 other shops were broken and contents people went about beating people and looting the Sikh shops were looted. but the police did nothing. All this appears to have happened with the connivance of the police and the government. [This The turbans of forty to fifty Sikhs were taken off and burnt. article is complete with four photographs of three victims.] On November of the same year another repetition of the same Two trucks were burnt, details of which are as follows: took place all over the country and particularly in Delhi under

the very nose of the Supreme Court and the government of the 1. Truck number PBP 8973 owner Hardyal Singh son of country. Press from all over the world was there to cover the

Prem Singh of village Nariangarh of district Patiala. funeral of Indira Gandhi but presspersons with very few 2. Truck number PUV 3737 owner Sardar Sher Singh, exceptions obeyed the unwritten diktat of the new Rajiv

Amarjit Singh sons of Sardaar Sadhu Singh of village Gandhi government and took no notice of the massacres Jaipur Durga, tehsil Payal, district Ludhiana. taking place on the streets of Delhi for four days. To be a

Property of hundreds of Sikhs was looted. minority in a country eternally overflowing with hatred of a section of the people is a terrible fate. To all democrats worth According to Sardar Desa Singh president of the Local their salt it is also a perfect justification for self-determination Management Committee Manji Sahib Gurdwara Kaithal , the of the beleaguered minority. cenotaph of Bhai Udai Singh the erstwhile king of Kaithal It can hardly be denied that such events also confirm the nexus was attacked. The Nihang Singhs fought with courage. One between the political leaders of the persecutors and those of Singh died and three others were badly injured. The following the persecuted.persons were at the root of the trouble in Kaithal: The judgment of the Supreme Court dated November 18,

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1982 is reproduced below:IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

ORIGINAL JURISDICTI ON

WRIT PETITION NOS. 8816 & 8817 OF 1982.

Rupinder Singh Sodhi & Anr. ……..Petitioners

Versus

Union of India & Ors. ……Respondents

ORDER that cannot ever be violated under the guise of maintenance of law and order.

By these writ petitions, the petitioners, some of whom are We feel uneasy and concerned to hear that policemen of practising lawyers and some Members of the parliament, ask certain States have violated the norms of decency in their for an appropriate writ directing the State of Haryana and the dealing with the situation arising out of the Akali-Asiad State of Uttar Pradesh to remove all obstructions on the tangle. We assume for lack of better evidence that the highways and to allow unhindered and unintercepted the use grievance made by the petitioners before us is more the of highways, railways and airways without making any offspring of a natural feeling of resentment at being stopped discrimination against the Akali Sikhs on the ground of and searched than of any substantial invasion of their personal religion. Stated briefly, the Case of the petitioners is that in the freedom. If and when there is proof of latter, Courts may have recent past, a movement was set afoot in the State of Punjab to step in and stop the excesses. But the rule of law requires consequent upon certain demands made by the members of that no person shall be subjected to harsh, uncivilised or the Akali Party and as a result of that movement, large scale discriminatory treatment even when the objective is the arrests of Sikhs were effected, bordering on harassment and securing of the paramount exigencies of law and order, persecution. It would appear that a declaration was made by Therefore, no Sikh can be allowed to be so treated if our certain Akali leaders that a Morcha would be taken to Delhi Constitution has to have any meaning and effect.on November 19, 1982 which coincides with the inauguration We believe it not to be true that any Chief Minister has made a of the Asiad games. Apprehending that the Morcha will public declaration that police officers who will treat the Akali interfere with the holding of the games, the border States, Sikhs harshly will be dealt with lightly. It is incredible that particularly Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, appear to have taken any highly placed person in his senses can possibly make such certain measures to intercept the movement of Akalis across a Statement, with the kind of pressure of public opinion and the border on to Delhi, with a view to ensuring that the the press which, fortunately, we have in our country to-day.proposed Morcha is not staged in the manner feared and the There does not appear to be any executive order in existence, Asiad not disrupted. in writing at any rate, authorising the barricade on any Mr. Hardev Singh who appears on behalf of the petitioners highway or to subject every Sikh in motion to physical argues that highways are dedicated to the public and are restraint. But in an appropriate case, a presumption may well meant for their use for passing and repassing. Therefore, he be drawn as to the existence of such an order if it is found that argues, no obstruction can be placed thereon which will the police are generally acting systematically according to a impede the free flow of traffic, any such obstruction being per set and uniform pattern or are otherwise engaged in a large se unlawful. Having given our anxious consideration to the scale operation of any similar or sinster kind. For want of submissions made by Mr. Hardev Singh, we agree that no one acceptable evidence, we hesitate to draw that presumption in is entitled to barricade a highway so as to prevent members of this case and will leave the matter where it lies for the time the public from using it while they are on their lawful business being. Redress may, if so advised, be sought in individual in the pursuit of normal avocations of life. But the police, cases by those aggrieved by the alleged acts of excesses. whose duty it is to enforce 1aw and order in the wake of This order will dispose of these writ petitions.threatened mass agitations which are reasonably likely to lead to breach of public peace, are entitled in the discharge of that duty to impose reasonable restraints on the physical movement of members of the public in order to the protection ______________________CJ.of public property and the avoidance of needless inconvenience to other citizens in their lawful pursuits. But all such restraints on personal liberty, if at all, have to be commensurate with the object which furnishes their ______________________J.justification. They must be minimal and cannot exceed constraints of the particular situation, either in nature or in (AMARENDRA NATH SEN)duration. Above all, they cannot be used as engines of oppression, persecution, harassment or the like. The sanctity New Delhi of person and of privacy has to be maintained at all costs and November 18, 1982.

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Treatment of other nations and minorities in India after decolonizationGurtej Singh, IAS & IPS (Formerly)

Professor of Sikhism

Ever since the decolonization of India, successive She was fully supported by the entire PCM keen on governments formed by the Permanent Cultural Majority establishing the Hindu empire.(PCM) have been working to wipe other nations and She enacted illegal laws to suppress the Sikhsminorities (ONAM) out of existence by employing the state Worst of all, she brought the Supreme Court of India on board apparatus. The slavish bureaucracy was only too willing to serve the In the six centuries of their existence, the Sikhs have played a empressmajor role in upholding and defending freedom, in removing Her policy and the machinery she erected has by now killed 2, hunger and in promoting rational, egalitarian and all- 50, 000 Sikhsinclusive political ideas. Their part in removing hunger is Experience of the Sikhs since 1984 is that although the today recognized by Mongolia, Ethiopia, Argentina and half a repressive machinery is highly camouflaged, it is efficient dozen other nations, all who have requested the government and is doing its macabre job continuously. Its achievements so of India to send Sikh farmers to repeat the miracle. It is well far have been: known that in 1710, 80 years ahead of the French Revolution, Religious and political collaborators have been imposed as they (the Sikhs) established the first “People's Republic” leaders upon the Sikhs.known to history. Their sound civilizational approach is likely Charlatans of all hues including those of rival faiths, and to impact the development of a new man to promote universal detractors are receiving official patronage.culture. The Punjab is inundated with drugs and alien population to The Sikhs believe they have thereby earned the right to destroy the local youth and the culture.continued existence. River waters of the Punjab are drained away to non-riparian, In India, the Sikhs are targeted for annihilation. They have Hindu majority states.more than their share of the intense hatred that the PCM Some of the judicial pronouncements of the Supreme Court harbours for the ONAM. that have become the law of the land are significant: From 1900-1947, the Sikhs had supported the development of 1. In Bal Patil v Union of India, the Supreme Court has ruled a federal constitution for India. It envisaged sovereign that the complete obliteration of minorities is the state policy federating units, weak centre and proportional representation and the agency for it is the National Commission for to the ONAM. This was included in the Fundamental Minorities which has been set up officially to protect themResolution of the constituent assembly and in the first draft of 2. The Bachan Singh case lays down criteria of 'rarest of rare the constitution. cases' for inflicting capital punishment. It is a nebulous Everything suddenly changed as the British left India on concept and always works to condemn to death the leaders of August 15, 1947. the ONAM who challenge the domination of the PCM. The new constitution became highly centralized with (Davinderpal Singh Bhullar, Jagtar Singh Hawara, Balwant severely limited powers to federating units. Proportional Singh Rajoana Jaspal Singh are some examples). representation and cultural autonomy were dispensed with. Its twin is the doctrine of satisfying the 'conscience of the The constitution established a Hindu colonial empire in place people' (which is a function of the government everywhere of the British. else). Both work to afford relief to the of criminals of the PCM Article 25 declared the Sikhs, Jains and Buddhists to be commit crimes to suppress the ONAM and as efficiently work Hindus. to pin down leaders of the ONAM who oppose tyranny of the Sanskrit the long dead language of Hindu scriptures was to be majority. promoted. 3. Two cases of Balwant Singh Bhullar and Sarwan Singh are Hindu [Hindi] was adopted as the national language instead of instructive. Sarwan Singh was killed in police custody. Hindustani, the people's language Investigation report of the Sessions Judge confirmed it. The Protection of cow, animal sacred to Hindus, was made the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India and two judges state policy. Soon Hindu personal laws were adopted. The saw the report, exonerated the police and ordered the report to Sikhs started agitating peacefully to bring the constitution be sealed without showing it to the parties. It could not be used nearest to the universally approved first draft in which most of for 15 years. When the seal was finally removed in February the earlier promises had been redeemed. 2013 the truth was revealed. Theirs was the only political party which opposed the Balwant Singh Multani and two others were made to assumption of the dictatorial powers by Indira Gandhi in an disappear by the police. An enquiry by the CBI [Central organised manner by courting arrests regularly on every Bureau of Investigation] revealed the crime. A case of double single day of the 19 months of the 'emergency [suspension murder was registered. Civil Liberties]' (February 1975-1977). The SCI disapproved the procedure leading to the enquiry and Indira Gandhi decided to pander to the rising sentiment for ordered the cancellation of the case “in consequence” of formally converting India into a Hindu empire. She found it defective procedure. Since the crime had been revealed, the served her dynastic ambitions better. She further decided to SC [Supreme Court] had no jurisdiction to prevent raise the Hindu empire on the blood of the Sikhs, who had investigation. been constantly agitating for a democratic polity since 1947. In both cases, the Supreme Court protected the criminal cases To permanently subjugate the Sikhs, she organised the Third and sanctioned the murder of innocent Sikhs suspected to be Agency, outside the normal administrative machinery, to pursuing Sikh concerns. Numerous cases of the kind can be administer periodic decimation of the Sikhs. quoted.

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It has, by such decisions, created a class of citizens who have with the observation of the implementation (or non-no protection of the laws and has made advocacy of Sikh implementation) of prevalent laws, a study of the bias of the causes punishable with death. executive and the legislature, suffices to tell the whole story. In the last two years dozens of leaders have been jailed on Efforts are needed to bring this to the notice of the world at false charges of violence. Three of the more prominent ones large. Perhaps the existence of an independent mechanism to are, Daljit Singh Bittoo, Narain Singh and Kulbir Singh watch and analyse the situation will act as a deterrent. Also Barapind. The police have killed several in cold blood. Two the need for an international-conflict-resolving-machinery to prominent examples are Jaspal Singh and Kulwant Singh. entertain complaints, to advertise them sufficiently and to By constitutionally declaring the Sikhs to be Hindus, by nudge the concerned nations to address them, cannot be destroying their places of worship at will, by periodically overemphasised. It promises to bring relief to victims of decimating the Sikh population, by killing or incarcerating mindless aggression and will remove threats to potent their leaders and by foisting political and religious cultures and to productive people. Maybe there is also a case collaborators upon them to guide their destinies, by for sponsoring bodies and individuals inside the conflict inundating their homeland with people of an alien culture and zones who can constantly pass on authentic information, drugs, by constantly carrying on adverse propaganda against which can (to) be processed by the watchdog bodies of the them through the controlled media and by several such UN. Maybe a simple solution can be a UN administered measures, the Sikh people have been reduced to the position media centre in conflict zones to advertise the malicious of slaves. Their homeland, the Punjab, is rendered a veritable intent. colony. Despite all this, India is able to dodge international Guided by an incomparable scripture, the Guru Granth Sahib, treaty obligations and to ignore the covenants it has signed. and by the Order of the Khalsa, the Sikhs reaffirm their Those it is refusing to sign are even more significant – for divinely ordained spiritual goal to ever stand by the worthy instance, the Convention on Enforced Disappearances and mission of helping to create a harmonious tension free Torture. It refuses to place a moratorium on the death penalty. universal human society. The Sikhs and their scripture have The Sikhs being less than 2% of the country's population are contributed much to the concept and have much more to not able to cope with the might of the world's fourth largest contribute. We hope, with help from civilised societies military power and the prevailing ample, everlasting hatred everywhere, no bigotry or savagery will suffice to cut short for them. They expect help from international bodies such as this wholly benign world ameliorating cultural experiment, the UN Human Rights Council. Nations need to become launched by the Order of the Khalsa for the first time in aware of the scheme for the elimination of other nations and history.minorities being implemented in India. Injustice is palpable.

thA simple reading of the constitution, an elementary analysis [Read at the 24 Session of the UNHRC Geneva, on of the pronouncements of the higher Indian judiciary, along September 19, 2013]

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INDIRA GANDHI.......UNKNOWN FACTSUnknown Facts of Indira Gandhi - interesting

Avreet Kaur Grewal

Indira Priyadarshini perpetuated immorality in the Nehru became Feroze Gandhi, though it is an inconsistent name like dynasty. Intellectual Indira was admitted in Oxford Bismillah Sarma. Both changed their names to fool the public University but driven out from there for non-performance. of India. When they returned to India, a mock Vedic marriage She was then admitted to Shantiniketan University but, Guru was instituted for public consumption. Thus, Indira and her Dev Rabindranath Tagore chased her out for bad conduct. descendants got the fancy name Gandhi. Both Nehru and After driven out of Shantiniketan, Indira became lonely as her Gandhi are fancy names. As a chameleon changes its colour, father was busy with politics and her mother was dying of this dynasty has been changing its name to hide its real tuberculosis in Switzerland. Playing with her loneliness, identity.Feroze Khan, son of a grocer named Nawab Khan who Indira Gandhi had two sons namely Rajiv Gandhi and Sanjay supplied wines etc. to Motilal Nehru's household in Gandhi. Sanjay was originally named as Sanjiv that rhymed Allahabad, was able to draw close to her. The then Governor with Rajiv, his elder brother's name. Sanjiv was arrested by of Maharashtra, Dr Shriprakash warned Nehru, that Indira the British police for a car theft in the UK and his passport was was having an illicit relation with Feroze Khan. Feroze Khan seized. On Indira Gandhi's direction, the then Indian was then in England and he was quite sympathetic to Indira. Ambassador to UK, Krishna Menon misusing his power, Soon enough she changed her religion to Muslim and married changed his name to Sanjay and procured a new passport. Feroze Khan in a London mosque. Indira Priyadarshini Thus Sanjiv Gandhi came to be known as Sanjay Gandhi.Nehru changed her name to Maimuna Begum. Her mother It is a known fact that after Rajiv's birth, Indira Gandhi and Kamala Nehru was totally against that marriage. Nehru was Feroze Gandhi lived separately, but they were not divorced. not happy as conversion to Muslim will jeopardize her The book The Nehru Dynasty (ISBN 10:8186092005) by K. prospect of becoming Prime Minister. N. Rao states that the second son of Indira (or Mrs Feroze So, Nehru asked the young man Feroze Khan to change his Khan) known as Sanjay Gandhi was not the son of Feroze surname from Khan to Gandhi. It had nothing to do with Gandhi. He was the son of another Muslim gentleman named change of religion from Islam to Hinduism. It was just a case Mohammad Yunus.of a change of name by an affidavit. And so Feroze Khan Interestingly Sanjay Gandhi's marriage with the Sikh girl

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Menaka took place in Mohammad Yunus house in New Roberto. His son's name is Raul and daughter's name is Delhi. Apparently Yunus was unhappy with the marriage as Bianca. Quite cleverly the same names are presented to the he wanted to get him married with a Muslim girl of his choice. people of India as Rahul and Priyanka.It was Mohammad Yunus who cried the most when Sanjay In personal conduct Rajiv was very much a Mughal. On 15th Gandhi died in plane crash. In Yunus book, Persons, Passions August 1988 he thundered from the ramparts of the Red Fort, & Politics (ISBN-10: 0706910176) one can discover that “Our endeavour should be to take the country to heights to baby Sanjay was circumcised following Islamic custom. which it belonged about 250-300 years ago.” It was then the It is a fact that Sanjay Gandhi used to constantly blackmail his reign of Aurangzeb, the jeziya master and number one temple mother Indira Gandhi, with the secret of who his real father is. destroyer.Sanjay exercised a deep emotional control over his mother, The press conference that Rajiv Gandhi gave in London after which he often misused. Indira Gandhi chose to ignore his taking over as prime minister of India was very informative. misdeeds and he was indirectly controlling the Government. In this press conference, Rajiv boasted that he is not a Hindu When the news of Sanjay Gandhi's death reached Indira but a Parsi. Feroze Khan's father and Rajiv Gandhi's paternal Gandhi, her first question was, “Where are his keys and his grandfather was a Muslim gentleman from the Junagadh area wrist watch?” Deep secrets about the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty of Gujarat. This Muslim grocer by the name of Nawab Khan seem to be hidden in those objects. The plane accident was had married a Parsi woman after converting her to Islam. This also mysterious. It was a new plane that nosedived to a crash is the source where from the myth of Rajiv being a Parsi was and yet it did not explode upon impact, which happens when derived. Mind that he had no Parsi ancestor at all. His paternal there is no fuel. But the flight register shows that the fuel tank grandmother had turned Muslim after having abandoned the was filled up before take-off. Indira Gandhi using undue Parsi religion to marry Nawab Khan. Surprisingly, Parsi influence of PM's office prohibited any inquiry from taking Rajiv Gandhi was cremated as per Vedic rites in full view of place. So, who is the suspect? Indian public.The book The Life of Indira Nehru Gandhi (ISBN: Dr Subramanian Swamy writes that Sonia Gandhi's name 9780007259304) by Katherine Frank sheds light on some of was Antonia Maino. Her father was a mason. He was an Indira Gandhi's other love affairs. It is written that Indira's activist of the notorious fascist regime of Italy and he served first love was with her German teacher at Shantiniketan. five years imprisonment in Russia. Sonia Gandhi did not Later she had affair with M. O. Mathai (father's secretary), study beyond high school. She learnt some English from an then Dhirendra Brahmachari (her yoga teacher) and at last English teaching shop named Lennox School at the with Dinesh Singh (Foreign Minister). Cambridge University campus. From this fact she boasts of Former Foreign Minister K Natwar Singh made an having studied at the prestigious Cambridge University. After interesting revelation about Indira Gandhi's affinity to the learning some English she waitressed at a restaurant in Mughals in his book Profile and Letters (ISBN: Cambridge town.8129102358). It states that in 1968 Indira Gandhi as the Sonia Gandhi had an intense friendship with Madhavrao Prime Minister of India went on an official visit to Scindia in the UK, which continued even after her marriage. Afghanistan. Natwar Sing accompanied her as an IFS officer One night at two in the morning in 1982, Madhavrao Scindia in duty. After having completed the day's long engagements, and Sonia Gandhi were caught alone together when their car Indira Gandhi wanted to go out for a ride in the evening. After met an accident near IIT Delhi main gate.going a long distance in the car, Indira Gandhi wanted to visit When Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi were Prime Ministers, Babur's burial place, though this was not included in the PM's security used to go to New Delhi and Chennai itinerary. The Afghan security officials tried to dissuade her, international airports to send crates of Indian treasures like but she was adamant. In the end she went to that burial place. temple sculptures, antiques, paintings etc. to Rome. Arjun It was a deserted place. She went before Babur's grave, stood Singh as CM and later as Union Minister in charge of Culture there for a few minutes with head bent down in reverence. used to organize the plunder. Unchecked by customs, they Natwar Singh stood behind her. When Indira had finished her were transported to Italy to be sold in two shops named Etnica prayers, she turned back and told Singh Today we have had & Ganpati, owned by Sonia Gandhi's sister Alessandra our brush with history. It is worth mentioning that Babur was Maino Vinci.the founder of Mughal rule in India, from which the Nehru- Indira Gandhi died not because her heart or brain were Gandhi dynasty descended. pierced by bullets, but from loss of blood. After Indira Gandhi It is difficult to count how many institutes of higher education was fired upon, Sonia Gandhi strangely insisted that bleeding are named after Rajiv Gandhi but, Rajiv Gandhi himself was Indira Gandhi should be taken to Dr Ram Manohar Lohia a person of low calibre. From 1962 to 1965, he was enrolled Hospital, which is in the opposite direction from AIIMS, for a Mechanical Engineering course at Trinity College, which had a contingency protocol to precisely deal with such Cambridge. But, he left Cambridge without a degree because events. After reaching Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, he could not pass exams. Next year in 1966, he joined Sonia Gandhi changed her mind and demand that Indira Imperial College in London but again left without a degree. Gandhi should be taken to AIIMS, thus wasting 24 valuable K. N. Rao in the above said book alleges that Rajiv Gandhi minutes. It is doubtful whether it was immaturity of Sonia became a Catholic to marry Sania Maino. Rajiv became Gandhi or a trick to speedily bring her husband to power.

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{GRP}165+ Separatist Movements in India Today! separatist movements in India - All seeking freedom from Indian oppression. This video is of course created to function

True Story of India which will be destroyed Insha Allah soon. as aid for students and historians.This here is the actual situation in India. The Indian media always tries it's best to either hide, or downplay the actual http://vimeo.com/14134656story. But today there are over 165 (and growing) different

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PASSAGE OF THE INDIAN ARMED PERSONNEL AND ARMED HARDWARE TO THE IDA: JK'S BORDER WITH THE PEOPLES" REPUBLIC OF CHINA

Dr Awatar Singh Sekhon

The alleged Indian news media, ATN (ZEE news) and NDTV activities and makes the conditions worse than what already have been flashing in the news that Chinese troops have is, the citizens of the IDA:JK, "Robbed" PUNJAB of 15th penetrated the Indian borders in Ladakh area. Indians have August, 1947, which has not accepted/endorsed/signed been concentrating their military presence along the northern the Indian Constitutions 1950, must not let the New Delhi borders with China. It seems that Ladakh is the part of the administration (NDA) of the deceitful Brahmins-Hindus-IDA:JK (Internationally Disputed Areas of Jammu and turbaned Brahmin Rats use land routes to use the Indian Kashmir), since 15th August, 1947. As such, Indian armed armed forces and the military hardware to be used against the forces should not be stationed in the IDA:JK as it is not People's Republic of China. (IDA:JK) Indian territory. Neither is IDA:JK an 'integral' It should be made clear to the deceitful Brahmins-Hindus-part of India as propagated by the state-controlled news turbaned Brahmins Rats' of the NDA that their war media. Indians living outside India act as the 'pseudo- mongering will be a threat to keep in the IDA:JK, "Robbed" ambassadors' of India and speak their master's voice. India PUNJAB of 15th August, 1947 and other non-Brahmins-is the country which has not been keeping friendly relations to Hindus nations presently under the Indian "occupation".its peripheral countries. For example, Nepal, Islamic Like the States of Faridkot of PUNJAB, Hyderabad of Republic of Pakistan, Sikkim, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka are Andhra Pradesh and Bikaner of Rajasthan, other occupied countries which have been struggling to restore their states have not signed the 'Document of Accession' with the Sovereignty, i. e., the "Robbed" PUNJAB alias Sikh alleged Indian democracy, so to speak. India is obliged to Nation of 15th August, 1947, the IDA:JK, Utranchal, produce documents of accession to satisfy the international Bihar, Assam and its seven sisters, Tamils, Adivaasis, Dalits, community as to which princely states had not signed the etc. or the non-Brahmins-Hindus-turbaned Brahmins Rats accession with India. Only those princely states are allowed (not more than 11% of a total population of more than 1.2 to stay with India, which still like to stay in the clutches of the billion hungry mouths). Before India escalates its military "Slavery of Brahmins-Hindus."

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NEWS, VIEWS AND SHORT ARTICLESSirdar Gurmit Singh Khalsa writes: down within a year, she became active in Punjab politics with

the help of Giani Zail Singh, Darbara Singh, Buta Singh, etc. It is still not too late to undertake further investigation by and started engineering dubious methods by keeping guns on some brilliant Sikh Ph.D. student from a foreign country such the shoulders of the Sikhs, who did not realise the golden-as UK, Canada, USA, Australia, New Zealand, as is shown in trap. Thus, Dharam Yudh in 1982 was also exploited by the the “Sadda Haq” film, then only some facts could come to Central Government especially when she knew the role

thlight. These Book-sellers neither know all the hidden facts played by Junta-BJP when 13 Sikhs were killed on 13 April nor they wish to reveal the TRUTH as otherwise there are 1978 by Nirankaris with the blessing of Punjab & Central dozens of Books on the subject by various authors such as Dr. Governments and no action was taken against the killers.Sangat Singh, Khushwant Singh, GS Dhillon, Journalist When Khalsa Jarnail Singh Bhindrawale entered Darbaar Harminder Kaur, AR Darshi, RN Kumar, BS Danewalia, Sahib Complex-Akall Takht on 15 December 1983, the Sikh Inderjit Singh Jaijee, VN Narayanan, Maloy Krishna leaders also became jittery and they started sending feelers to Dhar, Julio Ribereiro, KPS Gill, Lt. Gen KS Brar, etc. PM Indira Gandhi. In this regard, certain letters are already

th thDuring Emergency from 25 June 1975 to 24 March 1977 by published in the Books and thus role played by the Sikh PM Indira Gandhi, Akali Leaders of Punjab supported Janta Dealers is very clear. Now we can't change those events but hotchpotch headed by Morarji Desai, Charan Singh, Jagjiwan the fact remains that those Sikh Dealers have been enjoying a Ram, Atul Bihari Vajpayee, VP Singh, Chandra Shekhar, etc. sound sleep! The Hindu Brahmins also played a vicious role; During the same period, Shri Parkash Singh Badal remained during Blue Star Operation, Tamil Brahmin Shri R.

th th Venkataraman was Defence Minister, who then became CM Punjab from 20 June 1977 to 17 Febuary 1980 and Shri President from 1987 to 1992; whereas Gen. AS Vaidya & Gen Surjit Singh Barnala was Cabinet Minister under Janta Rule. Sunderji were his right and left hands!! [Guru Granth Sahib, When they could not rule due to their own bickering, Indira

th page 1372: “Kabir Sacha Satgur Kiayaa Karaiy Jau Sikhaan Gandh again came to power from 14 Jan. 1980. After settling Meh Chooke...” (158)]

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Sirdar Gurmit Singh writes: successors. Please see "Discovery of India" of JL Nehru).First, according to the first international conference of

Dear Advocate Jaspal Singh Manjhpur, religions held a few years ago, I have been told by a brother As far as I know, The Supreme Court of India has already of ours, who attended the very conference, told me that decided this case and Mercy Petition under Article 72 of after the Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hindus (neither a The Constitution of India has been pending for quite a long religion nor a culture), Sikhism and others, as you have time. Therefore, you may wish to share the latest position stated, are the major religions. However, I am of the view through the Concerned Lawyer by writing to the Home that the Hindus are NOT a religion of the world. As such, Affairs and Law Ministers because such demonstrations the Sikhism falls at the 4th place of the World's main won't yield any fruitful result. Alternatively, try to find out religions. I would not sell myself short.whether Punjab CM Shri Parkash Singh Badal, SAD Second, the word introduction to replace 'Sardar' for the President Shri Sukhbir singh Badal, SGPC President Avtar Sikhs by a word of 'Shri' has been a "conspiracy against Singh Makkar, Head Minister Giani Gurbachan Singh have the members of Guru Khalsa Panth alias the Sikhs of the ever taken up this matter? If so, what has been their "Robbed" PUNJAB of 15th August, 1947, by the reaction? Brahmins-Hindus' India. Historically, the Brahmins and

their Brahmanism or Brahminical rituals and Hindus and ***** their -ism. had been "subservient" for more than 3500 Sirdar Gurmit Singh Khalsa writes: years to the Afghans, Mughals, Sikhs, British, Portuguese,

etc. They became "free and Sovereign" only in the late Respected Sikh Cyber Members are requested to go morning hours of the 15th August, 1947. They (Brahmins-through letter in Punjabi by Dr. Sangat Singh by clicking Hindus) became 'sovereign' when the agent of the British the Link below. Most of other Authors have also India Empire presented the reign of the British India expressed similar views about the terrorist activities Empire's Viceroy or the agent of the British Empire on the engineered by the Govt. agencies during 1978 – 1984 – 15th August, 1947.2013 but innocent persons have to pay the price by Third, before the Tenth Master of Sikhs, Sahib Guru sacrificing their lives. Gobind Singh ji, departed from this world, he gave the Late Giani Sant Singh Maskeen used to say: Guruship to Guru Granth Sahib ji, and ordered his "Khalsa “jy is~K, is~K nMU nw mwry, qW is~K kdy nw hwry” Panth" that now on the Guru of the "Khalsa (sovereign as hux dyKo kI ho irhw hY ? fw mnmohn isMG, SRI the meaning of the word Khalsa; and not Khalis pRkwS isMG bwdl, SRI suKbIr isMG bwdl, pRDwn used/means for pure)" and the followers of the Sikh Gurus Avqwr isMG m~kV, hY~f minstr igAwnI gurbcn isMG, (Baba Guru Nanak Sahib to Guru Gobind Singh ji) will hY~f gRMQI igAwnI m~l isMG, jnrl ibkRm isMG, take their guidance from the "Guru Granth Sahib" as the gvrnr jy jy isMG, gvrnr iekbwl isMG Aqy hor byAMq "Shabad" Guru. More precisely, "Aghya bhai Akal ki is~K rwj krrhy hn, ijvyN minMdrjIq isMG ib~tw, Tabhe Chalayo Panth, Sab Sikhan ko Hukam hai Guru ky.pI.AYs. igl, sumyD sYnI, Awidk ! Manyo Granth."

Fourth: The Sikhs' language, PUNJABI (script ***** Gurmukhi) is much older than the Hindus-Brahmins'

Hindi. Punjabi (script Gurmukhi) is the language of the Dr Awatar Singh Sekhon writes to Sirdar Gurmit Singh Sikhs, as Punjabi-speaking Brahmins-Hindus 'disowned' Khalsa of Australia: their mother-tongue in the Census of 1966, on the advice of

an Aryasamajist Gulzailal Nanda, then Home Minister of Piare Vade Bhai Sahib Sirdar Gurmit Singh ji, the JL Nehru's cabinet of the Government of India aka the Waheguru ji ka Khalsa, Waheguru ji ki Fateh! New Delhi administration. Since then, PUNJABI is the With regard to your comments on views on "Sanskrit and language of the Sikhs. The latter's origin seems to be Sanskriti in Guru Granth Sahib ji, the Sikhs Holy Scripture, around 1797. It was invented by a non-Hindu-Brahmin I fully agree with your comments and views, with the person, or academic or theologist; subsequently, he exception that the "Hindus and their -ism" is "neither a invented the 'alphabets for his invention of the Hindi.religion nor a culture," according to Sir VT Rajshekar, the Fifth: Would you are kindly requested to stop writing your Editor in Chief, Dalit Voice, Mangalore, several Hindus 'closing paragraph/comments' that "Sorry for academics, Dr Harjinder Singh Dilgeer (one of the Sikh inaccuracy(ies)."historians), JL Nehru (the first Prime Minister of the I would appreciate it very much if the writer corrected for Brahmins-Hindus' India and the first Indian Prime Minister anything that might not be in accordance with the historical who had been the very first politician to formulate anti- facts.Sikh policies followed by almost everyone of his Best wishes and warmest regards.

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Who is the writer of a few lines published in The Punjab Monitor? Dr Awatar Singh Sekhon (Machaki)

It has been done to save those who carried out the waging an "UNDECLARED" war on the "Robbed" PUNJAB 'Genocides' of the Sikhs of the Sikh Nation, thereafter the alias the Holy and Historic Homeland, PUNJANB and Sikhs' "Robbed" PUNJAB of 15th August, 1947'. It has been apex religious, historical places, The Darbar Sahib Complex, written to save the New Delhi administrations (NDA; JL including The Akal Takht Sahib, and the Gurdwaras of Nehru to a lap dog of Sonia Maino alias Gandhi) or the PUNJAB (Robbed PUNJAB of 15th August, 1947), in the Federal administrations of the 'Brahmins-Hindus- form of a brutal military "Operation Bluestar" in particulat turbaned Brahmins Rats (like judos rats of Nazi and other armed operations in general in June, 1984 and Germany), the administrations of the "Robbed" thereafter, respectively. It is a shame and international crime PUNJAB of 15th August, 1947. A few lines have been to protect the 'Criminal and murderer politicians of India and written to "Demonize" the Sikhs of the "Robbed" its Armed forces and armed personnel, who committed PUNJAB of 15th August, 1947, and the Sikh Diaspora crimes against Humanity.also. Let me say that the NDA and provincial are responsible for A few lines have been written to save the skin of a turbaned the 'Genocide of the Sikhs, citizens of the Internationally Brahmin rat Hanera Sinh Badal, his Kaalis (Akalis), the Disputed Areas of Jammu and Kashmir (Muslims), Muslims Burcher Police officers of the "Robbed" PUNJAB who aided in general, Christians, people of the North-eastern states, 8-the NDA and the "Robbed" PUNJAB administrations to sister of Assam, Bihar, Rajasthan, Adivaases, Tamils, protect them from the justice and prosecution systems. Also, Buddhists, etc. the above few lines have been written and disseminated to Based on the Crimes Committed Against Humanity, the protect from the wrongdoings of the corrupt, murderers, Indian administrations of the NDA & Provincials, its Armed criminal, and morally deficient politicians, like the Father of Forces (army, navy, air force, and police personnels), its the Brahmins-Hindus, M K Gandhi, all Congress men, BJP, judicial system be "TRIED" in the International Court of Shiv sena, Hindu Mahasabha (Mother of all evils) and the Justice, likes the crimes committed in Bosnia in 1990s, and Hindus-Brahmins political parties, along with the Sadhs, before other International Tribunals.Derewalas, and other full of uncontrollable male hormones, E-paper, the PUNJAB MONITOR must apologize to the state appointed Chief and associated scoundrels (jathedars), Sikhs and the Sikh Diaspora, and withdraw the article with an wandering in The Darbar Sahib Complex, Amritsar. These international apology.scoundrels have been spreading 'pujarivaad' in the Sikhs, E-paper of the PUNJAB Monitor has failed to fulfill its duties Sikh religion and Sikh culture. and responsibilities towards the innocent citizens, more than The few lines have been written to protect the armed 56,000 Sikhs imprisoned in the "Robbed" PUNJAB personnel (army, nave, air force, CPRF, BSF, punjab police, administration of a turbaned Brahmin rat named Hanera intelligence personnel of RAW, IB, CID, CIA, etc.) for (Prakash) Sinh Badal and in the jails outside PUNJAB.

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FANATICISM BIGGEST HURDLE IN THE SPREAD OF SIKHISM(Published in e-Punjabi Monitor)

Dr Awatar Singh Sekhon

Before I write my comments, I would request the readership those Hindus-Brahmins, who had been 'subservient' to the (any reader) please translate my comments into PUNJABI, Afghans, Mughals, Sikhs, British, Portuguese, etc., for more

thfont Gurmukhi, or in Roman. I am unable to put this writing in than 3,500 years and up until the morning hours of 15 Punjabi, as English is the International language of August, 1947. It is not Christianity, but the policies of the communication, the official language of my beloved country Brahmins-Hindus-turbaned Brahmin rats like Hanera Sinh is English as well as French. My brothers and children of the Badal and his Akalis which have been making you illiterate; "Robbed" PUNJAB on 15th August, 1947, find it difficult to whereas, these judos rats have been educating their children read in English. They or some of them know the alphabets of in English.the English language. They should ask them to translate in 2. On 19th and 20th morning, 2013, from Bangla Sahib Punjabi, font Gurmukhi. That's why they easily write in Historic Gurdwara, a Scoundrel/jathedar of the SGPC, Roman and say (i) write in Punjabi so we could read it, (ii) Amritsar, "Robbed" PUNJAB of 15th August, 1947, went to please answer the question why did you not write in Punjabi, Delhi to expose himself to his national and international Font Gurmukhi, to convey your thought to the readership? audience, because Hanera Sinh Badal Rats Akalis now I ask you and please follow it and think "if the Brahmins- control the Delhi Gurdwara Prabhandhak Management Hindus-turbaned Brahmin rats like Hanera Sinh Badal and Committee (DGPMC) after taking over the administration of company have not turned you illiterate by following and the DGPMC by spending a huge amount of money and introducing the Educational system of the Brahmins-Hindus winning the DGMPC elections in May, 2013, democratically in the Sikhs' Holy and Historic Homeland, PUNJAB, Sikhs' alias their "MONEY FOR VOTES" democracy. This 'Money PUNJAB alias the "Robbed" PUNJAB of 15th August, 1947? For Votes' system has been destroying the religious, The citizens of the "Robbed" Punjab of 15th August, 1947, historical, cultural, educational, political values or system, under the 'occupation' of the Brahmins-Hindus-turbaned etc., of the PUNJAB of Sikhs alias "Robbed" Punjab of 15th Brahmins Hanera Sinh Badal and Akalis Rats (like judos rats August, 1947.of Nazi Germany) have turned you nothing but the slaves of 3. Why did this SGPC's scoundrel/jathedar not go for

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'PARCHAAR' earlier than the Brahmin Hanera Sinh Rat and "House of Guru Baba Nananak Sahib" alias the Khalsa why did his company 'destroy' the administration of the Brotherhood revealed by Sahib Guru Gobind Singh ji, the DGMPC, using "Money For Votes", Sir? 10th Master of the Sikhs, who "Revealed Khalsa" on 30th 4. Regarding Parchaar, what have Shaheed-Bilas Saint- March, 1699." Sahib Guru Gobind Singh ji ordered before he soldier Jarnail Singh Khalsa and his staunch supporters and departed from this world, and 'Ordered' to His Khalsa followers been doing until they were martyred on 6th June, Brotherhood alias the House of Guru Nanak Sahib: "With the 1984, in an 'UNDECLARED' war on the Sikhs and Sikh Order of Akalpurakh, the Almighty Lord I am saying that Nation, Punjab, in the form of a brutal military "Operation "now on the Khalsa and the Khalsa Brotherhood will take the Bluestar" of June, 1984? Guidance of Guru Granth Sahib, none else but Guru Granth 4. Khalsaji, wake up, open your eyes and see what the Sahib, the Granth Sahib which was installed the "Guru" by Brahmins-Hindus-turbaned Brahmin Hanera Sinh Badal rats Sahib Guru Gobind Singh ji himself." He also ordered his have been to. They are all out to destroy the very fabric of the Khalsa: Jab Ye (his Khalsa) Kare Biprin ki Reet, Main Naa Sikh character in the name of Hindu-Hindi-Hindustan, since Karoon Inki Parteet (Trust). Guru Khalsa Panth, the Khalsa the day they "Robbed" PUNJAB of Sikhs and citizens of Brotherhood, has lost our Guru's trust (Parteet), as Chief PUNJAB. Scoundrel(s) and associated Scoundrels have become the 5. If you still have the questions, please ask the criminal, 'bootlickers/Chaplianchutt' of one of the greatest murderer turbaned Brahmin Hanera Sinh Badal and his Bipran/Brahmin, a turbaned Brahmin Rat Hanera Sinh Badal, Akalis, along with the Chief Scoundrel and his associated his Akaalis or Kaalis and the members of the anti-Sikh scoundrels/jathedar wandering in the premises of The Darbar political parties, i. e., Congress, BJP, VHP, Shiv Sena, the Sahib Complex, including The Akal Takht Sahib and other Hindu Mahasabha (Mother of all Evils).Gurdwaras in Punjab in particular and outside PUNJAB in Before you compare the people of Jewish faith and the Sikhs general. of the Guru Khalsa Panth, the Sikh Nation alias the "Robbed" Best wishes and regards. PUNJAB of 15th August, 1947, please think what our

turbaned Sikh Brahmins Rats like Hanera Sinh Badal, ***** Sukhdev Dhindsa, Chief Scoundrel(s) and associated

scoundrels wandering in The Darbar Sahib Complex, Dr Awatar Singh Sekhon replies to Ashok Sharma; Amritsar ji of the "Robbed" PUNJAB of 15th August, 1947,

and other turbaned Brahmins-Hindus' rats like armed forces' O' Brahmin, you seems to be highly intelligent, bigot, one of chief Bikram S Gill (present chief) and others do not know the the deceits, without and 'religion and culture,' the Hindus- 'History of the Sikhs from the Sikh point of view'. What basis Brahmins are neither a culture and religion, according to do we have to compare the turbaned Brahmins-Hindus rats many Hindu, non-Hindu academics, along with your papa JL Gen Bikaram Singh Gill with Lt-Gen Harbakhash Singh, Lt-Nehru (died due to a disease called Syphilis, and your Gen Bikaram Singh (Kang), Lt-Gen Daulat Singh, Lt-Gen ancestors have committed the 'Genocides of the Buddhists, Jagjit Singh Arora, and so on?Muslims, Sikhs, Christians, Dalits, non-Hindus-Brahmins, The Sikh Religion is the 5th largest religion of the world and it Adivaasis, etc. 'Carry out Genocides and forget', as your is a culture (Sikh) as well. In fact, it is the 4th largest as the ancestors and your Father (of the Brahmins-Hindus alleged 'Brahmins-Hindus' are neither a Religion nor a Culture'. How Indian demoncrazy/demoncracy/democracy) MK Gandhi, a about the Jewish religion? (On the other hand, Hindus are failed creature in his profession of law, used to sleep naked "Neither a religion nor a culture)." I think, my dear brothers, with his grandnieces to test his manhood, carried out something is wrong with the western world as well as the Far “Genocide of Zulu tribe” in Africa, had a rank of Searget- East administrations, along with their news media. Whether Major in the Brtish Red Cross, that's what you believe in. you would agree with me or not, the Sikhs have been in the Precisely, you are one of the hypocrites of the Brahmins- trap of the Brahmins-Hindus-turbaned Brahmins rats (like Hindus-turbaned Brahmins rats' (like judos rats of Nazi judos rats of Nazi Germany) and I would call it as the "The Germany) demoncrazy. Since you are one of the democratic Sikhs are in the Trap of the Brahmins-Hindus-turbaned creatures, no reason or rhyme applies to you or followed by Brahmins rats' Chakravyuh." How to get out of it? The only you. answer is the "Sovereignty, Independence and Political Try to read the following and do something about you; Power of the Sikhs which they surrendered to the British otherwise, you will get lost in more than 160-insurgency Empire's forces (not the British India Empire's forces. In fact, going on for their "Sovereignty and Political power," The the British India Empire was not around at that time. Neither days of the Brahmins-Hindus-turbaned Brahmins rats are was the word "India", when the Sikh Nation, PUNJAB of numbered. May the Khudawand bless the humanity, which is monarch Ranjit Singh, 1799 to 14th March, 1849 was the the Target of the Crimes against humanity: First Sovereign and Secular Nation of South Asia, 1799 to Sirdar Gurmit Singh Khalsa ji 14th March, 1849. Furthermore, the Sikhs Nation's firepower & had been far superior than their British Empire master's Sardar Harbans Singh ji, Army, as acknowledged by the British Army's top Brass or Piare Vade Bhai Sahibs jio Generals who visited the Sikh Nation's artillery and army's Waheguru ji ka Khalsa, fire power. Do you think that any Brahmin-Hindu-turbaned Waheguru ji ki Fateh! Brahmin rats, American or western power would dare to write Thank you kindly for sending your views "Why are Jews so this? No, not at all!powerful?" a study first posted by Dr Farukh Saleem, a If all these educated Sikhs/turbaned Brahmins rats, journalist and a member of the Defence Strategic Studies businessmen, scientists, etc., have fallen in the Brahmins-Institute of the Is lamic Republic of Pakistan, in 2007. Hindus' Chakravyuh, whose fault is this? The answer is the My dear brothers, I would not loose my sleep for a fraction of "Sikhs' Slavery of the Brahmins-Hindus, since 15th August, a second. The reason being, I am a Sikh and belong to the 1947, when the "annexed" Punjab to the British Empire was

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handed over by the British Empire to the so-called freedom religions. However, I am of the view that the Hindus are NOT fighters of the British India Empire, i.e., the 'unelected' a religion of the world. As such, the Sikhism falls at the 4th leaders of the Congress Party like MK Gandhi, JL Nehru, VB place of the World's main religions. I would not sell myself Patel, GB Pant, etc. The Guru Khalsa Panth's traitor Tara Sinh short.Master had a 'soft corner' for the Brahmins-Hindus; as such, Second, the word introduction to replace 'Sardar' for the Sikhs he watched the 'Transfer of Political Power by the British by a word of 'Shri' has been a "conspiracy against the India agent to the Brahmins-Hindus as a "mute spectator", members of Guru Khalsa Panth alias the Sikhs of the along with his fellow Sikhs. "Robbed" PUNJAB of 15th August, 1947, by the Brahmins-Bhai Sahibs jio, no person of Jewish faith, American, British, Hindus' India. Historically, the Brahmins and their Australian, etc., would write the Sikhs' History from the Sikh Brahmanism or Brahminical rituals and Hindus and their -point of view. Only Sikhs have to do it. I am sure the Guru ism. had been "subservient" for more than 3500 years to the Khalsa Panth will write or has been writing its own history Afghans, Mughals, Sikhs, British, Portuguese, etc. They and is "Struggling for the Sikh Nations' Sovereignty." became "free and Sovereign" only in the late morning hours I would finish with the information to you that in 1999 of the 15th August, 1947. They (Brahmins-Hindus) became October, I had been invited to give a 'BRIEF' on Khalistan, the 'sovereign' when the agent of the British India Empire Sikh Nation's Sovereignty& nbsp; at the Invitation of the presented the reign of the British India Empire's Viceroy or Government of Belgium. In fact, I received the invitation the agent of the British Empire on the 15th August, 1947.from a jathedar living in The Netherlands. I did my work and Third, before the Tenth Master of Sikhs, Sahib Guru Gobind the representatives of the 18-department/ministries of Singh ji, departed from this world, he gave the Guruship to Belgium appreciated it. Before returning to my country, I was Guru Granth Sahib ji, and ordered his "Khalsa Panth" that lucky enough to go to the Amsterdam Gurdwara and was now on the Guru of the "Khalsa (sovereign as the meaning of asked to address the Congregation, where Srinagerwala the word Khalsa; and not Khalis used/means for pure)" and group, Harjinder Singh Keertaniya and Party, had been hymn the followers of the Sikh Gurus (Baba Guru Nanak Sahib to singing before I was asked to address the Congregation. In the Guru Gobind Singh ji) will take their guidance from the summation of my address on the Sikhs' Struggle for "Guru Granth Sahib" as the "Shabad" Guru. More precisely, Sovereignty, "I had said that 'Khalsaji, Muchha nu taao de ke "Aghya bhai Akal ki Tabhe Chalayo Panth, Sab Sikhan ko the Pochvian Pagan (Dastaar) Banke, Khalistan di Azadi Hukam hai Guru Manyo Granth."Nahin Honni." Thereafter, Harjinder Singh Group started Fourth: The Sikhs' language, PUNJABI (script Gurmukhi) is during the Annan Sahib's Path: "Khanda Kharreh ke ga...." much older than the Hindus-Brahmins' Hindi. Punjabi (script In summation, let us work with our own problem, no one else Gurmukhi) is the language of the Sikhs, as Punjabi-speaking is going to do our job for us, let the laureates do their job, but Brahmins-Hindus 'disowned' their mother-tongue in the we have to do our job. Do not ever think that the deceitfull Census of 1966, on the advice of an Aryasamajist Gulzailal MK Gandhi, JL Nehru, Tara Sinh Master, Zail Sinh, Kuldeep Nanda, then Home Minister of the JL Nehru's cabinet of the Brar, Gen Bikram Sinh Gill, Scoundrels (jathedars), turbaned Government of India aka the New Delhi administration. Brahmin Hanera Sinh Badal rat and his other rats have more Since then, PUNJABI is the language of the Sikhs. The brain power than you. No, they are nothing but the traitors of latter's origin seems to be around 1797. It was invented by a the Sikh Nation, "Robbed" PUNJAB of 15th August, 1947. non-Hindu-Brahmin person, or academic or theologist; The Sikhs have to wake up for the Sovereignty of their subsequently, he invented the 'alphabets for his invention of "Robbed" PUNJAB of 15th August, 1947. With best wishes the Hindi.and warmest regards. Fifth: Would you are kindly requested to stop writing your

'c los ing paragraph/comments ' that "Sorry for ***** inaccuracy(ies)."

I would appreciate it very much if the writer corrected for Dr Awatar Singh Sekhon writes to Sirdar Gurmit Singh anything that might not be in accordance with the historical Khalsa of Australia: facts.

Best wishes and warmest regards.Piare Vade Bhai Sahib Sirdar Gurmit Singh ji,Waheguru ji ka Khalsa, Waheguru ji ki Fateh! *****With regard to your comments on views on "Sanskrit and Sanskriti in Guru Granth Sahib ji, the Sikhs Holy Scripture, I Sardar Gurmit Singh Khalsa writes:fully agree with your comments and views, with the Dear Mr Singh, Waheguru jee ka Khalsa Waheguru jee kee exception that the "Hindus and their -ism" is "neither a Fateh!religion nor a culture," according to Sir VT Rajshekar, the Perhaps, you may know that with the cooperation and Editor in Chief, Dalit Voice, Mangalore, several Hindus encouragement of Late Partap Singh Kairon (Congress academics, Dr Harjinder Singh Dilgeer (one of the Sikh Political Leader and CM Punjab), Shri Parkash Singh Badal historians), JL Nehru (the first Prime Minister of the was elected to the Punjab Legislature Assembly in 1957 as a Brahmins-Hindus' India and the first Indian Prime Minister Congress candidate. After the dismissal of Kairon in 1964, who had been the very first politician to formulate anti-Sikh Badal could not get any boost on his own. But when Punjab policies followed by almost everyone of his successors. Government was shaky under Justice Gurnam Singh and Please see "Discovery of India" of JL Nehru). Laschman Singh Gill, Shri Badal sought refuge under Jan First, according to the first international conference of Sangh and became CMfrom (1) 27 March 1970 to 14 June religions held a few years ago, I have been told by a brother of 1971, followed by (2) 1977-1980, (3) 1997-2002, (4) 2007-ours, who attended the very conference, told me that after the 2012 and now Fifth time from 14 March 2012......During his Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hindus (neither a religion nor a long inning, he and his son have acquired a lot of black money culture), Sikhism and others, as you have stated, are the major and assets. Hence they can buy any person, organization, cult,

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etc. Most their stooges are involved in robberies, drugs, exceptions, are nothing, but the parasites on the Guru Khalsa alcoholic business supported by all the five evils. Since the Panth alias the PUNJAB of 15th August, 1947 alias the Central Government has also been involved in such shoddy "Robbed" PUNJAB of 15th August, 1947." Also, to be deals, they have become Bhai Bhai like olden days India- included are the Chief Scoundrels (jathedars) and their China Bhai Bhai!! If Nehru/Gandhi family at the Centre, associated scoundrels, who do not want to read the 'History of Badal family in Punjab. Sikhs from the Sikh Point of View," because they have no

time to rectify themselves to do any good to the "PUNJAB of ***** Sikhs, the Holy and Historic Homeland of the Sikhs." So,

only hope is that the Sikhs of age group 18-40 years old have Sirdar Gurmit Singh writes: to find their own youth leader, familiar well with the Gurbani,

The Sikh Traditions and their History from the Sikh point of Dear Mr. R Singh, Waheguru jee ka Khalsa Waheguru jee kee view, if they have to make their "Struggle for Sovereignty, Fateh! Independence and Political Power a Success, the Struggle As I recollect, Shri Prem Singh Chandumajra was not a going on since 14th March, 1849, under the Guidance of Guru Professor, though he may have taught in some College. But Granth Sahib and The Sikh Traditions."being a toady of late Gurcharan Singh Tohra, he may have Many of the people you have cited cannot go further and like projected himself as Professor because it has become fashion to maintain a status quo of The Sikhs Burning Problem, in Punjab to prefix such Status Honour Perhaps, he was because they have their contacts with one of the fake (Dr) Minister in Barnala's Government during (29-09-1985 – 11- personality, who does not tell us who he is, whether an 05-1987). But he must have been arrested/tortured by DGP adopted son or his Godfather, of the late Chief of Dr Sohan Julio Francis Ribeiro when Barnala Govt. was dismissed and Singh's Panthic Committee, some having contacts with the President's Rule imposed under the name of Giani Zail Singh. cousin of Sumedh Saini, the Butcher Chief of PUNJAB's Now he has been acting as lackey of Badals and that is why present police chief and his predecessors, and likewise, etc. this TV Interview seems to be Stage-managed. Thank God, What benefits they get from the fake (Dr) personality and the we are far away from their golden cage. present administration of Hanera/Prakash Sinh Badal and his

Badal (Bad+Dal) Akalis Private Limited, Inc. Surely, these ***** people have made the political waters of the PUNJAB muddy

and muddier, etc. These all in the shoes of the "Butchers of Dr Awatar Singh Sekhon responds to Sirdar Gurmit Singh Humanity, as Baba Guru Nanak Sahib had inscribed in his Khalsa of Australia: teachings in Guru Granth Sahib :"Mathe Tikka Terrh Dhotti

Kakhaii Hath Churri Jagat Kasaii." Too bad, if they do not My dear older brother (Mere Piare Vade Bhai Sahib) Sirdar want to learn any lessons from Guru Baba Nanakb Sahib's Gurmit Singh ji, teachings and the History of Sikhs from the Sikh Point of Waheguru ji ka Khalsa, Waheguru ji ki Fateh! View. That's why they have become politically impotent.The so-called leaders, dealers, wheelers, e. g.,"...of the same It is not the question of an individual. Rather, it is the question counterfeit coin whereas other scattered leaders continue to of the Guru Khalsa Panth alias the "Robbed" PUNJAB of grope indark aimlessly. Hence, there is no harm if they form 15th August, 1947.one Forum and share (117) Punjab Assembly seats as well as I would like to tell these 'selfish and self-oriented' people, the (13) Punjab Lok Sabha Seats plus one seat of Chandigarh UT. so-called leaders/dealers/wheelers, etc., that the "Guru Even they may not get a seat, but at least they could realise Khalsa Panth alias the "Robbed" PUNJAB of 15th August, their strength based on total votes. Such leaders are: 1947, will at last will be VICTORIOUS."Atinderpal Singh, Manpreet Singh Badal, Karnail Singh Peer May the Akalpurakh Waheguru ji bless His Guru Khalsa Mohammad, Bhai Daljit Singh Bittu, Simranjit Singh Mann, Panth.Bhai Mohkam Singh, Harpal Singh Cheema, Gagandeep Best wishes and warmest regards to you and your family.Singh, Manjit Singh Calcutta including BSP/Communists, etc. etc.", along with one of two more and with one or two *****

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THE SIKHS" SITUATION IN THE "ROBBED" PUNJAB OF 15th AUGUST, 1947, SIKHS HOLY &

HISTORIC HOMELAND UNDER "OCCUPATION" - Dr Awatar Singh Sekhon

Khalsaji: Fateh Parvaan karni! Hindus-Brahmins of the alleged Indian democracy. Please look at your future under the Brahmin like Badal- Decide it and take the decision for your future and future of Hindus-Brahmins, if you VOTE them, will be like where 2.5- the Sikh generations and the citizens of the "Robbed" year-old girl is raped, where when a Brahmin-Hindu girl PUNJAB on 15th August, 1947. is massively raped, whole Hindus-Brahmins come out on 'NEVER' and never vote for Badal Akalis, never think of the "roads" of the alleged Indian democracy, and demand bootlicker jathedars of Prakash Badal and his click. Sikhs "JUSTICE and PUNISHMENT." What a hypocrisy! must have all respect for the non-Sikh worshipping places, i. There has been a complete breakdown of the "law and order" e., Mosques, Churches, Temple of the Hindus. But never let in the alleged Indian democracy under the rule of Brahmins- anybody to attack/destroy the Sikhs' Holy places of worships, Hindus-turbaned Brahmins like the Badal Prakash clique and i. e., GURDWARAS. No vote to the Brahmins-Hindus likewise. They must not be 'voted'. parties. The Sikhs' votes are for the followers of Guru Granth Look at your Gurus, the Sikh Traditions, Sikh Rahit Maryada, Sahib and the teachings of the Sikh Guru Sahibaans. and the "robbed" Sikh Nation, PUNJAB of 15th August, And do not forget the Genocide of Gujarat's GENOCIDE by 1947, Sikh pogroms, genocides since 1947, and an Narender Modi (now prime minister candidate for the 'undeclared' war on the "robbed" PUNJAB, destruction of the fundamentalists Hindus-Brahmins) in 2002-2003, and the Darbar Sahib Complex and Sikhs' historic Homeland in the Genocide of Muslims of the Muzaffarnagr, U P in September Brahmins-Hindus' autocracy, Badal 's betrayals, to December, 2013.displacement of the Sikh farmers from Modi's Gujarats, etc. Last but not the least, the IDA:JK people must decide their Please decide your future as a "Sovereign, independent Sikh fate by the way they would like, i. e., the Self-Determination Nation with the enriched Sikh polity. as passed by the Security Council of the U N in 1948. No Let the Hindus-Brahmins think and think it seriously whether further concessions to the Brahmins-Hindus-turbaned they belong to the "Motherland PUNJAB looted and Brahmins rules at the New Delhi administration. Enough is robbed on 15th August, 1947" to decide whether they are enough. I wish then the best for their future.the citizens of the "robbed" PUNJAB or a deceitful people like MK Gandhi, JL Nehru,Inira Gandhi, and anti-Sikh Best wishes.

Dr Awatar Singh writes to Sardar Kanwal S Gill: CLTrivedi-VB Patel) has declared that the "Sikhs are lawless people, danger to law-abiding Hindus including the

Sardar Kanwal Singh Gill Brahmins, they be dealt firmly." Here Sirdar Kapur Singh, C/- kanwal_gill.com ICS, awakened the Akali leader Tara Sinh (a Brahmin by birth Piare Sardar Sahib ji, and grew up in a Khatri family and became the Akali leader Waheguru ji ka Khalsa, Waheguru ji ki Fateh! and back-stabbed the 'uncrowned' king of Sikhs, Baba

Kharak Singh). Tara Sinh betrayer of the Sikh Nation Let me elaborate of your 'six' word sentence highlighted continued his job of betraying the Sikh Nation, PUNJAB below in red front. Please rest sure not one like-mined person until his death, using his stooges like Chanan Singh, Sadh and/or who likes to 'stop' the end of the "Human Rights Fateh Sinh, other stooges, etc. He played with the sentiments Violations," since the Sikh Nation, PUNJAB, of Monarch of the Sikh Nation. Tara Sinh had soft corner for the Brahmins Ranjit Singh, 1799 to 14th March, 1849, had surrendered to like JL Nehru and thereafter; see Betrayal of Sikh Nation By the British Empire (Not to the British India Empire, because Master Tara Singh With British Documents of Transfer of the word 'INDIA' had not been invented up until 29th Power 1947 By Ram Singh (U K) Second Edition August March, 1849, by the British Trading Company and/or the 2009 ISBN 978-0-9811360-6-6).British Empire, when the British agents 'swallowed' the Sirdar Gurmit Singh Khalsa of Australia, who is my older State of Jhansi). The Hindus gossips of Jhansi's MARASI like brother in the Guru Khalsa Panth's matters will NEVER "Harboles" have kept on telling the story "Khoob Larrhi defend Gujarat's murderer Chief Minister Narender Modi, Mardani Who To Jhansi wali Rani Thi" and have been busy in whose BJP administration carried out the 'Genocide of propagating their lies through the news and entertain media. Muslims of Gujarat in 2002-2003'. Modi's genocide took a The Brahmins-Hindus-turbaned Brahmin rats (like judos rats toll of more than 15,000 innocent Muslims. So much so, the of Nazi Germany) like Master Tara Sinh, the Akali leader, Hon A. Qadir, Chief Justice of Gujarat High Court is on "ROBBED" (PUNJAB OF SIKHS) Punjab on 15th August, records that the "Indian Constitution's Article 14A failed to 1947 well before the end of India's freedom day of 15th protect an 'ordinary' citizen, because it empowers the August, 1947 at 23-h 59-min -59-Sec. The Sikh leadership of President of India to 'protect' the life of an ordinary citizen, as Akali Tara Sinh had been 'sleeping' and they were awakened the Constitution 1950 was deliberately rendered ineffective." by Sirdar Kapur Singh, ICS, MP, MLA, National Professor of Now the organizer of Genocide of Muslims of Gujarat has Sikhism. Sirdar Sahib warned the Sikh leader that the been 'dreaming' to become the Prime Minister of India. You Brahmins-Hindus Congress Party's trio, JL Nehru- might have read that another person from Gujarat, while in

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Africa named Mohandass Karamchand Gandhi, a failure in Brahmins rats (like judos rats of the Nazi Germany; for the his profession of law, awarded the rank of Seargent-Major in Sikhs, Hanera Sinh Badal and joe boys and joe girls, Butcher the British Red Cross, had carried out the 'Massacre of the KP Gill, Swarn Ghotna, Gobind Ram, Sumedh Saini, lap dog Zulu Tribe in Africa'. Modi is Baniya of Gujarat and MK of Sonia Maino alias Gandhi, Manmohan Sinh, and alikes) Gandhi was Baniya, too, of Gujarat. The latter was made the against the Sikhs of the "Robbed" PUNJAB alias Sikh Brahmins-Hindus-turbaned Brahmins-Hindus Rats' Father Nation, of Monarch Ranjit Singh, 1799 to 14th March, 1849. of Nation alias the Indian democracy/demoncracy/ Since 14th March, 1849, the Sikhs have been "Struggling to democrazy. No one knows, on the other hand, who had/has Regain the Sovereignty of their Lost Sikh Nation under the the 'mother' of India, although the Brahmins-Hindus created Guidance of Guru Granth Sahib and The Sikh Traditions." their Father of Nation. Please add this information in your The Sikhs will succeed in the due time.records. Yes, those Sikhs who believe in the Brahmins-Hindus Indeed, all state-controlled news media, print, social or air demoncrazy have lost their path of the "Sikhs' Struggle for had always supported the Brahmins-Hindus and turbaned- Sovereignty."

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PresidentE-mail: [email protected]

MEMORANDUMThe Hon N. PillayHigh Commissioner United Nations High Commission for Human Rights, UN Human Rights CouncilPalais des Nations, CH 1211 Geneva 10SWITZERLAND

th12 March, 2014

Your Excellency Mrs Pillay,

HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AND GENOCIDE IN PARTICULAR OF SIKHS IN THEIR HOLY AND HISTORICAL LAND, PUNJAB, AND THE NON-HINDU MINORITIES

I IN GENERAL IN PREDOMINANTLY HINDU INDIA

We, the Sikhs of Switzerland, European countries and North of June, 1984, more than 260,000 innocent Sikh infants, America, would like to apprise you, your Excellency, of children, youth, male and female folks have been slaughtered human rights abuses of the Sikhs and other non-Hindu [Int J Sikh Affairs 10(2): 27-29, 2000 ISSN 1481-5435; minorities in India which have taken place since 15th August, Sekhon AS 2000 Proc 8th Sikh Edu Conf, Toronto, ON, Sept 1947. This was the day when the British India authorities 23; Walia AS Sudan TS 2001 Genesis of State Terrorism in transferred political power to the 'unelected' Hindu leadership P u n j a b . R e l e a s e d b y J u s t i c e A S B a i n s , and left the non-Hindu minorities, especially the Sikhs, at the [email protected]; July 14, 2001; Kumar RN et al.2003 mercy of the majority, the Hindus. Since receiving political Reduced To Ashes: The Insurgency and Human Rights in power from the British Empire, despite the protest of the Pun jab ISBN 99933-53-57-4 <www.sa fh r.o rg Sikhs at large and their leadership for not returning their 'First <mailto:[email protected]; www.safhr.org>; Sekhon Sovereign and Secular' Sikh nation of South Asia, of a Sikh AS 2005 in Authentic Voices of South Asia India's Broken monarch, Ranjit Singh (1799-1849). The predominantly Promises & Suppression of Dalits (ed) U Khalid ISBN 0-Hindu India has exterminated more than 3.4 million Sikhs 9548929-0-9]. Likewise, Hindu India has systematically

th killed other non-Hindu minorities (more than 500,000 since 15 August, 1947; more than one million in the decade Muslims; over 500,000 Kashmiri Muslims of the of 1981-91 (Singh S 1995 The Sikhs in History ISBN 0-Internationally Disputed Areas of Jammu and Kashmir since 96475555-0-5; Dilgeer HS and Sekhon AS 1992 The Sikhs' occupation; more than 312,500 Christians; hundreds of Struggle for Sovereignty An Historical Perspective (ed) A T thousands of Dalits, adivaasis (aboriginals or Moolnivasi of Kerr ISBN 0-9695964-1-3 University of Alberta P O, India), in numerous genocides, pogroms, massacres and Edmonton, AB T6G 2S5, Canada; Sekhon AS Dilgeer HS staged encounters (25 Years After 1984 Assault on Durbar 1999 A White Paper On Khalistan (A True Story) The Sikh Sahib Laying Foundation of Khalistan (ed) Dr Awatar Singh Nation (ed) AT Kerr ISBN 0-9695964-8-0; Sekhon AS Sekhon, June 2009, ISBN 0-9548929-4-1, a publication of Dilgeer HS 2002 India Kills the Sikhs, 3rd Ed, ISBN 0-London Institute of South Asia). The most recent examples of 9695964-9-9; Sekhon AS 2005 India's Genocides of Sikhs, the state-sponsored pogroms are the killings of Sikhs in 1981-1991: History Revisited Int J Sikh Affairs 15(2), 28, Chitisinghpora in Kashmir in February, 2000; killings of 6 2005 (Chief Guest Editor: AT Kerr) ISSN 1481-5435; Sekhon Sikhs in Kashmir in February, 2001; beheading of a Sikh in AS 2010 The Sikhs: Sovereignty To Slavery ISBN 978-0-Kashmir in March, 2001; destruction of 6 Mosques in 9811360-8-0). Since the brutal military “Operation Bluestar”

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Kanpur, U P, and Bhilwara (Asind), Rajasthan (>; 2001; The than 3,500 years.Hon Edolphus Towns, Member of Congress (MC). Indian In 1984, the present Chief Minister of Punjab had been one of Government Found Responsible for Burning Sikh Homes the instigators to wage an 'undeclared' war on the state he has and Temple in Kashmir. The US House of Representatives, been administrating, in the form of a brutal military June 27, 2001; The Hon Dan Burton, MC and Chairman, US “Operation Bluestar” which took the lives of more than House Government Committee. Indian Duplicity and 150,000 innocent Sikhs, desecrated, bombarded, and made Hypocrisy Exposed, House of Representatives, 31st July, the Sikhs Holy and Historic Homeland a 'concentration' 2001; The Hon Edolphus Towns, MC Indian Minorities camp.Seeking Their Own States. The US House of Representatives, Additionally, the excesses of the Indian forces can be 107th Congress, July 11, 2001; The Hon Cynthia A summarized as follows:McKinney, MC Self-Determination For Sikh Homeland On 5th November, 1978, the Hindu India police of Delhi fired Discussed on Capitol Hill, The US House of Representatives, at a Sikh procession and killed four Sikhs, including the June 28, 2001); slaughtering of 16 Muslims by the police; president of the Delhi Akali Party [Sekhon AS and Dilgeer burning of the Muslim holy scripture, The Quran Shariff, in HS 1999, 2006 A White Paper On Khalistan (A True Story) New Delhi, Patiala, and Amritsar, Punjab (March 24, 2000 The Sikh Nation (ed) A T Kerr ISBN 0-9695964-8-0]. Acting <post #4279 & 4314, <http://www.yahoogroups.com/ Mukh-Sewadar, or Chief of Akal Takht Sahib, the Supreme group/sikhyouth>. Addressing the House of Representatives, Seat of the Sikh Polity, Amritsar, Singh Sahib Bhai Gurdev Congress of the United States, the Hon Edolphus Towns, Singh Kaunke, was abducted on 20th December 1993, Member of Congress, said on 28th March, 2006 “Sikh tortured, killed and his body dumped in a canal on 3rd January activists Kanwarpal Singh Dhami and Dr. Jagjit Singh 1994.Chohan (now deceased) were arrested by the Indian On October 27, 1995, the Human Rights activist of the Akali Government on charges of sedition. Their crime was to speak Dal (Badal), Sardar Jaswant Singh Khalra, was killed at the in support of a sovereign Sikh Nation, Khalistan. Dr. Chohan Chhabal police station, Amritsar. His body was thrown into also flurried the Khalistan's flag from his residence. When did the Harike Canal. A police officer, A. S. Sandhu (supposedly free speech become a crime in a democracy? The Sikhs' Holy committed suicide), abducted a Sikh religious leader, Charan and Historic homeland, Khalistan alias the Sikh Nation Singh, tortured him and was made to dispose of his body.

th Earlier, the same police officer had abducted Charan Singh's Punjab of Monarch Ranjit Singh, 1799 to 14 March, 1849, brother and his driver. Tying his legs to two jeeps, which were declared itself independent from India on October 7, 1987.” driven off in opposite directions, killed the latter.On 21st March, 2006, in a press release, Dr Gurmit Singh A former Punjab administration headed by a corrupt Sikh, Aulakh, President of the Council of Khalistan, Washington Prakash Sinh Badal, attacked the Darbar Sahib Complex DC, said, “What kind of democracy watches people are (mistakenly known as the Golden Temple Complex) on 7th demanding freedom? Why don't they watch the Black Cats February, 1998, desecrated its sanctity and deposed, using his who have killed thousands of Sikhs under the protection of state powers. Badal forcibly removed the Senior Minister or the Indian government?''Custodian of Akal Takht Sahib, the Supreme Seat of the Sikh Also, to apprise you further that the Sikh Nation, Punjab, the Polity, Bhai Ranjit Singh. The administration of Prakash Sinh 'First Sovereign and Secular' nation of South Asia of monarch Badal, has spent more than 20 million rupees for legal fees to Ranjit Singh, 1799 to 14th March, 1849, was 'robbed' by the protect the police officers participated in the genocide of the alleged Indian democracy on 15th August, 1947. The Sikhs' Sikhs. Voted, under the Constitution of India, which has been constitutional rights, Sikh religion and Sikh traditions were 'rejected by the Sikhs repeatedly', out of the Punjab's 'swallowed' in the Indian Constitution 1950, Article 25. The administration, for his maneuvering, his collision (Badal and very Constitution 1950 was 'rejected', in the Indian associates') with a party of the Hindu militants and parliament (Lok Sabha), in its draft and final forms, in 1948, fundamentalists, the Brahtiya Janata Party (BJP), is back as 26 November 1949, 1950 and more recently on 6th the Chief of the Punjab. Prakash Sinh Badal, is an agent of September 1966. The Sikhs' elected representatives who India's Research and Analysis Wing (RAW; Gurtej Singh 'rejected' the Constitution, on behalf of their people or 2000 Chakarvyuh: Web of Indian Secularism ISBN 81-constituents of Punjab, were Sardar Hukam Singh, Sardar 85815-14-3) and a staunch turbaned Hindu/Brahmin in 'The Bhupinder Singh Maan and Sirdar Kapur Singh, ICS, MP, Sikh Identity'. Prakash Sinh Badal has kept his lips 'sealed' MLA and the National Professor of Sikhism. Since their when the Punjab Legislative Assembly debated the 'Freedom 'rejection of the Indian Constitution 1950', none of the Sikhs' of Press, news media and the free speech' recently elected representatives has accepted/endorsed/signed the (www.rozanaspokesman.com, 8th-13th March, 2008). The Indian Constitution implemented by the deceitful, divisive, freedom of speech and expression are the fundamental human devious and apartheid practicing alleged Indian democracy rights in any democracy. This is the clear reflection of the of the 'Brahmins-Hindus'. It must be considered that under democratic or 'autocratic' nature of Mr Badal.what the Constitutional rights, the apartheid practicing On February 6, 2000, the death of a Dalit youth in police alleged Indian democracy has been ruling the 'Sikhs of custody in Morinda, Ludhiana, was horrifying. He was killed Punjab (including Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Punjabi-in cold blood because he objected to police's drinking session speaking areas of Punjab/Sikh Nation/the Sikh Raj of Ranjit at a public place. This incidence revived memories of the dark Singh) since 15th August, 1947? The Sikhs of Punjab's story period in the history of Punjab when countless innocent does not end here. Rather it has been continuing, since the young men were killed in false encounters, but police records Sikh Nation has been under the 'slavery and Occupation' of turned them into ruthless terrorists.the oppressive and suppressive alleged Indian democracy of A mother of six sons, Bibi Jaswant Kaur, lost her husband in the 'Brahmins-Hindus', who had been 'subservient' to the 1987. Three of her six sons succumbed to tuberculosis. The Afghans, Mughals, Sikhs, British, Portuguese, etc., for more other three were abducted and killed by Punjab police. One of

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the three sons, Pragat Singh, 23-yrs-old, was arrested in 1987, blatant violation of human rights, the district police today kept in captivity for 14 months. After his release police raided tortured a Dalit youth to death after he refused to accept his his home on 9th September 1988, and shot him dead. The involvement in a theft case (Jalandhar, February 6' eldest son, Jagir Singh, 25-yrs-old, working as a volunteer in tibruneindia.com).a Taran Taran Gurdwara, was taken by the police and did not The World Kashmir Diaspora Alliance reports that "since the return. The youngest son, Mohinder Singh (20-yrs-old) was Indian forces occupation, more than 195,000 innocent with the religious man, Baba Charan Singh (see above). He Kashmiris have been killed; more than 500,000 have was abducted by the police on 14th June 1991 and died in disappeared, and the latter have been killed by the invader's police custody. Jaswant Kaur has tried all possible avenues to troops or they have been languishing in Indian jails with no get justice, but has had no luck ([email protected]; information to their families. In the last three months, the March 20, 2001; post #4181; death toll the ongoing Kashmiri unrest is 96, as another youth http://www.yahoogroups.com/group/sikhyouth;<http://ww Yasir Rafiq Sheikh, a cousin of Jammu and Kashmir w.yahoogroups.com/group/sikhyouth>). Liberation Front chief, Muhammad Yasin Malik, succumbed Even outside India, Sikhs being harassed by the Indian to his injuries on late Wednesday night inflicted by the Indian government and its allies, according to the Hon Edolphus personnel and kept in a New Delhi hospital. Additionally, at Towns, MC (Extensions of Remarks - February 27, 2001). least 10 persons were injured by the alleged CRPF firing on Miscreants stormed a church and ransacked the premises protesters in Sopar. For the last six days Kashmir is under while a spiritual meeting and prayers were in progress in curfew round the clock ([email protected], Hyderabad, A P (www.burningpunjab.com; 24th March, 18th September, 2010)."2001). To avoid arrest warrants to be served by the Sikhs for Justice A group of men killed their rape victim, a mother of seven, in Canada and the U S, of their visits to the United States of the village of Singana and then gouged out the eyes of two America and Canada, both the Chief Minister witnesses in India's lawless eastern state of Bihar, the Press Prakash/Hanera Sinh Badal and his Deputy Premier, Sukhbir

thTrust of India reported Thursday (February 8, 2001; AFP). Sinh Badal of the “Robbed” Punjab of 15 August, 1947, had The rapists then used the woman's sickle to hack her to death. no choice but to cancel their trips to the USA and Canada, They then attacked four labourers who witnessed the crime. respectively, in 2013. Since 1998, Christian missionaries including one from The above are only a few of the hundreds of thousands of Australia (Father Graham Stains), his 8- & 10-yr-old sons, cases we would like to bring to your kind attention, your and Roman Catholic nuns, have been killed, burnt alive or Excellency. We hereby request you to dispatch a fact finding raped by the Hindu fundamentalists. The burning, destruction mission to India to assess in depth the crimes committed and demolishing of the Houses of God of the non-Hindu against humanity by armed and law-enforcing agencies in minorities, the Sikh Gurdwaras, Churches and Mosques, 'uniforms' and bring the criminals before the International looting and desecrating of the holy and historical places of the Court of Justice in the same way as the U N has done to punish non-Hindu minorities are the modus operandi of successive the criminals of the Rwanda and Serbia massacres in 2000; S. Indian administrations and state-sponsored hoodlums (Hon Milosevic of Serbia in July 2001; the former Serb police John T Doolittle, MC India Coalition Partner Threaten To chief, Steven Todorovic, who pleaded guilty for torturing, Engulf Country In Violence, House of Representatives, July murdering and sexually assaulting Muslims and Croats 27, 2000, The US Congress; Hon Edolphus Towns, MC July (National Post, 1st August, 2001, p A11); and Radislav Krstic 27, 2000. Christian Persecution in India, House of for the Srebrenica genocide of Muslims in 1995 (National Representatives, The US Congress). Post, August 3, 2001, p A3). The UN tribunal has taken a Militant Hindu hoodlums in Uttarpara, West Bengal, attacked landmark decision recently to include “sex torture as a war a train carrying Sikh pilgrims and the Sikh Holy scriptures, crime” (National Post, February, 23, 2001). Also, the UN Guru Granth Sahib, in June, 2001. The Hindu hoodlums Secretary-General (former), His Excellency Kofi Annan's stoned the Sikh pilgrims, burned the Holy Scriptures, and interview (Time, 4th September, 2000) will be welcomed by tried to set fire to the train (Press Release: Council of the justice-loving peoples of our civilized world that “those Khalistan. Train Attack Is Wake-Up Call for Sikh Nation, who commit crimes and those who watch as bystanders are June 27, 2001 <[email protected]>). In an affidavit filed on equally responsible for the crime taking place.” What we 28th August, 2000, by Mr Sartaj Singh, resident of Kathua, have brought to your attention, your Excellency, is just the 'tip Jammu and Kashmir (under the occupation of Indian of the iceberg' of human rights abuses, religious administration), Internationally Disputed areas by the United persecution(s), rapes, humiliation, dehumanization and Nations, stated that he was tortured and received painful crimes committed by the state-sanctioned armed personnel of psychological harassment by the Indian police. The police what our civilized world terms as the “largest democracy” in personnel wanted him to confess for the things, which he the world, India. A leading magazine has pointed out “India is never did. The police personnel also wanted him to tell the ruled by rascals.” “Many Indians silently witness their whereabouts of Neeta alias Ranjit Singh, a freedom fighter, country's unlawful events. Several members of the ruling Harbhajan Singh, Gian Singh and Joginder Singh, who are at party's youth wing have in the past been charged with rapes large. The police personnel wanted him to make a false and kidnapping. Officials respond that all parties have their confession that 'we all know one another'. thugs. Politicians use thugs to capture polling booths and stuff Miss Manorama of Manipur was gang raped by the men of the ballot boxes (The Economist, 15th July, 1995, p. 26).” Assam Rifles and was thrown out of the headquarters after According to the Hon Dana Rohrabacher, for the Sikhs, mutilating her private parts in July, 2004. More recently (9th Kashmiri Muslims, and other minorities “India might as well February, 2005), a 12-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a be Nazi Germany” (Press Release: Council of Khalistan, constable of the force in central Assam's Karbi Anglong Wash ing ton DC; June 27 , 2001 < kha l i s t an district, triggering protests from women's organizations. In a @khalistan.com>). Another Sikh, Devinder Pal Singh

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Bhullar, is about to be put to death in India for a crime even family members are humiliated (by putting cigarettes and India admitted he didn't commit (Hon Edolphus Towns, MC. tobacco in his mouth), tortured and harassed by the Punjab Proc House of Representatives, Washington DC, 18th March, and Delhi police (www.panthic.org 17th July, 2005). Another 2003). Sikh leader, Daljit Singh Bittu, President, Panch Pradhani, Manmohan Sinh, the present Chief, Council of Ministers, a and thousand of Sikh youth are in jails, without trials and non-elected 'Member of Parliament' of India, supposed to be crimes.an honest and clean person delivered his state address before A human rights lawyer and prominent Sikh nationalist Harpal the “World Conference on Human Rights Delegates in Singh Cheema, after spending eight years in a California jail, Vienna, Austria, on 24th June (14 to 25th June), 1993. He, whom Judge Dana Keener determined Singh did not pose a then Finance Minister of the PV Rao's administration, said threat to national security. The Hon judge stopped short of that “he being Sikh finds no abuses of Human Rights of Sikhs granting him full asylum, but forbade the then-INS from much less any minorities in India.” Another person, deporting the couple. Indeed, she noted that Singh “is widely Shahabuddin, Manmohan Singh's colleague of the Islamic perceived as a moderate and a voice for reason (Camille T faith, said the same of Muslims of India. Abuses of Human Tairara, Editor, New America Media, News Feature, Aug 07, Rights in the Sikhs' holy and historic Homeland, Punjab, 2006). To escape atrocities and persecution during custody of Khalistan (under the Brahmins-Hindus autocracy's the Indian law-enforcing personnel until 1992, Mr Cheema occupation, have been taking place, since 15th August, and his wife sought asylum in the United States in1993 1947). Manmohan Singh's statement was 'refuted' in the (www.news.ncmonline.com/news/views_article.htmal? Mr strongest possible words by the human rights and peace- Cheema is separated from his wife and son. Both mother and loving citizens (delegates) of North America and elsewhere. son are too scared to return to India.Your Excellency, following the execution of “Operation Recently, in the second week of February, 2010, the Punjab Bluestar” of June, 1984, an 'undeclared' war on the Sikh police killed 13 youth in Ludhina district of Punjab, while Nation, Punjab, by the Indian armed forces, according to they were participating in the Birthday celebrations of Sekhon (2009 ISBN 0-9548929-4-1). During “Operation Shaheed-Bilas Saint-soldier Jarnail Singh Khalsa, Punjab's Bluestar, June 1984”, every village of the Sikhs' holy and political and religious leader of the 20th century historic homeland, Punjab, was turned into a “Concentration (www.rozananaspokesman.com).Camp;” 'Open air' jails were established outside every village A mass Grave of Sikhs killed in November 1984 has been of Punjab. These jails were covered by the barbed wires, in discovered after 26 years in village Hondh-Chillar, the heat of June – August months, when the usual District Rewari, Haryana. The village was inhabited by temperatures in Punjab are 47 C or more, had been under the several Sikh families. On November 2nd, 1984 in an supervision of the Indian armed personnel, were no less than organized and well planned attack, the entire village was the concentration camps of Adolf Hitler's times in the Nazi burnt, along with the Sikh population and Gurudwara. Germany. These 'open air' barbed wire concentration The village consisting of torched houses, a burnt camps/jails were used to prison the Sikhs indiscriminately Gurudwara and scattered human bones have now been

thregardless of gender and age. Sanitary facilities were discovered (www.punjabspectrum.com, 17 February, virtually non-existent. This reflects the treatment of Indira 2011; Giaspur MS 2013 www.facebook.com).Gandhi and her administration of the Brahmins autocracy to It is learned from highly reliable sources that the Central the Sikhs.” It has been posted that General JJ Singh, Chief, Reserve Police Force (CRPF) had been operating at least four Indian Army (Former), had been promoted to the highest rank deep pans of boiled oil to kill alive the Sikh youth in Amritsar because of his participation in an 'undeclared' war in the form in the post-undeclared war on the occupied Sikh Nation, of a brutal military “Operation Bluestar” of June, 1984, on the under the consent of the then administration of India. Sikhs and their Holy and Historic Homeland, Punjab Recently, in the second week of February, 2010, the Punjab

nd(www.facebook.com 2 September, 2013). police killed 13 youth in Ludhiana district of Punjab, while Bibi Manjit Kaur Dakha (1992): Manjit Kaur Dakha and her they were participating in the Birthday celebrations of husband sought political asylum in the United States after Shaheed-Bilas Saint-soldier Jarnail Singh Khalsa, Punjab's being tortured by the Indian armed personnel. Mrs. Dakha, political and religious leader (www.punjabspectrum.com, her father, and her 6-mo-old daughter (Bhaghel Kaur) were February 21, 2011).According to the Sikhs for Justice (SFJ), tortured mercilessly, given repeated death threats, and her the summons against Congress have been issued pursuant to a child was made to sit on a colony of ants by the Central class action lawsuit filed (SFJ v. Congress (I) SDNY (10 CV Reserve Police Force (CRPF). The daughter and father were 2940)) under Alien Tort Claims Act (ATCA) and Torture made to beat each other with clubs. Victim Protection Act (TVPA). The plaintiffs in the case Sardar Surinder Singh Fauji (a retired army personnel), of against Congress (I) are "Sikhs For Justice" (SFJ) a US based Fatehabad, Tehsil: Khadur Sahib of Amritsar district of human rights group along with several Sikhs from different Punjab, has been physically, mentally and psychologically states and cities of India who survived attacks in November

rdtortured by Punjab police since May 27, 1986. Valuable 1984 (3 March, 2011, posted by SFJ on many household articles were stolen by the police personnel from websites).Reported recently (www.facebook.com, 14th his residence never returned. Despite his writing to the Prime March, 2011), large number of Sikhs gathered in Gurudwara Minister (PV Rao), Home Minister of India (SB Chawan), at Pandri Kattaiyyan 10 kms from Nanakmatt, Pilibhit road Chief Justice, Supreme Court of India, Chief Justice, Punjab and 15 kms from Sitarganj.The gurudwara was locked but and Haryana High court, and the Senior Session Judge, ransacked and the Holy Scripture of Sikhs, Guru Granth Amritsar, there was no relief from the police excesses. Sahib, was set on fire; whereas, two more copies were torned More than 35 Sikh youth, including Kanwarpal Singh Bittu off by sharp weapons. The majority of farmers in this area is and Sarbjit Singh Ghuman of the Dal Khalsa, were in police the Sikhs, Musilms and Biharis labourer.. A Muslim named custody. Similarly, Jagtaar Singh Hawara, his wife and other Mehadi Hassan (MH) was caught stealing the motor from

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Gurudawara a couple of days ago. He was handed over to Punjab in May 2007), RS Bhullar, Joginder Singh, Raghbir Police. It is reported his involvement along with his some Singh, SS Virk; armed forces personnel like K Sunderji, AS other Muslims, who attacked Gurudwara Sahib, burnt the Vaidya, KS Brar, RS Dayal, JS Bhullar, Arjan Singh, JS Holy Scripture and the cut the pages with sharp edged Jamwal, Tarlok Singh, Shamsher Singh, Gurdial Singh, and weapons. Temporary Granthi/custodian Narinder Singh also their subordinates (Report To The Nation: Oppression in hides the truth as he seems under pressure. It is understood Punjab. Library of Congress Card No. 86-60058, January, that some Hindu fundamentalists and miscreants are involved 1986; Gurtej Singh 2000 Chakarvyuh: Web of Indian to incite MH and his associates to create animosity between Secularism ISBN 81-85815-14-3; Int J Sikh Affairs Vol 9, No. the Sikh and Muslim communities of UP and Utrakhand. It 1, 1999 ISSN 1481-5435; Sikh Shahadat, June 2005, p. 12-has been done before by the Brahmins-Hindus personnel of 17).the Indian Government in the occupied-Jammu and Kashmir We look forward to hearing from you and hope for your during President William J Clinton's state visit to India. A few prompt action on all crimes committed against humanity.weeks earlier in August, 2011 desecration of Sikhs' Holy With warmest regards and best wishes.Scripture took place in a town in Hoshiarpur district of Respectfully submitted,Punjab.Recently, the Vice Chancellor of the Punjab Sincerely.University, invited Professor of Sikhism Gurtej Singh, to Parmjit Singh Sekhon,* write an invitational article on the 'Sikh War Code'. Professor PresidentDal Khalsa AllianceGurtej Singh's invitational article was 'rejected' on the ground Dr Awatar Singh Sekhonthat certain changes are required before it is accepted for Editor in Chiefpublication by his university. This is a 'discrimination' of International Journal of Sikh Affairs ISSN 1481-5435Punjab University's policy against the Sikhs and the highly EDMONTON, AB T5T 2B8esteemed Sikh writer of the international caliber. More than CANADA < [email protected]>257,000 Sikh farmers have committed suicide since post- Advisor (Foreign Affairs), Dal Khalsa Alliance“Operation Bluestar” era in the 'robbed' PUNJANB, because Sikh Federation Swissheavy burdens of the taxes imposed by the administration of Signed by: Amarjit Singh Khalsa*

th < [email protected]>Hanera (Prakash) Sinh Badal (Rozanaspokesman, 29 Alla Singh BhogalFebruary, 2012).We request you to bring to justice the Chairman, International Sikh Sabhiachar Societydeceased or living politicians of Indian administrations [email protected](Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi, Chandershekhar, P M. S. RandhawaChidambaram (now Home Minister of India; one of the Senior Advisor, Council of Khalistan members of a 3-men Team in the 'War Room' during an Washington, DC, USA'undeclared' war on the 'Landless Sikh Nation, 'robbed'

thPunjab' of 15 August, 1947, in June, 1984). V P Sinh, Dev Signed by: Gaganjit Singh*Gowda, P V Rao, A B Vajpayee and their cabinet colleagues, Dal Khalsa of America [email protected] Narendra Modi and his cabinet colleagues Ram Singh*responsible for the Gujarat Massacre of Muslims (February to President, American Gurdwara Council Ph: 1.408.667-3116November, 2002), Hanera (Prakash) Sinh Badal of the Karnail Singh Khalsa*'robbed' PUNJAB, and/or appointees like HKL Bhagat, President, Gurmat Chetna Lahar of the United States of Jagdish Tytler, Arun Nehru, SD Sharma, SS Ray, Boota AmericaSingh, LK Advani, GL Nanda, Surjit Barnala, Balwant Singh, 1.510.557-9168Beant Singh, PD Singh, JS Chohan (deceased), Surender Harmindar Singh*Nath, Prakash Sinh Badal, GS Tohra, HS Longowal, Lalit President, Khalsa Jagriti Lahar of the United States of Makan, to cite but a few; police officers JF Rebeiro, KPS Gill America(the Butcher of Punjab), Sarbjit Singh, Sumedh Saini (Senior Sukhwinder Singh, President, Sikh Sahit Sabha 510.277-Superintendent Police), DR Bhatti for the killings of 7560Professor (Dr) Rajinder Pal Singh Gill (Bulara), Dr Gurnam Baljinder Singh, President, Sikh Sabhiachar Committee Singh Buttar, Bhai Gurbhej Singh of the Jalandhar district 510.774-5909and others, Swarn Ghotna, Gobind Ram, AS Sandhu Sultan Singh AkhtarPresident, International Sikh Sahit Sabha(declared deceased by the Indian administration and Freemont, CA, USAassociates. However, he is living under fake identity in

Halifax, NS, Canada, as reported by <http://www. * Denotes signed with the permissionrozanaspokesman.com/>; published from Chandigarh,

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Item 3

Presented by: Awatar Singh Sekhon utmost pressure on the Indian administration to answer the minorities problems and look after the ignored human rights

Mr President issues of the highly visible and other minority communities, including the discrimination of the low caste religious

On behalf of the WBO, I would like to direct your attention to minorities.the devastating situation of the visible minorities (Sikhs), religious minorities and those low caste religious minorities I thank you, Sir.in the Indian democracy. Some of these minorities are near extinction, because of the policies of the state and federal *****administrations. The situation is further complicated by the criminal and morally corrupt politicians of all the major Dr Awatar Singh Sekhon writes to Dr Amolak Singh of the political parties (The Economist, 15th July, 1995). United States of America:Recently, the declassified documents of the British administration reveal that India tried its very best to destroy Sardar (Dr) Amolak Singh ji,the Sikhs' holiest of the holy shrines in the mid 1980s, by Waheguru ji ka Khalsa,waging an 'undeclared' war in the form of 'Operation Waheguru ji ki Fateh!Bluestar', a brutal military attack throughout Punjab state. A democratic state would never think to resolve any issue by The work done on 8-9th March, 2014, under the auspices of using military might and obtaining foreign advice. For which, the DGMC has created unforgettable History fist time in the British administration has tendered an apology to the almost 66 years nationally and internationally. British Sikhs. On the other hand, the notoriusly predominant Congratulations to the all those who worked for this administration of India is out to swallow the visible and low educational and brave work.caste religious minorities. What a sad situation of the Indian I am in Geneva at the UN:HRC and participated in the penal democracy! of the Session of "Women and Children's Rights and

Violations." I covered the rights of women and children Mr President, between 1469 to the day of presentation (Guru Nanak Sahib Notwithstanding the minorities issues, the Indian to Sahib Guru Gobind Singh ji and their teachings inscribed administration remains failed to curb the ever-increasing in Guru Granth Sahib ji; Emperor Babur to Emperor sexual crimes, rapes of females of less than 5-year-old, Jahangir's time at Hardwar and Gwalior fort, and the increased killings of the religious minorities, displacement of Buldozing the Gurdwara Sahibs at the Hardwar and Gwalior; already settled Sikh farmers in the Gujarat state, along with along with an "Undeclared" war on the Sikhs and their Sikh taking virtually no action for education, health aminities, Homeland, the "Robbed" PUNJAB by the Brahmins-Hindus drinking water problems, unemployment, to say the least. administrations, etc.) . It went very well in a 2-h session.Mr PresidentIt is an urgent request to you and the Council to exert its Best wishes and warmest regards.

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thSPONSORS: World Barua Organization, IBRO, Liberation, Since 18 century, the Sikhs have been seeking guidance from Moderator: Dr Charles Graves the Holy Scripture. The scripture is installed in every Room: XXVII Gurdwara, where the Sikhs bow before Guru Granth Sahib.

thPLACE: Plaise de Nations, UN: Human Rights Council, Institution of Five Beloveds: On 30 March, 1699, there had Geneva, Switzerland been a huge gathering of Sikhs in Anandpur Sahib. To the

thTime: 15:00 – 17:00 Hrs gathering, the 10 Guru asked that I need five people, who thDate: 20 March, 2014 will sacrifice their life to the House of Guru Nanak Sahib.

Panelists: Nitin Gangurade, Dr Awatar Singh Sekhon, Five persons presented themselves to the Guru to offer their Babloo Loingbaton, Indira heads. Of these five, two had been from low class, what the Speaking on the subject, Dr Sekhon said to the audience that high caste Brahmins-Hindus would call them. The Guru

thhe belongs to the Sikh religion, founded by Guru Baba Nanak made the Sikhs casteless and classless society on 30 March, thSahib in the 15 century (1469). The religion is youngest of 1699. On this day, these five brave people, who presented

ththe world religions and is the 4 largest religion. Sikhism is a themselves to the Guru, were initiated, called the five beloved religion and culture also. Guru Nanak had nine successors, ones, of the Institution of the Five Beloved Ones; they will Guru Angad Sahib to Sahib Guru Gobind Singh ji. The guru take their decision in consensus in the presence of Guru answered to his followers, the Sikhs, before his demise that Granth Sahib, the decision(s) binding to the Sikhs regardless. now on their Guru will be the “Shabad” Guru, i. e., the In fact, the Institution of Five Beloved Ones has been the

thteachings of Gurus inscribed in the Guru Granth Sahib, a introduction of 'Democracy' by the 10 Guru. Quite likely, 1330 pages compilation, the Spiritual Guru of the Sikhs. this has been to govern the Sikhs of the Sikh religion by


democratic means. This is what the author consider is the first who made the women equal partners of men. These rights rule of democratic way in the world. have been inscribed in the Sikhs' Holy Scripture, Guru Granth There also began the establishment of the Sikh Code of Sahib. To the contrary, the elite Brahmins and their followers Conduct, protection of Gurdwaras, and revelation of Khalsa called the women as “source of evil.” Guru Nanak opposed (means sovereign). The Guru ordered to one of his follower, the Hindus-Brahmins philosophy and said: why to blame the General Banda Singh Bahadar to protect the religion, Panth women as source of evil? These very women who give birth and Granth, the physical body and soul, Granth Sahib and the to Kings, noble laureates, presidents, prime ministers, Soul of the Panth, respectively, the Sikhs need their sovereign academics, armed forces generals, the U N personnel, etc., nationhood. This nationhood was first established as the first they all have come from women. For Hindus-Brahmins, they Sikh Raj by General Banda Singh Bahadar in 1710, which are commodity. Women are the source of pleasure. However, lasted for 8-years. The period until 1798 had been the period for the Sikhs, they are mothers, sisters, wives, and the equal of hide and seek between the rule of the Sikhs and the partners and well respected in their society.Mughals in Punjab, the land of five rivers. Thereafter, the Yes, the Chairman Dr Charles Graves, fellow panelists, ladies Sovereign and secular Sikh Nation came into being in 1799, and gents, women have their rights to raise better citizens for

th tomorrow. Further, I belong to, as I said earlier, to a highly under monarch Ranjit Singh, 1799 until the 14 March, 1849. visible minority which is recognized in a crowed of In this sovereign period of Sikh Nation, the Sikhs, Muslims, thousands. This minority is 3% of the total population of my Christians and Hindu Dogras shared the ruling power under country, Canada, and just 1.99% out of over 1.2 billion monarch Ranjit Singh. It had been a perfect example of hungry mouths of the predominantly (?) Hindus-Brahmins. I secular rule of the people. Under monarch Ranjit Singh's rule, put question mark on the predominantly Hindus-Brahmins there had been no capital punishment. Unfotunately, ration of the majority and minorities, because they are only betrayals of the Dogras in the ruling cabinet of monarch 10% of the 1.2 billion people, according to Sir VT Rajshekar, Ranjit Singh conspired against the Sikh Raj. The forces Editor in Chief, Dalit Voice, published from Mangalore, fought bravely; unfortunately, the Sovereign and Secular India. This 10% so-called majority (or minority) has been Sikh Nation lost to the British Empire. Consequently, the ruling the 90% minority (?) or majority. There seems to be British Empire (not the British India Empire) “annexed” the

th gross violation of human rights in the figures produced by the Sikhs' Punjab to the British Empire on 29 March, 1849, alleged Indian democracy.simply for the administration purposes only, This had nothing I would like to invite your attention, Ladies and Gentlemen, to do with the Hindus-Brahmins' collaboration with the on a case of a female student of Chicago University went to do British India Empire. The British India Empire included also her studies in the Foreign studies. She had been gang raped in the kingdoms of the Hindus and the followers of Islam, 2011 or early 2012, remained in isolation until reached back Muslims.to her country, the United States. Following over coming the Sikhs Raj, also called PUNJAB, which had been “annexed” trauma, she contacted the CNN television, which aired her to the British Empire, but the Hindus-Brahmins of the story of massive rape and sexual assault in the incredible and Congress, the new masters of India “robbed” the Sikhs'

th progressive India. She said that she would never Punjab on 15 August, 1947 on or before the next morning recommended any female to go to India for a visit or studies. began. Sikhs traitor like Master Tara Sinh, a Brahmin by What a dreadful act of the sexually hungry Indian males.birth, grew up in a Hindu family and became SGPC A Hindu-Brahmin female student of medicine had been mass (Shiromani Gurdwara Prabhandhak Committee) president raped in early 2013, sexually assaulted by some sex hungry after backstabbing the “uncrowned” king of Sikhs, Baba

th creatures, her body thrown out on the road and whole India Kharak Singh (see The Times, London, 29 December, 1929), came on the roads demanding immediate justice, killing of became Akali leader, and visited London. U K, a few times culprits, and changing laws to punish the rapists. On the other with deceitful Brahmin JL Nehru, characterless baniya MK hand, 2.5-year-old and 5-yr-old girls had been raped and it Gandhi of the Indian National Congress (now the Indira seems as though nothing had happened. What kind of the Congress or Congress). In fact, Tara Sinh had been virtually penal code India has, questions the author?'devoid' of the democratic rules that followed in the British Next is another evil carried out with the minorities? The evil Empire. As the author think, Tara Sinh had been virtually nil of castism practiced by the Hindus-Brahmins in the Indian in the knowledge of Gurbani, the basis of the Sikhs' lives. On

th democracy, so to speak. What a evil, grossly violating the 15 August, 1947, Tara Sinh kept his eyes closed, ears h u m a n r i g h t s , a n d t e l l i n g l i e s a b o u t t h e i r plugged and mouth shut like three monkeys of the Hindus-

th democratic/autocratic institution of the alleged Indian state!Brahmins of the alleged Indian administration, since 15 thIn the 20 century, one of the worst steps deliberately carried August, 1947. The soft heartedness of Tara Sinh, the Sikhs

out by the Indian administration of India Gandhi was to wage have been paying deerly, with the loss of their sovereignty, an 'undeclared' war on the Sikhs' Holy and Historic nation, the being a separate religion, culture, polity, having their own “robbed” Punjab state, under the “occupation” of India since marriage system known as the 'Anand Karaj' in according

th15 August, 1947. This 'undeclared' war had been in the form with the Sikh Code of Conduct, and desecration of Guru of a brutal military “Operation Bluestar” of June, 1984, which Granth Sahib. It must be noted that the Sikhs have never took the toll of more than 270,000 innocent pilgrims (infants, tolerated the desecration of their Gurdwaras or the places of children, youth, male and female folks, and elderlies) who worship; neither will ever they do the disrespect or had come to The Darbar Sahib Complex to pay their respect desecration of the worshipping places of non-Sikhs. This is on the martyrdom day of the fifth Guru, Arjan Sahib. This is the beauty of the Sikh religion, House of Baba Guru Nanak

th the day of huge gathering of Sikhs and non-Sikhs alike at The Sahib or the Guru Khalsa Panth. The 10 Guru also blessed Darbar Sahib Complex. It had been bombarded, shelled with his followers with the Sovereignty and after initiating called heavy artillery guns, armed tanks deployed in the premises of them the 'Khalsa (means Sovereign)'.The Darbar Sahib Complex paratrrops employed, all With this introduction in brief, it was Guru Baba Nanak Sahib

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communication and transport means suspended, curfew Nanak said that the “Hindus-Brahmins” have no morale and imposed in all over Punjab of the the “robbed” Punjab in they are the “Butchers of Mankind,” as inscribed in the Indian occupation since India's independence. I do not think teachings of the Sikh scripture. The tale of Babbar was that anyone find example like the 'undeclared' war on the repeated during the period of Emperor Jahangir when the Sikhs' holiest shrine in the history in our civilized world. This sixth Nanak, Guru Hargobind Sahib had been imprisoned had been done to exterminate the Sikhs of Punjab and their with the Guru in the Gwalior's fort.holy places, but Indian government came with empty hands, It must be noted that Guru Nanak Sahib had his encounter in full of frustrations, with the task of exterminating Sikhs Hardwar in U P with the Hindus-Brahmins holy were finished in 2.5-h. This 'undeclared' war on the Sikhs is defeated the latter in saying that how could you give water to indicative of the Genocide of Sikhs in their own holy and your people who are millions of miles away? From the historic homeland, along with having exterminated the Sikhs Gwalior fort where Guru Hargobind Sahib was kept of the “robbed” Punjab, India's democratic headache of the imprisoned by the Mughal Emperor Jahangir with some Sikhs' problem will be taken care of once and all. No, nothing Hindus' kings. When Mughal Emperor decided to release him happened like the Indian administration's calculation. from the prison, the story of the first guru's imprisonment in Child Rights: With regard to these rights, reflecting the the first Mughal Emperor had been happened repeated. The 'hidden agenda of the India's Hindus-Brahmins sixth Nanak refused to come out from the jail on the grounds administrations, when the Indian soldiers had been going that there are a few Hindus kings had been kept. They should over the dead bodies of the Sikhs and while looking if be released, too. A strange thing happened and the Mughal anybody has not been alive, to their surprise what the armed emperor said that as many Hindu could grab the garb of Guru personnel saw that a few infants sucking the breasts of their Hargobind Sahib, they all will be released. Fifty-two Hindu dead mothers, these soldiers grabbed them from their leg kings had been released with this strange decision of the and/or feet and through them against the wall to ensure it emperor. Anyhow, fifty-two Hindu kings came out of jail. these infants/children are not alive. Where this releases happened in Hardwar, U P and in Some Sikh youth had been killed point blank by the soldiers, Gwalior, the Sikhs constructed historical Gurdwaras. because these youth raised the slogan “Bole So inhale, Unfortunately, centuries later and in the post-“Operation Satsriakal!” This statement is sufficed to say about the Bluestar” of june 1984, the fundamentalists and militant Child's rights, especially of Sikhs in India, ladies and mobs of the Hindus-Brahmins bulldozed both the historical gentlemen. Gurdwaras in 1980s, i. e., in post-“operation Bluestar” June So much so, in the burning hear of June and continuing 1984 era. The Sikhs have been demanding from the Hindus-artillery shells, the Sikhs regardless of sex, were kept in one Brahmins' Indian administrations to return the land where room like a herd of sheep. The Sikh females had to keep their these historical Gurdwaras were bulldozed. Unfortunately, infants alive on their sweat and urine. the Indian administration turned dumb ears to the Sikhs' In 1990s, post-“Operation Bluestar” of June 1984, the demand of returning the land. This is clearcut indication that excesses of the Indian armed personnel on the Sikh females the Hindus-Brahmins have no regards for the religious rights and males is unbelievable. One wonders that human beings of minorities.(Indian armed personnel) will stoop so low in their human Dr Charles Graves, Moderator, Ladies and gentlemen, over dignity. They made the Babbar Khalsa Sikh ladies to drink at 4,000 Sikhs from Europe, North America, Australia, and gunpoint what is called as the 'Amrit of Gobind Ram'. This India made a peaceful demonstration in the front of the door amrit was the mixture of urine and human excreta made of the United Nations: Human Rights Council to exert humiliate the women folks. Following making them to drink pressure on the Indian administration to listen to the Sikhs' this filthy (Amrit), the Sikh women were raped massively, demand to provide “Justice” to the Sikh prisoners of the tortured and killed in the police station by a police officer SSP “Operation Bluestar” of June, 1984. Unfortunately, Indian Gobind Ram and his subordinates. administration has turned a dumb ear to provide 'justice' to the Ladies and gentlemen, how should I describe the gross Sikhs. Even, hunger strike, an anti-Sikh Code of Conduct violations of the Sikh women and children? My heart weeps procedure has not yielded any fruitful result. This kind of inside, but this is not the way to preserve and safeguard the behaviour of the Turbaned Brahmins-Hindus-Brahmins human rights in our peaceful world. administrations of the state of the “robbed” Punjab and the Guru Nanak Sahib, the founder of the Sikh religion, when the New Delhi's federal administration, which waged and Mughal Emperor Babbar paid a visit to him in a jail cell, he 'undeclared' war on the Sikhs' holy places and the “robbed”

thsaid that you are a religious person, not a criminal, I have to Punjab of 15 August, 1947, reflects that Indian democracy is set you free. Guru Nanak said to the Emperor, all these all out to 'swallow' the Sikhs by the hook or crook. There will prisoners are innocent and are kept in the prison because the be no justice to the Sikhs and the Sikh prisoners languishing instigator (Hindus and Brahmins in your administration) in the high security jails of Punjab, Indian states and India. recommended to your administration that they should be What kind of this democracy is for the Sikhs who made more imprisoned. So I will not leave jail until these innocent people than 80% sacrifices for the so-called Hindu India's are set free also. Emperor ordered the release of all prisoners. independence? Will the UN:HRC ever exert its pressure on Since his release from the jail of the Mughal emperor, Guru India to restore the religious

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INTERNATIONAL BUDDHIST RELIEF ORGANIZATION

Presented by: Awatar Singh Sekhon However, the Dalits and lower caste Hindus in India is in practice since centuries. The social, civil, political, economic

Mr President status of Dalits and other lower caste Hindus are extremely devastating. They have not experiences benefits of the so-

It is need not to mention that all human beings are borne free called pluralism and largest democracy of the world. and equal in dignity and rights, but it is always encouraging to Unfortunately, despite some cosmetic efforts, their voice repeat good statements. This universal message is given in the remains marginalized in the largest democracy.very first article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The declaration also states that everyone is entitled to Mr Presidentall the rights and freedoms without distinction of any kind, such as, any kind of colour, sex, language, religion, political The international community and civil society organizations or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or must give utmost importance to the agenda of the elimination other status. of discrimination and hatred of any kind. The governments

who have not yet devised their National Action Plans under Mr President the Durban Declaration, and they should take the steps

immediately. At the same time, we urge the government of Any attempt by any community or group of countries to India to take positive steps, legally and socially, to ensure no marginalize any group of security concerns is an unwelcome discrimination to the Dalits, lower-Hindu castes and the step. The terrorist acts since 2001 have spawned a non ending highly visible minorities.series of acts of racism, racial discrimination and xenophobia in various parts of the world. I thank you, Sir.

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The economic, cultural, educational, political, and social has been denied to the Sikhs. Both the High Courts of Punjab rights of the Sikhs and other minorities of India. Will India and Supreme Court of India are highly politicized under the ever hold much awaited referendum recommended by ta blessings of the Indian administration.Security Council: UN resolution of 1948? Ladies and gentlemen, it must be noted that the Sikhs have not As the delay in justice is the denial of justice, it appears that signed/endorsed/accepted the Indian Constitution of 1950. India is all out to “swallow” the highly visible minority, the Rather, the Sikhs' elected representatives have “rejected” the Sikhs, and other minorities in to the 'Hindus' and the Hindus- Constitution in 1948, 26th November, 1949, 1950 and 6th Brahmins of India will continue their rule saying India is a September, 1966, in the Indian parliaments and they walked Hindu-Hindi-Hindustan (Hindu nation) country and no other out in protest from the parliament. The Sikhs have no political minority(ies) can be and will be accommodated. rights.

Last but not the least, Sardar Jaswant Singh Khalra, an Through this seminar on 20th March, 2014, under the Human Rights Activist, abducted, tortured and killed by the auspices of the UN: HRC, it is requested that the UN: HRC police of Chief Minister Prakash Badal of the “robbed” and its high level committee(s) exert pressure on the Hindus-Punjab, has not returned his remains to his family, for the last Brahmins' India to resolve the problems of the “robbed” rites. Similarly, Bhai Balwant Singh Rajoana, Bhai Devinder Punjab, the Sikhs of Punjab, and the problems of the Pal Singh Bhullar, Parminder Singh Bheora, Jagtar Singh minorities like Christians of 7-sister of Assam, Dalit's, and the Hawara and other Sikhs have been on the death row or kept in IDA:JK.jail even after the completion of their sentences passed by the Thank you, Ladies and Gentlemen, and the Chairman Dr High Courts and/or Supreme Court of India. The “Justice” Charles Graves.

CENTRE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND PEACE ADVOCACYGeneral Debate – Item 9

Awatar Singh Sekhon

Mr. President, status as security personnel, in North East India. They carryout rapes during their routine search operation in

Indigenous people of the north east India i.e. Assam, residential areas, The males are taken out of their homes and Meghalaya, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Manipur hounded in open areas; whereas, the women folks are forced and Nagaland are experiencing the worst kind of to stay indoors. Anyone who tries to intervene is severely discrimination in their daily lives. beaten. Generally, the perpetrators go completely free, as The fear of rape is common to all women, regardless of their they they have been given immunity from prosecution, under age, in India these days. However, among North-East Indian the Armed Forces Special Powers Act 1958, enthrusted in the women, the fear is heightened by the situation they live in. It entire North-East states.stems not merely from the horror of physical assault, but from

Mr. Presidentthe subsequent social stigmatization and many other inhumanle feelings.

I appeal to the Human Rights Council to impress upon Indian In the Northeast Indian states, the rapists are none else but the Government to take every step stop to protect the indigenous members of the Indian armed personnel deployed to curb people living in the North East and elsewhere in India.insurgency. Most of these men hail from the patriarchal I thank you, Mr. President.societies of the mainland, who are extremely prejudicial

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Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action

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Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action recognized the inherent dignity and the unique contribution of indigenous The Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People also people to the development and plurality of society and affirmed that the indigenous peoples have the righto strongly reaffirmed the commitment of the international determine and develop priorities and strategies for the community to their economic, social and cultural well being development or use of their lands or territories and other and their enjoyment of the fruits of sustainable development. resources.Vienna Declaration also called upon states to “ensure the full Today the indigenous people in India are struggling for their and free participation of indigenous people in all aspects of rights over their own lands. One of the major reasons for society, in particular in matters of concerns to them.” extreme poverty of the indigenous people is rooted in their India hosts more than 90 million indigenous peoples – so they gradual displacement from their own lands. We stress that comprise 9% of the population. But their fundamental human this trend needs to be reversed by returning land ownership to rights and freedoms remain at risk. A majority of then falls the indigenous people.under the international poverty line. I want to draw attention We call upon the international community to play their due of the Council towards the systematic efforts of the role in ensuring the full and free participation of indigenous Government of Indi to further slash the participation of people in all aspects of society, in particular in matters of

thindigenous people in all aspects of society, in particular those concerns. Presented: 25 March, 2014 (AM)issues that directly affect their livelihood. I thank you, Sir.

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JALANDHAR, Punjab (April 4, 2014)—The candidature of 14 years detention and is living in exile facing hardships since a former hijacker Bhola Pandey from Salempur constituency his release in Nov 1994.of UP by Congress for the fourth time in a row has given He said both the cases had certain similarities. In both the handle to Sikh group Dal Khalsa to draw comparison between cases, hijackers does not posses weapons, they did not harm the treatment meted out to him and Dal Khalsa leader any passengers and the hijacking act was to register the Gajinder Singh, who hijacked an Indian Airline plane and protest and seek the release of their respective leader. He who is on India's most wanted list. further said the only difference was that Pandey did it for the Dal Khalsa leader Kanwar Pal Singh has accused Indian sake of Indian Nationalist Hindu leader where as Gajinder leadership for adopting double standards and discriminative Singh did for Sikh Nationalist leader. Pandey was loyal to approach that resulted in deepening the alienation of Gandhi family while Gajinder Singh's loyalty was towards struggling people's from the Indian mainstream. Panth and Bhindrawale. And this difference turned out to be a Referring to the case of former hijacker Bhola Pandey, who is big difference, he said.Congress Lok Sabha candidate from UP's Salempur segment “ Pandey was perceived as “hero” and on the other hand for the fourth time, the organization's spokesperson said Gajinder was declared most wanted “terrorist” by successive while Congress has awarded Pandey for hijacking the Indian Indian governments. Even today his name figures in the list of plane to seek the release of late Indira Gandhi, theirs group most wanted persons. “This is the classic example that proves leader Gajinder Singh has been declared a “hardcore beyond doubt that India is not a secular country but Hindu terrorist” for hijacking the Indian plane to seek the release of Nation”. This discriminative approach of Congress Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindrawale in 1981. leadership also proves that the country is not governed as per Notably, Pandey and his friend Devandar Nath hijacked IA rule of law but by law of rulers.flight no IC 410 on 20 Dec 1978 and were released shortly. Slamming the Indian state for violating the double jeopardy Since then Pandey was being awarded with Congress tickets principle, he said, the present day Congress government was first for assembly and then for Lok Sabha. On the other still seeking his extradition despite the fact that he has served Gajinder Singh along with 4 Dal Khalsa activists hijacked IA 14 years behind the bars for hijacking.flight from Delhi to Srinagar on 29 September 1981 and However, Kanwar Pal clarified that their group patron landed in Lahore where they were caught in commando Gajinder Singh has no regret, he has never sought pardon nor action by Pakistani forces. he would compromise on principles. He said Gajinder has Drawing parallels between both the cases, he said the Indian dedicated his life for the goal of Sikh independence and

thjustice system has failed the Sikhs. He said since 1978 Pandey would die for the same (Sikhs 24 News & Updates, 4 April, is enjoying the state's privilege while Gajinder Singh served 2014).

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People are unaware about the sustained Genocide of the Sikhs • Over 30,000 killed throughout India and typically burnt (from 1984-1998) in their homeland, Punjab by the Indian alive; November 1 – 7, 1984. government. Over One Million Sikhs have been tortured, • Even the then President of India, Zail Singh, was attacked. raped, murdered and made to disappear by the Indian regime, • Sikh women in the thousands, ranging from 3-80 years were by mostly upper caste Hindus, in positions of power, who gang raped by goons, policemen, civil administrators, have (under the pretext of curbing terrorism) used the state neighbors and even friends. propaganda machinery to malign the Sikh globally - • Over 300 Sikh soldiers in uniform were killed in Ranchi, Goebbels style, so that a tiny (barely 2% of India's Bihar by Hindu soldiers; November 1 – 5, 1984. population) minority's voice for liberty and justice could be • In Jharkhand at the Bokhara Steel plant 120 Sikhs while silenced forever. working were forcibly thrown into the burning furnace. Facts about India's attack on the Darbar Sahib: • Babies were roasted alive on gas and kerosene stoves. • June 1984 - Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India in a pre- • 40 Sikh families taking refuge inside a police station were meditated plan, attacked the Darbar Sahib (The Golden all roasted alive in Agartala, Tripura on Nov 2, 1984. Temple) and the Akal Takht (the most important historical • 12 Sikhs were hung from the ceiling at the railway platform Gurdwara and seat of temporal power) with tanks and in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh on Nov 1, 1984. gunships. • A Hindu, Dr.Gupta, was directing a lynch mob in Trilokpuri, • As part of this Operation Bluestar, in an all-out war against New Delhi and harvesting eyes from the murdered Sikhs on the Sikhs, thousands of innocent Sikh men, women and Nov 1, 1984. children are murdered, many in cold blood. The holy • Sikh women were kidnapped in the hundreds and kept for premises were desecrated, vandalized, and historical records weeks and repeatedly gang raped by government instigated and artifacts destroyed/stolen. Hindu captors in major cities across India. • In the ensuing weeks, as part of Operation Woodrose, tens of • In Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, Hindus tortured and murdered 67 thousands of Sikh youth were abducted, most never to be Sikh men by making them sit on very sharp metal poles while heard from again. the onlookers jeered and danced. Few Facts of the start of the 3rd Ghallugahara: • The Indian government actually set up a charade of ten • Sikhs were systematically killed in over 100 cities, across 18 commissions between, 1984-2005, yet not a single politician, states in India, Oct 31 – Nov 4, 1984. police officer, or civilian has been was sentenced to date.

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• In fact, all the lead perpetrators – (all Hindus) have been personnel to kill Sikhs. rewarded and promoted to even more senior positions in the • The systematic slaughter was sustained for over 15 years. central government. The collusion of the government with Sanctioned by the state, the security forces created a fear so the criminals is complete. intense, the state has been able to escape accountability, even Facts of the sustained (1984 – 1998) 3rd Ghallughara: to this date. • Starting in mid-1984 over 700,000 Indian troops were • Jaswant Singh Khalra, a human rights activist, unearthed moved into Punjab and they remained there for over a decade. records of over 25,000 Sikhs illegally cremated in just one • The then Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi, masterminded district alone. The Indian Police tortured, then chopped him 'Operation Shanti' to completely exterminate the Sikhs in up and threw his remains in a canal in 1998. India (exactly as Hitler planned and did with the Jews). The • Not a single international human rights organization has plan was to start a war with Pakistan and under the ruse of ever been allowed to investigate the mass killing fields of aerial bombardment, decimate the entire Sikh population Punjab until today – 2014. (especially in the countryside). The master plan was scaled Mockery of Justice: down when she was assassinated just before it was to be • For the last ten years several diaspora Sikhs have tried to implemented. gather information on the Sikhs killed by the Indian govern-• The central authorities rounded up any visible Sikh 14 - 45 ment in the Genocide, but have been repeatedly threatened year old men and took them away to detention centers with with dire consequences if they continue down that path. impunity, using the POTO and TADA emergency laws, which Invariably, no one from the outside can collect unbiased data violate international standards and criminal jurisprudence because of institutionalized racism against the Sikhs. (despite India's agreement to adhere to these protocols). • Further, any semblance of officially accepting the pogroms • Baatcheet – Indian Army Bulletin; Serial No 153, June against the Sikhs as a 'Genocide' would put India on trial and 1984; an official Indian Army monthly bulletin informing all jeopardize India's economic ties to several western nations troops that they have to alert the authorities about any and all including the US. formally initiated (amritdhari) Sikhs. This circular gave even • Since India has stoutly denied that there has ever been a Sikh the lowest level soldier the free reign to arrest and kill Genocide, there should be no fear if the UNHRC sends an innocent Sikhs with impunity. investigative team to verify the facts for themselves. • Just like Hitler, who coerced and coopted Jewish military Solution to move forward: officers to kill their Faith brothers, similarly the Indian Thirty years having passed, and still, India has no appetite to regime found pliable senior Sikh officers to annihilate their even acknowledge the Ghallughara (Sikh Genocide), let Faith brothers for the sake of a promotion and medal to match. alone serve justice to the Sikhs. But Sikhs everywhere will • According to Inderjit Singh Jaijee (a highly respected not rest until the truth shines forth. There should be a UN-led Human Rights activist, the President of the Dalit Front and 'Truth and Reconciliation Commission' set up immediately, Movement Against State Repression), who has spent the last manned by unbiased independent outsiders to investigate 30 years collecting data on the Sikh Genocide, – over (akin to the ones setup in South Africa and Bosnia) in order to 250,000 mostly young Sikh men have disappeared. start on the path to peace and closure. We appeal to all those • According to Dr.Sangat Singh, (Director of India's Strategic who value human rights, the cornerstone of our American Studies at the Ministry of Defense, a member of the Joint democracy, to help the Sikhs in their quest for truth and Intelligence Committee in India's Foreign Office which dealt justice. in propaganda and disinformation), "the genocidal policy *Please note that the numbers in this pamphlet are best initiated by then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi had had its estimates based on various sources, since records were impact during the decade 1981 – 1991, culminating in the deliberately destroyed and major human rights organizations Indian government exterminating anywhere from 1 - 1.2 are still banned from entering Punjab. Million young Sikh men in 15 – 35 age group." Sources: Politics of Genocide; Sikhs in History; Reduced to • The state agencies paid over 41,000 cash bounties totaling Ashes; Smoldering Embers; Sikhs for Justice; Authentic over $100 Million to police officers and other security Voices of South Asia & India Kills the Sikhs.

A Sikh man’s private parts were cut off and hewas then murdered, January 1991

Jasbir Singh, who was tortured by being crushed with wooden rollers, April 1994

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Dr. D.W. PettigrewPeriodontist

TMJ DysfunctionDiagnosis & Treatment

203 Huntington Galleria4628 Calgary Trail

Edmonton AB T6H 6A1

436-0108Periodontal Services

Management of Periodontal Disease: - Mechanical - Antibiotic TherapyMucogingival ProceduresBone GraftingRegenerative TechniquesCrown LengtheningSplinting Mobile TeethOcclusal AdjustmentBruxing Appliances

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TMD Services

Post MVA and Cervical Whiplash, TMD diagnosis and treatmentMedical Legal Reports for SolicitorsTMD appliance therapySnore guards & Sleep Apnea appliancesOcclusal Adjustment

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The editorial advisors, managing editor and Editor in Chief of the International Journal of Sikh Affairs (IJSA), the official organ of The Sikh Educational Trust, would like to convey their profound thanks to our brothers, sisters, elders and donors, who whole heartedly supported the work presented herein (the journal). Without their generous support, the work presented herein would not have been possible.

PRINTED IN CANADA ISSN 1481-5435


IJSA-June-2014.pdf - The Sikh Educational Trust

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