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5th June 1984

The firing and counter-firing continued. Harcharan Singh Ragi saw his guardian and mentor - the old completely blind Head Ragi of the Golden Temple, Amrik Singh being shot by a bullet and dying inside the Harmandir Sahib at about 6.30 a.m . on June 5.

This was the respect shown by the Indian Army to the Harmandir Sahib! The White Paper issued on July 10, 1984 adopts a holier-than-thou attitude - "Specific Orders were given to troops to use minimum force, to show the utmost reverence to all holy places and to ensure that no desecration or damage was done to the Harmandir Sahib..." (Para 10) and once more "In spite of this (machine-gun fire from Harmandir Sahib on the night of June 5) the troops exercised great restrain and refrained from directing any fire at Harmandir Sahib." All this is propaganda. We have recorded the truth - the Harmandir Sahib was fired at by the C.R.P. on June 1 and there were 34 bullet marks on it which were shown to Mark Tully of the B.B.C. the next day. When the Army attacked the Golden Temple at dawn on June 4, the Harmandir Sahib was the target of destructive shelling and on June 5 two Ragis - one Amrik Singh, blind, 65-year-old - a singer of devotional songs and another Avtar Singh were killed by bullets right inside the Harmandir Sahib. Perhaps the White Paper was doing an exercise in sarcasm and irony when it stated: "the troops exercised great restraint and refrained from directing any fire at Harmandir Sahib."

Meanwhile, the girl student and her companions had managed to come away from the Harmandir Sahib, crawling on their stomachs across the small bridge. They were bundled into a room on the ground floor of the Akal Takht. They kept sitting there, having nothing to eat and no water to drink. To continue, in her own words, "Helicopters were encircling the Temple from above. After the helicopters completed their circle, at about 11:30 a.m. on June 5, the huge water tank inside the Temple complex was fired at. The tank could not be broken even after the initial 10 shells hit the tank. Then one bomb hit the tank after which it burst and all the water gushed out. The fighters who had taken their positions beneath the tank were killed.

"They continued the firing till the evening of June 5 and then it was about 8.30 p.m. It was completely dark when they entered accompanied by very heavy firing. The blasting was so severe that I thought that I had reached some other world.

"We were 40-50 persons huddled together in the room, including women and children, even a child of six months. In the next room were the pilgrims who had come on June 3 to celebrate Guru Parb but they had been trapped."

"The upper portion of the Akal Takht had been fired at by the Army and completely destroyed. Pieces of the Guru Granth Sahib were flying in the air and littering the ground. The place seemed to have been transformed into a haunted house.

"Then the tank entered. It had powerful searchlights. I thought the ambulance had come to attend to the dead and injured. But it had turned out the opposite. The tanks went riding past us. From the tanks the announcement came, loud and clear: "Please come out, God's blessings are with you. We will reach you home absolutely safe and sound," There were some among us who were frantic for some water, they came out in the open. In the morning I saw the dead bodies lying on the Parikrama. This was the worst kind of treachery."

The A.I.S.S.F. Members narration of the events of June 5 has a somewhat different emphasis - less personal reflection and more of detached observation. On June 5th at about 8 p.m. the Army entered the Complex through the Ghanta Ghar side under heavy cover fire. The road was blocked. Nobody was allowed to come out of the Complex. The Army entry was not preceded by any warning of announcement asking the people to surrender. "There was some stray firing from inside the Golden Temple before the Army entry into the Complex. But the real resistance began only after the Army entered the Temple. The order from Bhindranwale was to use limited firearms with discretion. There were only about 100 people to fight and there were less that 100 arms consisting mostly of .303 rifles used in the World War II, 315 guns and a few stenguns. When the army entered, the ammunition was nearly exhausted. "After mid-night, at about 1 a.m. one armoured carrier and 8 tanks came inside the complex. The tanks had powerful searchlights and they came down the stair-case, and the Army surrounded the langar building." Even 11 months afterwards, we could still see the marks of the tanks on the Parikrama.

Duggal's account is also informative. By the evening of June 5, he and his family had managed to move to the house of the Giani Sahib Singh, the head priest of Golden Temple, which is about 25 yards away from the house he had earlier taken shelter in. In Duggal's words, "The night between the 5th and 6th was terrible. The tanks and armoured carriers had entered the Golden Temple Complex. The firing was such, that its ferocity cannot be described. In the early hours of June 6th, we learnt that the holy Akal Takht had been completely demolished in the firing. As devoted Sikhs, we were extremely shocked. Tears flowed through the eyes of everybody there. All through the night we heard the heart rending cries of the dying persons."

Giani Puran Singh, a priest at the Harmandir Sahib also an eye-witness remembers - "At 7.30 p.m. on 5th I went to Sri Akal Takht where I met Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale with who I had a long satisfying talk while shots were ringing outside. Gyani Mohan Singh, whose duty was to conduct REHRAS (Evening Prayer) had not been able to reach Harmandir Sahib, due to the shooting. I then came down from the Akal Takht and joined some "Singhs" in a morcha and enquired of them whether Gyani Mohan Singh had passed that way. As per the tradition the 'Rehras' at Akal Takht starts 5 minutes later than at the Harmandir Sahib, but that day Path at the Akali Takht had already started. Upon this I rushed towards Harmandir Sahib amidst gunfire, stopping for a breather at the Darshani Deori. On reaching I started the recitation. Meanwhile, Gyani Mohan Singh also reached the place. We were about 22 people in the Harmandir Sahib, some devotees and others the employees of the Gurudwara. By the time the path was over the firing outside became more intense. 'Sukhasan' of Guru Granth Sahib was done and then taken upstairs. At 10.00 p.m. the tanks started entering the complex and a barrage of shooting from without became more intense as heavy armour began to be used. At this stage an armoured carrier entered and stood beside the Sarovar. The lights on the carrier, when switched on, bathed the whole complex in bright light. We were viewing all this perched in the main dome of Harmandir Sahib and thought that probably the fire brigade had come to get water for extinguishing fires raging throughout the city. But we were proved wrong when this vehicle came down to the Parikrama and stared firing. From both sides the tanks started closing in, from clock tower to the Brahm Buta the tanks set fire to all rooms while desperate people collected water from the Sarovar to extinguish the fires. Loud cries and wails of both women and children filled the air. A vigorous battle ensued and the Darshani Deoris of Clock Tower and Atta Mandi along with the Serais (rest houses) was in Army control by 10 o'clock, the next day (June 6). The 40-50 youth who had been holding the forces fought bravely till either they were killed or the ammuniton was exhausted. From about 10 in the night till 4.30 the next morning we were on the roof of Darbar Sahib."

2. OFFICIAL VERSION - FACT OR FICTION?

These accounts of what happened at the Golden Temple on June 5 are in marked contrast to the white paper or the army's common charge sheet to the 379 alleged 'terrorists' captured from Golden Temple now detained under N.S.A. at Jodhpur.

According to the White Paper: " All Commanders were instructed to continuously use the public address systems for a number of hours at every suspected hideout of terrorists to give themselves up in order to prevent bloodshed and damage to holy places before the use of force for their apprehension." Was this actually done? Our eye-witness accounts prove that it was not. Regarding the Golden Temple, the White Paper is also specific, "During the afternoon and evening of June 5 1984 repeated appeals were made to the terrorists over the public address system to lay down their arms and surrender and to others inside the Temple to come out, to prevent avoidable bloodshed and damage to structures in the Temple Complex. In response to this appeal 129 men, women and children came out and they were handed over to the civil authorities." Is it possible to believe this version? We have seen how the Army started shelling the Golden Temple without any warning or public announcement from the early hours of June 4. They continued this firing throughout June 4 and 6. The militants also fired in reply but they were no match, either in terms of numbers of men or in amounts of ammunition. How could the Army make 'repeated appeals' during the afternoon and evening of June 5 when intense fighting was going on and how could 120 person come out during this raging battle?

The Army's version, as revealed by its chargesheet to the 379 alleged 'terrorists' detained at Jodhpur Jail, is even more incredible. On June 5, when they were supposed to have been deputed for duty outside the Golden Temple, the Army had the information that "the extremists/terrorists led by Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale had collected men, arms, ammunitions and explosives within the Golden Temple and had also made other preparations to wage war against the Government of India with the intention to establish a State independent of the Government of India to be known as Khalistan". Or in other words, Khalistan was to be established at the Golden Temple and if the A.I.S.S.F. member is to be believed, by about 100 fighters equipped mostly with 303 decrepit guns of the II World War, a few 315 rifles and some stenguns. S. S. Bhagowalia an advocate at Gurdaspur and Vice President of the Associtation for Democratic Rights (A.F.D.R. Punjab) investigated and found that Bhindranwale's supporters numbered no more that 140-150. It is strange that the White Paper has nothing to say about the Khalistan flag - a country without a flag! But the White Paper says that Khalistan was to be established at the Golden Temple. According to the Army's chargsheet and also the White Paper, in response to the Army's repeated appeals to the Terrorists to lay down their arms and surrender, they opened intensive firing from inside the Complex. "They were shouting anti-national slogans." This was a battle not a demonstration. How could 'terrorists' engage in shouting anti-national slogans at a time when they were allegedly using automatic and semi-automatic weapons, grenades, explosives, etc? Even if they did shout these slogans how could the slogans be heard over the noise of rattling stenguns and automatic rifles?

The White Paper also describes how the library was allegedly gutted on the night between June 5 and 6 - "Troops were able to enter the area around the Sarovar through the northern deori and the Southern library building. Terrorists were in control of the Library building and fired from there. At this stage, the library caught fire - the Army fire brigade was rushed but their attempts were failed by the machine-gun fire from the terrorists." A perfect brief for the Army!

But according to Duggal who was in charge of the Sikh Reference Library and who cared for it, the Library was intact when he last saw it on June 6, evening while leaving the Temple Complex. However, he was in for a terrible shock when he was brought back to the Temple complex by the Army on June 14. Let us listen to Duggal's tale of sorrow as well as courage: "On 14th June 1984 I was arrested by the Army and taken inside the Golden Temple, where I was shocked to see that the Sikh Reference Library had been burnt. The entire Golden Temple Complex presented a very, very painful look. It bore at least 3 lakhs of bullet marks. The Akal Takht was in shambles. Guru Nanak Nivas, Teja Singh Samundri Hall, Guru Ram Das Serai and the langar buildings had been burnt. When I left the Complex on 6th all those buildings were in good shape in spite of the Army Attack, Taken to the Library's ruins, I was asked by the Army Col. to take charge of the Library. I asked him as to where is the Library. He said that I had no option but to sign a typed receipt to the effect that I have taken over the charge of the Library. I refused to oblige him saying that I would not tell such a big lie."

The White Paper is very emphatic the "Troops were particularly instructed not to wear any leather items in holy places and to treat all apprehended person with dignity and consideration." What was the reality? The reality was this:-

4th June 1984

Duggal's recollection are vivid, almost photographic. "At about 4 a.m. in the early hours of the morning of June 4, the regular Army attack on the temple started with a 25-pounder which fell in the ramparts of the Deori to the left o f Akal Takht Sahib with such a thunder that for a few moments I thought that the whole complex had collapsed. I along with my wife were then sitting in the verandah of my house adjacent to the Sikh Reference Library. Recovering from the initial shock, we moved into the room and took shelter in one of its corners. Thereafter, every second the ferocity of firing increased and it continued unabated till the evening of the 6th June.

As we were on the first floor, and our quarter was open on all sides our position was very vulnerable. The bullets hit our quarters on all sides and some of them pierced through the doors and landed inside the room. To add to our miseries the power and water supplies had been cut. Through a slit in the shutter of a window we saw a large number of dead bodies in the Parikrama of the Golden Temple. They included women and children. We could not leave our room. Coming out in the open would have exposed us to sure death."

Baldev Kaur's account of how the Army attack began is similar - "Very early on June 4, while it was dark, there was cannon fire from outside the Golden Temple without any warning. Shots were fired from all sides."

Bhan Singh is emphatic that no warning was given, no public announcement was made by the Army before the shelling of the Golden Temple started on June 4 - "had the army given a warning at least those pilgrims who had come for the Guru Parb could go out and then those person who were simply here to participate in the Dharam Yudh Morcha could go out. But no warning was given to the people. The firing was started from all around the complex with vengeance; as if they were attacking on alien enemy country."

According to the girl student, the shelling started at about 20 minutes past 4 o'clock on June 4 dawn and continued without interruption up to 2 o'clock in the afternoon of that day (June 4), and evening of June 5.

Her account is extremely graphic - On June 4 at about 3:30 a.m. we were inside the Harmandir Sahib reciting our prayers. Suddenly, there was a black-out in the whole of the Golden Temple complex. The devotees continued to be immersed in worship. At about 20 minutes past 4 o'clock there was a very loud explosion. We felt that the whole of the Golden Temple complex was shaking. I was alone on the balcony overlooking the lake or sarovar. Suddenly something roundish fell in front of me. I was curious. So I gently touched it and pushed it into the water. As it fell, there was a big noise and then the water rose and splashed into the Harmandir Sahib. I started reeling, once tilting on one side and again on the other. Someone pulled me inside. The explosions continued. We then realized that the Army's attack on the Golden Temple had begun." In a flash she described her companions - "Inside the Harmandir Sahib there were about 50 to 60 persons - some granthis (priests), ragis (singers), sevadars (employees), the rest of them yatris (pilgrims or visitors) like me and my family. I did not see any armed terrorist."

The Army fired from all sides and did not spare any target in the Temple complex which seemed to shelter people. According to Prithipal Singh, the Sevadar on duty at Akal Rest House, deep inside the Guru Ram Das Serai, the Akal Rest House was shelled from the side of Gali Bagh Wali (to the left of the main entrance from the side on chowk Ghanta Ghar) at 5 a.m. on June 4. The bullet marks on the walls, the doors, and windows of the side rooms of the Akal Rest House bore silent testimony to the Sevadars story, as we listened to him in May, 1985, almost one year after the shooting.

The Harmandir Sahib was not spared by the Army on June 4, just as it had not been by the C.R.P. on June 1. According to the girl student, bullets hissed past her and her grandmother and aunt when they crawled across the bridge on their stomachs in their bid to escape from Harmandir Sahib. She managed to pick up a portion of a shell which had exploded on the bridge near Harmandir Shaib - it was marked 84 mm., and it had two colours, yellow on the upper part and blue on the lower part.

Baldev Kaur's account suggests that there was no immediate counter-fire from inside the Golden Temple complex. The A.I.S.S.F. member said that "there was some stray firing from inside the Golden Temple before the Army's entry into the complex" ;. The girl student provides a comparative picture of the magnitude and intensity of firing from outside the Temple and from inside. "The firing that took place from inside the Golden Temple was negligible. On June 1, there was absolutely no firing from inside. Whereas on June 4, the ratio was something like this - if a thousand rounds were being fired by the Army from outside, then about one or one and a half rounds were fired in reply by the armed militants from inside the Temple complex."

Meanwhile, according to Duggal, "the helicopter hovered above and continued to fire from above. Some of these helicopters also guided the firing squads of the Army by making a circle of light around the targets. Immediately after these circles, the cannon bell would land on the target causing havoc. We saw a large number of boys blown to pieces."

According to Bhan Singh, "they (the Army) treated the inmates of the Complex as enemies and whenever there was any person wounded on account of the firing, no Red Cross people were allowed to enter, rather the Red Cross personnel had been detained beyond the Jallianwallah Bagh," - more that a kilometre away from the main entrance to the Golden Temple from the Chowk Ghanta Ghar side. In accordance with the U.N. Charter of Human Rights, the Red Cross is permitted to go in aid of the wounded right inside the enemy territory, but in Amritsar in June 1984 the Red Cross was not allowed to enter the Golden Temple - a respected and hallowed part of our country- in aid of Indians under attack from the Indian army. It only means that the attack was so brutal and the battle scene so grisly, that there was much to hide from the public scrutiny, even if it be that of a neutral agency called the Red Cross. This also explains perhaps why Press Censorship had already been imposed, the last of the journalists were hounded away and the Press was not allowed inside the Golden Temple up to June 10 when they were taken on a guided tour of the Complex for the first time since the Army Operations began almost a week before.

3rd June 1984

According to the AISSF member, "Guru Parb was on June 3.

About 10,000 people had come from outside including many women and

4000 of them were young people. Those who were inside were not allowd to

go out after 10 p.m. on June 3. The Jathas which had come mainly from

Sangrur were not allowed to court arrest."

Bhan Singh confirms: "June 3 being Guru Parb, thousands of pilgrims had

come. But suddenly there was a curfew, so the pilgrims and the 1300 Akali

workers came to participate in the Dharam Yudh Morcha and to court arrest,

could not leave. The Akali Jathas consisted of about 200 ladies, 18 children

and about 1100 men and all of them along with the thousands of pilgrims

were forced to stay back inside the Temple complex. Most were living in

Guru Ram Das Serai, some at Teja Singh Samundri Hall."

The girl student remembers, "On June 3, at 6 o'clock in the evening we came

to know that Punjab had been sealed for 48 hours and that even cycles

would not be allowed on the streets."

Kanwaljit Singh sent a telegram home to Delhi at 8.05 p.m. on June 3 from

the Golden Temple Post Office "Coming after curfew". It means that the

curfew was 'reimposed' (Duggal's word) between 8.05 p.m. and 10 p.m.

No one inside the Golden Temple had yet realised the sinister plan of the

authoritites. Punjab had been sealed. Thousands of pilgrims and hundreds of

Akali workers had been allowed to collect inside the Temple complex. They

had been given no inkling or warning either of the sudden curfew or of the

imminent Army attack. It was to be a Black Hole-type of tragedy, not out of

forgetfulness but out of deliberate planning and design.

2nd June 1984

Duggal was relieved when "fortunately, on 2nd June a team

of five reporters including Mark Tully of B.B.C. came there (Golden Temple)

and were told the truth . They were taken around the Golden Temple and

shown 34 big wounds caused by the bullets on all sides of the Harmandir

Sahib, some of them as big as almost 3" in diameter."

"The 2nd June passed off peacefully," according to Duggal, because there

was no firing and no curfew, while Baldev Kaur said it was 'quiet'. A large

number of Sikhs came to the Golden Temple from the surrounding areas

along with their familie s as the next day, June 3, was Guru Parb or the

martyrdom day of Shri Guru Arjan Dev, the fifth holy Guru of the Sikhs.

The peace and quiet was only on the surface, because active preparations

were afoot to break the peace. Kanwaljit Singh and his friend Manjit Singh

from Delhi visited Golden Temple on the morning of June 2 and found that

there there was no restriction for pilgrims to enter Amritsar or even the

Temple. But the exit doors out ot Amritsar were being closed. After visiting

the Temple, when Kanwaljit went at noon to the Amritsar Railway Station to

catch a train for Delhi, they were told that the last train had already left and

that the Flying Mail in the evening would not be leaving. In fact they were told

all outgoing trains had been cancelled. So Kanwaljit and Manjit were forced

to return to the Golden Temple and put up in the Guru Ram Das Serai for the

n ight. Thus was Kanwaljit to miss his interveiw at Delhi with the Institute of

Bank Management on June 3 morning and his examination with the State

Bank of India the same afternoon.

The AISSF young man said that the C.R.P., outside the Golden Temple was

replaced by Army on the night of June 2. Although there was no formal

curfew, and all visitors entering the Temple were allowed to come in without

any ado, all those who left the G olden Temple on the night of June 2 were

being taken into custody. "I did not therefore leave the Golden Temple

complex", said the A.I.S.S.F. member revealing his caution

1st June 1984

Piecing together the evidence of various eye-witness and

also second-hand socurces, such as Kirpal Singh, President of the Khalsa

Dewan, Amritsar and S.S. Bhagowalia, advocate at Gurdaspur and Vicepresident

for the Association for Protection of Democratic Rights (Punjab),

the following picture emerges as to what happened at Golden Temple from

June 1, 1984. It is really amazing how, except for some minor details, the

accounts of different persons interviewed separately tally so closely with

regard to the date, the time and the description of incident June 1, 1984. The

AISSF Member, Duggal, the girl student, Sevadar Prithipal Singh and Baldev

Kaur all said the the Golden Temple was fired at by security forces from the

outside for the first time on June 1 itself, not June 5 as claimed by the White

Paper. According to the AISSF member, "At 14.40 in the afternoon of June 1,

suddenly the CRP without provocation started firing, aiming at the people

inside the Parikarmas. There was no firing, from inside the Golden Temple.

The firing by the C.R.P. was on the Harmandir Sahib and the Manjih Sahib.

The firing continued till about 8 p.m." Sevadar Prithipal Singh added that the

shooting which started from outside, was not preceded by any warning.

Devinder Singh Duggal's account is extremely detailed and lucid. "By the end

of May, it was widely known that the Army is going to attack the Golden

Temple, and on that account there was tremendous tension in the entire city

and its surrounding ar eas. The worst fears of the people came to the surface

when on 1st June, the security forces which had beseiged the Golden

Temple for months together and had made strong fortification on the multistorey

buildings all around it, suddenly started firing in side the Golden

Temple. The firing sarted at 12.30 p.m. and continued for a full 7 hours. What

was worse was that Harmandir Sahib was made the main target of this firing.

I took shelter along with my staff behind the steel almirahs of the Library, one

of the bullets pierced through three almirahs and landed on the fourth and we

had a narrow escape."

Duggal continues - "Not a single shot was fired from inside the complex.

When I asked some of the boys as to why they did not answere the firing,

they replied that they were under strict orders of the Sant not to fire a single

shot unless and unti ll the security forces or the Army entered the holy

Golden Temple. In the evening, when I heard in the news bulletin that there

was unprovoked firing from inside the Temple, but that the security forces

showed extreme restrain and did not fire a single sh ot, I was surprised at

this naked lie. The very fact that as many as eight persons, includeing a

woman and a child had been killed inside the Golden Temple complex and

there were as many as 34 big bullet wounds on all sides of the Harmandir

Sahib complete ly belied the Government's version. I asked Bhan Singh,

Secretary, S.G.P.C., to do something to refute this falsehood. He said that

nothing could be done because all links with the outside world had been

snapped."

According to the girl student, curfew was clamped soon after the firing

started. She confirmed the killings - "Authorities had said none had died, but I

dressed the wounds of 3 men who died later in front me in Guru Nanak

Nivas." That the cur few was lifted soon after the firing stopped is indicated

by the AISSF member, who said, "after the firing stopped, at about 8.30 p.m.,

a group of people (Jatha) courted arrest."

There is no doubt then that security forces (C.R.P.) fired on the Harmander

Sahib on June 1 itself and the news over the A.I.R. that there was

unprovoked firing from inside was a blatant lie. However, most official

versions maintain a meaningful silenc e about the happenings of June 1. For

them, as for example, with the Government's White Paper, the story begins

on June 2 with the Government of India deciding to call in the Army in aid of

civil authority in Punjab, with the object of "checking and controlling

extermist, terrorist and communal vioulence in Punjab, providing security to

the people and restore normalcy." How much security the Army succeeded in

providing to the people and how much normalcy, they were able to restore, is

however, another matter.

Taken from Operation Bluestar: Untold Story

Why would BKI condemn an attack which KZF claim to have carried out? Was the statement even genuine?

Something doesnt add up here.

OH, 2 of the main sikhs who carried out the asssination of Paapi Rama Nand have been named as:

Bhai Tarsem Singh

Bhai Yadhvinder Singh

i agree, this doesn't sound right, why would neeta claim responsibility for the attack and condradict bki given the fact that neeta is apparently in lahore, where wadhawa singh also is - and all of them are networked with each other.

and how come of all a sudden kzf has come out of its dormant state and claimed an attack like this in far away vienna, something which doesn't fit in with their usual tactics of attacks in only punjab, jammu and delhi (during early 90s).

Please complain to the BBC regarding the below article

http://www.bbc.co.uk/complaints/complaints_stage1.shtml

Here is what i sent to them,

'I would like to complain about the grossly inaccurate coverage of the incident in Vienna and subsequent riots in Punjab. Your article states that a 'Sikh Guru' was killed. However in Sikhism, the present Guru is our Holy scriptures, known as Guru Granth Sahib Jee. Secondly you have mentioned that the violence was between higher and lower caste Sikhs. But Sikhism does not advocate the caste system. The group concerned in the incident, belong to the Ravidassi sect who have split from mainstream Sikhism. The person killed was revered as a Saint by the Ravidassi sect. I hope that you will promptly research and amend the inaccuracies in your coverage of recent events, in order to avoid offending the sentiments of the global Sikh community.'

Riots have broken out in almost all towns and cities in the Indian state of Punjab after a Sikh guru was killed by a rival group in a temple in Austria.

Thousands of angry protesters have taken to streets, damaging public property and setting trains on fire.

At least four people were injured when police opened fire at protesters who attacked a police station in Jalandhar.

The army has marched through the streets of Jalandhar city and a curfew is in place in four major towns.

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has appealed for calm.

Guru Sant Ramanand was attacked on Sunday in Vienna - during clashes at a religious ceremony - by six men armed with knives and a pistol.

Whatever the provocation, it is important to maintain peace and harmony among different sections of the people

He succumbed to his wounds in hospital early Monday.

Another preacher Sant Nirajnan Dass, who was among 15 other people injured, is said to be stable.

Both the preachers were from a low-caste Sikh sect which has a large following in parts of Punjab and had travelled to Vienna to conduct a special service.

The BBC's Sanjoy Majumder, in Delhi, says several high caste Sikh groups had apparently opposed his presence and threatened violence.

Bonfire

Thousands of protesters carrying swords, steel rods and sticks are out on the streets in almost all major towns and cities, reports the BBC's Asit Jolly in Chandigarh, capital of Punjab state.

At least four trains have been attacked

All major highways are blocked by bonfires of tyres and sticks, and all main railways stations in the state are deserted, our correspondent says.

Police say a large showroom of Hyundai motors has been completely destroyed and trains have been attacked in at least four places.

Police said they fired at rioting mobs in two places in Jalandhar after coming under attack.

At least four people were wounded, they said.

The army and police have marched through the streets of Jalandhar and police say they have arrested six people for arson.

A curfew has been imposed in the cities of Jalandhar, Phagwara, Hoshiarpur and Ludhiana.

The Delhi-Lahore bus has been stopped near the town of Ludhiana as a precautionary measure.

Violent demonstrations have also been reported in the towns of Amritsar, Patiala, Ferozepur, Bathinda and Nawanshahr.

'Distressed'

Chief Minister of Punjab Prakash Singh Badal has called an all-party meeting on Tuesday and PM Manmohan Singh has appealed for calm.

"I am deeply distressed by the outbreak of violence in Punjab following certain incidents in Vienna, Austria." Mr Singh said in a statement.

"Whatever the provocation, it is important to maintain peace and harmony among different sections of the people."

Mr Singh, a Sikh, said that Sikhism preached tolerance and harmony.

Guru Sant Ramanand and Sant Niranjan Dass were attacked on Sunday in Vienna.

Eyewitnesses said fundamentalist Sikhs from a higher caste attacked the preachers, who, they believed, were disrespectful of the Sikh holy book.

Police spokesman Michael Takacs said the scene was "like a battlefield". Six people have been detained, and more arrests were possible.

Several hundred worshippers were at the temple at the time of the attack.

The temple is situated in Vienna-Rudolfsheim, in the 15th district of the capital.

It is estimated that fewer than 3,000 Sikhs live in Austria.

The Rudolfsheim temple is run by devotees of Shri Guru Ravidas, who founded the Dera Sach Khand sect.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8066783.stm

The police investigate on an evidential basis and should be following all leads. While the protest may be a good idea for some, the only thing it might accomplish is for a politician to write a letter to the Chief Supt (who covers the area which Bow falls under) to put more pressure on the inquiry. But saying that, the DS in charge of the investigation issued a press release giving an update to the Sikh community on this investigation. This was posted by khalistan-zindabad on this forum not so long ago.

The supposed 'protest' on the 24th May 2009 which is apparently being organised by the dodgy committee will not get any numbers as the sangat will be attending the sanskaar of Maharaaj's ashes. So rather than organising protests, for the time being it might be better just to contact the police/politicians through emails, letters, phone calls.

Local area

http://cms.met.police.uk/met/boroughs/tower_hamlets/index

Local neighbourhood team

http://www.met.police.uk/teams/towerhamlets/bowwest/

Local MP

http://www.upmystreet.com/commons/constitu...arch/l/bow.html

It would be good, if those attending or organising, can ensure that we have a coach from the Gurdwara to the 'rally' in London in June. In the past they have never had a coach.

the local naujawan are organising the jaap.

as for the rally, the main ppl in the committee are congressi and not pro- movement, so i hope that answers your question!

The following Gurdwaras have confirmed their committment and transport to the rememberance march and rally on June 7th - Hyde Park London.

Please encourage the others to do the same.

Gurdwara Yaadgar Baba Deep Singh Ji Shaheed

4 Holyhead Road,

Handsworth,

Birmingham,

West Midlands

B21 0LT

0121 554 803

Guru Gobind Singh Gurdwara And Community Centre

21 Mary Street,

Balsall Heath,

Birmingham,

West Midlands

B12 9RN

0121 440 2358

Guru Nanak Gurdwara

Stratford Road,

Sparkhill,

South Birmingham

B11

Guru Ram Dass Singh Sabha Gurdwara

95 Moseley Road,

Balsall Heath,

Birmingham,

West Midlands

B12 9BX

Ramgharia Sikh Temple

6-9 Graham Street,

Birmingham,

West Midlands

B1 3LA

0121 236 5435

Singh Sabha Akaal Darbar

21-527 & 535-537 Park Road,

Hockley,

Birmingham,

West Midlands

B18 5TR

Guru Nanak Gurdwara

28-130 High Street,

Smethwick,

Warley,

West Midlands

B66 3AP

0121 558 2527

0121 555 5926

Guru Nanak Gurdwara

Well Lane,

Wednesfield,

Wolverhampton,

West Midlands

WV11 1XT

Guru Nanak Sikh Temple

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Wolverhampton,

West Midlands

WV2 3JA

01902 459413

01902 459933

Gurdwara Guru Nanak Parkash

65-67 Walsall Road,

Willenhall,

Walsall,

West Midlands

WV13 2RD

01902 605286

Gurdwara Guru Har Rai Sahib

126-128 High Street,

West Bromwich,

West Midlands

B70 6JW

0121 525 3275

Gurdwara Nanaksar

4 Wellington Street,

Pleck,

Walsall,

West Midlands

01922 641040

Guru Nanak Sikh Temple

8 Edward Street,

West Bromwich,

West Midlands

B70 8NP

0121 553 1242

Gurdwara Guru Hargobind Sahib Ji

Twydale Works Unit 1,

Dudley Road West,

Tividale,

Warley,

West Midlands

B69 3DU

0121 522 4828

Gurdwara Nanak Parkash This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

71/81 Harnall Lane West,

Foleshill,

Coventry,

West Midlands

CV2 2GJ

Gurdwara Sri Guru Singh Sabha

47-49 Cross Road,

Coventry,

West Midlands

CV6 5GR

Guru Nanak Sikh Temple

Prospect Hall,

Wakefield Road,

Bradford,

West Yorkshire

BD4 7DS

01274 723557

Guru Nanak Gurdwara

Prospect Street,

Huddersfield,

West Yorkshire

HD1 4HU

Gurdwara Kalgidhar Sahib Bhatra Sanghat

138 Chapeltown Road,

Leeds,

West Yorkshire

LS7 4EE

The Sikh Temple

192 Chapeltown Road,

Leeds,

West Yorkshire

LS7 3JT

0113 262 9073

Sri Guru Singh Sabha Gurdwara

2-8 Park Avenue,

Southall,

London

UB1 3AG

020 8574 8901

Sri Guru Singh Sabha Gurdwara This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Havelock Road,

Southall,

London

UB2 4NP

020 8574 890

Sikh Missionary Society U.K. This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

10 Featherstone Road,

Southall,

London

UB2 5AA

020 8574 1902

020 8574 1912

Gurdwara Singh Sabha - London East

100 North Street,

Barking,

London

IG11 8JD

020 8594 3940

Gurdwara Singh Sabha - London East

722/730 High Road,

Seven Kings,

Ilford,

London

IG3 8SX

Sri Guru Singh SabhaThis email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Alice Way,

Hanworth Road,

Hounslow,

London

TW3 3UA

020 8577 2793

Guru Nanak Gurdwara

9 Holybones,

Leicester,

Leicestershire

LE1 4LJ

0116 251 7460

Guru Tegh Bahadur Gurdwara

106 East Park Road,

Leicester,

Leicestershire

LE5 4QB

0116 276 0517

Guru Nanak Darbar Gurdwara - Sikh Temple

Clarence Place,

Gravesend,

Kent

DA12 1LD

01474 534121

Guru Nanak Istri Sabha

158 Peartree Street,

Derby,

Derbyshire

Guru Arjan Dev Gurdwara This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Stanhope Street,

Derby,

Derbyshire

DE23 6QJ

01332 776872

Sri Guru Singh Sabha Gurdwara

Sheehy Way,

Waxham Court,

Slough,

Berkshire

SL2 5SS

01753 531826

Ramgharia Gurdwara

Woodland Avenue,

Slough,

Berkshire

SL1 3BU

01753 525458

Gurdwara Sri Guru Singh Sabha

48 Kings Close,

Watford,

Hertfordshire

WD1 8UB

01923 244058

01923 244650

Gurdwara Baba Zorawar Singh Ji Baba Fateh Singh Ji

Phoenix Drive, Off Grafton Street (V6),

Milton Keynes

Buckinghamshire

MK6 5LU

01908 231663

Updated poster..

The following Gurdwaras are still to confirm transport and commitment to the remembrance march and rally. Please encourage them to take part.

Ramgarhia Sikh Temple

81-83 Chelsea Road,

Easton,

Bristol,

BS5 6AS

0117 955 4929

Sangat Singh Sabha Gurdwara

11 Summerhill Road,

St George,

Bristol,

BS5 8HG

0117 955 9333

Sri Guru Singh Sabha

301-303 Church Road,

St George,

Bristol,

BS5 8AH

0117 954 0507

Shri Guru Nanak Prakash Singh Sabha

(Bristol Sikh Temple)

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71-75 Fishponds Road,

Eastville,

Bristol,

BS5 6SF

+44 (0) 117 902 0104

Bedfordshire

Guru Nanak Gurdwara

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2A Dallow Road,

Luton,

Bedfordshire

LU1 1LY

01582 721072

Guru Nanak Gurdwara

84 Ford End Road,

Bedford,

Bedfordshire

MK40 4JX

01234 266531

Ramgharia Sikh Society Gurdwara

33-39 Ampthill Street,

Bedford,

Bedfordshire

MK42 9BT

01234 304455

Ramgharia Sikh Temple

69 Victoria Road,

Bedford,

Bedfordshire

MK42 9JR

Guru Gobind Singh Gurdwara

152-156 Bedford Road,

Kempston,

Bedford,

Bedfordshire

MK42 8EL

Belfast

Gurdwara Guru Nanak

Sikh Community Association Belfast

162 Duncairn Gardens,

Belfast,

Northern Ireland

BT15 2GN

028 9075 2353

Berkshire

Guru Nanak Satsang Sabha

31 Rutland Road,

Maidenhead,

Berkshire

SL6 4HZ

01628 780330

Ramgharia Sabha Reading

234 London Road,

Earley,

Reading,

Berkshire

RG6 1AH

Sri Guru Singh Sabha

30a Cumberland Road,

Reading,

Berkshire

RG1 3LB

Sri Guru Gobind Singh Marg Gurdwara

76 Montague Road,

Slough,

Berkshire

SL2

Buckinghamshire

Gurdwara Amrit Parchar Dharmik Diwan (Sikh Temple)

Brook Street,

High Wycombe,

Buckinghamshire

HP11 2EQ

Ramgharia Sabha

10 Hadrians Drive,

Bancroft,

Milton Keynes

Buckinghamshire

MK13 0PP

Cambridgeshire

Gurudwara Baba Budha Sahib Ji

Royce Road,

Peterborough,

Cambridgeshire

PE1

Cambridge Sikh Society

17 Woodcock Close,

Impington,

Cambridge,

Cambridgeshire

CB4 9LD

Cheshire

Guru Nanak Gurdwara

Dover Road,

Latchford,

Warrington,

Cheshire

WA4 1NB

Cleveland

Guru Nanak Gurdwara And Sikh Community Centre

31a Allensway,

Thornaby,

Stockton-On-Tees,

Cleveland

TS17 9HA

01642 760634

Sikh Temple

23 Lorne Street,

Middlesbrough,

Cleveland,

TS1 5QY

01642 250125

Bhatra Sikh Temple

151 Southfield Road,

Middlesbrough,

Cleveland

Derbyshire

Ramgarhia Sabha Sikh Temple

14-16 St. James Road,

Derby,

Derbyshire

DE23 8QX

01332 371811

Devon

Guru Arjan Niwas Sikh Temple

46 Clifton Street,

Exeter,

Devon

Durham

Darlington Sikh Temple

Louisa Street,

Darlington,

County Durham

DL1 4ED

01325 250050

Guru Gobind Sikh Temple - Sunderland Sikh Association

Ashbrooke Hall,

The Cloisters,

Sunderland,

County Durham

SR2 7ED

0191 5672939

Essex

Sikh Temple

6 Maidstone Road,

Grays Thurrock,

Essex

01375 376086

Greater Manchester

Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji Gurdwara

15 Monton Street,

Moss Side,

Manchester

M14 4GP

0161 226 1131

Sikh Temple

107 Halliwell Lane,

Cheetham Hill Road,

Manchester,

M8

Gurdwara Dashmesh Darbar Sikh Temple

98 Heywood Street,

Cheetham,

Manchester,

M8 0PS

Shri Guru Singh Sabha Gurudwara

32 Derby Street,

Manchester,

M8 8RY

0161 832 2241

The Sikh Temple

61 Upper Chorlton,

Whalley Range,

Manchester,

M16 7RQ

0161 226 7233

Dashmesh Sikh Temple

29 Esmond Road,

Cheetham,

Manchester

Gurdwara Sri Guru HarKrishan Sahib Ji

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12 Sherborne Street,

Strangeways,

Manchester

M3 1FE

0161 832 6577

0161 835 2125

Hampshire

Guru Nanak Gurdwara

207 Lower Brook Street,

Basingstoke,

Hampshire

RG21 7RR

Sikh Temple

4 King's Mill Road,

Basingstoke,

Hampshire

RG21 3JE

Singh Sabha Gurdwara

Onslow Road,

Cranberry Avenue,

Southampton,

Hampshire

SO14 0LR

Gurdwara Tegh Bahadur Sahib

7 St. Mark’s Road,

Newtown,

Southampton,

Hampshire

SO14 0FB

Gurdwara Singh Sabha

128-130 Northumberland Road,

Cranberry,

Southampton,

Hampshire

SO14 0ER

Gurdwara Nanaksar

3 Peterborough Road,

Bevois Valley,

Southampton,

Hampshire

SO14 6HY

Guru Nanak Sar Gurdwara

5 Margate Road,

Southsea,

Portsmouth,

Hampshire

PO5 1EY

Hertfordshire

Nanaksar Thath Ishar Darbar

7 Gernon Walk,

Letchworth,

Hertfordshire

SG6 3HW

01462 684153

Guru Nanak Gurdwara

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37 Wilbury Way,

Hitchin,

Hertfordshire

SG4 0TW

01462 431973

Sri Guru Singh Sabha Gurdwara

50 Wilbury Way,

Hitchin,

Hertfordshire

SG4 0TP

01462 432993

Kent

The Medway Towns Gurudwara Sabha

Cossack Street,

Rochester,

Kent

ME1 2EF

01634 849782

Sikh Temple

4 Milton Avenue,

Gravesend,

Kent

DA12 1QL

Sikh Sangat Gurdwara

Sydney Road,

Chatham,

Kent

ME4 5BR

01634 815934

Gurdwara Guru Hargobind Sahib

8-10 Highfield Road,

Dartford,

Kent

DA1 2JJ

Kent Ramgarhia Darbar Sikh Temple

63 Franklin Road,

Gillingham,

Kent

ME7 4DG

01634 576618

Sri Guru Nanak Gurdwara - Sikh Temple

Byron Road,

Gillingham,

Kent

ME7 5QH

01634 333111

Lancashire

Guru Nanak Cultural Recreation Centre And Sikh Gurdwara

2 - 10 Tunbridge Street,

Preston,

Lancashire

PR1 5YP

01772 798395

Guru Nanak Gurdwara Bhatra Singh Sabha

2 Clarendon Street,

Preston,

Lancashire

PR1 3YN

01772 251008

Sikh Temple

8 Culshaw Street,

Blackburn,

Lancashire

BB1 1JF

01254 581965

Leicestershire

Guru Amardas Gurdwara - Leicester Sikh Centre

219-227 Claredon Park Road,

Leicester,

Leicestershire

LE2 3AN

0116 270 1705

Ramgarhia Board Gurdwara

51 Meynell Road,

Leicester,

Leicestershire

LE5 3NE

0116 276 0765

Gurdwara Sahib - Sikh Temple

33-34 Clarence Street,

Loughborough,

Leicestershire

LE11 1DY

01509 558027

Guru Nanak Khalsa

45 Lanesborough Road,

Leicester,

Leicestershire

LE4

Lincolnshire

Guru Nanak Gurdwara

41 Normandy Road,

Scunthorpe,

Lincolnshire

DN15 6AS

01724 841361

Guru Nanak Sikh Temple

207/209 Frodingham Road,

Crosby,

Scunthorpe,

Lincolnshire

DN15 6AS

01724 861880

Lothian Region

Sikh Temple

1 Mill Lane,

Leith,

Edinburgh

Lothian

EH6 6ZZ

0131 553 7202

London

Edgware Gurdwara

Waltham Drive,

28 Highlands,

Edgware

London

HA8

Gurdwara Guru Nanak Nishkam Sewak Jatha [uk]

134-142 Martindale Road,

Hounslow,

London

TW4 7HQ

020 8570 4774

Sikh Art & Culture Centre

21 Montague Road,

Hounslow,

London

TW3 1LG

Sri Guru Singh Sabha

93 Waye Avenue,

Cranford,

London

TW3 3UA

Dashmesh Sat Sang Sabha

6 Evelyn Grove,

Southall,

London

Guru Nanak Darbar

67 - 73 King Street,

Southall,

London

UB2 4DQ

Ramgharia Sabha Southall

53-57 Oswald Road,

Southall,

London

UB1 1HN

020 8574 5635

020 8843 1167

Guru Amardas Gurmat Society & Education Centre

1a Clifton Road,

Southall,

London

UB2 5QP

020 8571 1335

Guru Granth Gurdwara

45 Villiers Road,

Southall,

London

UB1 3BS

020 8574 2898

Sikh Temple Nanak Darbar - North London

136 High Road,

New Southgate,

London

N11 1PJ

020 8368 7104

Singh Sabha Gurdwara

68 Gloucester Drive,

London

N4 2LN

020 8800 9923

Gurdwara Sikh Sanghat

71 Francis Road,

Leyton,

London

E10 6PL

020 8556 4732

Gurdwara Sikh Sanghat

1a Campbell Road,

Bow,

London

E3 4DS

020 8980 2281

Brent Sikh Centre

241 Stag Lane,

Kingsbury,

P.O. Box 7657

London

NW9 0EF

020 8206 1231

020 8991 2690

Central Gurdwara (Khalsa Jatha) London

62 Queensdale Road,

Shepherd's Bush,

London

W11 4SG

020 7603 2789

Southfield Sikh Association

1 South Brook Road,

Streatham,

London

SW16

Ramgarhia Sikh Association

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Masons Hill,

Woolwich

London

SE18 6EJ

020 8854 1786

Guru Nanak Darbar Gurdwara

Old Mill Road,

Plumstead,

London

SE18

Siri Guru Singh Sabha

74 Avarn Road,

London

SW17

Ramgharia Sikh Gurdwara

10-14 Neville Road,

Forest Gate,

London

E7 9SQ

020 8471 0335

Gurdwara Baba Bhudha Sahib Ji

2 Shawbury Road,

East Dulwich,

London

SE22 9DH

020 8693 1162

ashmesh Darbar Gurdwara

97-101 Rosebery Avenue,

Manor Park,

London

E12 6PT

020 8471 2204

Guru Nanak Satsang Sabha Karamsar UK

400 High Road,

Seven Kings,

Ilford,

London

IG1 1TW

020 8478 8090

Greenwich Sikh Association - Woolwich Sikh Temple

1 Calderwood Street,

Woolwich,

London

SE18 6QW

020 8854 4233

South London Sikh Gurdwara

142 Merton Road,

Wandsworth,

London

SW18 5SP

020 8874 3518

Khalsa Centre

95 Upper Tooting Road,

Upper Tooting,

London

SW17 7TW

020 8767 3196

Londonderry

Sikh Gurdwara

Hinton House,

1 Clooney Park West,

Leith,

Londonderry,

County Londonderry

BT47 7TB

Merseyside

Gurdwara & Sikh Community Centre

Wellington Avenue,

Liverpool,

Merseyside

L15 0EJ

Northamptonshire

Sri Guru Singh Sabha

23 - 25 King Street,

Kettering,

Northamptonshire,

NN16 8QP

01536 511447

Sri Guru Singh Sabha

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17 - 19 St. Georges Street,

Northampton,

Northamptonshire,

NN1 2TN

01604 634641

Ramgarhia Board Sikh Gurdwara Community Centre

2 Craven Street,

Northampton,

Northamptonshire,

NN1 3EZ

Nottinghamshire

Sikh Temple - Gurdwara Singh Sabha

26 Nottingham Road,

Basford,

Nottingham,

Nottinghamshire

NG7 7AE

0115 962 2132

Guru Nanak Sat Sang Gurdwara

60-62 Forest Road West,

Nottingham,

Nottinghamshire

NG7 4EP

0115 978 1394

Ramgharia Sabha Nottingham

29-31 Percy Street,

Basford,

Nottingham,

Nottinghamshire

NG6 0GF

0115 979 1595

0115 854 3871

Sikh Temple

36 Church Street,

Lenton,

Nottingham,

Nottinghamshire

NG7 2FF

Oxfordshire

Banbury Gurdwara Sahib

43 West Street,

Banbury,

Oxfordshire

01295 265400

01295 266025

Sri Guru Singh Sabha

69 Cherwell drive ,

Marston,

Oxford,

Oxfordshire

OX3 0ND

Shropshire

Guru Nanak Gurdwara

1 Hadley Park Road,

Hadley,

Telford,

Shropshire

TF1 6PW

01952 411730

Guru Nanak Gurdwara

19a Church Parade,

Oakengates,

Telford,

Shropshire

TF2 6EX

01952 616442

South Glamorgan

Sikh Gurdwara

16 Wentloog Road,

Rumney,

Cardiff,

South Glamorgan

CF3 3LP

Sikh Gurdwara

212a Pearl Street,

Roath,

Cardiff,

South Glamorgan

CF24 1RD

Sri Dasmesh Singh Sabha Gurdwara Bhatra Sikh Centre

97-103 Tudor Street,

Cardiff,

South Glamorgan

CF11 6AE

029 2022 4806

South Yorkshire

Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Gurdwara

98 Balby Road,

Doncaster,

South Yorkshire

DN4 0JL

01302 363816

Guru Kalgidar Gurdwara

73 St James Street,

Waterdale,

Doncaster,

South Yorkshire

DN1 3A?

Sri Guru Arjan Dev Gurdwara

Cherry Tree Road,

Hexthorpe,

Doncaster,

South Yorkshire

DN4 0BJ

01302 369460

Gurdwara Sri Guru Teg Bhadar Sahib Ji

163 Bentley Road,

Bentley,

Doncaster,

South Yorkshire

DN5 9TB

01302 390056

Sikh Temple

125b Carr House Road,

Hyde Park,

Doncaster,

South Yorkshire

DN1 2BD

Sikh Temple

Ellesmere Road North,

Sheffield,

South Yorkshire

S4 7DN

0114 242 0108

Sikh Temple

120 Bushey Wood Road,

Dore,

Sheffield,

South Yorkshire

S17

Staffordshire

Nanaksar Gurdwara

90 Tithe Barn Road,

Stafford,

Staffordshire

ST16 3PQ

01785 58590

Guru Nanak Gurdwara

61 Liverpool Road,

Stoke-On-Trent,

Staffordshire

ST4 1AQ

01782 415670

Ramgarhia Sikh Temple

141 Wheldon Road,

Fenton,

Stoke On Trent,

Staffordshire

ST4 4JG

01782 844940

Strathclyde

Guru Granth Sahib Gurdwara

163 Nithsdale Road,

Pollockshields,

Glasgow,

Strathclyde

G41 2AL

0141 423 8288

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Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Gurdwara Bhatra Sangat

32 St Andrews Drive,

Glasgow,

Strathclyde

G41 5SG

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Guru Nanak Gurdwara

27 Otago Street,

Kelvinbridge,

Glasgow,

Strathclyde

G12 8JJ

Sikh Temple

128 McCulloch Street,

Glasgow,

Strathclyde

G41

Central Gurdwara Singh Sabha

134-138 Berkeley Street,

Pollockshields,

Glasgow,

Strathclyde

G3 7HY

0141 221 6698

Suffolk

Sikh Temple

719 Bramford Road,

Ipswich,

Suffolk

IP1 5BD

01473 216241

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Sanghat Sikh Bhatra Temple

Great Yarmouth Road,

Ipswich,

Suffolk

IP1 2EN

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Surrey

Nanak Community Centre

St. James Road,

Croydon,

Surrey

CR0 2BU

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Tayside

Sri Guru Nanak Gurdwara

1-3 Nelson Street,

Dundee,

Tayside

DD1 2PN

01382 222 3383

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Guru Nanak Gurdwara Sikh Temple

Victoria Road,

Dundee,

Angus

Tyne And Wear

Gurdwara Sri Guru Singh Sabha

Tindale Close,

Newcastle Upon Tyne,

Tyne And Wear

NE4 5SA

0191 2738011

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Khalsa Mero Roop Hai Khas Gurdwara

2 Dean Terrace,

South Shields,

Tyne And Wear

NE33 5JY

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Sri Guru Gobind Singh Gurdwara

The Cloisters (off Ryhope Road),

Sunderland,

Tyne And Wear

SR2 7ED

0191 567 2939

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West Midlands

Gurdwara Bebe Nanaki

189 Rookery Road,

Handsworth,

Birmingham,

West Midlands

B21 9PX

0121 551 3489

Gurdwara Guru Nanak Bhatra Singh Sabha & Community Centre

248-250 Moseley Road,

High Gate,

Birmingham,

West Midlands

B13 0DG

0121 440 2387

Guru Nanak Nishkam Sewak Jatha

18-20 Soho Road,

Handsworth,

Birmingham,

West Midlands

B21 9BH

0121 551 1125

Ramgharia Sikh Temple

25-29 Waverley Road,

Small Heath,

Birmingham,

West Midlands

B10 0EG

0121 773 0389

Singh Sabha Gurdwara

80 Somerset Road,

Handsworth Wood,

Birmingham,

West Midlands

B20 2JB

0121 551 1248

Shri Dasmesh Sikh Temple

305 Wheeler Street,

Lozells,

Birmingham,

West Midlands

B19 2EU

0121 523 6059

Shri Guru Ravidass Bhawan

Union Row,

Handsworth,

Birmingham,

West Midlands

B21 9EN

Gurdwara Nanaksar

Waterloo Road,

Smethwick,

Warley,

West Midlands

B66 4JS

0121 558 9048

Sri Guru Nanak Singh Sabha Gurdwara

118 Wellington Road,

Dudley,

West Midlands

DY1

01384 253 054

Guru Teg Bahadur Gurdwara

7 Vicar Street,

Dudley,

West Midlands

DY3 3SD

01384 238936

Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara

202-204 Cannock Road,

Wolverhampton,

West Midlands

WV10 0AL

Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara

Arthur Street,

Bilston,

Wolverhampton,

West Midlands

WV14 0DG

Gurdwara Amrit Parchar Dharmik Diwan

65 Birmingham Road,

Oldbury,

Warley,

West Midlands

B69 4EH

0121 552 3778

Nanaksar Thath Isher Darbar

1 Mander Street,

Wolverhampton,

West Midlands

WV3 0JZ

01902 429379

Guru Nanak Gurdwara

205-206 Lea Road,

Pennfields,

West Midlands

WV3 0LG

Guru Nanak Gurdwara

West Bromwich Street,

Walsall,

West Midlands

WS1 4DE

01922 622199

Gurdwara Baba Sang

Saint Pauls Road,

High Street,

Smethwick,

Sandwell,

West Midlands

B66 1EE

0121 558 2681

Ramgarhia Board and Temple

Westbury Street,

Wolverhampton,

West Midlands

WV1 1JD

01902 426885

Ramgarhia Sabha

334 Newthampton Road East,

Wolverhampton,

West Midlands

WV1 4AD

01902 425156

Ramgarhia Gurdwara

1103 Foleshill Road,

Coventry,

West Midlands

CV6 6EP

024 7666 3048

024 7668 8208

Nanaksar Gurdwara

224-226 Foleshill Road,

Coventry,

West Midlands

CV1 4HW

024 7622 0434

Gurdwara Guru Hargobind

47 Coventry Street,

Coventry,

West Midlands

CV2 4ND

Gurdwara Ajit Darbar Coventry UK

Lockhurst Lane,

Foleshill,

Coventry,

West Midlands

CV6 5NQ

024 7666 2448

Guru Nanak Sewak Jatha

128 De Montfort Way,

Cannon Park,

Coventry,

West Midlands

CV4 7DT

West Sussex

Sri Guru Singh Sabha

27-29 Spencer Road,

West Green,

Crawley,

West Sussex

RH11 7DE

West Yorkshire

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Malvern/Vetnor Street Off Leeds Road,

Bradford,

West Yorkshire

BD3 9JN

01274 727928

Gurdwara Singh Sabha

10 Grant Street Off Garnet Street,

Bradford,

West Yorkshire

BD3 9HD

01274 738834

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Peckover Street,

Little Germany,

Bradford,

West Yorkshire

BD2 1ER

01274 724853

Guru Nanak United Sikh Temple

64 Avenue Road,

West Bailing,

Bradford,

West Yorkshire

BD5

Ramgarhia Sikh Temple

Victoria Hall,

720 Bolton Road,

Bradford,

West Yorkshire

BD3 OND

01274 632761

Shri Guru Singh Sabha Sikh Temple

34 Hillhouse Lane,

Fartown,

Huddersfield,

West Yorkshire

HD1 6JT

01484 542982

Guru Nanak Sikh Sangat Sikh Temple

219 Keldergate,

Deighton,

Huddersfield,

West Yorkshire

HD2 1LF

Ramgarhia Sabha

8-10 Chapeltown Road,

Sheepscar,

Leeds,

West Yorkshire

LS7 3AL

0113 262 5657

Sikh Temple

93 Carr Manor Road,

Leeds,

West Yorkshire

LS17

Sikh Temple

16 Sholebroke Place,

Leeds,

West Yorkshire

LS7

Sri Guru Nanak Sikh Temple

165 Town Street,

Leeds,

West Yorkshire

LS12 3JF

Guru Nanak Temple

62b Tong Road,

Armley,

Leeds,

West Yorkshire

LS12 1LZ

0113 263 6525

Guru Nanak Nishkam Sewak Jatha [uk - Leeds]

78 Ladypit Lane,

Leeds,

West Yorkshire

LS11 6DP

0113 276 0270

Wiltshire

Shri Guru Nanak Gurdwara

Kembry St,

Swindon,

Wiltshire

SN2 8AZ

01793 538238

With Guru Jees grace there will be a 8 hour Chaupai Sahib Jaap at Caldmore Gurdwara in support of Chaupai One Million.

Please attend and show your suppport.

Monday (bh) 25th May 2009

9am-5pm followed by evening diwan

Guru Nanak Gurdwara

West Bromwich Street,

Caldmore,

Walsall

West Midlands,WSI 4DE

But the goal is not to get reincarnated. We want to merge with God. So our soul becomes at 1 with God.

I understand thats the goal. But it might not have happened to this particular soul as she didn't nam jap. I reminded her few weeks ago to do some nam jap. But typical excuses like we humans have. So I actually held her hand and read Japuji sahib to her (about 1.5hrs before her death, she was dying with cancer and pretty much determined that she was not going to survive that day), hoping that by doing that, God gives her one more chance as human to do nam jap and have her born back in some SIKHI oriented family.

I hope it happens to my soul as you suggested the goal to merge with GOD.

http://www.sikhsangat.com/index.php?act=at...st&id=12283

thank you k$$%%^ i mean azaad :rolleyes:

any more links??

Can anyone post any links of where i can download keertan from this amazing keertani :D

The Sikh Channel has a valid point as the presenters will be impartial and are not preaching about sikhi. If non-amritdhari's were not allowed to participate in any way, shape or form on the channel then how can you expect viewers from the wider punjabi community to be inspired into sikhi - they'll just watch the punjjabi channel instead.

And to give them credit, the sikh channel have posted on here asking specifically for amritdharis to take part in presenting etc because of low participation.

Regardless of the politics of who is doing what, having a sikh channel is a major leap forward for the sikh community. singhs back in 70s and 80s used to campaign so hard just to have a radio transmitter airing gurbani from darbar sahib, but now we have that and also a sikh channel!

We should all be positive about this and offer our collective support.

But on a side note, the Sikh channel have a responsibility to ensure that their parchaaraks represent the sikh way of life and are not from any group which seeks to undermine the authority of Guru Granth Sahib Jee.

Also there needs be coverage on 1984 in the coming weeks, especially given the fact that it has been 25 years since op bluestar.

A very popular nineteenth century British newspaper, <banned word filter activated>-Bits, made a comparative analysis of great generals of the world and arrived at the following conclusion:

"Some people might think that Napoleon was a great General. Some might name Marshall Hendenburgh, Lord Kitchener, General Karobzey or Duke of Wellington etc. And some going further might say Halaku Khan, Genghis Khan, Changez Khan, Richard or Allaudin etc. But let me tell you that in the North of India a General of the name of Hari Singh Nalwa of the Sikhs prevailed. Had he lived longer and had the sources and artillery of the British, he would have conquered most of Asia and Europe…."[15]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hari_Singh_Nalwa

does anyone know what happened to the guy, did they catch him????

yep

got text aswell, can anyone in india confirm this?

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The above poster summed it up nicely :rolleyes:

plz keep bumping!

26 days left

Just over 250 000 left

We won't get another shot at this, so wherever we are in the world, for the next few weeks lets ALL do as many as possible and give it a final push.

Benti to keep bumping this thread!

http://sgpc.net/hukamname_Aadesh_Sandesh.pdf

Hukamnaama number 58 at bottom of page 126.

Any thoughts Sangat Jee? Can anyone shed some more light on this? Who was given Seva as JAthedaar of all the Takhats at this time? Why hasn't this been implemented?

Shaheed Jathedar Gurdev Singh Jee Kaunke

'in January 1986, Bhai Sahib was chosen to the highest Seva in the Khalsa Panth, the Seva of Jathedar of Sri Akal Takhat Sahib.'

http://www.neverforget84.com/shaheed/Jathe...ngh-Kaunke.html

as k-z has said, we are gulaam

If you wanna learn martial arts, come to eagle claw kung fu classes

Wednesdays 6-8

Sundays 5-7

Guru Nanak Community Centre

Edward St

West Brom

All warriors are welcome :D

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