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Pahre (74-78)
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Gurbani (94-109)
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Ashtpadi (129-130)
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Bara Maha (133-136)
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Gurbani (489-503)
Ashtpadiyan (503-508)
Vaar Gujari (508-517)
Vaar Gujari (517-526)
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Gurbani (527-536)
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Ghoriaan (575-578)
Alaahaniiaa (578-582)
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Gurbani (595-634)
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Gurbani (660-685)
Astpadhiya (685-687)
Chhant (687-691)
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Gurbani (696-703)
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Vaar Jaitsaree (705-710)
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Gurbani (795-831)
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Thitteen (838-840)
Vaar Sat (841-843)
Chhant (843-848)
Vaar Bilaaval (849-855)
Bhagat Bani (855-858)
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Gurbani (859-869)
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Gurbani (889-1008)
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Kaafee (1014-1016)
Ashtpadiyan (1016-1019)
Anjulian (1019-1020)
Solhe (1020-1033)
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Bara Maha (1107-1110)
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Gurbani (1118-1123)
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Vaar Saarang (1237-1253)
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Gurbani (1254-1293)
Partaal (1265-1273)
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Gurbani (1294-96)
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1984 Sikh Genocide: 26 Years On, New Evidence Of Mass Killings In Haryana Surfaces
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<blockquote data-quote="spnadmin" data-source="post: 142852" data-attributes="member: 35"><p><strong>Re: 1984 Sikh Genocide: 26 Years On, New Evidence of Mass Killings in Haryana Surface</strong></p><p></p><p><strong>Survivor recounts how father played saviour amid bloodbath</strong></p><p></p><p>Amrita Chaudhry</p><p></p><p>Ludhiana Harbhajan Singh, a survivor of the 1984 Sikh massacre at Chillar village in Haryana, has tried to put the past behind him. But the passage of 26 years has neither dulled the pain nor dropped a curtain on the bloody nightmare that clouds his eyes. Yet, amidst the dark images of the fateful day — November 2, 1984 — one figure darts across like a ray of light: that of his father Balwant Singh, who stood up to the 300-strong murderous mob and alone saved more than 30 lives.</p><p></p><p>“After the riots broke out in other cities, we were apprehensive about our safety, too. We were some nine Sikh families who had come to live in this village after the 1947 Partition. We were all huddled together, pondering on how to save our lives when the attackers came for us. The entire group got divided into two, so while some 30 people ran in one direction, another 30 ran into our haveli,” says Harbhajan Singh, a relative of SGPC President Avtar Singh Makkar.</p><p></p><p>Only the 30 who sought shelter in the haveli survived. “We shut the doors of our haveli and at first requested the attackers to take anything that they wanted but spare us. We thought that they had come to loot us and would go back after taking the belongings. But the mob was too agitated, shouting ugarwadiyon ko maar bhagao (kill the terrorists) and they would not listen to us. They broke down the main door and poured diesel over my father Balwant Singh and set him afire. But my father was very strong and he threw off his clothes. I too helped douse the fire and then my father asked me to bring the sword that we had at our home. The mob saw that my father and I were ready to die but not before killing at least a handful of them. The mob retreated a little but then they broke down the roof of the very room where we hid and as we ran to another room they pelted us with bricks,” recounts Harbhajan Singh. Singh and his father along with the smaller male members of the house fought the mob for over seven hours, “and with just one sword to keep the mob away.”</p><p></p><p>As per Harbhajan Singh, “It was around 10 in the night that we stepped out of our homes and headed for another village, Dhanuar. A Hindu friend of my father had a tractor trolley and he took us to Rewari and from there we came to Guniana Mandi.”</p><p></p><p>Harbhajan visited his village after 26 years along with SGPC President Avtar Singh Makkar recently. “I had not stepped into this village ever since the riots and the feeling was very strange. At the time of the attack we did not know that the other group had been killed. They, too, were our relatives.” Asked why the Chillar survivors had not spoken up sooner, Singh said, “to be honest, the Chillar carnage is the largest killing (of the 1984 riots). Thirty people of one village were killed. We were given red cards when we came to Punjab and even Rs 2 lakh compensation, but honestly we never felt the need to talk about the issue. Just after the riots, we were too broken to speak up and so no one heard us. After that we got busy rebuilding our lives. Our self respect does not allow up to ask for donations and compensations.”</p><p></p><p>SGPC writes to PM for judicial probe in case</p><p>Amritsar: Shiormani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee President Avtar Singh Makkar on Thursday shot off a letter to Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, demanding a high-level judicial probe into the Hondh-Chillar massacre. Makkar said it was unfortunate that even after 26 years justice had not been done. Copies of the letter were marked to Home Minister P Chidambaram and Haryana CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda. </p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/survivor-recounts-how-father-played-saviour-amid-bloodbath/754438/" target="_blank">http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/survivor-recounts-how-father-played-saviour-amid-bloodbath/754438/</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="spnadmin, post: 142852, member: 35"] [b]Re: 1984 Sikh Genocide: 26 Years On, New Evidence of Mass Killings in Haryana Surface[/b] [B]Survivor recounts how father played saviour amid bloodbath[/B] Amrita Chaudhry Ludhiana Harbhajan Singh, a survivor of the 1984 Sikh massacre at Chillar village in Haryana, has tried to put the past behind him. But the passage of 26 years has neither dulled the pain nor dropped a curtain on the bloody nightmare that clouds his eyes. Yet, amidst the dark images of the fateful day — November 2, 1984 — one figure darts across like a ray of light: that of his father Balwant Singh, who stood up to the 300-strong murderous mob and alone saved more than 30 lives. “After the riots broke out in other cities, we were apprehensive about our safety, too. We were some nine Sikh families who had come to live in this village after the 1947 Partition. We were all huddled together, pondering on how to save our lives when the attackers came for us. The entire group got divided into two, so while some 30 people ran in one direction, another 30 ran into our haveli,” says Harbhajan Singh, a relative of SGPC President Avtar Singh Makkar. Only the 30 who sought shelter in the haveli survived. “We shut the doors of our haveli and at first requested the attackers to take anything that they wanted but spare us. We thought that they had come to loot us and would go back after taking the belongings. But the mob was too agitated, shouting ugarwadiyon ko maar bhagao (kill the terrorists) and they would not listen to us. They broke down the main door and poured diesel over my father Balwant Singh and set him afire. But my father was very strong and he threw off his clothes. I too helped douse the fire and then my father asked me to bring the sword that we had at our home. The mob saw that my father and I were ready to die but not before killing at least a handful of them. The mob retreated a little but then they broke down the roof of the very room where we hid and as we ran to another room they pelted us with bricks,” recounts Harbhajan Singh. Singh and his father along with the smaller male members of the house fought the mob for over seven hours, “and with just one sword to keep the mob away.” As per Harbhajan Singh, “It was around 10 in the night that we stepped out of our homes and headed for another village, Dhanuar. A Hindu friend of my father had a tractor trolley and he took us to Rewari and from there we came to Guniana Mandi.” Harbhajan visited his village after 26 years along with SGPC President Avtar Singh Makkar recently. “I had not stepped into this village ever since the riots and the feeling was very strange. At the time of the attack we did not know that the other group had been killed. They, too, were our relatives.” Asked why the Chillar survivors had not spoken up sooner, Singh said, “to be honest, the Chillar carnage is the largest killing (of the 1984 riots). Thirty people of one village were killed. We were given red cards when we came to Punjab and even Rs 2 lakh compensation, but honestly we never felt the need to talk about the issue. Just after the riots, we were too broken to speak up and so no one heard us. After that we got busy rebuilding our lives. Our self respect does not allow up to ask for donations and compensations.” SGPC writes to PM for judicial probe in case Amritsar: Shiormani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee President Avtar Singh Makkar on Thursday shot off a letter to Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, demanding a high-level judicial probe into the Hondh-Chillar massacre. Makkar said it was unfortunate that even after 26 years justice had not been done. Copies of the letter were marked to Home Minister P Chidambaram and Haryana CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda. [url]http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/survivor-recounts-how-father-played-saviour-amid-bloodbath/754438/[/url] [/QUOTE]
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