Gurudwara Reform Movement

On February 21, 2021, the centenary of Sri Nankana Sahib massacre, popularly known as Saka Nankana Sahib was observed.

About Saka Nankana Sahib

  • The Nankana massacre (or Saka Nankana) took place in Nankana Sahib gurdwara on 20 February 1921, at that time a part of the British India but today in modern-day Pakistan.
  • More than 260 Sikhs were killed, including children as young as seven, by the Udasi Custodian Mahant Narayan Das and his mercenaries.
  • The event forms an important part of Sikh history. In political significance, it comes next only to Jallianwala Bagh massacre of April 1919.
  • The saga constitutes the ....
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