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Sep. 1

1574

Joti Jot, Patshahi Third, Siri Guru Amardas Ji (Actual Date).
 

1574

Gur Gadhi, Patshahi Fourth, Siri Guru Ram Das Ji (Actual Date).
 

1581

Joti Jot, Patshahi Fourth, Siri Guru Ram Das Ji (Actual Date).
 

1581

Gur Gadhi, Patshahi Fifth, Siri Guru Arjun Dev Ji (Actual Date).
 

1839

Kharak Singh Appointed Maharaja In A Succession Ceremony
 

1922

Karam Singh And 4 Other Babar Gursikhs Died In A Police Encounter.
 

1923:

SGPC Sent A Jatha Of 25 Members To Begin Akhand Path At Jaito.
 

1923

Vaveli Carnage Took Place
 

1924:

11th Shahidi Jatha Of 50 Akalis, Under The Leadership Of Santokh Singh Badhuwal (Ferozpur), Courted Arrest Upon Reaching Jaito.
 

1939

Second World War Began
 

1946

First Bababr Shahidi Conference, Held At Gurdwara Chaunta Sahib (Babeli).
 

1950

Sikh Maha Samagham Held.
 

1951

Gurmat Mahan Samagam At Patiala, Attended By 400,000 Sikhs, Condemned The Indian Onslaught On The Identity And Entity Of The Sikh Nation.
 

1985

North American Sikh Convention, Edmonton

Sep. 2

1922

Pandit Madam Mohan Malviya Witnesses The Police Brutalities Against Gursikhs In Guru-Ka-Bagh Morcha
 

1926

Akal Chalana Of Bhai Hira Singh, An Accomplished Panthic Ragi.
 

1953

Sardar Kapur Singh, A Sikh Philosopher And An ICS Officer, Dismissed On Flimsy Grounds.
 

1984

Sarbat Khalsa Convened As "Sarab Sansar Sikh Sammelan" That Confirmed The Excommunication Of Giani Zail Singh, Buta Singh, And Others From Guru Khasla Panth For Their Part In The Operation Bluestar.

Sep. 3

1708

Madho Dass Baeragi Was Baptised And Became Banda Singh Bahadur.
 

1922

Sardar Bhagat Singh And His Two Sons Badly Tortured For Suspicion Of Their Sympathic Views Regarding Guru-Ka-Bagh Morcha.
 

1965

Fateh Singh Declared That Punjabi Suba Was More Dear To Him Than India.

Sep. 4

1838

Birthday Of Maharaja Dalip Singh
 

1926

First Meeting Of The Elected Members Of SGPC Held.

Sep. 5

1922

Sardar Pritpal Singh Ji Accepts Police Brutality Instead Of Departing From His Faith In Guru-Ka-Bagh Morcha.

Sep. 6

1901

Akal Chalana Of Giani Dit Singh
 

1921

Gurudwara Teja Kalan, Gurdaspur, Was Forcibly Captured And Brought Under SGPC's Control.
 

1923

SGPC Appoints Second Enquiry Committee To Go In To Investigate The Police Excesses In Doaba.
 

1966

Punjab Reorganization Bill Presented In The Indian Lower House. Sardar Kapur Singh Rejected It On Behalf Of The Sikh Nation In His Famous Address, " The Betrayal Of The Sikh Faith," To The Indian Parliament.

Sep. 7

1936

Gandhi Asserts That Sikhism Is Part Of Hindusim And
Stated That "If Becoming A Sikh Is Conversion Then This
Kind Of Conversion On The Part Of Harijans Is Dangerous
 

1981

Sikh Protest Procession Taken Out In Delhi To Seek Sikh Demands.4 Gursikhs Killed By Haryana Police On Their Way To Join The Procession.

Sep. 8

1922

The Count Of Gursikhs Injured As A Result Of Police Atrocities During The Guru Ka Bagh Morcha Reached 836.

Sep. 9,

1965

Indian Air Force, Under The Command Of Chief Marshal Arjun Singh, Successfully Bombed The Pakistani Strongholds.
 

1965

Fateh Singh Postponed His Fast Under The Pretext Of Indo-Pak War
 

1981

Lala Jagat Narayan Murdered Near Ludhiana And Sikhs Attacked.

Sep. 10

1930

Sardar Karam Singh, A Renowned Sikh Historian, Passed Away
 

1981

Indian Police Burns Saroops Of Siri Siri Guru Granth Sahib

Sep. 11

1487

Siri Guru Nanak Dev's Marriage Anniversary
 

1807

Maharaja Ranjit Singh Met Charles Matcalfe, The British Agent To Draw Out The Terms Of The Treaty.
 

1931

Kar Sewa Initiated, Siri Darbar Sahib Taran Taran Sarowar
 

1982

34 Sikhs Of The Dharam Yudh Morcha Were Crushed Under Train

Sep. 12

1897

Sara Garhi Episode Took Place. The Sikh Solidiers Continued To Hold The Picket Until Their Last Breath.
 

1940

Master Tara Singh Resigned From Congress Because Of Gandhi's Communal Attitude.
 

1988

Sikh Students Massacred In Bidar, Karnataka

Sep. 13

1670

Siri Guru Tegh Bahadhur Ji Released From Prison
 

1922

Rev. C.F. Andrews Witnessed The Police Brutality At Guru-Ka-Bagh
 

1923

SGPC's Second Enquiry Committee To Investigate The Doaba Excesses Was Arrested By The Police.
 

1926

Orders Declaring SGPC And Sharomani Akali Dal As Unlawful Bodies Were Withdrawn By The Punjab Government.
 

1931

Master Tara Singh Led A Jatha Of 100 Akalis In The Gurudwara Daska Morcha.
 

1944

All India Sikh Student Federation Established In Lahore
 

1981

Warrants Issued For Jarnail Singh Bhindrawalae In Connection With The Murder Of Lala Jagat Narayan.

Sep. 14

1777

Nawab Zaibta Khan Ruhela Baptised And Named Dharam Singh.He Decided To Join The Khalsa Membership, Being Impressed By The High Character Of The Khalsa.
 

1848

Raja Sher Singh Attari Declared War Against British Rule In Punjab.
 

1923

Akhand Panth Interrupted At Gurudwara Gangsar, Jaito. This Was Second Act Of Sacrilege Against Siri Guru Granth Sahib By The British. This Marked The Begining Of Jaito Morcha
 

1924

12th Shahidi Jatha Of 500 Akalis, Under The Leadership Of Sardar Sucha Singh From Moga, Courted Arrest Upon Reaching Jaito.

Sep. 15

1843

Maharaja Sher Singh Shot Dead By Ajit Singh Sandalwallia While Inspecting Troops.
 

1992

Discriminatory Orders Issed For Sikh's Registration Of Land.
 

1993

Punjab Police Forces Interrupted Akhand Path At Gurudwara Gurusar, Patshahi Sixth, At Gujrawal, Ludhiana. This Event Took Place Under Beant Singh's Government.

Sep. 16

1631

Akal Chalana, Baba Buddha Ji.
 

1842

A Friendship Treaty Signed Between Khalsa Darbar And China
 

1843

Dalip Singh Became The Maharaja Of Punjab After Some Internal Fighting For Successsion.
 

1981

Khalsa College Amritsar Potests Against Harrassment Of Bhindranwala.
 

1981

Bhindrawale Announced That He Would Offer Himself For Arrest.

Sep. 17

1922

Inquiry Committee Established To Report On Police Brutalities In Guru-Ka-Bagh.

Sep. 18

1708

Siri Guru Gobind Singh Ji Attacked By Two Pathans In Nanded
 

1924

13th Jatha Of 500 Akalis, Under The Leadership Of Shaheed Lakha Singh Jahan Shah (Gujara Walae), Departed From Amritsar For Jaito.

Sep. 19

1922

Siri Madan Mohan Malvia Pay Homage To The Shaheeds Of Guru Ka Bagh.
 

1923

Harbans Singh Of Sirhala Khurad Arrested
 

1936

Gandhi Refuses To Be Party To The Dr. Ambedkar's Proposal Of Conversion To Sikhism.
 

1981

The Sikh Heritage Conference Held In Toronto.

Sep. 20

1843

Raja Hira Singh Dogra Murdered Ajit Singh And Lehna Singh Sandhawalia To Avenge His Father's Death.
 

1981

Jarnail Singh Bhindrawalae Courted Arrest At Mehta Chowk.

Sep. 21

1845

Raja Gulab Singh Dogra Got Jawahar Singh Killed By Mia Prithi Singh Dogra. Jawahar Singh Was Brother Of Rani Jind Kaur.
 

1922

Babbar Appeal To Sikh Solidiers In Britsh Forces To Join Babbar Akali Ranks.
 

1923

Udham Singh Of Jandoo Singha, A Member Of The SGPC Was Arrested.
 

1960

Kaka Inderjeet Singh Killed By Forcibly Dropping Him In A Well At Karnal. His Crime Was Raising The Pro-Punjabi Suba Slogan.

Sep. 22

1539

Joti Jot, Patshahi First, Siri Guru Nanak Dev Ji (Actual Date)
 

1975

Bhai Sahib Dayal Singh Was Killed In A Car Accident.
 

1981

Indira Visited Chandigarh And Received A Strong Message To Either Release Bhindrawala Or Face Tempest.
 

1989

Singh Sahib, Prof. Manjit Singh Assumed The Responsibilitiy Of Jathaedar Kesgadh Sahib.

Sep. 23

  The Utterance Day Of Chaopi, Patshahi Tenth, At Nawa Nangal
 

1637

Akal Chalana, Bhai Gurdas, The Great Sikh Scholar And Poet
 

1923

63 Babbars Are Charged

Sep. 24

1494

Janam, Baba Siri Chand Ji Maharaj, Udaseen
 

1534

Prakash Utsav, Patshahi Fourth, Siri Guru Ram Das Ji (Actual Date).
 

1809

Maharaja Ranjit Singh Conquered Kangra Fort
 

1898

Akal Chalana Of Professor Gurmukh Singh, The Chief Organisers Of Siri Guru Singh Sabha, Lahore.
 

1980

Gurcharan Singh Tohra Demanded "Holy City" Status For Amritsar.

Sep. 25

1984

Control Of Harmninder Sahib Returned To SGPC After Operation Bluestar.
 

1985

Elections Of Punjab Assembly Were Held. It Was A Friendly Election Of Surjit Barnala-Congress Conspiracy That Made Surjit Singh Barnala The Chief Minister

Sep. 26 Sanmat

1563

Bhai Budha Ji Was Born In Village Of Ramdas
 

1914

Kamagata Maru Ship Arrived At Calcutta Where The Budge Budge Incident Took Place.
 

1978

8 Sikhs Were Massacared By Nirankaris While Police Killed 10 Sikhs At Kanpur.

Sep. 27

1926

Akali Leaders Of Gurudwara Sudhar Movement Were Finally Released.

Sep. 28

1968

Shiromani Akali Dal Organized An All India Akali Conference In Batala And Demanded Autonomy For States.
 

1981

Akali Dal Executive Met At Aalamgir And Decided To Launch Civil Disobedience From Nov. 18, 1981 For The Release Of Jarnail Singh Bhindrawala.

Sep. 29

1690

Janam Utsav, Sahibjadha Baba Jujhar Singh Ji
 

1914

Unprovoked Firing At Budge-Budge Ghat On Koma Gata Maru Passengers.
 

1981

Dal Khalsa Workers Hijacked An Indian Airliner To Lahore
 

1984

Giani Zail Singh's Excommunication Notice Withdrawn

Sep. 30

1922

Kishan Singh Gargaj Addresses A Letter To The Secretary Of SGPC Asking Him To Give Up The Policy Of Non-Violence At Guru Ka Bagh.
 

1922

Meeting At Rajowal To Plan The Murder Of Arjan Singh Patwari, Alleged To Be Responsible For The Arrest Of Master Mota Singh.
 

1953

Akali Dal Decided To Launch An Agitation To Undo Discrimination Against The Sikh Backward Classes
 

1981

Restriction Imposed On Kirpan On Indian Airlines Flights

 

Starting in 1999 all religious holidays will be observed according to the newly modified Nanakshahi Calendar. The years of the Nanakshahi calendar start with the birth of Guru Nanak Dev in 1469, 1998 is considered Nanakshahi 530. The modification is that now the calendar is based on the length of the tropical solar year, instead of the lunar cycle, meaning that dates will not fluctuate from year to year as they did previously. The Sikh New Year begins with Chet 1 which in the Common Era calendar is March 14, in 1999 and it will be the year 531 Nanakshahi.
Sikh Month Common Era Date for
Beginning of Month
Chet March 14
Vaisakh April 14
Jeth May 15
Harh June 15
Sawan July 16
Bhadon August 16
Asu September 15
Katik October 15
Maghar November 14
Poh December 14
Magh January 13
Phagan February 12

Gurpurbs

Guru Parkash
(Birthday)
Gur Ghaddhi
(Guruship)
Jyoti Jot
(Death)
Guru Nanak Dev Katik Pooranmashi* from Parkash Asu 8
September 22
Guru Angad Dev Vaisakh 5
April 18
Asu 4
September 18
Vaisakh 3
April 16
Guru Amar Das Jeth 9
May 23
Vaisakh 3
April 16
Asu 2
September 16
Guru Ram Das Asu 25
October 9
Asu 2
September 16
Asu 2
September 16
Guru Arjan Dev Vaisakh 19
May 2
Asu 2
September 16
Harh 2
June 16
Guru Hargobind Harh 21
July 5
Jeth 28
June 11
Chet 6
March 19
Guru Har Rai Magh 19
January 31
Chet 1
March 14
Katik 6
October 20
Guru Harkrishan Sawan 8
July 23
Katik 6
October 20
Vaisakh 3
April 16
Guru Tegh Bahadur Vaisakh 5
April 18
Vaisakh 3
April 16
Maghar 11
November 24
Guru Gobind Singh Poh 23
January 5
Maghar 11
November 24
Katik 7
October 21
Guru Granth Sahib Bhadon 17
September 1
Installation in Golden Temple
by Guru Arjan Dev
Katik 6
October 20
 

* Guru Nanaks birthday has been traditionally celebrated on Katik Poornamashi. Althought the correct birth date has been established as Vaisakh 1 (April 14), it will continue to be celebrated on Katik Poornamashi until such time as it is changed to Vaisakh 1. Katik Pooranmashi in 1999 is on November 23 and in 2000 is on November 11.

Other Religious Observances

Event Date
Creation of the Khalsa
Vaisakhi
Vaisakh 1
April 14
Martyrdom of Guru
Gobind Singhs Elder Sons
Poh 8
December 21
Martyrdom of Guru
Gobind Singhs Younger Sons
Poh 13
December 26

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Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh

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