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8
Feb

Republic Day: Khalistan Flag vs Nishan Sahib

   Posted by: aman    in Punjab

Dear Friends,

This is my full quote but for editorial reasons for AltNews, which I completely understand, could not be included.

On visual of flags on Red Fort:

Whether yellow or saffron, triangular flags with the Khanda – two swords – are Sikh flags. They are not Khalistan flags. In fact, there is no established or legitimate Khalistan flag. When a flag is hoisted as a symbol of regime change, the previous flag is brought down and the new flag is unfurled.

In this case, the Tricolour, the flag of India, continues to be hoisted. It has not been touched. There is no intention to touch it. The hoisting of Sikh flag means that the people of the nation want to assert their identity as well. They want to be counted. They want the rulers of the nation to not take them for granted. That is why the Sikhs hoisted their flags.

Must note, it was not part of any Union’s program. There was no call made for it.

History:

On 11 March 1783 the combined army of Baghel Singh of Karorsinghia Misl (military term: divisions or formations) with Jassa Singh Ahluwalia leading the Ahluwalia Misl and Jassa Singh Ramgarhia leading the Ramgarhia Misl defeated the Mughal army and captured Delhi. They detached the throne of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb (on which he sat and ordered the death of 9th Guru Teg Bahadur), tied it to elephants and dragged it to Darbar Sahib, Amritsar. Even today the slab is present at the Darbar Sahib in the Ramgarhia Bunga.

Places in Delhi such as Mori Gate, Tis Hazari, are named from that period of Sikh history. The Sikhs also established Gurdwara Rakabganj at the site where two followers of the Sikh Guru Tegh Bahadur – Lakhi Shah Banjara and his son Naghaiya – cremated his headless body, by setting their own house on fire.

Having done that, the Sikh armies retreated back to Panjab. The Sikh ethos is never to be an aggressor or oppressor.

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