Bitter and sweet memories related to Punjab and the Panth that happened during the past year
January 5 – Former Jathedar of Takht Sri Damdama Sahib Balwant Singh Nandgarh passed away.
February 13 – Farmers moving towards Delhi were stopped by Haryana Police at Shambhu border.
February 13 – Shiromani Akali Dal and BSP alliance broken.
February 18 – Dr. Inderbir Singh Nijjar became the President of Chief Khalsa Diwan again.
March 5 – Shiromani Akali Dal (Sanyukt) merged with Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal).
March 17 – Birth of (brother) Chhote Sidhu, son of famous late Punjabi singer and actor Shubhdeep Singh alias Sidhu Moosewal.
March 19 – Punjab government extended NSA on Bhai Amritpal Singh and 10 associates for one year.
March 28 – Baba Tarsem Singh, the head of the Dera Kar Sewa sect of Gurdwara Nanakmata Sahib, was shot dead in Udham Singh Nagar district of Uttarakhand.
March 31 – On the strong demand of the Sikh community at Adampur Airport, the Indian government started flights to Sri Hazur Sahib Nanded.
April 9 – The Shiromani Committee has adorned the Central Sikh Museum located in the Sri Darbar Sahib complex with photographs of Giani Harcharan Singh Mahalon, the former Jathedar of Takht Sri Keshgarh Sahib, Allah Yar Khan Jogi, who wrote and created the narrative of the martyrdom of the Sahibzadas in poetic form, Baba Hazara Singh, the head of the Kar Sewa sect Guru Ka Bagh, and Gurmat Sangeet Martand Padma Shri Pro: Kartar Singh Sri Anandpur Sahib.
April 21 – First Sikh cricketer and fast bowler Mahinderpal Singh appointed as the head coach of the Pakistan wheelchair cricket team.
25 April – Former Speaker Surjit Singh Minhas passes away.
1 May – Murder of Damdami Taksal’s 13th head Sant Giani Kartar Singh Bhindranwale’s nephew, General Secretary Sant Samaj and chief spokesperson Damdami Taksal Baba Balwinder Singh.
10 May – Bhai Amritpal Singh, the head of Waris Punjab and imprisoned in Dibrugarh Jail in Assam under the strict section of NSA, files papers as an independent candidate from Khadoor Sahib constituency.
11 May – Padma Shri Dr. Surjit Singh Patar, who said ‘I will not stay, my songs will remain…’, passes away.
22 May – Bhai Jagtar Singh Tara acquitted in a 12-year-old case.
22 May – 53-year-old Gursikh of Indian origin Malkit Singh, a resident of New Zealand, hoists the Kesari Nishan Sahib on Mount Everest.
May 27 – Shiromani Akali Dal Senior Vice President, Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee member Bhai Manjit Singh resigns from Akali Dal.
June 4 – In the Lok Sabha elections, NDA won a majority of 292 seats, Congress won 7 in Punjab, Shiromani Akali Dal 1, AAP 3 and 2 seats were won by Independent Bhai Amritpal Singh and Bhai Sarabjit Singh Khalsa.
June 6 – Kangana Ranaut was slapped by a female security guard Kulwinder Kaur at Chandigarh airport on her way to Delhi.
June 19 – The Punjab government has placed Bhai Amritpal Singh and his associates, who won the Lok Sabha elections from Khadoor Sahib with a record number of votes, under NSA. Again for one year under detention.
June 22 – Actor Randeep Singh Bhangu, who made a good name for himself through various roles in Punjabi films, is no more.
June 25 – Kamal Chaudhary, a four-time Lok Sabha member from Hoshiarpur, passes away.
June 26 – Prof. Pritpal Singh appointed Vice Chancellor of Sri Guru Granth Sahib World University Fatehgarh Sahib.
July 1 – The rebel Akali faction reached Sri Akal Takht Sahib to apologize for the mistakes made during the Akali government.
July 5 – Lok Sabha member from Khadoor Sahib, Bhai Amritpal Singh, took oath as a Member of Parliament.
July 5 – Bhai Gajinder Singh, a founding member of the Dal Khalsa, passes away and his last rites are performed at Sri Nankana Sahib.
July 15 – Five Singh Sahibs summoned Sukhbir Singh Badal to Sri Akal Sahib.
July 15 – The rebel faction of the Akali Dal elected Gurpartap Singh Wadala as the convener of the reform movement.
July 23 – Shiromani Akali Dal President Sukhbir Singh Badal dissolves the core committee.
July 29 – Five Singh Sahibs issue order that the Nishan Sahib will now be only in ‘Basanti’ and ‘Blue’ colours.
August 1 – Shiromani Akali Dal also expels Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa from the party.
August 27 – Union Ministers Ravneet Singh Bittu, Kiran Chaudhary and several BJP members become Rajya Sabha members unopposed.
August 29 – Balwinder Singh Bhunder appointed as the working president of Shiromani Akali Dal.
August 29 – Former minister Surjit Singh Kohli passes away.
August 30 – Five Singh Sahibs declare Sukhbir Singh Badal a salaried person at Sri Akal Takht Sahib.
31 August – After being declared a salaryman, Sukhbir Singh Badal reached Sri Akal Takht and submitted his explanation letter to the Secretariat.
1 September – Air Marshal Tejinder Singh took over as the Vice Chief of the Indian Air Force.
13 September – Charges of murder of a Sikh family were framed against Congress leader Jagdish Tytler.
21 September – Air Marshal Amarpreet Singh appointed as the next Chief of the Air Force.
3 October – Shiromani Akali Dal’s Sucha Singh Langah was re-joined in the party.
3 October – MP Tanmanjit Singh Dhesi became the Chairman of the South Eastern All Party Parliamentary Group.
15 October – Sri Akal Takht Sahib Jathedar Giani Raghbir Singh inducted Virsa Singh Valotha into the Shiromani Akali Dal for 10 years.
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October 24 – Shiromani Akali Dal announced not to contest the four by-elections of the state.
October 28 – Advocate Harjinder Singh Dhami became the president of the Shiromani Committee for the fourth consecutive time.
November 5 – Avtar Singh Karimpuri of Bahujan Samaj Party Punjab became the state president.
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November 7 – Gary Singh, the first Amritdhari Sikh, became the mayor of Union City in the US.
November 16 – Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal resigned from the presidency. Balwinder Singh Bhunder became the working president.
November 22 – Cabinet Minister Aman Arora became the president of Aam Aadmi Party Punjab.
November 23 – AAP won three out of four seats in Punjab in the by-elections. One seat went to the Congress.
25 November – Baba Daya Singh Sur Singh honored with the title of ‘Shiromani Panth Sewak’ from Sri Akal Takht Sahib.
30 November – Jagjit Singh Dallewal again sits on a fast to death in the farmers’ movement at Khanauri border.
2 December – Five Singh Sahibs impose religious punishment on the Akali leadership including Sukhbir Singh Badal. Announcement to withdraw the ‘Fakhar-e-Qaum’ award from the late Parkash Singh Badal. Explanations of three former Jathedars rejected. Dr. Upinderjit Kaur, Maluka, Bangi and Bhaur did not attend.
4 December – A deadly attack on Sukhbir Singh outside the clock tower of Sri Darbar Sahib, Deodhi, narrowly escaped due to the promptness of the security personnel. The attacker, Bhai Narayan Singh, was caught and arrested with a wide pistol.
7 December – MP Tanmanjit Singh Dhesi became a member of the National Security Strategy Committee.
December 11 – Farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal, who was on a fast to death on the 17th day at Khanauri border, became critical.
December 19 – Jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh was taken back from the charge of Jathedar of Takht Sri Damdama Sahib and until then Chief Granthi Giani Jagtar Singh will perform the services.
December 26 – First Sikh leader and 14th Prime Minister of the country Dr. Manmohan Singh passed away
