shaheednama - on rajoana
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Table of Contents
Suthoon of Sikhi
On Shaheedi
The Shaheed in Sikh History
The Theeja Ghallughara
On Balwant Singh Rajoana
The Wonder of the Shaheed
Promises to Keep
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Suthoon of Sikhi
Simran Love the Guru
Seva Serve the Guru
Sangat
Meet the Guru
Santokh Content with theGuru
Shaheedi Sacrifice for the
Guru
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Shaheedi Comes from an Arabic word
meaning a witness
Muslims use it to mean aperson who dies in a jihad or a
holy war
For Sikhs, we have a differentmeaning
A Shaheed in Sikhi is one thatis witness to the Gurus Nadir
(Grace)
It is one that is willing to givetheir life for the Truth
(Satnam)
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Sikh History is the Historyof Shaheedi
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Shaheeds of All Ages
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Their blood waters ourSikh garden
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The Wonder of
the Shaheed It inspires us
It shows us that there are stillSikhs today that are willing to
walk the path of Guru Nanak,with their head in their palm
It pushes us to be the best wecan be
It reminds us that there arethings that are more
important than school, work,making money, etc.
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The Theeja
Ghallughara
pt. 1BACKGROUND
In the 1970s, Sikh youth werebeing killed by Indian
Government officials andcheated by their politicians
Jarnail Singh Bhindranwalespoke out against this abuse andtold the Sikh youth to not backdown
He said, You are NOT aminority; you are a Nation.
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The Theeja
Ghallughara
pt. 2 To silence him, the Indian
Government sent tanks,helicopters, and artillery to killhim
In November, the IndianGovernment officials killedthousands of Sikhsthroughout Delhi
Even today, those murderers
get promotions and aretreated as heroes
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The Theeja
Ghallughara
pt. 3 In Punjab, the army and police
were given money to kill Sikhyouth. Thousandsdisappeared and even todayno one knows what happenedto them
The official face of the tyrantswere Beant Singh and KPS Gill
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Balwant Singh
Rajoana His father was an army officer
that left his position after 1984
His father was killed by
militants and the Punjab Policegave Balwant Singh a jobthinking he would hate Sikhs
He became good friends withBhai Dilawar Singh in college
The two decided to do sevaand end the tyranny of BeantSingh.
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They decided together itwould be Bhai Dilawar Singhto do the seva.
Bhai Rajoana never apologizedfor their action; he neverasked for mercy
He said he did this seva toshow that the spirit of theKhalsa lives on today
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Situation Today The Indian Government was
going to execute Rajoana onMarch 31. Rajoana remains inchardikala
GOI have decided to postponethe execution to a later date
The delay by GOI is to get theSikhs to forget
Rajoana reminds us that hissangharsh (struggle) of theKhalsa is against a tyrannicalgovernment, NOT againstanother community
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The Wonder of
the Shaheed The Shaheed inspires us
The Shaheed reminds us thatthere are things in this world
more important than onlyfamily, education, and money
The Shaheed shakes our soulto become better Sikhs
The Shaheed has no fear ofdeath. People are petitioningin the Indian Government torelease Rajoana, while he isonly calling for justice.
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The Power of Sikhi
Before After
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Promises to Keep Learn more about Sikhi and educate others (non-Sikhs) Attend/Organize Sikh events retreats, conferences, rallies, car caravans, concerts, etc. Read about Rajoana and the political situation of the Sikhs in books and on the internet Wear kesri colors with pride Enter the path of khanda da pahul of Guru Gobind Singh Push your family and friends to be better Sikhs and take pride in Sikh causes
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