What the records say
- When
- 20 Feb 1921
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 260
- Coordinates
- 31.45° N, 73.71° E
- Description
- 1921 massacre at the Sikh Gurdwara Janam Asthan (in what is now Pakistan)
Nankana massacre
1921 massacre at Gurdwara Janam Asthan, Nankana Sahib
The Nankana massacre occurred on the premises of Gurdwara Janam Asthan, Nankana Sahib on 20 February 1921, then part of the Punjab Province of British India, and today in modern-day Pakistan. Between 140 and 260 Sikhs were killed, including children, by the Udasi Custodian Narayan Das and his mercenaries, in retaliation for a confrontation between him and members of the reformist Akali movement, who accused him of bo…
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