In 2021, the farmers' tractor march took an unexpected turn when a group of protesters entered India’s Red Fort and raised the religious flag 'Nishan Sahib' on the monument, generating a significant uproar.
In northern India in the 14th and 15th centuries, there was a strong anticaste sant tradition. In the 16th and 17th centuries, the Sikh Guru Nanak (1469–1539) and his followers turned this into an organised religious movement in Punjab.
Every year on November 24, Guru Tegh Bahadur’s martyrdom is commemorated. On this day in 1675, he was publicly executed in Delhi by Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb for refusing to convert to Islam.
11 August 1960-The Manchester corporation transport committee refuses to let turbaned Sikhs operate as bus conductors