Hondh Chillar Massacre

Sikh Genocide 1984: Garg Commission directed administration to protect the Hondh Massacre site

Rewari, Haryana (July 27, 2012): Certian media reports have suggested that Justice T. K. Garg commission has taken serious note of the encroachments over the site of Village Hondh Chillar, a Sikh village in Haryana that was totally destroyed during the Hondh massacre which left half of the Sikh residents of the village massacred.

Haryana Govt. authorised Garg Commission to inquire Pataudi & Gurgaon massacres also

Chandigarh (July 16, 2012): It has been recently reported in media today the Haryana government extended the scope of the Garg Commission, a single member commission, constituted to inquire into the killing of innocent Sikhs during the Hondh Massacre of Novmeber 1984 at village Hondh Chillar, to cover Pataudi and Gurgaon districts in addition to the area already assigned.

Hondh Massacre – Sikh Genocide 1984: Justice Delayed Is Justice Denied – Sikh bodies tell Garg Commission

Hissar (July 02, 2012): A delegation of survivors of Hondh, Pataudi and Gurgaon headed by Karnail Singh Peermohammad President of All India Sikh Students Federation (AISSF - Peermohammad), appeared before Garg Commission to present the evidence related to November 1984 genocidal attacks on Sikh population. Survivors, AISSF and Sikh for Justice (SFJ) demanded that Justice Garg should visit the ruins of genocidal sites at Hondh, Pataudi and Gurgaon. The delegation also demanded that Commission should take action on FIR No. 91 dated November 03, 1984 and issue arrest warrant of persons named in that FIR.

“Visit the mass grave site at Hondh-Chillar” – Survivors of 1984 Gencoide to Justice Garg

Chandigarh (June 22, 2012): The Survivors of Hondh Chillar demanded that Justice T.P Garg should visit the ruins of Hondh Chillar genocidal site. Justice TP Garg is heading the one man Commission set up the by State of Haryana on March 05, 2011 in response to the discovery of Mass Grave in village Hondh-Chillar, District Rewari wherein several dozen Sikhs were killed and their properties were burnt in November 1984.

State of Haryana Defying Orders of Court on Hondh-Chillar

Chandigarh (June 15, 2012): All India Sikh Students Federation (AISSF - Peer Mohammad) and Sikh for Justice (SFJ) blamed Congress ruled State of Haryana for defying the Orders of Punjab and Haryana High Court extending the ambit of Justice T.P. Garg Commission to include additional areas. The April 27 order of the Acting Chief Justice MM Kumar and Justice Alok Singh directed the State of Haryana to enlarge the terms of reference of Justice T.P. Garg Commission so that the claims of the victims belonging to the areas of Patuadi or any other area of District Gurgaon are also considered by the said Commission.

Memorial for the Hondh Massacre, SGPC sees “no use”

Amritsar, Punjab (October 28, 2011): The Shiromani Gurdwara Pharbadnhak Committee (SGPC) has come under criticism from All India Sikh Students Federation (AISSF) led by Karnail Singh Peer Mohammad for delay in construction of a memorial for the Sikhs brutally massacred during anti-Sikh riots in November 1984 in Haryana. It is notable that on March 6 this year the Akal Takhat Jathedar Giani Gurbachan Singh had laid the foundation for the Sikh Genocide Memorail at Hondh Chillar Village.

Commission to probe Hondh-Chiller massacre turned out to be a damp squib

Amritsar (October 05, 2011): Firing a salvo against Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda for misleading the Sikhs, the Dal Khalsa said the one-commission constituted by his government on March 5 to probe into the horrific killings of 32 Sikhs in village Hondh-Chillar massacre has turned out to be a damp squib.

Man who exposed the Hondh Massacre site fears job loss

Ludhiana (March 13, 2011): Various media reports have suggested that Manwinder Singh Giaspur, who played a key role in bringing out the Hondh massacre, has been asked by his Gurgaon-based company to leave the job.

Sikh delegation urged UNESCO to preserve the Hondh Massacre site as Genocidal Site under World Heritage Program

New York (March 10, 2011): A delegation of Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) met and apprised Her Excellency Irina Bokova, Director General UNESCO on March 10 in New York about the discovery of “Mass Grave” of Sikhs in Hondh-Chillar, District Rewari, Haryana, India and submitted a written request asking UNESCO to preserve and manage the ruins of Hondh-Chillar as genocidal site under World Heritage Program.

AGPC delegation meets US authorities over the Hondh Massacre issue

A high level delegation of American Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (AGPC) met US State Department officials and discussed with them the human rights issue of killing of Sikhs at Village Hondh Chillar in Rewari District of Haryana in November 1984. Other issues relating to minorities living in South Asia were also discussed in the meeting held on Tuesday evening.

SJF targets Badal Dal for its’ irresponsible behavior

California (March 8, 2011): In a statement issued by the co-ordination committee of the Sikhs for Justice, the organizations has targeted Punjab’s ruling party, Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal) for its’ alleged irresponsible behavior.

Hondh Massacre of 2 November 1984 (Sikh Genocide – Kavishri)

This Kavishri (poem) presents the painful account of the Hondh Massacre. It was recorded on 6 March, 2011 during a Samagam held by Sikh Sangat at Village Hondh to remember the innocent victims.

Samagam held at the site of Hondh Massacre; Site to be preserved as “Sikh Genocide memorial”

Hondh, HARYANA (March 06, 2011): In the presence of the recently rediscovered site of a mass grave from the 1984 Sikh Genocide, the foundation stone of "Sikh Genocide Memorial" was laid at Gurudwara Village Hondh-Chillar Under the patronage of Sri Akal Takhat Sahib Jathedar Giani Gurbachan Singh, in the presence of thousands of Sikhs who gathered today to pay respect to the victims.

After 26 years, 4 Months and four days, Parkash held at Gurudwara Sahib of Village Hondh

Hondh/Rewari (March 04, 2011): An akhand path for the peace of departed souls started today at the site of Hondh-Chillar carnage in Rewari district of Haryana by the Sikh Sangat.

Giaspura’s house ransacked

Ludhiana, Punjab (March 04, 2011): Miscreants ransacked the parental house of Manvinder Singh, a whistle-blower in the Hond Chillar village massacre, in which several Sikhs were killed during 1984.

Hondh Massacre Issue: Haryana’s inaction irks Sikh body

Amritsar (February 02, 2011): The Dal Khalsa has slammed Haryana CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda for the delay in setting up a judicial commission to ascertain who ordered the killings of 32 Sikhs and under whose instructions and patronization such well planned assault was organized in the village Hondh Chiller 26 years ago.

The Hondh Massacre is Evidence Of India’s State Sponsored Genocide: AGPC

San Francisco, USA (March 01, 2011): The newly discovered ruins of the small Sikh village of Hondh-Chillar in northern India serve as a mass grave after state sponsored Hindu nationalists destroyed it in November 1984.

Hondh Massacre: Why mismatch in figures?

Ludhiana, PUNJAB (March 01, 2011): More than 26 years after the November 1984 Sikh massacre in village Hondh Chillar, Haryana government has acknowledged killings of 32 persons in village Hondh Chillar in Rewari district, Haryana on November 2, 1984.

“ They said they were determined to eliminate the Sikhs in the dhani”: FIR of the Hondh Massacre

Ludhiana (February 28, 2011): According to the FIR, no 91, a copy of which could be download from link provided below, which was registered at police station Jatusana in Mahendergarh district, now in Rewari, based on DDR no 5, reveals that the killers had first arrived in a truck from the side of Hali Mandi in Pataudi, Gurgaon district on the morning of November 2, 1984.

Village Hondh-Chillar: Living Paradigm of “Sikh Genocide”

Hondh, Haryana (February 24, 2011): Giani Gurbachan Singh, Jatherdar Sri Akal Takhat Sahib visited the village Hondh-Chillar, District Rewari, Haryana where mass Grave of Sikhs killed in November 1984 has been discovered after 26 years by the sustained and unceasing efforts of Engineer Manvinder Singh Giaspur.

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