Sikhs in Haryana

Haryana extends land leases of ‘migrant’ Sikh farmers

Chandigarh/ Haryana (September 12, 2013): According to certain media reports the Haryana government on Wednesday (September 11, 2013) announced extension of lease of agricultural land to about 3500 Sikh 'migrant' families, allotted to them in 1953, in a bid to win the confidence of Sikh community in the state.

A village student on the way to become an Astronaut

New Delhi, India (August 27, 2013): According to news letter by the Kalgidhar Trust, Baru Sahib: Davinder Singh a small farmer in Ratia, District Fatehabad used to always ponder at the fact the young boy born to him was always wide-eyed and gurgling with joy whenever he used to be in the open skies at night. Young Monty used to get hyper and excited when he saw the moon and the twinkling stars. Little did this rice farmer know that his Monty was destined for unraveling the mysteries of the other world?

Evicted Sikh farmers of Haryana, facing hostility of administration & panchayat, struggling to survive

Karah Sahib/ Pehowa, Haryana (August 19, 2013): “Evicted from their lands, hounded by the administration, facing hostility from the village panchayat and completely dependent on the local gurdwara for food, 150 Sikh families living near Pehowa in Haryana’s Kurukshetra district are struggling to survive. They were evicted from the lands they cultivated for six decades after a protracted legal battle”, reads a The Tribune news report.

After Gujrat, now Sikh farmers of Haryana face evacuation threat

Kaithal, Haryana (August 12, 2013): According to a news reported by the India Today: [a]fter Gujarat, Sikh farmers in Haryana are now facing eviction threat. The Congress party, which raised a hue and cry against the Narendra Modi government's decision to evict Sikh farmers from Kutch, is now on the back foot after a similar issue concerning Haryana Sikh farmers has reached the Prime Minister's Office.

Haryana Sikhs reiterated demand for separate Sikh Gurudwara committee

Chandigarh/Haryana (February 03, 2013): As per media reports certain Sikh leaders from Haryana state reiterated their demand for a separate Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee on February 01, 2013.

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