SGPC organises event to marks 1955 attack on Golden Temple complex

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Amritsar, July 4

The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), for the first time, organised an event to mark the 1955 attack at the Golden Temple complex and displayed teargas shells lobbed by the police.

The attack was planned by the erstwhile government, headed by the then PM Jawaharlal Nehru, to scuttle the ‘Punjabi Suba Morcha’ attended by Sikh leaders and supporters at Manji Sahib Diwan Hall located in the shrine complex on July 4, 1955.

The SGPC commemorated the event in the presence of president Bibi Jagir Kaur, Akal Takht officiating Jathedar Giani Hapreet Singh and others. The SGPC chief said the event would be documented. — TNS

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