Haridwar, India: The mortal remains of martyrs of the 1857 uprising, which were recovered from a historic well in Ajnala, were immersed in the Ganga here today. Surendra Kochar, a historian, said a total of 282 Indian sepoys who had revolted against the British rule in 1857 were shot in Ajnala. Their bodies were dumped in a well, which was later ...

Amritsar, Punjab: A team of Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) visited historic Kalianwala Khuh at Ajnala here today. The team comprising, DNA and forensic science experts, besides anthropologists also visited the spot where the mortal remains of the martyrs of the 1857 uprising were excavated from the historic well in March by the Gurdwara Shaheed Ganj Management Committee. The committee found ...

Amritsar, Punjab: After remaining unceremoniously buried for 157 years in a well in Ajnala where their bodies were dumped by the British, the Gurudwara Shaheed Gunj Management Committee (GSGMC) on Sunday immersed the mud stained with their blood and some of the remains of martyrs of Kalianwala Khuh in the Ravi river, the spot where around 150 of their injured colleagues ...

Amritsar, Punjab: Several Indian and British historians have claimed that the 282 soldiers, whose remains were dug out from ‘Kalianwala Khu’ in Ajnala, were not Sikhs and belonged to Bengal or Awadh (Purbis). Book ‘Punjab: A History from Aurangzeb to Mountbatten’ claims that some top British officers disapproved Ajnala killings. They even termed these as ‘Ajnala cruelties’. Author of the ...