Nankana Sahib massacre

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The Nankana Sahib massacre was a 1921 killing of unarmed Sikh reformers by hired mercenaries at the Nankana Sahib gurdwara in Punjab, a pivotal event in the Gurdwara Reform Movement against corrupt mahants under British rule.

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Label Occurrences
Nankana Sahib agitation 1
Nankana Sahib massacre canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
massacre ⓘ
religious conflict ⓘ
aftermath British government inquiry ⓘ
arrest of Mahant Narain Das ⓘ
widespread protests by Sikhs ⓘ
cause conflict over control of Sikh gurdwaras ⓘ
opposition to corrupt mahants ⓘ
resistance to British-backed religious managers ⓘ
commemoratedAs martyrdom of Akali reformers ⓘ
commemoratedBy Shaheedi Jor Mela at Nankana Sahib ⓘ
countryAtTheTime British Raj ⓘ
linked to: British India
date 1921-02-20 ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Saka Nankana Sahib ⓘ
linked to: Nankana Sahib
hasLocation British India ⓘ
Nankana Sahib ⓘ
Punjab ⓘ
hasMemorial memorial at Gurdwara Janam Asthan ⓘ
hasSite Gurdwara Janam Asthan ⓘ
historicalPeriod British colonial period in India ⓘ
involvedOrganization Akali Dal ⓘ
Central Sikh League ⓘ
languageOfName Punjabi ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Punjab, Pakistan ⓘ
method burning of bodies ⓘ
shooting ⓘ
movement Akali movement ⓘ
numberOfDeaths approximately 150 ⓘ
over 100 ⓘ
opposedBy Sikh community leaders ⓘ
partOf Gurdwara Reform Movement ⓘ
perpetrator Mahant Narain Das ⓘ
hired mercenaries ⓘ
relatedTo Indian independence movement ⓘ
Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee ⓘ
Sikh Gurdwaras Act 1925 ⓘ
religionInvolved Sikhism ⓘ
result increased support for Sikh religious reforms ⓘ
international attention to Sikh grievances ⓘ
significance galvanized Sikh opinion against mahants ⓘ
strengthened demand for Sikh control of gurdwaras ⓘ
turning point in Gurdwara Reform Movement ⓘ
typeOfConflict religious-political repression ⓘ
victim Akali volunteers ⓘ
unarmed Sikh reformers ⓘ
year 1921 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nankana Sahib → historicalEvent → Nankana Sahib massacre ⓘ
Akali movement → hasPart → Nankana Sahib agitation ⓘ
linked to: Nankana Sahib massacre