"In Thoha Khalsa, on March 12, 1947 after long and heroic resistance, 200 Sikhs were killed. The women were asked to embrace Islam, but 93 of them, old and young, decided to escape dishonour by drowning themselves in a well, which they did. The Muslim invaders, aghast at this tragedy, fled from the place. A little later, the military arrived and rescued the survivors."
React to this quote
More by Gurbachan Singh Talib
See allResonant Thoughts
"I think nothing is religion which puts one individual absolutely above others, and surely nothing is religion which puts one sex above another. Religion is primarily our relation to the Supreme, to Go…"
Explore Further
Related Quotes
"I do believe that inside each of us, inside our imaginative lives, dwells every possibility in the human jo…"
— Shobha Rao"Few people can see God, and it seems an even bolder mind to see the Devil. Active evil is more incomprehens…"
— Margery Allingham"Bob: Adolph Hitler was never excommunicated as a Catholic for his crimes against the Jews. Instead, the V…"
— Jack T. Chick"Vienna. It means nothing to me but to Orson Welles, it was the setting for one of his finest performances -…"
— Derren Brown"Mankind has always made too much of its saints and heroes, and how the latter handle the fuss might be call…"
— Wilfrid Sheed"In the traditional male hero’s hierarchy of needs, self-actualization is nowhere to be found—because the mo…"
— Warren Farrell
