[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 36 (Thursday, February 25, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H631]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                     RECOGNIZING SAKA NANKANA SAHIB

  (Mr. VALADAO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. VALADAO. Madam Speaker, I rise today as the co-chair of the 
American Sikh Congressional Caucus to recognize and create national 
awareness about the Saka Nankana Sahib massacre.
  The Sikh community across the world is observing 100 years of this 
horrific event. The massacre refers to the grim episode during the 
Gurdwara Reform Movement in which a peaceful batch of reformist Sikhs 
was subjected to a murderous assault on February 20, 1921, in the holy 
Gurdwara at Nankana Sahib, the birthplace of the founder of the Sikh 
religion, Guru Nanak.
  More than 260 Sikhs were killed, including children as young as 7. 
Sikhs pay tribute to all those martyred on this day. Their valor and 
sacrifice will never be forgotten. Their memory inspires us to work 
even harder to voice for religious freedom and the right of worship.

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