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Sikh genocide

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Sikh genocide or Sikh massacre may refer to:

  • Chhota Ghallughara, Punjabi for "Smaller Massacre", a massacre of Sikhs near Gurdaspur, India by the Mughal Empire in 1746
  • Vadda Ghalughara, Punjabi for "Greater Massacre", a massacre of Sikhs at Barnala, India by the Durrani Empire in 1762 following the Battle of Kup
  • 1984 anti-Sikh riots, a series of organised pogroms against Sikhs in India following the assassination of prime minister Indira Gandhi by her Sikh bodyguards