PRINTER'S NO. 3127
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
800
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY MICCARELLI, SANTORA, DAVIDSON, MILLARD, MURT,
HEFFLEY, KIRKLAND, DiGIROLAMO, KILLION, HENNESSEY, ROSS,
D. COSTA, NEILSON, WATSON AND MILNE, APRIL 8, 2016
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
APRIL 8, 2016
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing April 13, 2016, as the observance of "Vaisakhi" in
Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Vaisakhi is a holiday observed by Sikhs throughout
the world, celebrating the spring harvest and commemorating the
1699 gathering at Anandpur Sahib in Punjab, India, when the
founding of the Sikh family of soldier saints known as Khalsa
Panth occurred; and
WHEREAS, The Sikh faith, which was established in the Punjab
region of India in the 1400s, persevered and expanded, with Guru
Gobind Singh founding the Khalsa Panth, a new order of Sikhism,
in 1699; and
WHEREAS, The Sikh people have a renowned military history
marked by gallantry and self-sacrifice that is epitomized by the
heroic last stand at the Battle of Saragarhi; and
WHEREAS, The Battle of Saragarhi was fought on September 12,
1897, between the 36th Sikh Regiment of British India, defending
an army post, and 10,000 Afghan and Orakzai tribesmen; and
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