Place

Lahore

ਲਾਹੌਰLahore, Punjab, Pakistan, Pakistan

Mughal provincial capital, birthplace of Sri Guru Ram Das Ji and the city where Sri Guru Arjun Dev Ji passed away in Mughal custody in 1606. Later the capital of Maharaja Ranjit Singh's kingdom (1799-1849).[EoS]

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People

Sri Guru Ram Das Ji born here, 24 September 1534
Maharaja Duleep Singh born here, 6 September 1838
Sri Guru Arjun Dev Ji passed away here, 30 May 1606
Bhai Taru Singh died here, 1 July 1745
Bhai Mani Singh died here, 1737
Maharaja Ranjit Singh died here, 27 June 1839
Kartar Singh Sarabha died here, 16 November 1915
Bhagat Singh died here, 23 March 1931

Gurdwaras here

Gurdwara Dera Sahib

What happened here

24 September 1534
Birth of Jetha (Sri Guru Ram Das Ji)
Jetha is born in the Chuna Mandi quarter of Lahore.
30 May 1606
Passing of Sri Guru Arjun Dev Ji in Mughal custody
Arrested at Lahore on Jahangir's orders after the Khusrau rebellion, Sri Guru Arjun Dev Ji passes away after torture. His body is consigned to the Ravi.
1737
Martyrdom of Bhai Mani Singh
Bhai Mani Singh, the scholar who had cared for the Harmandir Sahib, was martyred at Lahore after refusing to accept Islam. The Encyclopaedia of Sikhism places this in 1737, but other sources give dates from 1724 to 1738.
1 July 1745
Martyrdom of Bhai Taru Singh
Bhai Taru Singh, a young farmer of Puhla who sent his savings to Sikhs in hiding, was arrested at Lahore on an informer's word. He refused to accept Islam and was martyred when the hair and skin were scraped from his head.
17 April 1765
The Sikhs take Lahore
With Ahmad Shah Durrani gone from India, the Bhangi chiefs Lahna Singh and Gujar Singh and their ally Sobha Singh took Lahore in 1765. The Sikhs then struck their own rupee at the city in the name of Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji and Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji.
7 July 1799
Ranjit Singh takes Lahore
With his mother-in-law Sada Kaur's Kanhaiya forces, Ranjit Singh occupies Lahore. He is proclaimed Maharaja in 1801 and over the next two decades absorbs the other misls north of the Sutlej.
27 June 1839
Passing of Maharaja Ranjit Singh
Ranjit Singh dies at Lahore after a series of strokes. Ten years of succession murders, army revolt and two wars with the British follow.
9 March 1846
The Treaty of Lahore
The First Anglo-Sikh War ended with a treaty that took the Jalandhar Doab, imposed a heavy indemnity and cut the Sikh army. Kashmir then passed to Gulab Singh Dogra, and a British force stayed in Lahore.
29 March 1849
Annexation of the Punjab
After the second Anglo-Sikh war the East India Company annexes the Punjab; the child Maharaja Duleep Singh is deposed and later taken to England.
15 August 1947
Partition of the Punjab
The province is divided between India and Pakistan. Nankana Sahib, Kartarpur and Lahore fall on the Pakistani side; millions move, and Sikhs are concentrated in Indian Punjab.