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Ajnala is a town, near Amritsar city and a nagar panchayat in Amritsar district in the state of Punjab, India. Kalian Wala Khuh, a martyrs place, is a tourist destination. Ajnala is located at 31°50′N74°46′E31.84°N 74.76°E in western Punjab near the border with Pakistan. [1]
Aug 21, 2023 · Ajnala Massacre. Buried Tragedy: 282 soldiers of the 26th Native Bengal Infantry Regiment met a brutal fate during the 1857 uprising, drowned in a well by the British East India Company. Discovery of Location: Cooper’s book provided clues that helped locate the 1857 Kallianwala Martyrs’ Well beneath the Gurdwara Singh Sabha in Ajnala.
Oct 21, 2023 · The nearly-250 human skeletons found dumped in an abandoned well in the Ajnala town of Punjab’s Amritsar in 2014 were of Indian soldiers killed during the uprising of 1857 and not of those murdered during the Partition in 1947, fresh scientific evidence has suggested.
Mar 19, 2023 · It’s not just the February 23 incident of laying seige to Ajnala police station by Amritpal-led activists of Waris Punjab De ( WPD ), but also the two recent interviews of jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi which put the state police on the backfoot and became a cause of ignominy for law and order.
Jun 21, 2021 · On the morning of 28th February 2014, a local historian resurrected an urban legend when the skeletal remains of 282 Indian sepoys tumbled out of an old well at Ajnala on the outskirts of Amritsar in Punjab. The soldiers had been massacred while fleeing the British during the Revolt of 1857.
Jan 3, 2022 · The discovery of the bodies at Ajnala helped fuel fierce debates about the violent history of the British Empire in India. Ajnala has been readily compared to the more well-known Jallianwala Bagh Massacre at Amritsar.
Despite 282 skeletons being excavated in a well in Punjab's Ajnala, the historian who made the discovery feels the government has done little to preserve the martyrs' memory.
May 5, 2022 · DNA evidence has confirmed that more than 200 skeletons found in Ajnala belonged to soldiers massacred by the British in 1857. Historical records show what happened to them.
Feb 25, 2023 · For those who have lived through the years of militancy in Punjab, the Ajnala incident raked up memories best forgotten. There was déjà vu as sword-wielding youngsters ran amok and their leader, Amritpal Singh, a self-styled preacher who seemed like another polarising ideologue from the distant past, justified the action.
Apr 28, 2022 · Latest DNA-based evidence confirm the human remains found dumped in an abandoned well in the Ajnala town of Punjab’s Amritsar belonged to 246 young Indian soldiers who were brutally killed after they revolted against the British during the 1857 Indian uprising and belonged to the Gangetic plains, researchers said Thursday.
