Date: February 29th, 1716 AD. Location: Delhi, India. Event: 2000 Mughal soldiers march through the city, each holding a Sikh's head impaled on his upright spear. Then there was a procession of 740 Sikh prisoners in heavy chains, and 700 cartloads of severed Sikh heads with another 200 heads stuck upon pikes. The captured Sikhs were chained in pairs and thrown across the backs of camels. Their faces were blackened, and pointed sheepskin or paper caps were clapped on their heads, all done to make a mockery out of them. For 7 days, executions were carried out, until all the ordinary captives had been disposed off. All the captured Sikh warriors had the option to disown their faith, but history states that not a single one chose life over faith. Their bodies were loaded on wagons and taken out of town to be thrown to the vultures. The heads were hung up on trees or on poles near the market-place to be a lesson to all rebels. Some residents of Delhi even mocked these brave martyrs and enjoyed these sights of brutality.
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