Petition · past parliament · Cabinet Office, Department for Education, Ministry of Defence

Take action to recognise the Panjabi people and wrongs against them

Closed 191 signatures

What the petition asks

1. Introduce Panjabi language teaching (Gurmukhi script & Shahmukhi script) in mainstream schools
2. Re-establish traditional Sikh Regiment & Panjab Regiment in British Army to honour our heroes
3. Apologise in British Parliament for major killings of Panjabi language speaking people
1.Aug 1947- Panjab Partition by British Empire killed more than a million Panjabi people
2.April 1919- British troops killed Panjabi people in Jallianwala Bagh Amritsar
3.Sept 1914- British Empire killed Komagata Maru ship passengers at Budge Budge Kolkata
4.March 1849- British Empire burnt Panjabi language books

Timeline

9 Aug 2021 Petition opened for signatures
9 Feb 2022 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 191
Status Closed
Department Cabinet Office, Department for Education, Ministry of Defence
Opened 9 Aug 2021
Closed 9 Feb 2022

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.