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Thoha Khalsa is a village in the Kahuta 30 miles from Rawalpindi. The village was inhabited by wealthy Sikh families - Bindras, Duggals, Anands, and Chandhoks. Sikh leader Master Tara Singh declares opposition to the partition and tears the flag of Pakistan in Lahore. On the evening of March 9, 1947, mobs from the tribal areas entered Thoha Khalsa and gave ultimatums to the Sikhs to convert. The actual clashes started the next morning when their numbers swelled to one thousand. The local helpless and poor Muslims who had earlier assured safety to the Sikhs remained mute spectators. After resisting for three days, the Sikhs hoisted white flags and negotiated a truce with the Muslim mobs. Under the agreement, the mobs will loot their houses but will not burn them, kill men, or dishonor the women. The Sikhs collected Rs. 20,000 and gave it to the mob leaders as demanded. They then abandoned their own houses and all gathered in the central Haveli of Sardar Gulab Singh. Others took shelter in the Dukh Bhanjani Gurdwara. They saw their houses being looted and burned for six days. After looting the houses, the Muslim mob turned to Gulab Singh's Haveli and surrounded it. But when defeat and dishonor were imminent, Sikh men started to prepare for the battle till death. While their men fought, the Sikh women started gathering near a well around the garden. When just women and children were left, Maan Kaur led all the women to a large well inside the Haveli. She recited Japuji Sahib the Sikh prayer and jumped inside the well. Over 93 Sikh women followed her and all committed mass suicide. On March 12, 1947, after a long and heroic resistance, 200 Sikhs were killed. The women were asked to embrace Islam, The Muslim invaders, aghast at this tragedy, fled from the place. A little later, the military arrived and rescued the survivors. The Viceroy of India, Lord Mountbatten visited the village. Lady Mountbatten led the rescue and hospitalization of the victims. Survivors reached the safety of refugee camps in Rawat, Kahuta, and lived to tell their stories.