Skeletons found in Punjab's Ajnala belong to Gangetic plain martyrs of 1857
Updated On: 29 April, 2022 06:31 PM IST | Hyderabad | IANS
A large number of human skeletons were excavated from an old well in Ajnala town in early 2014. Some historians believe that these skeletons belong to the people who were killed in riots during the Partition of India and Pakistan
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A view of the well where the skeletons were found in Ajnala, Punjab. Photo: AFP
Human skeletons found in Ajnala town of Punjab eight years ago belonged to residents of the Gangetic plain region, killed in 1857, according to a study.
Dr J.S. Sehrawat, anthropologist from Panjab University, collaborated with the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) Hyderabad, the Birbal Sahni Institute, Lucknow, and the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) to establish the roots of these martyrs using DNA and isotope analyses.
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