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* People Cluster: Punjabi * People Name General: Ulema

...His writings are significant in the context of the development of modern Punjabi prose. 1. Amarjit Singh, Punjabi sahit da itihas—Qissa kal, Amritsar, 1981.

...end of most English and other language books). Most people who understand Punjabi or Hindi can easily understand most words of Urdu. ...and to a lesser extent [[Punjabi]], Urdu is understood by many millions of people on the Indian sub-continent and overseas; Urdu poetry and songs are very po

* People Name General: Vaddar * Alternate People Names: Beldar Rajput, Od

...on and complexity of the culture are vast. Some of the main areas include, Punjabi Philosophy, poetry, spirituality, education, artistry, music, cuisine, scie ==Ancient Punjabi Culture==

* People Name General : Sudh Sikh * Alternate People Names : Sood, Sud, Suda, Sudgi

'''Origin of Punjabi''' ...of the interaction between original inhabitants of India and the Caucasian people, who migrated to India from central Asia. The infusion of the languages of

* People Name This Country: Teli Sikh * Alternate People Names: Gachhi, Malik

...u. The society was formed thanks to the dedication and commitment of a few people.

...ctors of Faisalabad became famous in the scene and choreographed dances on punjabi film songs where also introduced which increased the popularity of these st ...l. Sanders of KFC is used in humour, sometimes becoming racist on the way. Punjabi dramas are now also finding their way into upper-middle class homes as they

...the Khalsa Middle School, Satima (Rafiabad). He was a popular teacher and people of different religious backgrounds respected him. ...village he, along with some Sikhs, fought against them. According to local people a bullet hit his leg. In the evening he disappeared along with other 14 [[S

...., are called Kavishar. Originally started in [[Malwa]], this tradition of Punjabi poetry and singing has spread throughout Punjab although the majority of th

...the nearest village to stay for the night. Near the village they met some people. ''"Go away. We don't care for any traveller,"'' replied the people very rudely.

The people of the region are known as Doabias. The Punjabi dialect spoken in Doaba is known as Doabi.

...his schooling, he was educated at Bishop Cotton School in Shimla, he is a Punjabi speaker. After graduating from University, he went to complete his master d [[category:sikh people]]

...''Awards & Honors''' Among her awards, she was honoured with the Shromani Punjabi Lok Gaaiki Award 2010 in November. Eleven persons has been previously been

'''Babu Jagjit Sandhu''' was a Punjabi poet from the Malwa region of Punjab. ...childhood village of Sahoke in the now district of Faridkot. His Kavishari Punjabi melas were not bound by walls of religions or nationality.

...ual living Guru, the [[Sri Guru Granth Sahib]] or SGGS for short. For most people the SGGS is a Holy Book, but for the Sikhs it’s a lot more than just sacr

...night when there is a full moon. It has many cultural implications for the people of [[Punjab]] and [[India]] where many activities and geared to the lunar c

...anguage, such as the speakers of Punjabi, inhabitants of the Punjab or the Punjabi cuisine of the region. ...total Pakistani population, or above 60% if we include the closely related Punjabi dialect 'Siraiki', spoken in and around the historical city of Multan).

...[[Gurmukhi]] script is used by all people (Sikhs especially) to record the Punjabi language. ...right. The Shahmukhi and Gurmukhi script are both used to write the spoken Punjabi language most effectively and both scripts are commonly used for this purpo

As in every society, Punjabi society has its own particular traditions to mark every stage of life from ...marriage ceremony itself. Nowadays, the personal preferences of the young people are given greater importance and families allow the couple to get to know e

...further shews that the disparity between the number of the Gurmukhiknowing people of the old school and that of the same class in the present time is out of ...andum of the Parijabi Pracharni Sabha contained two main demands: (1) that Punjabi should be the official language for all government business in the Punjab,

...Ghaf (United Arab Emirates), khejri, jant/janti, sangri (Rajasthan), jand (Punjabi), kandi (Sind), sami, sumri (Gujarat). Its trade name is kandi. It is an e People down the ages have held this tree as sacred and pious. It is sometime refer

'''Multan''' ([[Punjabi]]: ਮ੝ਲਤਾਨ; Urdu: ملتان) is a capital city and district in ...Most of the residents speak Saraiki and Punjabi with a good portion of the people conversant in Urdu. English is understood by the educated.

...10, 1977. He is a bhangra/rap singer. He is the younger brother of famous Punjabi singer [[Daler Mehndi]]. Mika is the youngest of the six Mehndi brothers. H ...shows, sometimes as large as 60,000 people.[3] He is one of most talented Punjabi singer who has marked his talent also in Hindi playback singing also. Recen

...e on Friday Afternoons, and another diwan on Sunday mornings. There is a [[punjabi]] school at this gurdwara and a new gurdwara building to replace this gurdw

...mmon language among British Asians and is used by an estimated 1.3 million people in Britain. According to the Canadian 2001 Census, it is ranked as 6th most This page introduces resources to allow the translation of Punjabi into English. Below in alphabetical order is the beginning of a table from

...a play dealing with the 1984 riots in Delhi. Gursharan Singh points to the people responsible for this ghastly act and criticises main the political leaders 2. Sekhon, S.S. and K.S. Duggal, A History of Punjabi Literature, [[Delhi]], 1992.

This is the Punjabi variant of the widespread but originally Rajasthan tale, "Dhola-Maru." Scho ...ange of subjects, were the poetic art of the 'Jaangli' (native inhabitant) people of the region.

...hem speak only Spanish, but others have retained their Indian links, speak Punjabi and visit India. In a town called Rosario de la Frontera, they have built a ...fficulties these earlier immigrants must have faced. In the old days for a Punjabi to go to Bombay was almost an expedition, what to talk of going overseas! T

The population is over 99% Muslim. Most people in the town speak Punjabi, though almost all of them can also speak national language of Pakistan, Ur

The Chamars of Doaba are rich and educated.Nowadays people of this community are mostly government officials. * Manjit Rupowalia, Punjabi singer

...e has an historical background and pertains to that moment in history when Punjabi Sardars had begun to rescue Indian women that used to be forcibly taken in

'''Tiwana''' or ''Tawana'' is a widespread [[Punjabi people|Punjabi]] tribe that claims both [[Rajput]] and [[Jat]] affiliation.<ref>cite news ==Notable People==

...o '''Panjabi'''; (ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ) in [[Gurmukhi]], is the language of the Punjabi people and the region of Punjab which is split between [[India]] and [[Pakistan]].

Although, his writings can be found in a number of published Punjabi books in India and in newspaper columns, I came to discover his gems of wis ...emic background beyond religious spheres, having post-graduated with M.A. (Punjabi), he also have a certificate in draughtsman (civil), from Dehradun (in Uttr

...ut six months of torture, he was butchered along with other members of the Punjabi Sabha. Diwan Singh's collection of poems Vagade pani (Flowing water) was pu #Surjit Singh, Diwan Singh Kalepani ka adhyan, (Punjabi Sahit Sabha, Barnala, 1963).

[[Kaur]], in modern day Punjabi means "princess" and is a name that is widely used as the second name by fe ...T SABHEY EKEY PEHCHANBAOO'''. Putting surnames behind the names tells that people think they are of high caste or show themselves.

Various websites allow the translation of English to Punjabi (or Gurmukhi) and vice versa. This page lists the main webpages which allow ...English Dictionary. Started in 2003, this site is now used by millions of people in over a hundred countries around the world.

...N GOBIND LOKA KE''' (Sayings of the Saintly People) is a didactic work in Punjabi prose by Bhai Addan Shah, a Sevapanthi saint. Completed in 1904 Bk/AD

...w the seeds of the mother tongue in the childhood years, the future of the Punjabi language takes a promising shape. We parents must realize that the future ...concerned we have produced a book of Simple Punjabi grammar and a book on Punjabi Compositions For Secondary Schools. Both the books are based on local envi

...the top of the screen, you can listen to the [[Gurbani]] in [[Gurmukhi]]/[[Punjabi]]. ...{{w|ode}} or a ''lyrical verse''; the word [[Asa]] which means "hope" in [[Punjabi]]) is also a [[Raag]] or musical measure used in the [[Guru Granth Sahib]];

The Chenab River ([[Punjabi]]: ਚਨਾਬ, Hindi: चनाब, literally: 'Moon(Chen) River(ab)') is ...ess revolves, and plays a prominent part in the tale of Heer Ranjha, the [[Punjabi]] national epic.

A sect as used in an Indian/Punjabi context refers to an organized group of people so recognised because of their traditions, rituals, cultural habits or beha

==Punjabi Suba Movement== ...s viewed Punjabi Hindus as traitors for abandoning the cause of Punjab and Punjabi language. After the division of Punjab on linguistic purpose, Punjab receiv

...y to [[Urdu]] and has similarities [[Punjabi]]. Most people who understand Punjabi or Urdu can easily understand most words of Hindi. ...ns regard Hindi as "one language across the nation". More than 180 million people in India regard Hindi as their mother tongue. Another 300 million use it as

‘Nang’ literally means ‘naked’ in the Punjabi language. Nang is a derogatory term that refers to the negative element amo Many ‘Nangs’ are such people who having no home or place and end up joining the Nihang Dals (army) so as

A '''lakh''' or '''lac''' is a [[Punjabi]] word which is also used by other communities in Southeast Asia and is a u ...h either a marked ("-s") or unmarked plural: "1 lakh people" or "1 lakh of people", "5 lakh rupees", "5 lakh of rupees", "5 lakhs rupees", "5 lakhs of rupees

...ted in the 1950's in support of a separate state for the Punjabi speaking people to be carved out of the then existing Punjab. In 1960 began his membership The renewal of the Punjabi Suba agitation in 1959-61 ended in a split in the Shiromani Akali Dal. Lach

...Waraich''' popularly known as "Ghuggi" (19.07.71 - ) is a well established Punjabi Comedian. Gurpreet Singh belongs to village Khokhar Faujian of Distt. Gurda ...worked on Television as well. He got his popular name, Ghuggi from famous Punjabi Variety show. “Ronak Mela” under the partnership of Balwinder Bicky ali

...1899-18 January 1976) was an [[India]]n politician and [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] writer. He was the Chief Minister of Punjab from November 1, 1966 to Marc [[Category:Punjabi people]]

Pahari is a language spoken by more than ten million people spreading from Nepal through Himachal Pardesh , [[Poonch]],Rajouri, and Uri ...[[Punjabi]] still has 8 letter from the Alphabet of Sharda and in Kashmir people still keep books in that form. currently the alphabet is known as [[Lundi]]

...y age to Man Singh. They came to Manila in search of livelihood, like many Punjabi farmers who were driven off their lands by the British policies. In Manila ...nd their collaborators. She died in 1941. It is a great misfortune of the people of India that historians have ignored contributions of women like Bibi Gula

...Punjabi cuisine is its diverse range of dishes. Home cooked and restaurant Punjabi cuisine can vary significantly, with restaurant style using large amounts o Across Punjab, there are different preferences. People in the area of Amritsar prefer stuffed parathas and milk products. In fact,

...played on hand-wound machines with mother and daughter as protagonists. In Punjabi culture, the departure of the newly wed daughter is always a heart-breaking ...ey both travelled to farflung villages in East Punjab for Ipta, the Indian People's Theatre Association, run by the Indian Communist party and spreading the

...the Indian subcontinent there are several regional languages, and like the Punjabi, each has a script of its own. These scripts are distinctly different from ...writing media, very large majority of the population only used the spoken Punjabi language and they never learned to read or write. Their linguistics skills,

...ston acording to this and several interviews. She is very proud of being a Punjabi but her village or city is not mentioned. ...lead in the Punjabi Cinema. Versatility, good looks and fluency in spoken Punjabi language are some of her major assets. Below, PlanetBollywood.com presents

...Punjabi]] music as a folk song but it's rare in music and sung by only few Punjabi singers including [[Kuldeep Manak]], [[Surinder Shinda]] and few more. ...[[Dev Tharike Wala]] who wrote about 11 ''Kalian'' for Manak. As ordinary people don't understands the specific rules for Kali and differences between a com

...chen, the office and a library, visitors' rooms and classrooms for holding Punjabi classes. The Granthi's quarters are located in a separate building adjacent ...ities in this Gurdwara Sahib. There are also about 250 students who attend Punjabi classes once a week on Saturday afternoons. The Management Committee compri

...nd bus drivers, motorcyclists and children. Lahoris are really very loving people and these are unforgettable moments for me,” remarked Dr Gulab Singh, the ...speak English, but not very fluently.” Gulab also said that he was fond of Punjabi bhangra music and that his favourite singers are Abrar-ul-Haq, Harbajhan Ma

...sed equally strongly. A Punjabi translation of the book was brought out by Punjabi University, Patiala, in 1972.

...umbers and would bathe in the holy river. Guru Nanak Dev Ji observed many people throwing water towards the sun in the east. The Guru had already heard abo The people who were throwing handfuls of water from the Ganges River towards the sun i

...referring to the [[Muslim]] place of worship. A mosque is the place where people of the [[Islam|Islamic]] faith say their prayers called [[Nimaz]]. The devo

...ndia]] and [[Pakistan]] (formerly India) called [[Punjab]] and also to the people who live in this region. This area is situated in North West part of [[Indi ...Sikh Guru) in the [[16th century]]. This script was designed to write the Punjabi language and other native languages. The word ''Gurmukhi'' literally means

...ulture you will find that this answer will not be found acceptable; most [[Punjabi]] will argue that Sikhi says "no" to inter racial marriages. Sikhism isn't ...Person of Lower Caste; that person were out casted. By some Ignorant Proud People which Resulted in Many Castes having Similar Surnames originating from Outc

...face in various Bhangra competitions. These non-Punjabis have simply made Punjabi dance a part of their own local culture. ...the tune of some other instrument of folk music, the energetic feet of the people of Punjab are spontaneously set to give in to inhibition and give instant b

'''Crore''' - is a [[Punjabi]] word which is also used by other communities in Southeast Asia and is a u ...either a marked ("-s") or unmarked plural: "1 Crore people" or "1 Crore of people", "5 Crore rupees", "5 Crore of rupees", "5 Crores rupees", "5 Crores of ru

...settled there. The author also remarks that the language spoken by them is Punjabi and not Hindi.

...nd Head of the Gurmat Sangeet Chair and Department of Gurmat Sangeet at at Punjabi University Patiala. Also he is a Senior Fellow at Sangeet Natak Academy in ...orms before reciting them. Founder and head of the Gurmat Sangeet Chair at Punjabi University in Patiala, Singh was drawn towards music right from his childho

'''Lohri''' ([[Punjabi]]: ਲੋਹੜੀ) a festival celebrated on the 13th day of January is a ...a Punjabi version of Robin Hood who robbed the rich to give to the poor. People oblige them generously by giving them money and eatables as offering for th

...newspaper named New Herald. The New Herald became the weekly Sangat in its Punjabi/Gurmukhi incamation. During 1919, he was interned for some time fbr his pol ...ife, Sardul Singh was a prolofic writer. He edited journals in English and Punjabi and published numerous pamphlets and books. Among the latter the most famou

...eed for us as a community to have their lives portrayed as lives of normal people, just the way it really is. Secondly, the elders in the community feel conc ...ajor projects like ‘Pinjar’ and ‘Asa Nu Maan Watna Da’, Ish found a lot of Punjabi culture portrayed in them. “That’s good”, she said, “Language is an

...respect each other. Caste discrimination affects an estimated 250 million people worldwide.<ref>[http://www.unicef.org/protection/index_discrimination.html ...If one takes the earlier Portugese word - raca and transposes the Hindi or Punjabi -ra-ka-or better ka-ra = you have a reference to the sun, of the sun/ sun b

Passions roused by the Partition dislocated people from their homes and goaded them to accept borders even in the realm of inn ...sangat every Friday there, in the home of a Punjabi poet passionate about Punjabi sufi poetry.

...ra in Houston, TX. From 1983 till 1985, Dr. Singh published the first ever Punjabi-English newspaper in California. ...Muslim. It is the fifth largest religion in the world with over 22 million people worldwide, 1 million in North America. Turbans are a distinctive part of th

...ak, emancipation comes only by loving devotional worship; through duality, people are engrossed in duality. ||2||" ([[SGGS]] page 75) The [[Punjabi language]] does not have a gender for God. Unfortunately, when translating,

'''Manmohan Waris''' ({{lang-pa|ਮਨਮੋਹਨ ਵਾਰਿਸ}}) is one of the top [[Punjabi]] singers in the world. It has been almost 17 years since he released his ...Folk/Pop singer). Waris is considered one of the best in [[Music of Punjab|Punjabi music]] and is known as ''The King Of Bhangra''<ref>http://manmohanwaris.co

==Geography and People== ...ar to Punjabi. The majority of the people are Hindu, although many Tibetan people who follow Buddhism have also settled here recently.

...hen it is not being read. [[Rumalla]]s are sometimes brought as gifts when people attend the services at the Sikh Gurdwara.

...ures from North India and abroad. Nowadays, it is very popular in modern [[Punjabi]] music played worlwide. ...abi music, dhols with synthetic, or plastic, treble skins are very common. People who play dhol are called "Dhol Players" or "Dholis". There is also the Arme

...ould have called 911," Kuldip Thindal, Rubjit's distraught mother, said in Punjabi yesterday. "She just had a stomach ache – she wasn't even crying." The H1N1 virus is having a greater impact on young people. The average age of the 2,665 Ontarians infected with the virus is 21.

She was born in England, grew up in Southall (west London) to Punjabi Sikh parents of the Dhaliwal Jat family who both emigrated from Punjab, Ind She was named one of People magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People in the World" in 1999. Also in August 1999, Esquire Magazine named her one

...contact with the divine Guru, had a great influence on the thinking of the people and in their own way made history. Their language was Braj Bhasha — which ...ly 350 Kg). Not only poets, but also the royalty tried its hand at writing Punjabi poetry. Among such noble writers of poetry were Maharaja Rajinder Singh and

...ir demand was only for a state wherein they should be able to develop the Punjabi language and culture and protect their religious faith. He complained that ...ddressing a mammoth gathering at Chandigarh, on the occasion of the Second Punjabi Suba conference, the first of its kind in the state capital, declared that

...ana]], at 72 and created a record by becoming the first Vice-Chancellor of Punjabi University at 80. Even at 100, he had an enviably alert mind and a sharp br ...But when he retired from Khalsa College and became the Vice Chancellor of Punjabi University, his salary was fixed at Rs. 2200. At that time he asked his son

...nthology of 107 verses decorated with Sufi thoughts. The text is both in [[Punjabi]] language as well as script. For this he really deserves our heartiest app ...ask be set a land mark though in the Punjabi literature, we Dogri speaking people also feel proud of him as by domicile he is not only Dogra but an establish

.... The present mahantis Gurdip Singh Kesari, a prominent Nirmala scholar of Punjabi origin. ==Important People from Varanasi==

...home or business, he doesn't follow the Guru's philosophy at all. In the Punjabi language such a person is referred to as a '''Mukh Gyani'''. Punjab, like the rest of the world is full of Mukh Gyanis, people who know better, but continue to live their lives as they always have.

Many people have contributed to this project, and below we acknowledge all of them. ...ability cannot be underestimated, as he has done wonders in providing more people access to the scriptures.

...ountry including Tamil, Malayalam, Konkani, Gujrati, Marathi, Haryanvi and Punjabi. Their biggest successes as arrangers were the mammoth Rajshri hits Maine P [[Image:Uttamsingh1.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Uttam Singh during Shootout of Punjabi Movie]]

...[[Hindu]]s, [[Muslim]]s, [[Christian]]s and [[Sikh]]s: Darshan encouraged people to follow the truth that is God — within their own faith and to recognise ...on: members are encouraged to serve all humanity on a voluntary basis. The Punjabi slogan he gave to his followers was "nanak naam chardi kala tere bhane sarb

...a and information including history and Photographs are put on WWW so that people around world could know and enjoy the history of Sikhs and could see places ...es visit the Sacred Places and bring the information accordingly. Lakhs of people visit the website for taking information and Darshan of these shrines.

Mirza Sahiba (Punjabi Shahmukhi: مرزا صاحباں) is one of the four popular tragic romance '''Mirza Sahiban''', a piece of love-lore is considered a treasure of Punjabi literature. It is a romantic tragedy. Sahiban was a love-lorn soul.

...stan, called Dulle Di Bar means the forest of Dulla Bhatti. This legendary Punjabi hero is buried at Miani Sahib Qabristan (Graveyard) in Lahore, Punjab, Paki ...his queens. A huge army was sent for the task, and Dulla would not binge. People of that area wanted to save Dulla and tried to distract the army; so much s

...an astrologer and palmist, so he was known as Jyotshiji. He had very many people coming to him. Even many Europeans. They were crazy about him. He'd be busy ...rked hard in his business, his main interest was praying. He employed many people in his workshop and he would go around and supervise them, then sit in a co

...rs believe it otherwise that Punjabi originated from Sanskrit. Present day Punjabi language is the result of continuous development without the aid of any Gov ...s 'Punjab' (Punj = Five, Ab = Water/River) by the Persians [8]. Punjab and Punjabi are also spelled as Panjab and Panjabi, respectively.

...unjabi]] language to describe a free kitchen where food is provided to all people, regardless of background, ethnicity, religious beliefs, gender or social s ...[1481]]. It is designed to uphold the principle of '''equality between all people''' of the world regardless of '''religion, caste, colour, creed, age, gende

...lume contains, in addition to historical information, lively vignettes of Punjabi life, manners and customs ; the second which primarily deals with medicine ...is sway in a most arbitrary manner... The pleasure which he took in seeing people hung by dozens must be attributed to his brain." He acknowledges that "Ranj

...|ਸਤਿ ਸ਼੍ਰੀ ਅਕਾਲ}}, ''{{IAST|sat śrī akāl}}'') is a [[Sikh]] greeting in [[Punjabi]] (''Sat'' = truth, ''Sri'' = great, ''Akaal'' = Timeless Being ie God). Co In [[Punjabi]] the greeting one uses is tied directly to the religion of the one being g