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...t was left saddened and shocked with the attack on Golden Temple by Indian Army in summer of 1984.

...r of 1965. He was a calm, intelligent and brave Sikh soldier in the Indian Army. He served his people and nation in the tradition that has been established ...Allied forces in Malaya and Singapore to the Japanese in 1942. Unlike many Indian soldiers who had served in the Allied forces, who joined the Japanese backe

...mmunity (Grewal). His father, Sardar Hoshnak Singh, was a Jawan in the Army. His mother's name was Prem Kaur. Gurumukh Singh had his early chooling i Gurumukh Singh came under the influence of the Indian revolutionaries who had set up the Ghadar Party in America and had been act

...examination from the high school there. In 1914, he took up service in the army as a clerk. For this reason, he was sometimes also known as Babu Labh Singh ...district, participated in the Civil Disobedience movement launched by the Indian National Congress. He was taken into custody in Delhi, but was released aft

...February 21, 1849, between British forces and the Sikhs. The depleted Sikh army, weakened by lack of supplies, was defeated by the Bengal and Bombay Armies ...he Durbar (court) in Lahore and Agents in several of the regions. The Sikh Army, the Khalsa, was kept in being and used to keep order in the Punjab and Nor

The lifting of the siege was one of only several key instances where Indian troops left an unlikely mark on the course of Chinese history in the early The British also dispatched Indian regiments to China leading up towards the Opium War, which ended with the

...sive designs of Ranjit Singh who, he says, "inspired by his high position, army, artillery and treasury, wishes to place the whole of the Punjab under his ...he action he took against the unruly people (f. 83) such as despatching an army to subdue a rebel, Khan Beg Tiwana, who was formerly his subordinate (ff. 7

...with Hari Singh Nalwa, he was one of the top commanders in Ranjit Singh's army. As a general under Ranjit Singh, he wrested the 'subah'(province) of Multa ...s a gift to royal visitors and friends. It now a popular confection in the Indian Subcontinent. However this story may be of dubious authenticity since Diwan

...herwise, has now got himself a prime place in the glittering pages of the Indian history. ...e of a large number of entrants of that time from [[Punjab]] in the Indian Army thus proved only one point that but for the presence in large number of the

...stablished by Maulvi Barkatulla and S. L. Joshi appears to be the earliest Indian organization with some political purpose. It did not survive Barkatulla's d ...He is mentioned in the Circular of Freedom as one of the treasurers of the Indian Association, and not long after that periodical came to an end he started h

...as I had switched on the BBC World News, I had heard the announcement that Indian Air Force had started an offensive on the Kargil peaks and there were fears “Oh yes”, we said, “Of Course, we have a bigger army”, we said proudly.

...he Duke of Wellington. He came to India in 1837, and, after serving in the army in various capacities, became the CommanderinChief in 1843. ...ia. The British loss amounted to 694 killed and 1,721 wounded. The British army, having sustained heavy losses in previous actions, was unprepared to launc

...unter is the encounter between 5 Khalistan Armed Force soldiers and 12,000 Indian Armed Force. All 5 were shaheed but caused much damage to the enemy. The ge ...ed many innocent bus passengers and burned train stations. Even though the Indian Security Forces were provided with many modern weapons, as well as armoured

'''India Secret Poceedings''' (1834-1856), a manuscript series of Indian records at the India Office Library, London, succeeding Bengal Secret and P ...nd Intelligence Reports on Punjab affairs and statistical data on the Sikh army and its dispositions (1843);

...active providing personal inspiration and organizing supplies for the Sikh Army. Soon after the defeat at Gujrat, all the other Sikh chiefs had been captur 1984 Nine Sikhs hijacked an Indian Airliner to Lahore (1984).

...border with the Punjab. Eventually, the increasingly turbulent Khalsa, the army of the Sikh kingdom, was goaded into crossing the Sutlej River and invading ...ej Singh eventually retreated. Hostilities temporarily ceased. The British army was shaken by its heavy losses. Hardinge sought to relieve Gough of his com

...Air Force on the ground. Led by Wing Commander Prem Pal Singh himself, Pak army camp east of Gujarat and airfields at Chaklala, Dab, Murid, Akwal, Risalwal The squadron gave close support to the army in Kasur, Khem Karan, Pasrur, Chawinda and Sialkot sectors. Bombs were drop

His next posting was to the Indian Army, joining the Bengal Staff Corps as a Lieutenant in 1887. Soon he was back s ...orce, first known as the East Persia Cordon, was a force of British Indian Army troops which was posted to prevent enemy infiltration from Persia into Afgh

...n of the revolutionary Ghadr party, carrying reports of the conferences of Indian immigrants held in the States of Oregon and Washington, reached the hands o

...the country by the exigencies of times. They spread over the whole of the Indian sub-continent. With the break down of the Moghul Empire a number of kingshi ...Maharaja Ranjit Singh. After the Maharaja, general disorder prevailed. The army became restive and then openly rebellious. Many prominent Sirdars were kill

Baldev Singh was an Indian Sikh political leader, who represented the Punjabi Sikh community in the pr When a British Cabinet Mission visited India in 1946 to negotiate with Indian leaders about the future constitution of the country, Baldev Singh was chos

...ndranwale Tiger Force of Khalistan]], clashed repeatedly with the [[Indian Army]] forces during the 1980s and early 1990s as well as the Punjab police. The organization primarily battled Indian military forces, especially in revenge for [[Operation Blue Star]], the gov

The Kambojs are a Northern Indian ethnic tribe that inhabits the Punjab, also related to Ancient Persia and V ...a well known '''Kshatriya tribe''' of Indo-Aryans, stated to have had both Indian as well as Iranian affinities and mentioned in ancient Sanskrit texts and e

...ar Sahib, Amritsar. In protest, he had returned his Padam Sri honor to the Indian government. He returned his Padam Shri award when the Indian government attacked the Golden Temple.

...he Sikh soldiers and recommended their wholesale enlistment in the British army. Thus he sought to pacify the common mass of the disbanded soldiery and att ...in action on 4 July 1857 while defending the Lucknow residency during the Indian rising.

...and spent most of his time in meditation. Upon the dissolution of the Sikh army after the annexation of the Punjab to British India in 1849, Karam Singh jo ...ding to an eyewitness account quoted in Martin R. Montgomery's book, ''The Indian Empire,'' "Enormous treasures were looted, and each individual soldier ama

...s and Panjab Universities, was the last hereditary ruler of the east while Indian princely state of Patiala. Born on 7 January 1913 during the high noon of t ...for a number of years. Seconded in 1935 to a crack Sikh unit of the Indian army, he did valuable work helping in reconstruction after the terrible Quetta e

...Indian Army. It is currently the highest decorated regiment in the Indian Army and was at one stage the highest decorated regiment in the British Empire. ..."Khalsa Army". Following numerous heroic and valiant battles by the Khalsa Army, XIV Ferozepur (1 Sikh, now 4 Mechanised Infantry), and XV Ludhiana (2 Sikh

...forces of Samrat Hem Chander Vikramaditya, popularly called Hemu, and the army of Mughal emperor Akbar, on November 5, 1556. ...nd himself a vendor of saltpetre at Rewari,[10] he rose to become Chief of Army and Prime Minister[11][12] under the command of Adil Shah Suri of the Suri

Rai Bahadur Mohan Singh Oberoi (August 15, 1900—May 3, 2002) was a renowned Indian hotelier widely regarded as the father of 20th century India's hotel busine ...siness and, in recognition of his services to the industry in time of war, Indian authorities bestowed on him the title of Rai Bahadur. In another two years,

...held at New York city, in the wake of June 5 and 6, 1984, when the Indian army stormed the Golden Temple complex in Amritsar. A group of Sikhs in New York ...al community in the clearest possible terms of Sikh aspirations and of the Indian government's perfidy,

Singh continued his service in the Army and started writing novels which became very popular. Prabhjot Kaur kept on ...s, she has been translated into Greek, Arabic, Russian, Hungarian and many Indian regional languages.

...kh militants used to weaken the government and to use Indian Money against Indian Security forces. ...d", ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'', [[August 11]], [[1986]].</ref> According to Indian intelligence sources, Vaidya had been the number four assassination target

...ining [[Param Vir Chakra]], the highest war time gallantry award of Indian Army that any soldier can aspire for. On 28 September 1936, he was enrolled in t ...ould not stem the tide of the Chinese advance single-handedly. The Chinese Army continued advancing with little concern for the casualties. By now all ammu

...the two officers began to ride out of the citadel, a soldier from Mulraj's army attacked Vans Agnew. This may have been the sign for a concerted attack, as ...General of Bengal, Lord Dalhousie and the Commander-in-Chief of the Bengal Army, Sir Hugh Gough, who did not wish to expose European troops to a campaign d

Once the Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Indian Army impressed by the game, offered him a direct commission which he refused as ...hi-Irwin pact of 1931. He along with other Akalis remained a member of the Indian National Congress till 1940, with dual membership of Akali Dal and Congress

2. Army recruitment 2.1 All citizens of the country have the right to enroll in the Army and merit will remain the criterion for selection.

...east of Jalandhar. His grandfather, Sahib singh was a soldier in the Sikh Army and had fought against the British. After passing the matriculation examina ...ased from jail in December 1919, on the eve of the Amritsar session of the Indian national congress, which he attended. He joined the Akali movement for the

...ade. He was a distinguished scholar of Persian and Punjabi, well versed in Indian as well as in Muslim lore Because of his independent views, Thakur Singh wa ...akur Singh's sole concern. To win support for him, he visited secretly the Indian princely states and the Sikh shrines. Major Evans Bell's book, The Annexati

...noured with the rank of Marshal of the Indian Air Force (equivalent to the Army's Field Marshal), on the Republic Day of 2002. This is appropriate and time ...nd then at the Government College in Lahore, Arjan Singh joined the infant Indian Air Force in 1938. He was commissioned from the RAF College Cranwell on 23

The German Army had signalled the First World War in mid-1914 with brilliantly executed ope .... So the standing Army in India was immediately constituted into the First Indian Corps with the Lahore and Meerut Divisions on its order-of-battle, as they

...Operation Blue Star, the state of Punjab still had to face the rage of the Indian Government’s security forces. During Operation Blue Star, Goldy was about “…Goldy, you are so good looking… and the army is now stationed in Punjab; let a few days pass by…”

...ieutenant in the Bengal artillery in 1823. In November 1830, he joined the army of the Indus, under Sir John Keane, for the invasion of Afghanistan. In 184 3. Buckland, C.E., Dictionary of Indian Biography. London,1906

...supported by the armies and could not find any work as warriors many join Army and other trade and being rich some started jewelry businesses. "Sunar, Son With the partition of India in 1947 into India and Pakistan the Indian state of Punjab was also split in two. Hindus and Sikhs including Mair Rajp

'''Jammu''' is one of the three regions comprising the [[Indian]] state of {{Wiki|Jammu and Kashmir}}. Jammu borders Kashmir to the north, ...was only a last minute airlift of crack Sikh airborn units of the Indian army, that the Pathan's advance was stopped. The Pathans disappointed their Pak

...made on Mr. Mann by a gunman associated with a politician in the opposing Indian National Congress Party. However, no charges were ever brought against the ...dia]]. However on November 3, 1999, long after Mr. Mann was elected to the Indian Parliament, the [[Punjab]] and [[Haryana]] High Court, ordered the Union of

...ed States of America (USA) for the independence of India. Its members were Indian residents, primarily Sikhs, settled in USA. Their prime objective was to ac ...called press conference at the residence of Bua Singh, SSP, Amritsar. The Army Generals and Deputy Commissioner, Amritsar were also present. However, imme

...red Myanmar as a part of British India that has cultural affinity with the Indian people. But to my surprise, Burmese people have no common heritage with Ind Yangon (Rangoon) University was among the top ten Indian Universities before the British divided India and declared Burma as an inde

...cript, describing the valorous deeds of Hari Singh Nalva (1793-1837), an army general of the Sikh times. Inspired by the elder Qadar Yar's 2. Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature, 6 Vols., Delhi, 1995.

...of hostilities with India, the Pakistan Government had banned the entry of Indian officials not only in Kashmir but also in the adjoining districts of West P ...red him into action. He went to Delhi and became guide of the first Indian army which landed at Srinagar to stem the tide of tribal invasion and remained t

...of an operation called [[Operation Wood Rose]] carried out by the Indian Army in the days and months after the attack on the [[Harmandar Sahib]] in 1984 After many on their lists escaped their dragnet the army was left with only the relatives of those who they wished to capture. The r

...he reached Delhi and joined the Corps of Sappers and Miners in the Bengal Army. In 1837, he was appointed assistant to Colonel (afterwards Sir) Claude Wa ...nt the earlier mistakes from continuing to add to the distrust of the Sikh army from feeling suspicious of British intentions, in which situation the war w

...Three, English class three and Hindi class three, etc. His rank, trade and army number were CFN/elect. 7111631. He was discharged on the 6th of March 1976. ...ra handing over a historic memorandum with Sikh demands (Khalistan) to the Indian embassy of Brussels.]]

'''Lt General Harbaksh Singh''' (1913 – 1999) was a senior Indian Army officer who played a key role during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965. He was ...rom 1964 to 1969. He successfully led western command against the Pakistan Army along the entire border and displayed outstanding leadership during which M

...ratum of Indian life and every part of the country. The bulk of the Indian Army was recruited from the north, which is the origin of the traditionally mart ...Africa in the first stages of the war and later in Italy and Burma, where Indian soldiers have won for their regiments new battle honours which will never b

...freedom, and even explicitly mentioned in all constitutions, including the Indian constitution as Freedom of religion, was not of importance in India. There are many reasons why the Indian government attacked the Golden Temple, but among them the main reasons for

...s in [[Pakistan]]. With the recent relaxation of the visa requirements for Indian citizens, more and more visitor now travel to Pakistan every year<ref>[http ...ngh]] Twenty one year old Harcharan Singh has become Pakistan's first Sikh army officer

...elebration of the Martyrdom of Guru Arjan) and many soldiers of the Indian Army. ...dia and hoisted the flag of Khalistan at a gurdwara at Anandpur Sahib. The Indian government raised a storm when he was allowed to enter USA using the cance

After Indian Independence, a Union Territory of Hill states was created. It primarily co Many young men from Himachal serve in the Indian Army and have played a significant role in the National defense. Dharamsala has

...heroic devotion which has never been surpassed ha the annals of the Indian Army. *Valour and Sacrifice: Famous Regiments of the Indian Army, India, Allied Publishers (1990) ISBN 817023140X

...r there was not a single day when the Jujharoos from Babbar Khalsa and the Indian forces faced each other in the battlefield. There are many historical encou Indian Security Forces had flooded Punjab. The Central Army, Central Reserve Police Force, National Guard, Border Security Force, RAW,

...ese government protested against these atrocities against their nationals, Indian goverment did nothing. The Canadian government further tightened the entry ...Khalsa in Punjabi and Svedesh Sevak in Urdu. These activities awakened the Indian immigrants. Persons like Baba Sohan Singh Bhakna, Harnam Singh Tundilat, Ud

...ia. But the tragedy has not only placed a question mark on the capacity of Indian Government to apprehend the culprits andprovide protection to the minoritie ...d and are farmers on small scale. A few are working in different civil and army camps as labourers to earn, make both ends meet. No proper education is imp

..., Raja Sansi. Sardar Dhaja Singh was a soldier in Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s army. In 1849 when the British rule was in place then the Sikh Unit was abolish ...gh was under court martial and then he was sacked from his position in the army.

...imself came out to oppose the invaders at the hanks of the river Ravi, his army was just brushed aside (January, 1739). ...st February, Ambala on the 7th, and Karnal on the 12th Fehruary. The Delhi army had been alerted in Novemher on the fall of Kabul.

...t 160,000 have already laid down their lives for this movement. The Indian army attacked Harmandar Sahib with tanks, guns and air force. As a result of thi

...] [[Sikh]] born on August 27, 1980 in Cochin, Kerala, [[India]]. She is an Indian model, actress and former Femina Miss India 2002. ...mother Manpinder. She has a brother, Hardeep. Born in Cochin, Neha went to Army Public School, Dhaula Kuan, [[New Delhi]] and completed her Graduation in H

...ered. This incident left a deep mark on Manbir Singh's thoughts. A retired army officer Giani Joginder Singh who was also son-in-law of Manbir Singh's aunt ....com/lofiversion/index.php/t16981.html</ref> and fought against the Indian army until his death ( June 9th 1984) in [[Operation Blue Star]] <ref> http://w

...Aurora looks on while Lieutenant General Niazi, Commander of the Pakistan Army in the East signs the Instrument of Surrender}}]] ...he Indian commander whose comprehensive defeat of the Western [[Pakistan]] Army in 1971 led to the creation of [[Bangladesh]]. He was born in Jhelum, [[Bri

...of LeT and Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), the list also carries the names of five Indian Sikhs belonging to the separatist Khalistani movement (the name Khalistan, ...ggle for an independent Punjab, or Khalistan, began. It was, no doubt, the Indian military operation inside this most sacred of Sikh sites that triggered a v

...lives, and 1,09,045 were wounded while fighting as part of British Indian Army. ...ccurred in 1897 when the regiment defended the Samana Ridge against a huge army of Pathans.}}

...history saw many invasions. Namgyal who was a great warrior raised his own Army and became the ruler of Ladakh, by ousting those in power and beheading the ...had established for himself the reputation of being unconquerable and his army got ready to attack Skardo. After fighting on the route Zorawar reached Ska

...soldiers of the many races and classes who so well represented the Indian Army. Our home people were able to see the quality of the men who compose it, wh

'''Sardar Nanu Singh [[Saini]]''' was a Sikh army general and a well-known [[Jagir|jagirdar]] in [[Phulkian Misl|Phulkian riy ...b</ref> Nanu Singh [[Saini]] became among his most trusted lieutenants and army generals. As a reward of Nanu Singh Saini's help in his liberation from the

...by the officials. Another gallery displays portraits and busts of Punjab’s army men who had fought and got laurels in the three wars in 1948,‘65, and ‘

In 1947 he joined the Indian Army on short service commission in the Army ordinance core.

...Sikh Reference Library, Amritsar, until the collection perished in the Army attack on the Golden Temple premises in 1984. ...f the text, the former contains considerable supplementary material on old Indian philosophical systems and religious practices in which context the commenta

...But he stayed in the army only for a very short time. Irked by the strict army regimen, he took out his discharge in 1920. ...ne year. He participated in the civil disobedience movement started by the Indian National Congress and served another year in custody. In 1935, he was elect

...abi Sikh family, at Kadyal in Jammu and Kashmir. He enrolled in the Indian Army on 6 January 1969 into the Jammu & Kashmir Light Infantry (JAK LI). He was ...f the Kargil War, he was the only PVC awardee who was still serving in the Army.

...Ranjit Singh]] evicted the Pathans from Kashmir with the help of the Dogra Army of Jammu. '''The [[Sikhs]] ruled Kashmir till their defeat by the British.' ...u later agreed to a poll. Pakistan contested accession claiming the Indian Army illegally entered Kashmir.

...ee-star general rank) in October 1984 as Director, Medical Services of the Indian Air Force, the highest military rank available to physician officers. ...hed peacetime service. He has also been a past President and Fellow of The Indian Society of Aerospace Medicine.

SIKHS ACCUSE ARMY OF HARASSMENT (Anantnag), Nov 6: Massive protests erupted here on Saturday against Army following alleged harassment of the members of minority Sikh community in H

...ly returned to Afghanistan, never to come back again. The vast area of the Indian subcontinent lying between the Indus and the Yamuna was free from foreign r ...In March 1776, Baghel Singh’s forces gave a crushing defeat to the Mughal army near Muzaffarnagar; thus Sikhs extended their influence on the whole of the

...Commander Gurdev Singh Debu". He participated in several battles with the Indian Government forces after that. ...from Bhai Sahib and his Shahidi had inspired thousands of Sikh youth. The Indian Security Forces were shocked that they could inflict so much horror on Gurd

...] (meaning ''Land of the Pure'') by its proponents, would comprise [[India|Indian]] territory in the [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]], and [[Punjabi language|Punjab ...roversial, and today he is accepted to have been shot in a gun battle with Indian police, with Canada's [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]] network rep

...d history. It continues to be the highest decorated regiment in the Indian Army with 73 battle honours and 38 theatre honours. The regiment also enjoys the ...ibing the culture and chivalry of Maharaja Ranjit Singh's erstwhile Khalsa Army, the ethos and traditions of the regiment got formalised with the ' Regimen

...eir land of birth. However, no company provided such a service between the Indian and Canadian ports. As a result, many Punjabis were stranded for months in ...f any freedom figting organization. However, it gave a unique twist to the Indian history and freedom struggle in India. The Ghadar journal helped to give it

...ame significant.<ref>{{cite book |title=Phoenix from the Ashes: The Indian Army in the Burma Campaign |first=Daniel |last=Marston |publisher=Greenwood Publ ...War of 1971|1971]], the [[Hyderabad Police Action]] of 1948 and the [[Sino-Indian War|Chinese aggression in 1962]]. It has also served in [[Sri Lanka]], wher

...f the text, the former contains considerable supplementary material on old Indian philosophical systems and religious practices in which context the commenta

...ss of the Order of the Bath (GBC) (the first officer of the British Indian Army to receive the award), was a soldier and diplomat. The son of David Ochterl

...ft the warriors were soon being asked to fill new regiments in the British army to keep the Afghans at bay. Ninety Years later when India became independent Indian leaders started referring to the Mutiny of 1857 as "The first war of Inde

...ararigal. According to Captain A.H. Bingley, Sikhs A Handbook for Indian Army, 1918, their total number, evidently based on the 1911 census, was 4,637.

...ing Officer. An uncle of his, Sukhdev Singh, was a brigadier in the Indian Army.

...an Officers to write training manuals, train and even command parts of his army. Foundries were set up and cannons cast (his european doctor was put in cha ...ather. He had proven himself a valiant warrior and was a favorite with the army. Having fought in several battles he was then serving as the governor of th

...India, {{w|Indira Gandhi}}. At the time of the operation, close to 100,000 army troops had been deployed throughout [[Punjab]]. A group of Sikhs, led by [ ...akingsly scrutinized the details of the tragic event and narrated that the Indian state did not want to merely arrest some individuals but to break the backb

...he Balkans and Anatolia on archaeological research. In 1905, he joined the Indian Education Service, becoming professor of English at Government College, Lah ...other things are not equal for he, on the verge of his degree, joined the Army in the University Signal Section. Not only did he alone of the senior class

On January 4, 1804 AD, Nihang Gulab Singh met Colonel Ochterlony of the East Indian Company at city of Karnal. Gulab Singh appealed to place him under their pr Shiv Karpal Singh sided with the British in the Indian mutiny in 1857 AD assisting the Imperial Forces against the Indians.

...cademy (known then as JSW) in June 1953 and was commissioned in the Indian Army in June 1957. During service held various command and staff appointments. S

...He learnt to read Gurmukhi in the village Dharamsala and joined the Indian army as he grew up. On 12 July 1906, he emigrated to Canada and then to Californ ...e worked in a lumber mill at Bridalville, Oregon. He attended a meeting of Indian immagrants at Portland in the beginning of 1912 which led to the formation

...retired Punjabi Colonel .Having taken an early retirement from the Indian army in 1981 to manage personal property assets in Punjab.