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...Indian army on the Darbar Sahib, bhai sahib and 8 other Sikhs hijacked an Indian Airliner from Jammu to Lahore. The other hijackers were: ...tani movement. On Oct 25 1990, while they were crossing border, the Indian Army was passing, and Malaghar Singh with anger, opened fire, as consequence Man

Dedicated to the memory of the martyrs of 1984 assault of the Indian Army on the Darbar Sahib (Golden Temple), Sri Amritsar ...ex add grandeur to Sikh history, who fell martyr fighting against the huge army, defending these shrines from the invaders. ''

...f China and a threatened invasion of India via Burma, he enlisted into the Army as number 22356 of First Sikh regiment as Sepoy on 15 September 1941. ...the only Indian soldier to win the highest medals of both the British and Indian governments. With the award of the VC he was promoted from Sepoy to Lance N

* [[Master Tara Singh]] - celebrated Sikh hero leader and famous Sikh Indian independence movement leader * [[Baldev Singh]] - Indian independence movement leader

'''Gian Singh''' (5 October 1920 - 6 October 1996) was an Indian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for He was 24 years old, and a Naik in the 15th Punjab Regiment, Indian Army during the Second World War when the following deed took place for which he

The 32nd Sikh Pioneers were a regiment of the Indian Army during British rule. The regiment was founded in 1857 as the Punjab Sappers

...Francis, who arrived at Lahore in 1833 and joined Maharaja Ranjit Singl's army. ...writer, or me, less formally had the unusual experience of shopping in an Indian clothing store, with my wife, who was looking for some bangles, north of At

'''Major Parkash Singh''' (31 March 1913- 23 March 1991) was an Indian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for He was 29 years old, and a Havildar in the 8th Punjab Regiment, Indian Army during the Second World War when the following deed took place for which he

'''Baba Sohan Singh Bhakna''' was an Indian revolutionary and the founding president of the Ghadar Party. He was born i ...u German Conspiracy that sought to trigger rebellion in the British Indian Army. Sohan Singh, as one of the top Ghadar leaders, returned to India at the ou

...nd]] and [[Jammu and Kashmir]]<ref>Break down of Indian Sikh population by Indian States/Union territories [http://www.censusindia.net/religiondata/Summary%2 ...s in the [[Indian Civil Service]] and, in particular, the [[British Indian Army]], which led to migration of Sikhs to different parts of [[India|British In

...lic life as a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha (Upper House) of the Indian Parliament. ...College, Nowgong (Madhya Pradesh), and another two and a half years in the Indian Military Academy, Dehra Dun, he received his commission in 1934 and was pos

...r, C.I.E., D.S.O., M.D., LL.D., D.P.H., I.M.S., among other British Indian Army Medical Service and I.M.S. officers.

...ot identify the murders, but provides enough raw-material to challenge the Indian Government’s familiar version blaming the Kashmiri militants. For example ...tity of the murderers is known," thus distancing himself from the official Indian version.

...s been built at that place near Igbal bridge, which is being run by Indian Army.

Lt Gen Vijay Kumar Ahluwalia AVSM**, YSM, VSM, is serving in the Indian Army and is presently the General Officer Commander-in-Chief, Central Command. ...l Defence Academy and was commissioned into the Regiment of Artillery from Indian Military Academy on 14 Nov 1971. A keen aviator, he has a great amount of e

...rrounded his place of torture) were massa­cred by th eforce sof the Indian Army. ...tion were well aware that one of the most decorated Generals in the Indian Army's history had joined the Sikh occupiers of the Akal Takht and was surely ad

...re. He is considered the bravest and most efficient General of the Indian Army. Air Vice Marshall Pinto, Lt Gen Daulet Singh, Brigadier S.R. Uberoi (MC) [[Image:Indian-Army-Helicopter.jpg||175px|right|]]

Sajjan Singh Rangroot is a 2018 Indian Punjabi-language war drama film directed by Pankaj Batra. It stars Diljit D ...film titled "Sajjan Singh Rangroot". The film portrays the experiences of Indian soldiers fighting in the trenches of the Western Front during World War 1.

...hen did not bring home any laurels, but it is on record that two among the Indian athletic performed really well, and one of them was Dalip Singh. In the lon Another honour which went to Dalip Singh was that he was the first Indian, a Sikh, to be the torch-bearer at the inaugural Asian Games at Delhi in 19

Suhail Malik of Sialkot, interviewed by a New York Times correspondent in an Indian prison, has said he had no regret that he participated in the massacre, whi ...oney. He took part only in two attacks before Chittisinghpora -- one on an army outpost and the other on a bus carrying soldiers.

...d Sabhraori. On the conclusion of the war, he was reinstated in the Sikh army, promoted a general and made governor of Dera Ismail Khan. In 1846, Gener

...in 1912 the Indian army as a sepoy. Two years later, he resigned from the army and set up as a contractor at Hissar. He was doing well as a contractor, wh ...months. He also took part in the non-cooperation movement launched by the Indian National Congress, serving a 14-month term in jail. In 1926, he visited Mal

...hrough out, providing shelter to another for the ENTIRE time. While Indian Army specially the brave Garhwal Scouts had their hands full trying to evacuate ...s huge calamity out. There was also a small permanent detachment of Indian Army Sikh regiment soldiers who helped to establish control and provided much ne

The insurgency in the Indian state of Punjab originated in the late 1970s. There roots of the insurgency Punjab, after Indian independence, had large Hindi speaking areas in the south and the west. In

'''Captain Ishar Singh''', (13 December 1895 - 2 December 1963) was an Indian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for Ishar Singh was 25 years old, and a Sepoy in the 28th Punjab Regiment, Indian Army during the Waziristan Campaign, India when the following deed took place fo

...row Airport. The most significant cultural group to settle in Southall are Indian [[Punjabi]]s. ...Indian draught beers and was the first pub in the UK to accept payment in Indian rupees. Also the film ''"Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal"'' starring John Abraham and

...at [[Harmandir Sahib]] ([[Amritsar]]) during the attack by the [[Indian]] army known as [[Operation Bluestar]]. He gave new life to the Sikh Students Fede ...t released in 1984. On June 4, 1984, [[Operation Blue Star|when the Indian army invaded Darbar Sahib]], he fought bravely embracing martyrdom on [[June 6]

...SIngh 1.jpg|thumb|200px|right|{{C|'''[[General JJ Singh]], Chief of Indian Army'''}}]] ...oginder Jaswant Singh''' (b. 17 September 1945) is the first Sikh Chief of Army Staff of [[India]].

...ero. He was commissioned into Bengal Engineer Group in 1936, was the first Army Officer to be awarded ‘Padma Bhushan’ on 24 November 1965. Gen Dhillon, ...Lt Gen and was the first post independence Sapper Army Commander (Central Army).

...Indian Legion (Legion De Freis Indian) he makes derogatory remarks against Indian people, although complements Sikhs specifically. The translated version is ...eaten up. They won't kill an Englishman either. In particular the Northern Indian, produces a better solider. This may be due to the dominant Aryan traits pr

...n the Indian Army in June 1963 and resigned in early 1965. He rejoined the Army immediately because hostilities broke out with Pakistan and took part in th ...he resigned from Parliament and from Congress (I) as a protest against the Army entry in [[Darbar Sahib]]'s complex in [[Operation Bluestar]]. He became co

...oginder Jaswant Singh''' (b. 17 September 1945) is the first Sikh Chief of Army Staff of India. ...se as at the time of his appointment he was the most senior officer in the army after General Vij.

...h Sir Henry, questioned him on the strength and composition of the British army, on the extent of Russian influence in Persia and on the ability of the Sha 3. Buckland, C.E., Dictionary of Indian Biography. London, 1906

...om this region. These were several generals in [[Maharaja Ranjit Singh's]] army of the Sikh Empire in the first half of the 19th century. No less than ten generals from Majitha can be counted in the Maharaja's army during the period of 1800-1849. Chief amongst the Majithia generals during

...ervice. Whether in the British Indian Army or the post-independence Indian Army, Sikhs have always been disproportionately represented martially. ...cs than most other Indian peoples, Sikhs have provided the backbone of the Indian military since the late 19th century. While it may not have been accurate t

...0 and enlisted in the 5th Probyn`s Horse, a cavalry regiment of the Indian army, at Jharisi. But he resigned within a year and set out on a pilgrimage to [ ...ahib. To collect funds for the [[Langar]], he went out on preaching tours, army units being his special constituency. As his popularity and his resources g

...26 - 10 August 1986) was the 13th Chief of Army Staff (CoAS) of the Indian Army. ...le to push through the lane and quickly deploy itself to meet the Pakistan Army's counter-attacks.

...ference was held at Toronto. The attack on the Golden Temple by the Indian army struck teh Sikh world like a thunderbolt. All shades of Canadian Sikhs came ...uld be left to the Panth; that Canadian Sikhs boycott all functions of the Indian diplomatic missions; that media, especially ethnic media which published an

...o commemorate the 90,000 Indian soldiers, of the erstwhile British Indian Army, who died in World War I and the Afghan Wars. Designed by Edwin Lutyens and Following India's independence, India Gate became the site of the Indian Army's Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, known as the ''' ''Amar Jawan Jyoti'' ''' (I

...ion other dowry during her life. The same document provides a list of some Indian belongings she distributed to their children. A beautiful painting, oil on

...rtion to their demographic strength (the Sikhs make up less than 2% of the Indian population). In the Indian Liberation Army, out of the 20,000 ranks and officers, 12,000 (60%) were Sikhs.

'''[http://www.punjabnewsline.com/content/view/12871/38/ Army to handover Gobindgarh Fort, Amritsar, to Civil admin]''' ...s a magnificent historical moment in the history of the Holy City when the Army would hand over Fort Gobindgarh to the civil administration.

...regular battalion, the Regiment of Ferozepore, for service with the Bengal Army of the East India Company. ...e first to form the nucleus of that invaluable Seikh element of the Bengal Army, that has since served the British Government with so, much credit in every

...ndian%20Parliament%20on%20Operation%20Bluestar%20awards.htm Sikh MP shames Indian Parliament on Operation Bluestar awards] by Parmeet Pal Singh 17 June 2009 {{p|File:Tarlochan Singh.jpg|Tarlochan Singh, MP in Indian Parliment}}

...d Wars and even today remain a front line infantry battalion of the Indian Army.

...ikhs, was not satisfied with the result of Operation Blue Star, the Indian Army's attack on the Akal Takhat with battle tanks, mountain guns and helicopter ...e subjected to massive aerial bombardment, apart from being slaughtered by army and para military forces. The Sikhs all over India were to be subjected to

...ering and thunderclap of heavy boots of the well-dressed in Kahki uniform, Indian BSF Jawans who equalize their counter part, the sound of Peshawari Chapples ...ugh, there has been no legal compulsion on both the sides for the same. On Indian side this check post is about 100 feet from the Zero line and from Pak it i

...temporal seat [[Akal Takhat]], killings of hundereds of civilians in this army attack and killings of Sikhs in the countryside afterwards. ...k. Several other Sikh Gurudwaras were also attacked similtaneously. Indian army even burnt the historical Sikh reference Library afterwards. These events c

...Nixon, the only American President to resign in disgrace, once referred to Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi as, "…the old witch", according to recently ...involved. China declined and on 16 December the war ended with the Indian army and Bengali separatists taking Dhaka.

...dira Gandhi at her residence in revenge for her order to command the India Army into the sacred precinct of the [[Golden Temple]] in [[Amritsar]]. ...Gandhi}} was motivated by [[Operation Blue Star]], an attack by the Indian Army on the holy [[Golden Temple]] complex in [[Amritsar]], [[India]]. [[Satwan

...rrounded his place of torture) were massa­cred by th eforce sof the Indian Army. ...tion were well aware that one of the most decorated Generals in the Indian Army's history had joined the Sikh occupiers of the Akal Takht and was surely ad

...e he joined the 47th Sikh Platoon Indian Army. After two years he left the Army and went to Shanghai (China). Next year he went to the Philippines and afte

...is residence in Shaheed Bunga Street on the back side of Sri Darbar Sahib. Indian forces had initiated their attack on Sri Darbar Sahib at 4:45am on the morn ...ry Division claimed that he had refused to accept the advice of two senior Army officers to kill the militants taken into custody during [[Operation Bluest

...nnon detail.jpg|500px|thumb|right|Detail of Captured Sikh Cannon, from the Army of Maharaja Ranjit Singh. photo courtesy Neil Carleton]] ...Ranjit Singh in 1838. One of each, as well as a number of other important Indian guns, are on permanent display.

Few names in the Indian Air Force evoke such awe and inspiration as the mention of Air Commodore Me ...ted with the Distinguished Service Order (DSO). The only such award to the Indian Air Force ever.

STATE-SPONSORED TERRORISM INDIAN STYLE ...ed & six wounded in Poshkreeri village of the Kashmir valley -------- Even Indian news magazines ridicule the orchestrated New Delhi Parliament attack tamash

...Sikhs and Muslims, and also alarmed President Clinton of the situation in Indian held Kashmir. ...Saxsena, having carried out his macabre task successfully, was posted to Army Head quarters, New Delhi.

...e of their Holy Temple the [[Harmandar Sahib]] in opposition to the Indian Army's storming of the Temple -- code named [[Operation Blue Star]] are known to

...he capital Gangtok, at an elevation of 1,700 metres (5,600 ft). The Indian army has a major forward base in the town including a medical centre.

...ik Karam Singh, was born on 15 September 1915 in Barnala, Punjab . He is a Indian military war hero who was awarded the Param Vir Chakra India's highest wart Karam Singh retired from Indian Army as Honorary Captain. He is survived by his wife Gurdial Kaur.

...ple of personal sacrifice and bravery in the best traditions of the Indian Army.

...h was given the Hony, rank of Captain for his bravery. He retired from the Army on 3rd June, 1967 and went back to his native village.

...ter example of the spirit of Service Before Self - the motto of the Indian Army - where Major Harminder Pal Singh, despite having suffered grevious injurie Taken from A website about Indian military forces

{{p|File:Tejdeepsinghrattan.jpg|Captain Rattan, United States Army (2010)}} ...f [[Sikhism]], was granted special exemptions last year (2010) regarding Army Regulation 600-20 that permit him to wear a beard and a [[turban]] while

...nment after the military action on the Golden Temple complex by the Indian army in 1984. ...artyr, and various photographs, some showing him battling with the Indian army, are hung in many gurdwaras and Sikh homes in Punjab, and no doubt all

...st Maharaja of the princely state of Patiala. He also served in the Indian Army from 1963 to 1966. In 1980, he won a seat in the Lok Sabha for the first ti ==Army career==

...b. Sikhs observed "Ardas Diwas (prayer day)" to protest against the Indian Army's attack on Sri darbar Sahib. On this day congregations were held in Gurudw

...es,In 1948, the Gurudwara Pathar Sahib's maintenance was taken over by the Army. ...urdwara Sahib "An institution run by the Army". As a kind courtesy of the Army, STD and CSD facilities are available inside the Gurdwara premises. All the

...were killed has come to be known as the [[Chittisinghpura massacre]]. The Indian government blamed it on the Pakistan-based Lashkar e Taiyba terrorist group ...hail Malik of Sialkot, interviewed by a New York Times correspondent in an Indian prison, has said he had no regret that he participated in the massacre, whi

...ale was martyred at 8:45 am on June 6, 1984 while fighting with the Indian army at Akal Takht. ...ale was martyred at 8.45 am on June 6, 1984 while fighting with the Indian army at Akal Takht. However Harnam Singh as well as other Singhs of Taksal decli

...India, {{w|Indira Gandhi}}. At the time of the operation, close to 100,000 army troops had been deployed throughout [[Punjab]]. ...called press conference at the residence of Bua Singh, SSP, Amritsar. The Army Generals and Deputy Commissioner, Amritsar were also present. However, imme

...e 24th Sikh Battalion of the Indian Army the following year. Leaving the Army, he became a patvanin the revenue department of the Punjab at the end of

...ulraj and Sher Singh had no aims in common. Sher Singh decided to move his army north, to join that of his father, General Chattar Singh Attariwalla, who h The East India Company responded by forming an Army of the Punjab under Sir Hugh Gough. Gough wished to take the field immediat

'''WHY SIKHS SHOULDN'T CELEBRATE INDIAN INDEPENDENCE'''<br> ...ear about our nationhood, but it is denied by the [[Indian]] State and the Indian political class which are not prepared to allow us basic rights.

...came a devout Sikh. He was promoted a lance naik, but he resigned from the army in 1905. In April 1906, he migrated to Canada. He played a leading part in In 1908-09, the Canadian government mooted the idea of transferring all Indian settlers of British Columbia, over 90 per cent of whom were Sikhs, to Hondu

...I. In the Gurudwara, Diwan Singh used to recite his poems and discuss with Indian people the problems of slavery and freedom. During the Second World War whe

...rship of the congress party. In the Punjab the operation caused the Indian Army to became very unpopular. <ref>{{cite book |title=Politics of genocide: Pun ...on some occasions were embaressed when just a handful of Sikhs would repel army units, however on the whole the superior numbers of troops and their super

==Army career== ...bsequently he was appointed deputy-quartermaster-general in the Portuguese army and was present at many of the the battles of the [[Peninsular War]].<ref n

* 1947 Pak/Indian Independence. All laws and rules will be done with the agreement of Sikhs. Indian Consitition will be pbulished

1983 By now Indian Government had given gallantry awards to over 50 policemen for killing Sikh The attack on the Golden Temple by the Indian army struck the Sikh world like a thunderbolt. All shades of Canadian Sikhs came

...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