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'''The Five Holy Takhats & the Guru Granthi Today''' In India today there are five historical Thrones of the Guru called Takhats which are ruli

...ge, but also an official language of India. It has a similar position in [[India]] to that of Latin and Greek in Europe, and is a central part of [[Hindu]]/ ...ted orally for several centuries before they were written down in medieval India.

...d north India traditionally followed the Islamic style of architecture but today the term is used to refer to a large traditional high walled building usual

...D KIRTANI JATHA PERFORMING LIVE FROM PRABH MILNAE KAA CHAAO GURDWARA MOGA, INDIA. ...WA SINGH JEE TARMALA BROADCASTING LIVE ON SIKH CHANNEL UK & EUROPE SKY 840 TODAY (08/01/11) AT 2.30pm – 5.30pm.

[[Bhagat Ravidas]] Janam Asthan, Seer Goverdhanpur, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India is called Dera Sach Khand and is the focal point of pilgrimage for follower ...si, India is the ultimate place of pilgrimage for the followers of Ravidas today.

...ssion by extremist Mullahs, his poetry soon disappeared from the horizons. Today, whatever we know about this ‘forgotten poet’ is much due to Baba Malan ...e died in the mid 1st half of 20th century, perhaps around 1926 in Punjab, India. The village ‘Jyotishah Alampur’ of Indian Punjab is named after him.

A Gurdwara stands at the site of his historic samaadh in Musapur village today. He is believed to have been the founding father of the Sian (also spelt Se ...ss Punjab and India, giving rise to the four main Sian lineages that exist today.

...a ferocious storm at sea (probably a typhoon, for which the waters around India are well known) made a promise to Waheguru of the contents of his money bel As we all know today the successful trader had 500 golden Mohurs in that belt. Now while many no

...o Devi, Jammu is one of the most famous pilgrimage tourism destinations in India. Once a seat of the Dogra Rajput dynasty, Jammu came under the control of [ ...he Mountain Kingdom as both India and Pakistan claim the State, over which India still holds all but the small portion captured by the Pathans in 1947.

...u Gobind Singh moulded the Sikh religion into its present form that we see today with the formation of the [[Khalsa]] in 1699 and completed the final layout

...{W|Braj Bhasha}}. Braj, though never a clearly defined political region in India but is very well demarcated culturally, is considered to be the land of Kri ...alect of Hindi, and was the predominant literary language of North-Central India before the switch to Khariboli in the 19th century.

...ital of the Leh District in the state of [[Jammu and Kashmir]], northern [[India]]. Historically, it was the capital of the Himalayan kingdom of [[Ladakh]]. ...ones teeth, which took root and was the first tree to grow in the region. Today that same [[Guru Nanak Tree|tree]] is an attraction in Leh.

...eastern extremities of Rajasthan and the southern extremities of Haryana. Today Braj Bhoomi can be seen as a cultural-geographical entity rather than a pro ...he Hindi literature was developed in Brij in the medieval period. However, today Khariboli dialect has taken its place as the predominant standard dialect o

...is plant ([[Cannabis sativa]]). The plant grows wild throughout [[Northern India]], Pakistan and the [[Himalayas]] (its putative origin) and is an important Despite this long history, in India charas was made illegal in the 1980s and draconian sentences were introduce

...Two of these political units are in Pakistan and the remaining five are in India. ===East Punjab (India)===

...ated in the heart of New Delhi, India Gate was originally known as The All India War Memorial. ...tue of King George V had stood under the now-vacant canopy in front of the India Gate; the Statue now stands in Coronation Park.

...t a function organised by Bhai Vir Singh Sahitya Sadan in [[New Delhi]], [[India]]. The French Cultural Secretary in New Delhi, Dr. Jean Marie Lafont and Si ...th”'' meaning ''“All Sikhs are commanded to take the Granth as Guru”''. So today if asked, the Sikhs will tell you that they have a total of 11 Gurus. ( 10

...s is a famous charitable hospital based at Secunderabad in Andhra Pradesh, India. The Gurdwara Sahib, Secunderabad, and Guru Nanak Charitable Trust opened t Andhra Pradesh, India

...ntonment is a cantonment town in Firozpur district in the state of Punjab, India. It is located adjacent to and south of the city of Firozpur. ...kh War, Firozpur Cantonment played a key role for the British Indian Army. Today, it is a Divisional headquarter for the Indian Army.

...and Bangladesh in the east, and the uplands of the Deccan plateau in south India. ...nt. Reduced subsequently, especially during the East India Company rule in India, to the region in and around Old Delhi, the empire was formally dissolved b

...cur just in India. It is a phenomenon, which occurs across the whole world today. Why are women’s surnames changed? The reason is family linkage. Surnames Sikh women are today demanding equal rights. Rightly so. However, they fail to realise that they

...teel' should not be confused with the steel blades, cars or frying pans of today, made possible by production processes of the late nineteenth century. * Instructive video on metal making as used in the early swords of India and Japan, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDbg1aikq1I

...m the other major religious group, encompassing the "Dharmic" religions of India and the "Taoic" East Asian religions—both terms being "parallels" of the

...eatures/tp-metroplus/article2468845.ece|work=The Hindu | location=Chennai, India|date=20 September 2011</ref> He believes that today's youth likes fast-paced stories which are either larger than life{{citatio

...''' is one of the oldest and busiest markets in central north [[Delhi]], [[India]]. The area is in the historically important Shahjahanabad (Old Delhi) and ...freely practice his or her own religion without interference or hindrance. Today, we tend to take this freedom for granted – but in 1675, when all of the

Mair Rajputs or Maid Rajputs is the name of a Sikh Punjabi caste in India from amongst the Punjabi Rajputs. They are Sikh by religion and comprise of ...ry businesses. "Sunar, Soni" is a Hindi word for Goldsmith and Jeweler. In India, a metalworker who specializes in working with gold and also at the same ti

...gistered super tanker was arrested, along with the tanker's Chief Officer, today (Dec 10) by a South Korean court, which reversed an earlier ruling by a low '''From The Press Trust of India:'''

...renowned ''"Kitab-ulHind"''. Even today groups of Hindu pilgrims come from India to visit it regularly to worship.

...D KIRTANI JATHA PERFORMING LIVE FROM PRABH MILNAE KAA CHAAO GURDWARA MOGA, INDIA. ...WA SINGH JEE TARMALA BROADCASTING LIVE ON SIKH CHANNEL UK & EUROPE SKY 840 TODAY (08/01/11) AT 2.30pm – 5.30pm.

Today India banned smoking in public places, leaving public health officials with the t In the West smoking has been banned on airplanes for some twenty years and today a pack of cigarettes costs almost five dollars with ever higher taxes being

...a type of long shirt or tunic, which was once very popular in India. Even today one can see Hindu, Sikh and Muslim ascetics and holy persons wearing a 'Cho In India, many families perform a religious ceremony during which clothes are put on

...predicted that one day this boy would be amongst the prominent artists of India. ...client has to wait for over 18 months. He has orders coming from all over India and abroad.

...ment found in two forms throughout the north, central, and east regions of India. It is a young instrument by Indian terms, being only about 200 years old. A. R. Rahman has been one of the composers in India who has used the Dilruba in his works like "Dil Se" and "Vande Mataram".

...His family moved to the Indian side of the border after the separation of India and Pakistan. ...after which he studied at the Gurmat Missionary Collage in Ropar, Punjab, India.

...a species. For example, there are more than 3,000 species of snakes known today. But many more species might have been living in the past, and are now exti ...a species. For example, there are more than 3,000 species of snakes known today. But many more species might have been living in the past, and are now exti

...[Gurdwara Lakhpat Sahib|Gurdwara Pehli Patshahi]], Lakhpat, [[Gujarat]], [[India]]}}]] ...Lakhpat is the last town situated at the western end of [[India]], on the India - Pakistan border, at the junction of Kori creek and Rann of Kutch. Lakhpat

...sm]], written by Simran Kaur Arneja, a 27 year old [[Sikh]] from Mumbai, [[India]]. This book is the result of the writer's personal discovery of Sikhism, w ...rtantly how we can use those beautiful and timeless teachings in our lives today and attain ultimate bliss. The writer hopes to make the book available thro

...Sherwani are said to be one of the largest family names of MalerKotla even today. It was the tribal leader Sheikh Sadruddin Sadr-i-Jahan, who in 1454 marr Today Malerkotla is the only place in East Punjab (India) that has a majority Muslim population, with 55% percent of the residents

...s the leader of the Damdami Taksal, a Sikh religious group based in Punjab India during the late 1970's and early 1980's.

...dwara.jpg|thumb|Baba Jai Lal Ji Gurdwara, at Jalandhar Cantonment, Punjab, India]] ...ge of Patara (near the city of [[Jalandhar]], [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]], [[India]]) to a [[Ramgarhia]] family. His father's name was Bhagtoo and his mother'

...oordarshan. His low budget Flop Show show in early 90's is remembered even today. one of his co-actors Vivek Shauq has been most successful from Flop Show d ...s gift of inducing humour to highlight every day issues of middle class in India. Bhatti's satire on Punjab police called Mahaul Theek Hai (1999) was his fi

...g will hear his first cases today. [[Rabinder Singh]] QC, 39, who will sit today as a deputy (part-time) high court judge, is also thought to be the younges ...hearing a number of applications at the Royal Courts of Justice in London today for permission to challenge immigration decisions.

...to make peace with [[Maharaja Ranjit Singh]] than to engage him in a war. Today the pier has been revamped and houses many restaurants, ect. ...the paving stones of the old streets in London were cobbled of granite in India to be used as ballast to steady the ships in heavy seas. Often reloaded th

...Prince" as in Rajasthan where the word "Kuwar" means prince. In Rajasthan, India 'Kuwar' (from Sanskrit Kumĝra) is commonly used to refer to a prince, and Some Sikhs today have chosen to retain their traditional caste-system based family names in

...cieties, confined prior to the migrations of 1947, mainly to north-western India, were the Sahajdhari Committee of Multan, Guru Nanak Sahajdhari Diwan of Pa ...dispersed in the country. Their India-wide forum was the Sarab Hind (All-India) Sahajdharis Conference which rotated from town to town for its annual sess

...da.jpg|thumb|250px|right|{{cs|'''Bhathinda District in [[Punjab state]], [[India]]}}]] ...some 50 km from [[Bathinda]], in the state of [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]], [[India]]. It is the largest city in the [[Faridkot District]] and has a large cott

...y [[Sanskrit]] grammarians since Patañjali to refer to dialects of North [[India]] that deviate from the norm of Sanskrit grammar. The term apabhraṃśa in The term Prakrit (which includes Pĝli) is used for the popular dialects of India which were spoken until the 4th - 8th century, but some scholars use the te

...gements at 8 to 12 years of age are not uncommon in some interior parts of India. The wedding is performed a couple of years after the engagement. After the

...s spelled Panjabi) is the official language of the [[Punjab]] regions of [[India]] and [[Pakistan]]. It is an Indo-European language of the Indo-Iranian sub Punjabi culture, much like its Bengali counterpart, suffered a split between India and Pakistan during the Partition of 1947. As such, Punjabi language and cu

...haheed Bhagat Singh’s]]''' statue stands outside Parliament House, Delhi, India.]] '''[[New Delhi]], [[India]]. August 15, 2008''' A larger than life statue for a larger than life hero

...re notable prospects mostly because they are prospects. They’re both from India - students at the Guru Govind Singh Sports College - who entered The Millio ...s after the duo emerged winner of the "Million Dollar Arm" contest held in India, in which more than 30,000 Indian youth participated.

...re removed and taken away by Pakistan army and have not been returned till today.

...tly Muslim, while many Sindhi Hindus imigrated to [[India]] when [[British India]] was divided in 1947. ...was not uncommon for the Sindhis to make their first son a [[Sikh]]. Even today the Sindhis worship Guru Nanak with the same fervor that they accord to, Sh

...orway in the early 1970's. There are about 2500 registered Sikhs in Norway today, most live in Oslo and Drammen. Gurdwara Alnabru was opened in 1983 and bec ...organization, but try their best to follow the rules set for Gurdwaraer in India.

...anded.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Gurudwara Damdama Sahib (Nanded, Maharashtra - India)]] ...e worlds left the Punjab on his way to visit with Sangats in the south of India. Traveling with an entourage of Sikhs he reached Rajasthan, after passing

...ngat.org/2009/08/india-and-pakistan-celebrate-62nd-independence-day081947/ India and Pakistan celebrate 62nd Independence day] ...basis of religion, with Pakistan (later declared) as an Islamic state and India as a secular one.

...i of Mahabharta fame. Located in the ancient Panchal range of Mountains in today's Jammu & Kashmir, it has become the scene of a dispute between its Muslims ...es and blood to defile Hindu and Sikh temples, but while the newspapers of India and Jammu tell stories of the arrests daily of militants captured with larg

...ctices considered very beadabi to Sikhs. That they fought this practice in India's first peaceful morcha, ''only on their part (as thousands were brutally k Today 2200 acres of land is attached to the Gurdwara's holdings. The building is

...da.jpg|thumb|350px|right|{{cs|'''Bhathinda District in [[Punjab state]], [[India]]}}]] ...f the oldest and most famous cities in [[Punjab]] state of north-western [[India]]. The old town was called Vikramgarh during the pre-Muhammadan period. Tra

...became the King of India. During that period a mutiny had started in South India. To bruise the mutiny he started to move towards south with his army and al ...ich or poor, belong to high caste or low caste. Even the mughal emperor of India at that time Akbar when came to have a view of Guru Ji he had to also sit i

...the foreign hand. Her government was doing its best but what could it do? India was under threat from foreign powers who were meddling in our affairs. ...very campaign against them (Bofors? Oh, that was a CIA plot to destabilise India, etc etc) and for nearly every failure to control law and order.

...was born in Jandiala Sher Khan, Sheikhupura District, Punjab is popular in India and Pakistan, especially in the Punjab region. His mausoleum is a place of pilgrimage today, especially for those in love. A consummate artist, deeply learned in Sufi

It’s Punjab today, it could be the rest of India tomorrow.

...d only such reports as had nothing to do with the policy of the British in India. News about disputes and disturbances in Maharaja Ranjit Singh's territorie

...w houses and fortifying the town. [[Rawalpindi]] being on the highway into India, was a vulnerable possession exposed to attacks of Afghan invaders, but Mil ...d soon Rawalpindi became the largest British military garrison in India. Today the city is the Headquarters of the Army of Pakistan.

- Sikh leads made a lot of promises by Brahman- India, that if Sikh join India they will be are not happy being with India.

...ley towards Leh. This river merges into the [[Indus]] near [[Magnetic Hill India]] in Leh . This frozen ice highway, known as the Chador road since olden ti Today the 'Dogra' fort built by [[Zorawar Singh]], any connection with the Sikh E

...aga]] (composition) that appears in the [[Sikh]] tradition from northern [[India]] and is part of the Sikh holy scripture called [[Sri Guru Granth Sahib]] J ...t raga is not equalled. Raga Darbari Kanada is assumed by many to be North India's greatest raga. There are a number of ragas in the Kanada family of ragas.

...a municipality in South 24 Parganas district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Autho ...en he returned from his Chicago visit. The anniversary is still celebrated today with great zeal.

... aka Teen Murti (India: Bengali title) ... aka Today's Era

Who planned this mass murder of the Sikhs in Kashmir (India), and why did it coincide with President Bill Clinton’s visit, only time ...rmy uniforms chanted ‘Jai Hind, Aaj Hamarai Holi Hai," (Victory for India, today is our Holi).

...t vigil is planned in his honor. He is survived by his parents who live in India. ...- who was a temporary employee and needed money to go visit his parents in India -- was just like a member of the family.

...Kirtani Jatha]] performing live from Prabh Milnae Kaa Chaao Gurdwara Moga, India. ...K & Europe Sky 840 today (08/01/11) at 2.30pm – 5.30pm. Live world wide in India MH1 8pm - 11pm and on www.wahegurulive.com!

...ees as only small shrubs and bushes would grow at the high, arid altitude. Today the Guru's sapling has grown to be the biggest tree in the city. ...d the tree, as daily millions use neem twigs to clean their teeth. One of India's richest men has built a fortune in no small part on his business which us

...ple who live in this region. This area is situated in North West part of [[India]] and North East [[Pakistan]] and includes the cities of [[Amritsar]], [[La The Punjabi people suffered a split between India and Pakistan during the Partition of 1947. However, Punjabi language and cu

...e Punjab Assembly from the Tanda as a candidate of the Republican Party of India in 1967. He became Deputy Speaker when the Akali Dal-led coalition Governme ...York Times proclaiming an Independent Sikh state. In 1977, he returned to India, but he migrated again to Britain in 1979. In London, Chauhan created an or

...Giani Gurbachan Singh, in the presence of thousands of Sikhs who gathered today to pay respect to the victims. ...carefully planned, orchestrated and executed massacre of Sikhs throughout India in November 1984.

...made by a devotee to the Guru. It has been a common practice especially in India, for one going to make obeisance to a saint, teacher, the deity, or king to ...s to pay homage and to perform religious devotions. The word in common use today is dasvandh or onetenth of the income which every Sikh is expected to contr

...esent name: the Residence. Lord Dalhousie, the British Governor General of India, however, refused Ventura`s demand to be paid the price of the building . It occupies today a section of the Punjab Government Secretariat, and the tomb of Anarkali ha

...olourful and exotic birds fly in from as far as Siberia. It is also one of India's leading in-land sweet water fish market and home of varied wild life. The ...the Villa Buona Vista whose design is reminiscent of French architecture. Today it is inhabited by the present descendant of Maharaja. The lake is not just

...admirers of Guru Tegh Bahadur ji and having no male heir they had crossed India seeking Guruji's blessings for the birth of a son. The diminuative elephan ...a Sahib]] the Guru was even able to add beautiful gardens during his stay. Today the fort of Paunta is a popular summer destination for Sikh Pilgrims and ot

...ngh Mann''' (Punjabi: ਸਿਮਰਨਜੀਤ ਸਿੰਘ ਮਾਨ) (May 20, 1945) was born in Simla, India. He was educated at the Bishop Cotton School, Simla and the Government Col ...ad the peaceful struggle in [[Punjab]] to achieve a “buffer state” between India and Pakistan.

...ated in the village of [[Basarke]] in [[Amritsar District]], [[Punjab]], [[India]]. [[Guru Amar Das]] ji was named next Guru by Guru Angad Dev ji, but Datu ...ented and returned with the Sikhs. The hole in the wall is still preserved today inside the Gurdwara Sahib. Gurdwara Sahib is situated on the Amritsar-Chaub

...ad to his horse. Nihangs showing such respect for horses can be found even today some Nihangs when they see hawks exclaim “Va-eh Guru!” for the hawk rem ...this Sikh Samparda are today found through out India and Sikh Diaspora. In India this Samparda runs Bhai Daya Singh Charitable Trust and Bhai Daya Singh Int

...a person that follows the religion of [[Hinduism]], which was founded in [[India]] some 5000 years ago. Hinduism contains set of faiths made by different pe ...derogatory term Hindu as a black person doesn't apply to the people known today as Sindhis who were historically seen even by many invaders as an Aryan rac

Today this sect exists mostly in the countries of [[India]] and [[Pakistan]]. However in the latter it is having a hard time because

...on Northern India in 1398, the Brars robbed Timur in the area of Tohana in today's Haryana. After marauding, the Brars used to take shelter in the jungles o

...ngineer. Tatla was born in Dhothar village in Ludhiana district of Punjab, India. He attended Central School, Halwara, and G.H.G Khalsa College, Gurusar Sud ...nce examination and waited four years for a security background check from India. He was detailed to undergo training at Venture Naval Officers Training Cen

...kh]] are believed to be descendants of a blended race of the Mons of North India, the Dards of Baltistan and the Mongols of Central Asia. Majority of the po Thereafter, Maharaja Gulab Singh of Jammu paid Rs. 75 lakhs to the East India Company in 1846 in exchange for Kashmir and some other areas under the 'Tre

'''BALDEV SINGH - FIRST SIKH DEFENCE MINISTER OF INDIA''' ...ns that resulted in the independence of India, as well as the Partition of India in 1947.

...lar instrument might have existed almost two thousand years ago in ancient India. They refer to instruments which resemble the Sarode found in carvings of t ...an in Gwalior, who gradually transformed the Rabab into the Sarode we know today. A parallel, but equally credible theory credits descendants of Madar Khan

...aga]] (composition) that appears in the [[Sikh]] tradition from northern [[India]] and is part of the Sikh holy scripture called [[Sri Guru Granth Sahib]] o ...the [[Ragmala]] but was known as Javanta in as early as the 14th century. Today it is regarded as an important raga belonging to the Khamaj thata. This ma

...iven to a humble house for the destitute in [[Amritsar]] in the northern [[India]]n state of [[Punjab]]. In the early 1900's, it was an original idea of the ...ort of various philanthropists. Pingalwara is officially registered as All India Pingalwara Charitable Society. Since the death of its founder, [[Bhagat Pur

{{p|Image:ManmohanSingh1.jpg|Prime Minister of India, Dr Manmohan Singh}} ...gh while debating issues such as disinvestments of BALCO, Centaur, the Air India share scam and UTI. These issues cropped up due to the ‘economic reform.�

...], opposite Timarpur Colony beyond the Khyber Pass section of [[Delhi]], [[India]]. The birthday of the [[Khalsa]] is celebrated here with much festivity o ...y in 1783, and the sixth Sikh guru, [[Guru Har Gobind]] also stayed here. Today it is one of oldest extant Sikh shrines in Delhi and the surrounding estate

...aga]] (composition) that appears in the [[Sikh]] tradition from northern [[India]] and is part of the Sikh holy scripture called [[Sri Guru Granth Sahib]] J ...n earlier, which has become a very important and popular North Indian raga today. It is supposed to possess magical qualities, if correctly performed, which

...nating in Ancient India. They are the oldest scriptural texts of Hinduism. Today, Vedic texts are revered by Hindus around the world. Their verses are recit

...ystems of social class with cultural pluralism in many parts of the world. Today, it is most commonly associated with the Indian 'caste' system, more correc ...atin-added by the writer) "Application to Hindu social groups picked up in India in the 17c. from Port. casta "breed, race, caste," the earlier ''casta raca

Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) today alleged religious conversion had gone up after United Progressive Alliance Asked about confidence building measures (CBMs) being initiated by both India and Pakistan, Singhal termed it as "total fraud" and said "When everyday In

...ansnational region of the Punjab which is located in Pakistan and Northern India. ...a Sikhs ). Written in 1899 and later revised at the request of the Govt of India in 1928.

Singh's parents emigrated from the Punjab in India to Britain in 1950. He grew up in Wellington, Somerset, attending Wellingto ...phy on history, the book also contends that cryptography is more important today than ever before. The Code Book has resulted in a return to television for

If anyone's son in India married someone who their parents did not approve - would any father kill ...b 2009, 0000 hrs IST, a story by Jug Suraiya , as reported in the Times of India'''

...h Sunny on [[tabla]]s have toured throughout Canada, USA, Central America, India, Pakistan, United Kingdom, Kenya, Tanzania, Malaysia, and Mexico sharing mu ...ombasa, Kenya to a [[Khalsa]] family from [[India]]. His parents were from India. His birth name is Sarbjit [[Singh]] Neel and was brought up a practising

The manor in which he was born still stands today in the center of the city. The city contains a number of important sites of ...ium (named after the man who was the driving force behind the partition of India and the Punjab, Mohamet Ali Jinnah the Quaid-I-Azam. It has many fine hospi

...s the leader of the Damdami Taksal, a Sikh religious group based in Punjab India during the late 1970's and early 1980's.

...was fought during the Tirah campaign in the north-west frontier of British India.}} ...Granth Jagriti Yatra" attracts a sea of devotees|Yatra-225x300.jpg|The all India journey to celebrating and commemorating the 300 years (tercentenary) of th

...o was born in the village of Sherpur, [[Ludhiana District]], [[Punjab]], [[India]]. ...anak Nishkam Sewak Jatha]]. It has several Gurdwaras across UK, Africa and India. Baba Puran Singh , also affectionately called "Kericho wala Babaji" or sim

...aga]] (composition) that appears in the [[Sikh]] tradition from northern [[India]] and is part of the Sikh holy scripture called [[Sri Guru Granth Sahib]] J ...cally, it has had three forms; the less ornamented type is described here. Today, it belongs to the Asavari thata. Its mood is one of prayerful supplication

...entury (Sitar and Sarod in the 18th & 19th Century, Allyn Miner, pg. 61). Today, two popularly known types of rabab are the kabuli rabab (as shown here) an ...mentioned quite frequently in old texts, this [[Saaj]] has become rare in India and is now only common in Afghanistan and Kashmir. The Kabuli rabab is the

...e the English words BArd, BArter and BAllad back to the orginal B(h)Att of India.

...rtan]] and they have huge following throughout the world and especially in India, UK, Australia, and USA. ...eat fortune blessed upon me by Guru Ji and the sangat that I am where I am today"

...istration of Sikh marriages while Muslims, Parsis, Christians and Jews of India already have separate acts for registration of their marriages. P.M. Manmo ...te religion has resulted in extreme repression by Indian Government. Till today Indian Government does not recognize separate status of Sikh religion and

...h instruments were developed and refined into the forms we see them today. Today we have instruments decorated with ivory, silver and gold, even peacock

...h was synchronized with the start of President Bill Clinton state visit to India on March 20, 2000) in which 35 innocent Kashmiri Sikhs were murdered - Al C ...ndian Express, suggests that the Dec. 21, "attack on Sikh families follows India's decision on Friday to recall its envoy from Pakistan for what it termed I

India’s Sikh Militants Forming Ties with Lashkar-e-Taiba and Pakistani Intellig In 1984, India attempted to drive Sikh separatists from the site under Operation Blue Star

...Ji Charitable Trust''' is a charity based in [[Chandigarh]], [[Punjab]] [[India]]. The charity has been since 1999 been providing free or nominal cost medi ...literate individuals who are settled in [[Chandigarh]], other places in [[India]] and abroad, contribute their [[daswandh]] (i.e., one tenth of their month

...d their Kingdoms, India and Pakistan would look a lot different on the map today for both would have not been part of either, but, rather a part of Afganist ...befor Babar, the Afganis, Persians and then the Afganis again had come to India to rob it of its riches and people.

...ry. It was traded through the Portuguese trading post on the west coast of India. During the time of Guru Gobind Singh tobacco use had become common by the ...d addiction have produced around the world, the source of so much misery. Today Sikhs can marvel at the foresight of Guru Gobind Singh who by instructing

...by the British for the people of [[India]]. The British had been ruling [[India]] as a colony of the British Empire for over 100 years. ...arty in 1913. Around this time, he also learned how to fly. He returned to India in 1914 to fight for his country's independence. On November 16th, 1915, Sa

'''Paonta Sahib''' is a small town in the south of Sirmaur district in the [[India]]n state of [[Himachal Pradesh]]. It is an important religious spot for [[S ...d region are home to some major industries, such as: Cement Corporation of India, at Rajbhan; Ranbaxy Pvt ltd, pharmaceuticals; Malwa cotton and spinning m

...Granth on behalf of which any claim of originality has ever been made. In India where there is an unfortunate tendency to make false claims about the prese ...holy Bir by Maharaja Ranjit Singh which is still held by the Sodhi family' today. Access to the Bir is rarely granted.

[[Minhas]] villages in [[Punjab]]([[India]]) ...ew Land Laws by the British in the year 1920, the land revenue record even today stands in the name of the Minhas Rajputs of Droli, Padhiana & Damunda.

Dr. Singh was born in the Jalandhar district of Punjab, India. The eldest of four children, he grew up on a wheat farm and helped with p ...Japan Center for Science and Technology, the Padma Shri Award in 2000 from India, and the Wolf Prize in 2000 from Israel. In 2001 the State Council of Chin

...[Gurdwara Lakhpat Sahib|Gurdwara Pehli Patshahi]], Lakhpat, [[Gujarat]], [[India]]}}]] ...of Bhuj on the edges of the Cori Creek on the tip of the border between [[India]] and [[Pakistan]].

...rn on April 4, 1958 in Fetehgarh Panjtoor in Ferozepur district of Punjab, India. Soon after his birth, his parents moved to Bhodi in Hissar district. He pa ...d with two daughters(Navjot and Simran Kaur) and one Son (Mihramat Singh). Today they are settled in Toronto, pursuing their careers as a teacher, doctor an

...would put their great adversary on the 'doorstep' to their richest colony, India. Sher Ali Khan tried to play each against the other and remain neutral in t ...rominent Tribal Chief of the [[Gakhars]], Khan Bahadur Raja Jahandad Khan. Today the lands the Gakhars held are now part of Pakistan.

Map of early Iron Age Vedic India after Witzel (1989). Realms or tribes are labelled black, Foreign tribes me ...located in the vicinity of the area that forms the modern city of Amritsar today. Valmiki is said to have composed the great epic at this very spot. Also, S

...artition in 1947, the Locals, had to abandon this Gurdwara, and migrate to India. ...Punjab where people suffer from this ailment. It is in good condition even today but there is absolutely no maintenance.

...Nand Singh Sanghania and its members were Sikhs from different tribes. But today, Ramgarhia is associated mainly with the Tarkhan tribe because of its later ...Sikhs, started converting to Sikhism, between 1881-1911. Ramgarhia Sikhs, today are pure Amritdhari, all the families are Amritdhari, about 99% of the Ramg

...Sikh religion, which helped guide my decisions, but unfortunately many of today's young grow up ignorant to what Sikhism is. ...ago, has accepted the equality of sexes as well as people, which not even today's western society has, nor any other religion has. This is just one reason

...the young boy was more keen on becoming a soldier, a cadetship in the East India Company's service was procured him through the good offices of Sir Walter S ...istory of humanity, by showing its connection with the different creeds of India..." Secondly, he wished "to give some account of the connexion of the Engli

...ments at 8 to 12 years of age are not uncommon in some interior parts of [[India]]. Now the wedding is performed years later when the engaged couple has rea ...row to love and respect each other over a lifetime is still more common in India than the so called love match more common in the West.

...uly inspiring individual. He was born in August 1941 in Moranwali, Punjab, India. ...pointed as an examiner for Pracheen Kala Kendra Music Academy, Chandigarh, India, an office he held until his death.

...contribution to the introduction of the principle of universal suffrage in India. It enfranchised all adult Sikhs for the purpose of electing their 'Religio ...h July 1925, when it obtained the formal assent of the Governor General of India. It may be argued that the central body of the Sikhs, the Shiromani Gurdwar

...estimated number of 500,000 [[Sikh]]s. Most have emigrated from [[Punjab (India)]], though there was a sizeable emigration from [[East Africa]], notably [[ ...the [[World War I]] though most of them came afterwards from Punjab, after India became independent. They were followed by thousands of Sikhs from East Afri

...s part of the district of Sirmour, in the state of [[Himachal Pradesh]], [[India]]. ...Benares. He put most of them to work translating the ancient classics of India's literature from the Sanskrit of the Priests and Khatris scholars into the

“How many of these exist today?” ...omes and suchlike. The religion was almost wiped out when the partition of India took place.

...istory, character, and spirituality are all unknown to the average Sikh of today. It is safe to say that this once Hazoori Raagi is accustomed to being igno ...of so many faiths living together in one world touches him. It is in this India perhaps that Baba ji finds his metier. Though home is where his family live

...its proponents, would comprise [[India|Indian]] territory in the [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]], and [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]-speaking areas of [[Haryana]], ...is listed as a [[terrorism|terrorist]] organisation by the United Kingdom, India, and the United States. The United States has designated Babbar Khalsa resp

...ner Road was officially opened in November that year, where it stands till today. ...Dharmak Sabha''' 18 , Niven Road (Tel) 63380731 Bus : 147 ( Before Little India Peace Center)

...r of spiritualism it contains. Its message of peace is all the more needed today when violence dominates the society. ...old Akali leaders like Master Tara Singh and Giani Kartar Singh preferred India to Pakistan at the time of partition in August 1947. In contrast, the prese

...xiled to England, having been removed from his kingdom by the British East India Company. ...der of Norfolk and Suffolk close to Thetford. Elveden Hall is still owned today by descendants of the Guinness family of brewing fame. It remains an operat

...tan had a significant Sikh population and influence until the Partition of India in 1947. ...s the second most spoken language. The overwhelming majority of the people today are [[Muslim]]. Most of the residents speak Saraiki and Punjabi with a good

...'''Sri Ganganagar''', is a small city in [[Rajasthan]] state of western [[India]]. It is the administrative headquarters of Ganganagar District. Today Ganganagar is divided into small blocks which are well maintained with many

'''Kolkata''' the city long known as Calcutta is the biggest city in India and is the capital city of West Bengal. It is connected by rail, road and a ...rst defensive building built by the John Company, later to become the East India Company.

...ned into the independent states of India and [[Pakistan]], she migrated to India in [[1947]]. ...s and [[Sikhs]] died from communal violence that followed the partition of India in 1947. Amrita Pritam then moved to [[New Delhi]]. Her anguish was express

...u, the [[Guru Granth Sahib]]. There are over 23 million Sikhs in the world today, the vast majority live in the [[Punjab|north Indian state of Punjab]]. [[S ...reciting of holy hymns called [[Shabad]]s. The Gurus taught the people of India & beyond, to live spiritually fulfilling lives with dignity and honour.

...r appeals to remain in the US of their own volition and opted to return to India. Upon arrival, Kuki was immediately imprisoned. Today, Ranjit Singh ‘Kuki’ Gill is rebuilding his life by working hard with y

...believed that Punjabi was more akin to Sanskrit than any other language of India. (Professor Kahol was Dr. S.S. Sodhi’s professor of physics in S.D. Coll ...from which have sprung up the majority of Indian and European languages of today. No student of Aryan philology can, therefore, afford to ignore Punjabi.

Today, there are 300 of them, many of whom run supermarkets and other shops. ...gurdwara in all of South America – a testimony to the small community from India’s Punjab region which has settled here.

The '''Kali Bein''' is one of the important rivulets in [[Punjab]], [[India]]. With a length of 160 km, it emerges from a spring near [[Hoshiarpur]], f Today, the river’s banks have been raised, inflows of waste, plugged, the river

...teaching of the folly in worshipping any but the one selfless God. Then as today many in the area believe that Ramdevji was an avatar of Vishnu.

...aga]] (composition) that appears in the [[Sikh]] tradition from northern [[India]] and is part of the Sikh holy scripture called [[Sri Guru Granth Sahib]] J ...ersian name is Yuman. In the [[Ragmala]], Kalian is the son of Dipak while today it is the head of the Kalian thata. It is performed during the first part o

...exposition of the Guru's character and of his influence on the history of India, but the Hindu predilections of the author impair his analysis. The narrati

...ng"; they taught Truth and the Sri Guru Granth Sahib the Guru of the Sikhs today still guides us in loving our fellow man and the one True God. The Guru Gra We respect them as true Earthly kings. The Emperors and Rajas of India sat on cushioned thrones under a canopy as a fan like structure was waved o

...which were both externally and internally imposed. They like the Sikhs of today frown on marriages with anyone of another religion. They thought of themsel ...t against the birth of more liberal forms of Judaism, were the founders of today's Haredi movement. Haredim live in insular communities with limited contact

...ned hours before the arrival of United States President, Barrack Obama, in India. On 20th March 2001, when then US President Bill Clinton was in India, gunmen dressed in Indian army fatigues entered the village of Chattisinghp

...aga]] (composition) that appears in the [[Sikh]] tradition from northern [[India]] and is part of the Sikh holy scripture called [[Sri Guru Granth Sahib]] o Todi is today the head of a thata. It is considered one of the most important of the nort

...e single room that has long stood to preserve the memory of his visit has today grown into a huge Gurdwara. Address: Nanakwadi, Nr Khanderao Market, Vadodara - 390010 (Gujarat) INDIA

...was born in Jhorara Village, Jagraon in the District of Ludhiana, Punjab, India on 26 March, 1916. His father was Sardar Bagga Singh. Upon birth he was nam ...o his mother who on meeting Baba Ji said, "Oh Master, my son is yours from today". So Bhai Inder Singh began rendering his services and remained at Nanaksar

...r services and the present lobby, for serving langar. The building as seen today was completed in June 1992, becoming one of the most magnificent gurudwara ...as any Gurdwara nearby, we were told by the owner of the store Bazaar of India Imports of her Gurdwara and asked us to look up Harpreet Singh Sandu. Sh

| Vill. Lambian, [[Mohali]], [[Punjab]], [[India]] | Even today, many rich, prominent and well known traders, have large mango gardens in r

...aga]] (composition) that appears in the [[Sikh]] tradition from northern [[India]] and is part of the Sikh holy scripture called [[Sri Guru Granth Sahib]] o ...ining the significance of each. Bihagara is not given in the [[Ragmala]]. Today it is classified under the Bilaval thata. [[Guru Ram Das]], [[Guru Arjan]]

...y located in [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]], as well as, in many other parts of India and the world. ...Even so, the Sikhs, because of their unique appearance sometimes stand for India. Traditionally the men keep their hair and do not shave their beard or mous

* [[Punjab (India)|'''See also Punjab (India)''']] ...st, Pakistani-administered Azad Kashmir and Islamabad to the North. The [[India]]n half of the Punjab and the Indian part of Jammu and Kashmir are to the E

...patwari and possesses certified copies of land records of Kartarpur sahib. Today being the Lohrhi festival, with reluctance he agreed to furnish details wit ...1921-240 If we are to calculate exact area of land as per present scale in India we compute 1 killa = 9 kanals and 13 marlas. The modern killa is of 8 kanal

...turns up like a smile, but his words would chill the soul of any Muslim in India. Today the council defied Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee's wishes and vowed

...to trading class, deeply influenced the way of life of the Dakkhani Sikhs. Today there are among them flourishing businessmen, contractors, transporters, in

...eo for suggesting that the earth revolved around the sun the scientists of India had a thousand years before proposed that all the planets were revolving ar ...close in relation to other stars. For all we know 51 Pegasus could burn up today and we wouldn't discover it for 50 years.

...out of the fourteen lakhs of Hindus in Sind have been forced to migrate to India. This has happened in spite of the fact that in the words of Shri Mansukha ...ft for them but to, seek a safer life free from unbearable indignities, in India.

'''India West''', has added more extensive details (apparently his 2 year old Grandd ...know [Thompson] before," Gurmeet Singh, Iqbal Singh's brother-in-law, told India-West. "He didn't speak. He just walked very close. Iqbal asked, 'What's the

...Fatehghar, an admired centre of Christian missionary activity in Northern India, was where Duleep Singh, isolated from the influence of other Sikhs, became Superstition holds, even today, that the diamond brings misfortune to any male who wears it. When one loo

...t behind by Hindus & Sikhs who migrated to India after 1947 [[partition of India]]. ETPB is responsible for managing sacred Hindu and Sikh shrines but provi ...Out of Pakistan's 428 Hindu temples under ETPB in Pakistan only 26 survive today and they remain neglected by the ETPB which controls those. ETPB failed to

...about 260, many with Chinese wives, leaving Shanghai to go back by air to India via Hong Kong. It was reported that they carried the last of the Guru Grant ...Buddhist temples that were built before the revolution are still standing today, especially in the big cities like Beijing and Shanghai.

The village which time had seeminly forgotten, has now been rediscovered, today there is little more some torched houses, the remains of a burnt Gurudwara ...um” and will serve to show the pattern of attack on Sikh localities across India during November 1984.

...KHS in the world, and not just the three hundred thousand Amritdharis left today. Sikhs have to stop hiding behind this correct but very misleading stastic ...lready are today. It was they themselves who chose to become what they are today. And the sooner we can accept and acknowledge that, the sooner we can start

...anization shifted to Naushera Sahib in [[India]], after the division of [[India]] and [[Pakistan]] took place in 1947. The word "Neela" in [[Punjabi]] mean ...th Guru, Sri Guru Gobind Singh ji), as do all the Neeldhari [[Sikh]]s even today, and they follow all the Gurus and Sant Maharaj.

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...of his will built an army which was the main check to British expansion in India. He was the Sikh Akbar, the Sikh Napoleon. His Khalsa army included Europea ...rt. One wonders if there would be a divided Panjab or a nation of Pakistan today had he lived to rule. Without the unrest and saber rattling after the murde

'''Sukhna Lake''' (Hindi: सढ़ढ़खना) a manmade picturesque lake in Chandigarh, India at the foothills of the Shivalik hills which is an idyllic place for a quie ...the city would be drawn to the lake for the 'care of the body and spirit'. Today the planners of the city would be thrilled to find that their inclusion of

movement gathered momentum in India. It was travelled throughout India. While on his

While some of them did return to India, the majority developed a love and attachment to their new home and its peo ...mmunity and learned that good living was to be made in banana plantations. Today over 95% of Woolgoolga's banana industry and 10% of Coffs Harbour is owned

{{p|File:InderjitKaur-a.jpg|First Woman Vice-Chancellor in north India, Inderjit Kaur}} ...dern lady with formidable experience, who held two of the top positions in India.

Shiv Sena is a right-wing organization in India founded on 19 June 1966 by Bal Thackeray and is currently headed by Thacker All India Sikh Students Federation today urged Akal Takht to declare the youth killed in alleged police firing durin

...s,<ref>{{cite book |title=World Music: Latin and North America, Caribbean, India, Asia and Pacific |last=Broughton |first=Simon |coauthors=Mark Ellingham |y ...s successful in the Punjabi music market. Surinder Shinda is still singing today, with his latest song "Gabroo Punjab De" from the album Amplified by produc

...ll humans as equals, acted as a divisive force. This was the situation in India in the 15th century. The founder of Sikhism, Guru Nanak Dev Ji, (1469-1539 ...olence have taken the place of brotherhood, love, truth and non-violence. Today the teachings of Guru Nanak are very relevant and guide us to achieve the r

...ungrier you get. He is the high priest of journalism who can be said to be India's best. he is a free thinker and an international celebrity. Khushwant Sing ...who was responsible for constructing many buildings in and around what is today New Delhi. Lady Varyam Kaur was a fine woman and mother. Khushwant Singh at

...elebrating the 550th birth anniversary of [[Guru Nanak]]. In [[Punjab]], [[India]], on Friday, 23 November 2018, the Punjab Chief Minister [[Captain Amarind ...decided that the number of pilgrims, in accordance with the 1974 Pakistan-India Protocol on Visits to Religious Shrines, will be increased from 3,000 to 10

...aga]] (composition) that appears in the [[Sikh]] tradition from northern [[India]] and is part of the Sikh holy scripture called [[Sri Guru Granth Sahib]] J ...e has been written about this rare raga. It is not in the [[Ragmala]], and today it is ascribed to the Kafi thata. Fifty-three [[shabad]]s plus numerous [[s

...''Mohali''' is a suburb of [[Chandigarh]], 18th District in [[Punjab]], [[India]]. It is officially named after the eldest son of [[Guru Gobind Singh]], [ ...g the delegates of the 1975 All India Congress Session held at Chandigarh. Today, Mohali and Chandigarh are contigious areas with only the boundary of Punja

...pecialisation in finance. He was visiting Punjab after 10 years and was in India with the Canadian Prime Minister’s delegation. ...If this issue has to be handled in the court of law, whether in Canada or India, first of all this reprehensible practice has to be made known to them. Can

...any thousands of followers heeded his words and changed their way of life. Today in these violent and turbulent times, many millions continue to gain from h ...ointed out the need for there to be no different religions. At the time [[India]] was suffering under the rule of the [[Mughal]]s invader [[Babar]].

[[Punjab]] is the '''land of five rivers''' in north west [[India]] and north east [[Pakistan]]. '''''Punj''''' means "five" and '''''aab'''' ...esource that tells us about Punjab 2450 years ago. Not much different from today (except for the technology).

...s. It is a matter of no small pride that a Sikh escorted the Dalai Lama to India when he exiled Tibet. Indeed, Punjab, the Sikh homeland, was formerly calle ...may have been shaven Buddhist monks. After Buddhism rose to ascendancy in India, the brahmins (Hindu priests) worked for its elimination through massacres

“Pakistan can never defeat India”, the Italian remarked. “Pakistan can never defeat India”, he suddenly remarked.

...ed close to the Indo-China Border in the province of North Sikkim, Sikkim, India. ...pa sect. These sects had fled from Tibet to the Himalayan belt of Northern India. Many from the Karmapa Nyingmapa sect were the followers of Guru Nanak, as

...n, although it is mostly known as a 'Turla'. In the 'Maharashtra' state of India, it is called a 'Tura'. When a Nihang keeps such a loose piece of cloth in ...Shamla' are not only restricted to Punjabi styles of turban. In fact, even today, many People in Pakistan and Afghanistan keep a 'Turla' and a 'Shamla' in t

...district, one of the twenty districts in the state of Punjab in North-West India. ...ecember 1705, by the Governor of Sirhind, Wazir Khan [1], the place is the today commemorated by Gurdwara Fatehgarh Sahib, 5 km. north of the Sirhind [2].

...gainst the Sikhs and the Hindus themselves by the Many Islamic invaders of India. The Indian Police also participated with many seeing the policies of the ...ued by the Durranis and seen very much still alive during the Partition of India when women were raped or forced into marriages as it was well known that th

...aga]] (composition) that appears in the [[Sikh]] tradition from northern [[India]] and is part of the Sikh holy scripture called [[Sri Guru Granth Sahib]] J ...ur]] Ji composed 30 hymns, a [[var]], and several [[sloka]]s to this raga. Today, Raga Jait is found under the Marva thata and is assigned to the evening ho

...seminar on the "Relevance of the Khalsa value system in the 21st century" today marked the formal commencement of the tercentenary celebrations of the birt ...tenary celebrations of Khalsa Panth crossed the Wagah border into Pakistan today. The land route was closed by Pakistan after the Indo-Pak war and subsequen

...aga]] (composition) that appears in the [[Sikh]] tradition from northern [[India]] and is part of the Sikh holy scripture called [[Sri Guru Granth Sahib]] J ...ur forms of this raga are recognized, although only two are in general use today. The raga belongs to the Bhairav thata.

...'' is a charitable hospital based at Secunderabad in [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[India]]. The Gurdwara Sahib, Secunderabad, and [[Guru Nanak Charitable Trust]] o ...om/2007/10/07/stories/2007100761920300.htm Guru Nanak Medical Centre opens today]

...dia of the Mughal's religious persecution. Just imagine what the Punjab of today might be like if not for the sacrifices of so many Great Sikh Warriors?. ...e Sikh reference library, Amritsar, until it perished in the Government of India's Army action in June 1984, and which is quoted by Singh Sahib Giani Kirpal

...appears to be all too true, as the western part of the former Sikh Raj is today being daily transformed by human bombs intent on earning his/her 'Heavenly ...pe and murder for an easy living. The gudas of yesterday are the yahoos of today. Some even kill in the name of religion, when they are really only thieves

...|250px|right|'''{{c|Abhinav Bindra being congratulated as he wins gold for India}}''']] ...unjab]] [[India]]. He was born on September 28, 1983 and has represented [[India]] internationally in the shooting event for nearly 10 years. At 15, he was

...d to assure the continuance of the practice as a Hindu widow's life in old India. A widow who survived had to do all the worst tasks in the household. Cloth ...e family Purohit had explained why his mother, his sister and all women in India did not also receive 'sacred strings'.

...pal board in the Haridwar District in the state of Uttaranchal in northern India. Literally meaning Gateway to God, Haridwar is considered one of the seven ...ar of Shabir Shahib in Roorkee is a living example of religious harmony in India which is visited by the people of all religious sects from all over the wor

...such a powerful military force never conquered and governed large parts of India outside Punjab. Constant warfare between the later barons meant time, energ According to James Browne, a contemporary East India Company employee, the barons collected a very moderate rent, and that mostl

...aseesganjsahibsahib.JPG|[[Gurdwara Sri Guru Sis Ganj Sahib]], [[Delhi]], [[India]]}} ...03526,0.006968&z=18 Map and aerial view of Gurdwara Sis Ganj Sahib, Delhi, India]]]

...rrent World situation. The Battle of Saragarhi was fought on the undivided India's North West Frontier with the modern day Afghanistan. Viscount Slim, who was born in Queta and spent over 20 years living in India said: "You are never disappointed when you are with Sikhs". While at school

devotion to God. Gathering momentum in mediaeval India, this socio-religious travelled throughout India. While on his

...ontest or two and was soon approached for roles in Punjabi films. She left India to study in Boston acording to this and several interviews. She is very pro ...unjab, I ended up winning the title of Miss Bombay in 1993 and Femina Miss India Beautiful hair 1994. Acting has never been my full time career. I always co

...nician, Sohan Singh has not forgotten his motherland. He frequently visits India, and has written a number of songs for films; several of his compositions h

Rumors spread as quickly in those days as they do today so hearing that Nihang Khan was sheltering some Sikhs, the Mughal troops se ...n was commenced in 1910 and completed in 1923. When the Pathan family left India, following thee partition of 1947, they presented the sword and the dagger

'''Bedi''' is a well known [[Khatri]] clan in [[India]]. [[Guru Nanak Dev]], the founder of [[Sikhism]], was born into this clan. ...arried to the daughter of Diwan Uttam Chand. It is said that all the Bedis today are descendants of Manak Chand and Mehar Chand, the two sons of Lakshmi Cha

...he Sikh Gurus also visited the place to preach to the pilgrims. There are today six historical gurdwaras in Thanesar commemorating their visits.

...ear. A large number of people from the Naushehra have emigrated outside of India. Emigration started in the early 20th century with a number of people from ...Hong Kong, lived on and prospered in Hong Kong for an entire century. Even today, the future generations of these four original wrestlers continue to thrive

...cheat will be prosperous whilst the honest people will suffer financially. Today, the corrupt officials are financially successful whilst the honest officer But who are occupying the Akal Takht today? That is the fruit of sweet spoken KUSANTS.

...bassador of sports brand Adidas, Fauja Singh who will turn 100 on April 1 today launched a campaign against drug addiction in Punjab by organising a marat ...oung men from the forgotten Sikh tribe Sikligar’s who live in the south of India have hit the headlines. Nadeem Inamdar describes}}

...Giani Puran Singh and the Sant Samaj on the other, took its first casualty today by leaving ordinary Sikhs in utter confusion on the first Gurpurb of the ye ...onstituted to look into various aspects and of the new Nanakshahi calendar today unanimously rejected it and decided that a new Sikh calendar should be prep

...and and Rawalpindi became the largest British military garrison in British India. ...t elected Prime Minister of Pakistan, Liaquat Ali Khan, in Liaquat Garden. Today Rawalpindi is the headquarters of the Pakistani Army and Air Force.

...independent Sikh thought and to even rewrite Sikh history. Today, many in India would like to believe that no one spoke of independence until the aimless a ...nd lazy life styles at the expense of the poorest people in the land. Even today, despite massive subsidies by the comparatively less corrupt state governme

...f post-Independence Punjab Province (or Punjab, Haryana and Himachal as of today). Moreover, he was an Indian independence movement leader who was jailed t ...farming methods practised in the U.S.A., he hoped to replicate the same in India later.

...f the simmering religious and political climate. A steady stream continues today. ...ind someone from your village or your town, even if you have never met [in India], it's the familiarity, it's the comfort," said Mr. Mangat, 51, who is pres

...me given to a humble house for the destitute in [[Amritsar]] in northern [[India]]n state of [[Punjab]]. In the early 1900's, it was an original idea of the ...research and teaching purposes. Pingalwara is officially registered as All India Pingalwara Charitable Society. Since the death of its founder, [[Bhagat Pur

...were divided into 4; others argue 5, varnas, more commonly known as castes today. ...ded into many weak ununited kingdoms the Portuguese too colonized part of India.

...out of his agreed upon pension, he was allowed only 2 brief visits back to India. ...nhance the brilliance of the diamond, and reduced its weight by 80 carats. Today it weighs only 106.1/16 carats still the most brilliant gem among the Briti

...The movement this Association gave rise to for revolutionary activities in India also came to be known by the designation of Ghadr. ...ka circular in Urdu. This paper was distributed among the armed forces in India to rouse them against the British. Result was that Canadian government whic

...aga]] (composition) that appears in the [[Sikh]] tradition from northern [[India]] and is part of the Sikh holy scripture called [[Sri Guru Granth Sahib]] J Ragis today prefer Basant Bahar:

Today’s ceremony ended a three-day trip to India which has highlighted the growing confidence and strength of the former col ...ple is a place of great beauty and sublime peacefulness. The feeling I had today was unbelievable and it’s a memory I’ll carry forever. It’s truly a s

...aga]] (composition) that appears in the [[Sikh]] tradition from northern [[India]] and is part of the Sikh holy scripture called [[Sri Guru Granth Sahib]] J ...a favourite with [[Muslim]]s and was considered proper for the hot season. Today, this raga belongs to the Kah thata and its performance time is the late mo

...s (oral discourses on the scripture), and do not write down their history. Today not all Nihangs are celibate, some marry and some till the land. Nihangs be ...by E.D. Maclagan, Part II and III, Calcutta, 1892, pp.826-9 and pp.572-3.) Today they represent a relatively small number of the overall Sikh population. Ho

...ondon in 1971, it was the UK’s only specialist vitamin supplement company. Today, the company produces a range of well-known brands, including Wellwoman and ...armacist and the family lived comfortably. But in 1947, the partition of [[India]] forced them to flee to Bombay, where they had to start their lives over f

...es+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Sikh+Separatists+Masquerade+as+Police+to+Stage+India's+Biggest+Bank+Robbery&pqatl=google</ref>. ...lr=&ei=al1xSoDiMoO0zASi-szjDg&id=oC0KAQAAIAAJ&dq=jinda+gadli&q=jinda India today] described Jinda as 5'7" tall with a mole on the right side of his neck and

...the young boy was more keen on becoming a soldier, a cadetship in the East India Company's service was procured him through the good offices of Sir Walter S ...istory of humanity, by showing its connection with the different creeds of India..." Secondly, he wished "to give some account of the connexion of the Engli

...he Vedic name for the area was Bharat Varsha, a name still used by many in India. ...e the inhabitants from that tract of land in the northwestern provinces of India where the Sindhu River is located. When the Mughals ruled, they referred to

...well known. What isn’t is the crucial role played by troops from British India in lifting the siege, which eventually paved the way for the occupation of The 585 Indians and Sikhs who lost their lives are still remembered today in Hong Kong’s war cemeteries.

...mplishments are compared with western science and the spread of Islam into India. ...told us the distance to the moon, which is exactly what scientists tell us today. He also disclosed that there are universes upon universes, and spheres up

...g of the railways in about 1890. The pioneers who were brought over from [[India]] to build the old Uganda Railways were skilled workmen - carpenters, black ...r of policemen, ranging from inspectors to constables, were also sent from India to become the vital instrument of maintaining law and order. They remained

...1923 - Jan 17, 2007) was born in Mithewal village in the state of Punjab, India. He was a celebrated Punjabi writer, a pioneering journalist, the Owner-Edi ...tla state of yore in Mera Pind, a book that enjoys the status of a classic today, and the book, in turn, immortalises its writer Giani Gurdit Singh.

...cising his authority as the supreme leader of the Sikhs. The government of India saved the situation by accepting some demands of the Sikhs. Ironically, San ...hung in many gurdwaras and Sikh homes in Punjab, and no doubt all over India and the world.

...f India, the other two being Majha and Doaba. (A tract of land in Central India is also called Malwa.) The Punjab Malwa is in the shape of a rough parallel G.A. Grierson, ''Linguistic Survey of India, Vol. IX, Part I'', who based his demarcations of Malwi on the spoken diale

...egal and communal injustices which has now led to the good life they enjoy today. He hoped that one day one of the community would follow the footsteps of ...Award. Among the Filmmakers awarded were Jaswinder Singh, Future Computing India/ Sikhpoint, Raj Singh for Pantee 35, Amrit and Rabindra Singh for The Makin

...s, builders, reformers and custodians of the Gurbani Saṅgīt (Sangeet), and today, as its 13th generation exponent, heads this hallowed tradition. In 1989, h ...the system (silsila) of pakhawaj/mridang playing known as Amritsari Baaj. Today, Bhai Baldeep Singh is '''the prime exponent (khalifa) of this gharana''' o

...3 deaths. No government has provided a consolidated figure for the rest of India. Despite such unprecedented horror in the capital of a supposedly civilised India, the Congress government headed by Rajiv Gandhi chose not to institute a co

With the outbreak of war a large number of Sikhs arrived from India to fight on the Western Front. Their disproportionately large contribution That tradition lives on in every gurdwara today — and there are now some 250 in Britain, serving a community of around 40

...from a pioneering trucking family from [[Jammu]] and [[Kashmir]] state in India. “When I saw the difficult terrain, so similar to my home state, I knew i '''The community today owns 700-800 vehicles. Sardar Pritam Singh, whose son runs a garment busine

During the 17th Century, when [[India]] was ruled by the [[Mughal]]s who called it [[Hindustan]], the [[Hindu]] p ...t Guru Tegh Bahadur is still remembered as - "Hind Ki Chaddar", (Shield of India).

...rdwara at Kaleran. It is said that from the building of this Gurdwara till today, there has been a continuous recitation of ‘[[Sukhmani Sahib]]’ (the � ...uence, the Nanaksar movement has splintered into several branches all over India, and abroad in the UK and Canada, each with its own leader.