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• Baatcheet - Indian Army Bulletin
  1. It is amply evident now that the decision to employ the army in Punjab to deal with the tragic situation was taken by the authorities re The Army Action
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• INA
  ...ely this ended with the Sikhs fighting against Sikhs in the British Indian Army.
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• Subedar
  ...mpany's presidency armies (the Bengal Army, the Madras Army and the Bombay Army) to make it easier for British officers to communicate with native troops. Until 1866, the rank was the highest a non-European Indian could achieve in the armies of British India.
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• Sarabjit Singh Dhillon
  ...ce services staff course, Wellington, senior and higher command courses at Army War College, Mhow and also the National Defence college at New Delhi.
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• Sher Singh Attariwalla
  ...ianwalah." However, with supplies running out for his army and the British Army resupplied with fresh military supplies and more troops, the success in the
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• Punjab Regiment (India)
  ...ent of India was formed from the 2nd Punjab Regiment of the British Indian Army in 1947 ...ed Pakistan army, while the 2nd Punjab Regiment was retained in the Indian Army. There were transfers of troops between the regiments and other regiments t
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• Havildar
  ...an Indian non-commissioned officer equivalent to a Sergeant in the British Army. ...y or equivalent rank to Sergeant in the cavalry of the then British Indian Army.
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• Dafadar
  ...y or equivalent rank to Sergeant in the cavalry of the then British Indian Army. ...an Indian non-commissioned officer equivalent to a Sergeant in the British Army.
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• Kulwant Singh Pannu
  ...gail (now in Bangladesh) and tasked to cut off the 93 Brigade of Pakistani Army which was retreating from the north to defend Dacca and its approaches. For
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• June 18
  ...cent people were killed. In the 1984 action called Operation Bluestar, the army stormed the Golden Temple under the pretence of driving out armed militants
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• Kuldip Singh Chandpuri
  ...of Longewala for which he was awarded Maha Vir Chakra (MVC) by the Indian Army. ...ld the 2000-3000 strong Pakistani Army at bay for the full night until the Indian Air Force arrived in the morning.
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• Chanan Singh Dhillon
  ...d War II hero and veteran. He fought in World War II in the British Indian army. He was taken prisoner (POW) by the Germans in 1943. He stayed in POW camps ...r the full recognition of the sacrifice and courage of the soldiers of the Indian-subcontinent, African and Caribbean origin who fought in WWII for the allie
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• Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose
  ...rom Germany to the Far-Eastern front in June 1943 that the Indian National Army was revived and Mohan Singh reinstated to his former command with Subhas as ...egislator in the Punjab, he was elected to Rajya Sabha, the upper house of Indian Parliament, for two terms. In and out of Parliament he strove for the recog
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• Brave Acts of Singhs
  ...ed he would kill all Skh soldiers, within few minutes, although some Hindu army officers warned him againist directly engaging against singhs as they might ===A Sikh Army officer===
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• Nand Singh VC
  '''Nand Singh VC''', MVC (24 September 1914- 12 December 1947) was an Indian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for He was 29 years old, and an Acting Naik in the 1/11th, Sikh Regiment, Indian Army during the Second World War when the following deed took place for which he
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• Nagrota
  Nagrota is the home of 16 Corps, the largest Corps in the Indian Army. The corps is tasked with counter insurgency operations in the Jammu and Ud A Military Police checkpost is located at the entry point. Army personnel are required to enter their particulars - in a register at the ch
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• Karamjeet Singh Judge
  Lieutenant Karamjeet Singh Judge was an Indian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for ...s old, and a Lieutenant in the 4th Battalion, 15th Punjab Regiment, Indian Army during the Second World War when the following deed took place for which he
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• December 27
  Khalistan supported and the Indian army takes control of all Sikh functions.
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• Firozpur Cantonment
  ...British Indian Army. Today, it is a Divisional headquarter for the Indian Army.
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• Malagar Singh Babbar
  ...as killed with his close friend Shaheed Manjeet Singh Babbar by the Indian army on the border of Rajasthan, India on 25 October 1990. Was a General of the
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• Mohan Singh
  ...Mohan Singh Deb (1909-1989) was famous for his part in the Indian National Army for the liberation of India from British rule, in which he held the rank of ...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 po
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• Manjit Singh Babbar
  ...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
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• Gurdwara Yaadgaar Shaheedan
  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. ''
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• Lance Naik Karham Singh (P.V.C.)
  ...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
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• Highly Distinguished Sikhs (Modern Era)
  * [[Master Tara Singh]] - celebrated Sikh hero leader and famous Sikh Indian independence movement leader * [[Baldev Singh]] - Indian independence movement leader
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• Gian Singh, Recipient of the Victoria Cross
  '''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
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• 32nd Sikh Pioneers
  The 32nd Sikh Pioneers were a regiment of the Indian Army during British rule. The regiment was founded in 1857 as the Punjab Sappers
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• Francis
  ...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
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• Parkash Singh
  '''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
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• Baba Sohan Singh Bhakna
  '''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
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• Sikh population
  ...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
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• General Mohan Singh Deb
  ...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
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• Harbans Singh Jaswal
  ...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.
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• Mass Murder of the Sikhs in Kashmir
  ...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.
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• Gurdwara Charan Kamal Sahib (Kargil)
  ...s been built at that place near Igbal bridge, which is being run by Indian Army.
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• Vijay Kumar Ahluwalia
  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
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• Operation Wood Rose
  ...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
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• Lt. Gen. Bikram Singh
  ...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|]]
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• Sajjan Singh Rangroot
  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.
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• Dalip Singh
  ...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
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• Lashkar militant admits killing Sikhs in Chittisinghpura
  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.
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• Henry Charles Van Cortlandt
  ...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
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• Darshan Singh Pheruman
  ...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
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• Hemkunt sahib during the Uttrakhand floods disaster 2013
  ...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
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• Punjab insurgency
  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
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• Ishar Singh CV
  '''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
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• Southall
  ...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
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• Bhai Amrik Singh
  ...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]
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• General JJ Singh
  ...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]].
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• Joginder Singh Dhillon
  ...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).
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• Hitler on Sikhism
  ...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
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• Amarinder Singh
  ...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
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• Joginder Jaswant Singh
  ...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.
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• Henry Fane
  ...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
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• Majitha
  ...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
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• Sikh Military
  ...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
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• Sant Nidhan Singh
  ...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
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• A.S.Vaidya
  ...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.
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• July 22
  ...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
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• India Gate
  ...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
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• CAROLINE FEZLI AZAMJOO COURT
  ...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
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• Pre-Independence : Sikhs Contribution to Freedom & Promises Made
  ...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.
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• Gobindgarh fort handed over
  '''[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.
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• The First British Sikh Army
  ...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
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• News on Operation Bluestar
  ...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}}
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• Rattray Sikhs
  ...d Wars and even today remain a front line infantry battalion of the Indian Army.
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• Operation Shanti
  ...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
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• Indo Pak Border Hussainwala
  ...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
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• Beant Singh
  ...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
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• US Pres. Nixon and Dr, Kissinger attempted to derail Azad Bangladesh
  ...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.
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• Beant Singh & Satwant Singh
  ...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
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• Operation Woodrose the follow up
  ...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
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• Martyar Jagat Singh
  ...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
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• News-pending
  ...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
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• Sikh Artillery of the Anglo-Sikh Wars
  ...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.
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• Mehar Singh
  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.
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• Brutally Massacred: Kashmiri Sikhs
  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
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• Chittisinghpura murder of Sikhs : Letter from SAD (A)
  ...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.
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• Shaheed Bibis of Operation Blue Star
  ...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
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• Chung tong
  ...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.
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• Karam Singh
  ...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.
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• Major Bhupinder Singh
  ...ple of personal sacrifice and bravery in the best traditions of the Indian Army.
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• Havildar Fateh Singh
  ...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.
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• Major Harminder Singh
  ...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
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• Tejdeep Singh Rattan
  {{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
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• The Sant syndrome
  ...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
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• Captain Amarinder Singh
  ...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==
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• June 17
  ...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
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• Nanak in J & K
  ...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
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• Clinton's thoughts on the Chittisinghpura Massacre
  ...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
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• Bhinderanwale declared Martyr by Taksal
  ...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
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• 1984
  ...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
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• Jathedar Teja Singh Akarpuri
  ...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
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• Battle of Chillianwala
  ...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
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• Sikhs & Indian Independence
  '''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.
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• Balvant Singh Canadian
  ...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
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• Diwan Singh Kalepani
  ...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
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• Operation Woodrose
  ...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
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• Lords Henry and Charles Hardinge
  ==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
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• 1984- Some true facts
  * 1947 Pak/Indian Independence. All laws and rules will be done with the agreement of Sikhs. Indian Consitition will be pbulished
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• July 1
  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
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• Shaheed Major Baldev Singh Ghumman
  ...t was left saddened and shocked with the attack on Golden Temple by Indian Army in summer of 1984.
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• General Harbakhsh Singh
  ...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
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• Baba Gurmukh Singh Laliton
  ...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
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• Labh Singh Saini
  ...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
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• Battle of Gujarat
  ...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
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• The forgotten history of Sikh troops in China
  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
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• Amir ul Imla
  ...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
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• Sawan Mal
  ...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
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• Lt. Gen. Harbaksh Singh - A Tribute
  ...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
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• Taraknath Das
  ...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
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• When Romans met the Sikhs
  ...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.
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• Sir Hugh Gough
  ...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
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• Bolowali Encounter
  ...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
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• India Secret Poceedings
  '''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);
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• July 5
  ...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).
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• Battle of Aliwal
  ...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
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• Prem Pal Singh
  ...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
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• General Reginald Dyer
  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
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• Vasakha Singh
  ...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
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• Kashmiri Pandits at Maharaja Ranjit Singh's Darbar
  ...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
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• Baldev Singh
  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
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• Khalistan Commando Force
  ...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
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• Kamboj
  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
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• July 29
  ...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.
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• Henry Montgomery Lawrence
  ...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.
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• Sant Karam Singh
  ...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
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• Lieutenant General Maharaja Yadavinder Singh
  ...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
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• Sikh Regiment
  ...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
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• Second Battle of Panipat
  ...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
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• Mohan Singh Oberoi
  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,
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• July 27
  ...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,
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• Poet Prabhjot Kaur
  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.
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• Sukhdev Singh Sukha
  ...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
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• Subedar Joginder Singh
  ...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
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• Siege of Multan
  ...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
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• Master Tara Singh
  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
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• Gandhi / Longowal Accord
  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.
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• Master Mota Singh
  ...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
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• Thakur Singh Sandhanvalia
  ...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
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• Air Chief Marshal Arjan Singh
  ...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
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• A World War I Saga: When Sikhs saved French honour
  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
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• Bhai Arvinderjeet Singh ‘Goldy’
  ...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…”
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• SIR JAMES ABBOTT
  ...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
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• Mair Rajputs
  ...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
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• Jammu
  '''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
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• Simranjit Singh Mann
  ...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
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• June 19
  ...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
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• Sikhism in Burma
  ...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
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• Siharfian Hari Singh Nalwa
  ...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.
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• Kaur Singh Chakkar
  ...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
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• Operation Shudeekaran
  ...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
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• Joseph Davey Cuningham
  ...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
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• Sukhdev Singh Jalwehra
  ...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.]]
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• Lt. General Harbaksh Singh
  '''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
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• Sikh bravery
  ...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
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• Operation Blue Star: Detailed account
  ...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
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• Sikh Pilgrimage to Pakistan
  ...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
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• Jagjit Singh Chauhan
  ...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
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• Himachal Pradesh
  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
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• Saragarhi mentioned in the London Gazette
  ...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
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• Moujiya Encounter
  ...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,
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• Ghadar Movement
  ...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
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• Chithi Singhpora Massacre
  ...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
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• Bhai Labh Singh Rajasansi
  ..., 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.
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• Nadir Shah
  ...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.
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• Gurdwara Nirankari, Rawalpindi
  ...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
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• Neha Dhupia
  ...] [[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
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• Manbir Singh Chaheru
  ...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
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• Jagjit Singh Aurora
  ...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
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• ISI former head says Sikh community gives him "next-to-Guru" status?
  ...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
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• Symbol of faith
  ...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.}}
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• Rulers of Ladakh
  ...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
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• Sikhs around 1900
  ...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
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• Sardar Nanu Singh Saini
  '''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
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• Maharaja Ranjit Singh War Museum Ludhiana
  ...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 ‘
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• Gurbux Singh Theathi
  In 1947 he joined the Indian Army on short service commission in the Army ordinance core.
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• Swami Anandghana
  ...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
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• Udham Singh Nagoke
  ...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
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• Bana Singh P.V.C.
  ...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.
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• History of Jammu and Kashmir
  ...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.
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• Puran Singh Bajwa
  ...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.
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• Sikhs Massacre averted on the visit of Obama
  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
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• When Sikhs captured the Red Fort
  ...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
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• Gurdev Singh Debu
  ...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
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• Babbar Khalsa
  ...] (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
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• Battle Of Kargil
  ...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
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• July 23
  ...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
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• Ramdasia Sikhs
  ...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
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• SVAMI ANANDGHANA
  ...f the text, the former contains considerable supplementary material on old Indian philosophical systems and religious practices in which context the commenta
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• Sir David Ochterlony
  ...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
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• The Sepoy Mutiny - 1857
  ...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
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• Dakkhani Sikhs
  ...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.
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• Lieutenant Jasbir Singh Tatla
  ...ing Officer. An uncle of his, Sukhdev Singh, was a brigadier in the Indian Army.
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• 1839 A.D - 1849 A.D. The turbulent years
  ...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
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• Operation Blue Star: News reports
  ...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
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• Gerard Anstruther Wathen
  ...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
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• Historic Nihangs
  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.
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• G.S. Sandhu
  ...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
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• Ghadriite Harnam Singh Tundilat
  ...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
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• Mai Bhago Fauj
  ...retired Punjabi Colonel .Having taken an early retirement from the Indian army in 1981 to manage personal property assets in Punjab.
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• Mazhabi
  ...gth and self sacrifice in the Sikh, Khalsa, British Indian army and Indian army. The Mazhabis were designated as a martial race by British officials. "Mart ...British recruited heavily from the Mazhabi sikhs. On the out break of the Indian mutiny in 1857, the British immediately recruited 12,000 Mazhabis to crush
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• Captain Fateh Singh
  ...aptain Fateh Singh''' (1920-2017) was a Sikh armyman of the British Indian Army who fought in World War II and is Mentioned in Despatch holder. He was the ...bedaar Chatar singh (his Dad), He commented that he was from a traditional Army family and he would fulfill all requirements and needs
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• The siege of Poonch
  ...eged for about 12 months. It was only due to operation link-up launched by Indian forces during October-November 1948 when the besieged city of Poonch was fi ...o the burning of an important Chanjal bridge in the base of Haji Peer, the Indian offensive brigade could not move towards Poonch. Only Brigadier Sen, Lt. Co
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• Old News 2
  ...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
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• Lions of the Great Wars
  ...the armed forces, yet the [[Sikh]]s only made up less than 2% of the total Indian population. By the end of the war 100,000 Sikh volunteers joined the Briti The average Indian battalion had around 764 men when they landed in France, but by November 19
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• Old News 10
  ...orating burkas are part of a push to build a more diverse Australian Army. Army chiefs are hoping to attract bigger numbers...}} ...n for Minorities in India, asked why were gallantry awards given to Indian Army officers after Operation Bluestar. "They were given because they had killed
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• Victoria Cross
  ...cipients of this high honour. From 1912 until 1947, 40 VCs were awarded to Indian soldiers. Below is a list of the main recipients: ...hest, and fell beside his gun. In hand-to-hand fighting, their British and Indian officer, and all the Havildars of his company were soon either killed or wo
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• Sikhism in Myanmar
  ...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
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• The Eleven Sikh Bands
  ...a''': Led by Sardar Jassa Singh Ahluwalia , area of Jullundar Doab with an army of 10,000 regular horsemen. They held territory in the neighborhood of Kapu ...hah Abdali's son Zaman Shah prepared to attack India, he collected a large army and had special alloy guns made. But he was defeated in a battle with Dal
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• Finding the truth in the Chittisinghpora Massacre
  Her only son, Zahoor Ahmad Dalal, was among the five persons killed by the Army in a fake encounter at Pathribal village and dubbed as foreign militants re ...ow that he too was among the five people killed in a fake encounter by the army in Pathribal.”
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• Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon
  ...trial that began on 5 November 1945 at Red Fort, and was important in the Indian independence negotiations. ...t. In 1919 he left Deolali as his father got an appointment at home in the Army Remount Department, with headquarters fixed at village Chak No. 32, commonl
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• Letter dated June 2 1984
  ..., 1984 - the day after the assault on the [[Golden Temple complex]] by the Indian military forces began. The attack continued for several days, resulting in, ...84-operation-bluestar-eyewitness-accounts.html Eye witness accounts of the Army action]
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• Sardar Ajit Singh
  ...ches in Hindustani, broadcasting to Indian soldiers serving in the British Army in North Africa. His speeches were aimed at raising an [[Azad Hind Fauj]] ...re, with a view to establishing contact with his comrades in India through Indian traders and seamen. His activities alarmed the British government. Consider
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• Khalistan Liberation Force
  ...ding Sikh freedom fighting organisations that was especially active in the Indian state of Punjab throughout the 1980s and early 1990s. Its aim was the form ...tration at his village. The attack on holy Sri Darbar Sahib by the Indian Army, under the orders incidentally of a Sikh, polarised the opinions and mindse
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• Dal Khalsa
  ...[[Sikh]]s in the northwestern part of South Asia. The first [[Khalsa]] army formed and led by the creator of the Khalsa, [[Guru Gobind Singh]] (1 ...and their grand army Dull Khalsa Gee, or the Army of the State." Among the Indian writers, Sohan Lal Suri, ' UmdatutTwarikh refers to it thus: "They [the Sik
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• World Muslim Sikh Federation
  ...rnationally recognized human and legal right of self-determination and the Indian government's refusal to recognize the legitimacy of such demands. ...ission those who talk of freedom from India and justice for the crimes the Indian state and security forces have committed has resulted in a deadlock for whi
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• Maujia Encounter
  ...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,
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• Nadir Shah's Invasion
  ...Mughals to invade India in 1521, and seize power at Delhi by defeating the army of the Lodhi Sultan Ibrahim at Panipat in 1526. towards December 1719, Moha ...imself came out to oppose the invaders at the hanks of the river Ravi, his army was just brushed aside (January, 1739).
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• Shastar
  * '''Gurj''' or Mace: Indian maces have great variations in their shape. From simply curved steel bars t *'''[[Khanda]]''' - This is a typical Indian sword and has a broad, straight blade, usually widening towards the point,
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• Joseph Davey Cunningham
  ...eached [[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
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• Bollywood’s Hidden Agenda ?
  ...g into a bizarre medley of colorful clothes never seen worn by the average Indian. ...ing the explosives. At last he wets his pants and is assisted by the brave Indian hero to jump off the platform.
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• Gadar Movement
  ...ed against mis-treatment against their nationals, the British Goernment of Indian did nothing. The Canadian government further tightened the entry of Indians ...Khalsa in Punjabi and Svedesh Sevak in Urdu. These activities awakened the Indian immigrants. Persons like Baba Sohan Singh Bhakna, Harnam Singh Tundilat, Ud
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• Fall of Mirpur
  On the 4th of November, 1947, heavy enforcements of the Pakistan Army took position on the ridge known as Palan-Da-Galla and also started heavy f The morale of the state Garrison got a big boost when on November 12, the Indian Air Force effectively bombed and strafed the enemy positions around Mirpur
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• Operation Blue Star
  ...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 [ ==The Army's plan==
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• Avtar Singh Khanda
  ...f many Sikhs that the two deaths were linked. Beyond these two deaths, the Indian media drew direct comparisons to the assassinations of Bhai Parmjit Singh P ...i Avtar Singh was on the radar of Indian agencies for many years. In 2015, Indian media prominently reported that Bhai Avtar Singh had been named in a dossie
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• Princess Bamba Sutherland
  ...age of 46, married Lieutenant-Colonel David Waters Sutherland,. an Indian Army doctor, who later became the Principal at King Edwards Medical College, Lah
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• Anglo Sikh War I
  ...ment the possibilities of a military occupation of the Punjab. English and Indian infantry reinforcement began arriving at each of the frontier posts of Firo ...e River Sutlej. In November 1845, he informed the Duke of Wellington, "the army will be equal to any operation. I should be sorry to have it called to the
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• Sardar Man Singh, Rariala
  Man Singh Rariala, was a was a soldier in Maharaja Ranjit Singh`s army." He was attached to Raja Suchet Singh`s force. He took part in the capture ...ted manager of the Harmandir Sahib. He was a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire, a Provincial Darbari and a member of the Municipal Committee of Amr
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• Maharaja Ranjit Singh: Koh-i-Noor diamond
  ...ndia]] several times. They not only randomly massacred thousand innocent [[Indian]]s, but also looted her property and honor. In 1739 the Persian chieftain N ...Delhi due to confrontation by the Sikhs. He captured Lahore, but the Sikh army did not allow him to enter Amritsar.
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• CHUHAR SINGH
  ...Princes, Chiefs, Nobles, and Other Personages, Titled Or Decorated of the Indian Empire.p.123. Macmillan and Co.London. </ref>. He was originally came from The total strength of Sikh army, [[Dal Khalsa]], was 50,000.The Sikhs lay encamped in three divisions. The
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• Sikhs in the Eyes of Others
  ...fond of martyrdom. They fight courageously and are capable of defeating an army much bigger than them.” ...r control. The Indian army was retreating back very fast and the Pakistani army was going forward with great speed.
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• Teja Singh Swatantar
  ...opposed to the Punjab Legislative Assembly in May 1937 as a nominee of the Indian National Congress.
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• Gurdwara Rawalsar Sahib
  ...s. Rawalsar (also spelled Rewalsar) is a town in the Mandi district in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh about about 15-25Km west of Mandi. ...believe that no one spoke of independence until the aimless and confused "Indian Mutiny" of 1857.
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• Nalwa and NWFP
  ...e was not unknown to the Hazara tribes. When Maharaja Ranjit Singh led his army to conquer Mankera in 1821, he ordered Hari Singh Nalwa who was in Kashmir ...hemselves superior to the people on the Indian side. They looked down upon Indian Muslims and contemptuously referred to them as Hindko. Their pride was pric
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• Old News 5
  ...-news/first-ever-sikh-film-festival-be-organised-amritsar-0|The first ever Indian Sikh film festival to be organised at Amritsar|http://www.sikhnet.com/files ...ed in Sikh Temple Shooting|Image:Sacramento 3 sml.jpg|Two men attending an Indian cricket match in south Sacramento were shot - one fatally - by two men who
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• Gurcharan Singh Tohra
  Indian President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam and Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee have c ...my. Recently, the Army revealed that Tohra and Longowal surrendered to the Army willingly. He also failed to release the ''SGPC White Paper'' on Operation
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• Porus
  ...River (Hydaspes) and Chenab River (Acesines), in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent. He is only mentioned in Greek sources. “..This Herakles is held in special honour by the Sourasenoi, an Indian tribe, who possess two large cities, Methora and Cleisobora” Arrian, Ind
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• The Indian Ghadar Movement South East Asian, Japanese and Canadian Connection
  ...eading Congress personalities during this phase. The Indian people and the Indian subjects, who shared the view of freeing India by revolutionary means, have ...e termed a “Second Revolution” which undoubtedly marked a new trend in the Indian nationalist movement.
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• Sikhism in Thailand
  ...relatives whose surname were Madan, Narula and chawla. They were the first Indian diaspora in Thailand. ...1939 A.D. These groups of Sikhs were also involved in the Indian National Army (INA) during the World War II.
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• Jammu Kashmir Ladakh
  ...d but riveting -page chapter about the violent happenings of 1947-49. Most Indian historians have ignored that unfortunate period, while Pâkistânis have pu ...ttle fought in Jammû province after 1947, making this book a must-read for army officers as well as those interested in the history of Pâkistân's wars wi
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• Babar's Invasion
  ...was to get a chance to loot the riches of India. These 12,000 men, a tiny army with which to attempt the conquest of Ibrahim Lodhi's realm, first devasted ...ce. Nowhere else in contemporary literature are the issues in the medieval Indian situation comprehended with such clarity or presented in tones of greater u
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• When Sikhs conquered Delhi
  The vast area of the Indian subcontinent lying between the [[Indus]] and the [[Yamuna]] thus became fre 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
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• The massacre at Chattisinghpora
  ...apersons. "How could we know who committed the crime?" he asks. "They wore Army uniforms, and spoke Urdu, but we recognised none of them." Karamjit Singh, ...ken out. "Terrorists used to come to the village regularly," he says. "The Army used to patrol the village, but had never carried out searches or interroga
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• General Labh Singh
  ...te of Sant [[Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale]] and he had fought against Indian army during [[Operation Bluestar]]<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=wA3yjdg ...ng for faith and nation By Cynthia Keppley Mahmood]</ref>. Arrested by the army after the operation<ref>[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ULkTAAAAIBAJ&
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• Professor Ganda Singh
  ...potamia Expeditionary Force, Basra, in 1920 and later to the British Royal Army Pay Corps, also at Basra, in 1921. ...s and historians Among them the counted Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, a leading Indian savant of the day.
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• Rise of British Sikhism
  ...ffort has since been recognised in official memorials. Many of the wounded Indian soldiers were sent to makeshift hospitals in England, and the Government pa ..., Gravesend, Edinburgh and Glasgow. Sikhs contributed to the agitation for Indian independence, but were aghast at the British decision in 1947 to partition
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• Shaheed Bhai Tarsem Singh
  ...ost beloved Sikh shrine Sri Akal Takhat Sahib with Tanks and missiles. The army stole precious artefacts from the Sikh Reference Library. The Sikh youth we ...news of what happened because Bhai Pappu Gora had more informers then the Indian security forces. The reason is selfless sewa. A kind hearted police man sec
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• Harjinder Singh Jinda
  ...Force]] (including its chief [[General Labh Singh]]) were involved in the Indian History's biggest daylight bank robbery of the Punjab National Bank, Miller ...t (their idea being; to use public funds, stored in Indian banks, against Indian Security forces, as they highlighted the helplessness of the Government's
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• July 24
  ...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
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• Harike
  ...ria and Eastern Europe. Besides the birds, Harike became the home for rare Indian species like the test dine turtle and the smooth otter. Both are listed in ...he gravity of the water hyacinth threat in Harike, decided to approach the Army for help. He formally handed over the task to Vajra Corps in August 1999.
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