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  • ...cal voice to Sikh issues (Panthic cause) and it believes that religion and politics go hand in hand. [[category:Glossary of Sikh Terms]]
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  • ...music. His entry into punjabi politics was much later but the influence to politics was from beginning as his mentor Jodh singh was a member of Akali Dal. ...There he raised a gurdwara in memory of the celebrated eighteenth-century Sikh scholarly personage and martyr, Bhai Mani Singh , who was native of Kaimbov
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  • ...Forces decorated for his service in Afghanistan. Sajjan was also the first Sikh-Canadian to command a Canadian Army reserve regiment. ...n India, and is currently a member of the World Sikh Organization (WSO), a Sikh advocacy group. Harjit Singh, along with his mother and older sister, emigr
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  • Preetmohan ("Preet") Singh is currently involved in American politics as the Deputy Director of Public Policy at The Interfaith Alliance (TIA), a ...ilm explores the aftermath of the first post-9/11 hate crime fatality of a Sikh gas station owner in Mesa, Arizona on September 15, 2001.
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  • ...th objectives found fulfilment in the establishment in 1927 of the Shahid Sikh Missionary College at Amritsar, under the auspices of the Shiromani Gur ...ption. In June 1936, it was revived under a new management, the Sarab Hind Sikh Mission, formed by the [[Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee]]. Dharama
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  • Gill was born to a Sikh family in Punjab, India. He was educated at the University of Toronto, hold ...alhi by 7,800 votes. After the election, he announced his decision to quit politics.
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  • ...?title=DEFINATIONS#SIKH '''Sikh'''] who speaks out against the violence by Sikh extremists in India, he has been targeted by extremists within Canada. In 1 ==Provincial politics==
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  • '''Jathedar Sadhu Singh Bhaura''' (1905-1984) was a Sikh missionary who rose to be the Jathedar (leader) of Sri Akal Takhat, Amrits ...School, Lyallpur (where Master Tara Singh, later a leading figure in Sikh politics, was the headmaster), he joined police service and served at Quetta '''from
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  • ...g is a list of legislation in the UK which has a bearing on the right of a Sikh to wear the [[Turban]]. Q. Should you refuse employment to a [[turban]]-wearing [[Sikh]] who refuses to wear a safety helmet on a construction site?
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  • ...anagement Committee]] since 1975, and was a coopted foundermember of the [[Sikh Education Society]] (Punjab) which ran Khalsa colleges at Qadiari, [[Banga] [[category:Famous Sikh Women]]
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  • ...ain contemporary events. The book includes drawings of the members of the Sikh royal family as well as of the important courtiers. .... Second, being deeply devoted to his profession, he has litde interest in politics. He presents the historical and social situations without prejudice and par
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  • ...ntial reports reveal, he had an intimate knowledge of developments in Sikh politics. He visited Lahore frequently. But he started taking an overt interest in c 2. Ganda Singh, Private Correspondence Relating to the Anglo-Sikh Wars. Amritsar, 1935
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  • ...he Hindustan Times, he was fairly well aquainted with the Sikhs. After the Sikh Gurdwaras Act was placed on the statute book in 1925, the Akali agitation c 4. Amrik Singh, ed. , Punjab in Indian Politics. Delhi, 1985
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  • ...itings against the Rowlact Bills. He was one of the Sunders of the Central Sikh League of which he was elected general secretary. He was also secretary of ...nder the Defence of India rules. After Independence he retired from active politics, resigning the presidentship of the party in 1948. He died in Delhi on 26th
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  • ...e receptive to their arguments and generally friendly to the claims of the Sikh community. Lord Selborne regretted that they did not have the benefit of th 3. Nayar, Baldev Raj, Minority Politics in the Punjab. Princeton, 1966
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  • Tanmanjeet Singh "Tan" Dhesi, is a British Labour Party [[Sikh]] politician. He was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Slough in ...t Keble College, Oxford, and has a Master of Philosophy in the history and politics of South Asia from Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge.[1]
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  • This list is of topics related to [[Sikh]]s and [[Sikhism]]. Feel free to add more and to create missing pages. Also *[[Sikh]]
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  • ...2 personalities to watch in 2012, calling Singh a “trailblazer” in Ontario politics.[7] In 2015, he became Deputy Leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party, s ...nterim leader Vivian Barbot.[9][10] Singh is also the first turban-wearing Sikh to sit as a provincial legislator in Ontario. He has been recognized for hi
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  • ...and as many bard poets and seven Muslims, along with the teachings of six Sikh gurus. No other religion has included in its holy book the sayings of other The Sikhs have kept traditions intact but the politics of Akali Dal to their exasperation has endeavoured to distance the religion
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  • ...(born 5 January 1933 in Dhudial, [[Punjab]], [[British India]]) is a noted Sikh [[India]]n politician. He is a Member of the Parliament of India, represent ...January 1933 in Dhudial, [[Punjab]], [[British India]]) is an [[India]]n [[Sikh]] politician. He is a Member of the Parliament of India, representing [[Har
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  • ...tion to the educational progress of the Sikhs. The Singh Sabha was to shun politics. ...ovement which, however, brought about conflict with certain Pujaris of the Sikh shrines. Gradually, the Singh Sabhas constructed their own gurudwaras with
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  • ...glish School, Nadala in 1921. He did Giani in 1926 and then joined Shaheed Sikh Missionary College which was started by [[Shiromani Gurudwara Prabandak Com ...25. He was one of the close associates of Sant Prem Singh. His role in the politics is also noteworthy. He took part in the Non-Cooperation and Akali Movements
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  • ...Edgbaston since the 2017 general election. She is the first female British Sikh MP. ...he House of Lords) as her main inspiration for her later ambition to enter politics.[4][5]
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  • ...eld that position since November 2004, and has had a long career in Indian politics, during which he was Chief Minister of Punjab, elected to the Lok Sabha, an ...September 29, 1985 until May 11, 1987. Barnala, a Sikh and a member of the Sikh political party Shiromani Akali Dal served as chief minister at a difficult
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  • ...gainst the clear discrimination by a school in Birmingham to not allow a [[Sikh]] boy to attend school wearing his [[turban]]. ...r then cut their hair. Also, during the First and Second World Wars, the [[Sikh]]s in the Allied Forces were given special privilege to fight without helme
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  • ...ttp://www.sikhs.nl/Main_french/DefinitionDunSikh_Amrit.htm DEFINITION D’UN SIKH] [[Category:Politics]]
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  • ...term as the Chief Minister of Punjab, beginning 1 March, 2007. He entered politics in 1947 and was first elected to [[Vidhan Sabha]] in 1957.<ref name=Meet/> ...illers of Sikhs, part of his Akali Dal. He has not done anything about the Sikh freedom fighters in prison, The Sikhs of Punjab are now against him.
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  • ...ich proved to be a most decisive conflict in the military history of the [[Sikh]]s. <br>The forty Sikh warriors fought to death here against the [[Mughal Empire|Mughals]] under t
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  • ...ns. From 1843 to 1846, he was resident in Nepal. In 1846, after the first Sikh war, Lord Hardingc appointed him agent at Lahore and, after the treaty o ...and militant race of the Sikhs enabled him to handle with tact the Darbar politics when, after the treaty of Bharoval, he wielded unlimited power as Resident
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  • ...n [[1699]], each of the five was from a different [[sect]] or caste. The [[Sikh Gurus]] did not allow any discrimination based on caste or sect or cults; E ...nt, including some groups of Sikhs, Muslims and Christians. Although the [[Sikh Gurus]] preached vigorously against discrimination based on caste, this pra
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  • ...ather Bakshi Gopi Chand was a village patwari and belonged to a Sehajdhari Sikh (Hindu) family. He took Amrit from Sant Attar Singh at the age of sixteen, He actively participated in the Sikh Gurdwara Reforms Movement from its very inception, but after the Nankana Sa
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  • ...With this ended the short, but lively and chequered, career of the Central Sikh League. 1. Tuteja, K.L., Sikh Politics. Kurukshetra, 1979
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  • ...agar district of Bikaner state. Sant Channan Singh`s first introduction to politics was in 1949, when he led a Jatha of 20 Sikhs from Ganganagar to participate
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  • ...l Takht on 24 December 1986. Singh Sahib Giani Kirpal Singh, wellversed in Sikh lore, was a writer and researcher of repute. His Sam Arth Kosh is a diction
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  • ...ak Singh]], President of [[SGPC]] strongly opposed the proposed flag until Sikh color, Saffron( Kesari) was added to the Flag. ...njab Provincial Congress Committee (PPCC) recommended incorporation of the Sikh colour in the national flag. <ref>[http://saanjh.org/phocadownload/THE_SIK
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  • ...avoid embarrassment, such activities are commonly referred to as politics. Politics is simply a convenient acronym for deceitful activities. When Maharaja Ranj ...ravery, courage, intelligence and political manoevures remain exemplary in Sikh history. It boldly announces to the world that the brave daughters of Guru
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  • According to the 2001 census there are an estimated number of 500,000 [[Sikh]]s. Most have emigrated from [[Punjab (India)]], though there was a sizeabl ==The first Sikh settler to United Kingdom==
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  • ...never been a non-white full-time high court judge. A [[turban]]-wearing [[Sikh]], '''Mota Singh''', served for some years as a circuit judge. '''Rabinder '''Mr Singh was born in Britain to [[Sikh]] immigrants from [[India]]'''. He grew up in a working-class part of Brist
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  • ...nd for PUNJABI Suba, i.e. Punjahi speaking state, became the focus of Sikh politics and Giani Kartar Singh became one of its principal advocates on rejoining t *1. Dalip Singh, Dynamics of Punjab Politics. Delhi, 1981
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  • ...s, I frequently wished for the power of migrating into the body of Sicque (Sikh) for a few weeks - so well did these cavaliers fare. Islo sooner had they a ...and raised Gurdwaras at the historical sites associated with the lives of Sikh Gunus. One was erected at Sisganj where Guru Tegh Bahadur had been martyred
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  • ...s, he protested and told the superintendent of police that dispossessing a Sikh of his kirpan meant violating his religious freedom. ...October 1920. Henceforth the Jhabal brothers were recognized as a force in Sikh affairs. When the control of the Akal Takht was taken over by the Sikhs and
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  • ...series of compromises Amrit finds himself making as he deals with hospital politics and health care injustices. When his compromises result in the death of a p
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  • '''Dera''' - The Politics<br> ...ing an inclusive image. Deras now pose a major threat and challenge to the Sikh religious establishment.
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  • ...an institute for the blind children at Daudhar. He gained good command of Sikh theology and scriptures and came to be known as a Giani. ...terests. Besides his journalism, Giani Sher Singh also took active part in politics. He made powerful speeches from the Congress platform and was taken into cu
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  • ...y educational institutes for this purpose. He was greatly respected in the Sikh community. ...njab in house of [[Sardar Vasva Singh]] and Mata Nihal Kaur, a very devout Sikh Couple of Lobana tribe. His mother died when he was very young. His father
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  • ...lected a member of the Sikh Educational Committee for the management of Sikh colleges at Qadiari (Gurdaspur) and at Bariga (Jalandhar). In 1962, he was
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  • ...on to make the Guru Granth Sahib accessible to and exciting for the common Sikh—who wants to read Gurbani but does not have the tools and a support netwo '''A Video Podcast updated weekly on various Sikh topics.''' [http://www.TheSikhsPodcast.com/archive/tsvp.html].
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  • ...ntarian and intellectual, who was a master of manysided learning. Besides Sikh theology, he was vastly learned in philosophy, history and literature. He w ...od up foursquare to any misrepresentation or falsification of any shade of Sikh thought and belief. He was most vigilant and unbending in this respect.
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  • [http://www.newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/35523 '''First Sikh member in New Zealand parliament'''] Newstrack India 09 Nov 2008 IANS, Well ...nwaljit Singh Bakshi''', a former New Delhi businessman, will be the first Sikh member of the New Zealand parliament which now has a record number of six
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  • ...7 km east of Jalandhar. His grandfather, Sahib singh was a soldier in the Sikh Army and had fought against the British. After passing the matriculation ex ...ess, which he attended. He joined the Akali movement for the liberation of Sikh holy places from the control of a corrupt and effete priestly order, but di
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  • Gill is a Sikh, a popular religion in the Punjab state of India, where he was born. And he ...nd Sikh poetry from the Medieval period. This semester, he’s teaching The Sikh Tradition: A Case Study in Global Religions.
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  • ...r a record 27 years, and was one of the most influential and controversial Sikh leaders of the 20th century. ...romani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC). President Kalam described the Sikh leader as a "prominent political and social leader who was well known for h
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  • ...tion to the educational progress of the Sikhs. The Singh Sabha was to shun politics. ...ovement which, however, brought about conflict with certain Pujaris of the Sikh shrines. Gradually, the Singh Sabhas constructed their own gurudwaras with
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  • ...College was set up by the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee to train Sikh preachers, Ishar Singh Majhail joined the college and completed the two yea ...led with a single blow of the sword or axe. The singleblow killing was the Sikh way of killing an animal or fowl for food over against the Muslim way of sl
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  • ...s and it is for this reason that he has become a great role model for the Sikh youth of today. He is always conciliatory in his approach and believes in c ...i Sahib is one of the most if not the most inspirational and motivational Sikh preachers today.
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  • ...iesKhushwant Singh: "Japji Sahib is Based on the Upanishads" | website=The Sikh Times | date=2003-02-15 | url=http://www.sikhtimes.com/bios_021503a.html | ...Fateh Khan Tiwana (died 1848), Punjabi landowner and politician during the Sikh Empire
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  • ...en of Mandi met the Guru and took him to Mandi with him. The commemorative Sikh shrine here is called Gurdwara Damdama Sahib. ...ove away from the egalitarian independent Sikh thought and to even rewrite Sikh history. Today, many in India would like to believe that no one spoke of in
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  • The role of Sants (holymen) in the development of the [[Sikh]] tradition in the post-Guru period has been remarkably significant. The st ...g state). He attempted to introduce the ritual of self-immolation into the Sikh traditions and even had an '''agan-kund''' (a brick structure for burning a
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  • '''Sir Jogendra Singh''' (1877-1946). scholar and statesman of old Sikh lineage, and counted among the politest and most accomplished men of his d Two of his books directly on Sikh themes were late in coming. ''Thus Spake Guru Nanak'' was published in 1934
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  • ...ted authorship, is a matter that has sporadically engaged the attention of Sikh scholars for over a century. ...sition or not, as they wish. How this happened is evidence of the power of politics or of benign neglect.
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  • Amrita Cheema is a journalist of Indian Sikh origin currently working in Australia. She is a news reporter at SBS and pa ...f the Journal, their television news program. She also produced People and Politics and European Journal. In 2000 she worked on the highly acclaimed DW-TV's do
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  • ...the Regional Scheme on 14 June 1958, had declared, "I have never wanted a Sikh State... I do not want to usurp the rights of another community. But I do ...o keep Master Tara Singh out forever. The step had a serious impact on the Sikh masses. There had been a clear understanding during the settlement of 1956
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  • ...as qouted in the British Parliament by Lord Finlay that he had been made a Sikh. ...ed his political mentorship during his the early days of contemporary Sikh politics.
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  • ...espect to Gurbani? Every Sikh can find the answer from out of the pages of Sikh history. ...es with the Arya Samajists and laid great stress on the distinct entity of Sikh religion. The Singh Sabha movement brought about regeneration among the Sik
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  • '''Amrit Kaur Singh and Rabindra Kaur Singh''' are [[Sikh]]s who have excelled as contemporary British artists of International stand ...range of challenging themes, from materialism and the cult of celebrity to politics. They question existing stereotypes and attempt to redefine narrow percepti
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  • ...ed by the King for political offences during the war. Umrao Singh eschewed politics for the rest of his life. From 1929 to 1934, he lived in Paris for the educ [[Category:Sikh]]
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  • ...unity activist, first Sikh to Captain NCAA Division I Golf team, and first Sikh to run for state representative in Illinois General Assembly. He was the CE ...ced severe bullying for their religious differences being one of the first Sikh families in the city. To fight discrimination, Singh started wearing a full
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  • ...iwan set up the Sikh Handbill Committee to bring out leaflets to propagate Sikh principles. Bhai Mohan Singh Vaid, who had already floated a monthly magazi ...n topics varying from religion, social reform, medicine and health care to politics, economics and psychology. Besides writing many novels, stories, essays and
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  • 5) Sikh sewak di sewa ruchi naal karni - Serve a Sikh Servant with devotion. ...ni dae arth Sikh vidhvana tuo parrhnae- Learn the meanings of Gurbani from Sikh Scholars.
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  • ...Sikhs and of their share in the armed forces of the country. The AllIndia Sikh League, controlled by the Central Akali Dal, passed a resolution in its Lah 3. Tuteja, K. L. , Sikh Politics. Kurukshetra, 1984
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  • ...1907. It became defunct within a year. The Committee for the Management of Sikh Diwans and Temples of Vancouver with branches elsewhere in Canada and the U
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  • ...He composed poetry full of patriotic fervour and recited it with gusto at Sikh divans. For taking part in the Guru ka Bagh agitation in 1922, he underwent ==Akal Takhat and politics==
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  • '''Harkishan Singh Surjeet''' (23 March 1916 – 1 August 2008) was a Sikh from Punjab involved in national Indian political scene. He played a major ...t two decades, coalition governments have been the norm in Indian national politics and Harkishan Singh Surjeet was a major power-broker in most of these coali
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  • ...ebration of the [[birth of Khalsa]] – a new nation – the [[panth]]. The [[Sikh]]s are the only people who celebrate their birthday because they were born ...ahi calendar]], Baisakhi is celebrated across the globe wherever there are Sikh people. They are reminded of the great baptismal ceremony of 13th April [[
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  • ...the world from the founder prophet of the Sikhs, [[Guru Nanak]]. The first Sikh Guru was born in 1469 in [[Punjab]] (in the north of the sub-continent of I ...or the efforts our volunteers have made to reach out to groups outside the Sikh community to solicit the support of Christian churches and active participa
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  • ...the excellent and meritorious service rendered by any individual to the Sikh panth. ...[[Takhat]]s to an individual for exceptional and consistent service to the Sikh cause. Well known "Panth Rattan" include:
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  • ...he made famous, Fateh Singh moved from village to village preaching the Sikh faith through kirtan and discourse and administration of amrit or the v Sant Fateh Singh made his debut in politics when he joined the Punjabi Suba agitation (1955-56), a campaign launched by
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  • ...Singh's family originally belonged to Brahmin family of Poonch who adopted Sikh way of life in Pathohar. ...nnagi (Samples of the Deeds of Charity) and Sikh Bachchio Jago (Wake up Sikh Youth), were published in 1912 and 1913, respectively.
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  • ...ommunity and secretary at the [[El Sobrante Gurdwara Sahib|‎Gurdwara Sahib Sikh Temple]] in El Sobrante, California. ...tween fundamentalists and moderates, but members of the Gurdwara said that politics played no part in the killing.
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  • A History of Success: The Sikh Coalition Works to Protect the Right to Carry the Kirpan. :Harcharan Singh is an amritdhari Sikh employed by a company called Tech Mahindra. As mandated by his faith, he c
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  • ...this one also contains a bombshell in the book’s introduction (via Pickled Politics). As he is often prone to do, former President Bill Clinton steals some of ...is seen as US soft-pedalling on ethnic cleansing in Jammu and Kashmir, and Sikh separatist groups, which sought to blame the massacre on the Indian Army an
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  • ...oks.google.com/books?ei=fbscS9P4OI7okwT8uenTCw&id=2-qGAAAAMAAJ&dq=woodrose+sikh&q=woodrose }}</ref> ...0204157 |page=72 }}</ref> Woodrose involved forced entry into thousands of Sikh homes, most of whose inhabitants had committed no crime<ref>{{cite book |ti
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  • ...ge and its Relevance Today'''] by Manju Ahluwalia, ''Associate Editor, The Sikh Review. Formerly Head Mistress, La Martinier School, Kolkata.'' ...who seeks Him through pure devotion. This belief has been at the core of [[Sikh doctrine]].
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  • '''BALDEV SINGH - FIRST SIKH DEFENCE MINISTER OF INDIA''' Baldev Singh was an Indian Sikh political leader, who represented the Punjabi Sikh community in the processes of negotiations that resulted in the independenc
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  • ...r}} and among his mureeds were the people from every religion, including [[Sikh]]s, [[Muslim]]s, [[Christian]]s and [[Hindu]]s. He had close association wi ...ion changed from Muslim League's religious politics to Socialists' secular politics. He remained a worker of Mirza Ibrahim, the renowned worker leader of Railw
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  • ...o be nothing more than 'vextatious innovations' to the general mass of the Sikh people who were already smarting under the shock of defeat and humiliation. ...th his legal training, was interested more in the judicial aspects than in politics. The divergence of views in the Board led to its dissolution in 1853. This
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  • ...against extinction, its pursuits had been sanctioned by the whole tenor of Sikh tradition and thought for that very reason. ...n of the highly insidous thinking affecting the unity and integrity of the Sikh Panth, and even to deeply committed Sikhs, who should be totally immune to
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  • ...of Honour of the Federation for life. He also participated in legislative politics by winning elections to the Rajya Sabha in 1962 and to the Lok Sabha in 196 [[category:sikh people]]
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  • ...field one thing is too sure that but for this action of the general of the Sikh regiment the Punjab and Punjabis would have got an unprecedented blow, the Writing about this part of history [[Sirdar Kapur Singh]] in Sikhism & Politics published by SGPC says,
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  • ...ief minister of the Punjab, and Akali Dal (Man), led by a new entrant into politics, [[Simranjit Singh Mann]], formerly, a highranking member of the Indian Pol 5. Tuteja, K.L., Sikh Politics. Kurukshetra, 1984
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  • ...t Bhindarwale was propped up by Giani Zail Singh to beat the Akalis in the politics of one-upmanship. ...f Guru Gobind Singh. Since long, their followers engaged in instruction of Sikh missionaries since the time of Baba Deep Singh, the legendary martyr who fe
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  • '''MP Ann Clwyd defends student’s Sikh religious views''' ...ws/south-wales-news/cynon-valley/2007/12/13/mp-ann-clwyd-defends-student-s-sikh-religious-views-91466-20234445/ '''Dec 13 2007 by Mike Prosser, Cynon Valle
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  • ...ames is The Turbanator, based on his bowling skill and the fact that, as a Sikh, he wears a black turban whenever he plays. Amongst Indians Harbhajan is mo '''Team politics'''
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  • ...released an ad campaign that sought to play subliminally on Hindu fears of Sikh terrorism. In the years of Bluestar and Mrs Gandhi’s assassination — no ...ogy, “was because they did not grieve for Mrs Gandhi”) and about how every Sikh was a potential hijacker or terrorist.
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  • Charanjit Singh to the Sikh Coalition’s staff attorneys. “This exercise was all done to demean me,” Charanjit told the Sikh Coalition’s team of staff attorneys. “It was unbearable.”
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  • ...]] girl, [[Sarika Watkins-Singh]], to wear her [[Kara]], one of the [[five Sikh articles of faith]], to school before the case was heard in full at a heari The Deputy High Court Judge decided that the 14-year-old Sikh girl could not wear her [[Kara]] to school pending a full legal battle over
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  • ...ce at Amritsar. The organization was also involved in recovering Hindu and Sikh girls left behind in Pakistan and transferring Muslim girls from India. In ...at a decision taken would have long-range effect on Punjabi, Punjabiat and Sikh religion she decided to go it alone. Without informing or taking anybody in
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  • ...n, Sri Chand and was regarded by Guru Nanak as being incompatible with the Sikh religion since it reflected Hindu beliefs. The Khalsa represent Sikhism tod ...cludes veneration of the Sikh Gurus in private practice, but also visit to Sikh Gurdwaras as well as Hindu temples .
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  • ...illage of Jugiana, near Ludhiana, where he settled permanently. He entered politics and joined the Indian National Congress. After a stint as a legislator in t [[Category: Great Sikh Warriors]]
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  • Recently I was shocked to read that a Sikh father and his son hunted down and killed his own daughter because she had ...is own daughter was a surprise to me. I do remember the tale of a Canadian Sikh mother and her father who hired some Sikhs in Punjab to kill her daughter b
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  • ...t tortuous legal "crusades" to gain justice for the victims of 1984 [[Anti-Sikh massacre]] and for fighting individual cases on the involvement of Congress ...n the aftermath of [[Operation Bluestar]]when the Indian army attacked the Sikh sacred shrines of the [[Akal Takhat]] and the [[Golden Temple complex]] dur
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  • ...credited with crushing a separatist revolt and addressing militancy in the Sikh-majority state, for doing so, he earned the sobriquet of a "supercop" in re ...s of Falsehood", which explores the abuse of religious institutions by the politics of freedom struggle in Punjab.
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  • ...ation of Sikhism had become a necessity. Hence, Guru Arjan Dev Ji sent a [[Sikh]] disciple to his young son, the eleven year old HarGobind, to nominate him ...the seat of his temporal (worldly) authority. This marked the beginning of Sikh militarization. To the symbols of sainthood were added marks of sovereignty
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  • 5) '''Sikh sewak di sewa ruchi naal karni''' - Serve a Sikh Servant with devotion. ...ae arth Sikh vidhvana tuo parrhnae''' - Learn the meanings of Gurbani from Sikh Scholars.
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  • ...University, Patiala, 1967). Two copies of the manuscript existed in the Sikh Reference Library, Amritsar, which were destroyed in, the Army action in ...in his retinue. There he translated Chanakya NJti, an ancient treatise on politics and diplomacy, into old Hindi verse. Sometime around the close of the seven
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  • ...nded 2008-m.jpg|[[Bhai Mohinder Singh]] from [[GNNSJ]] UK with important [[Sikh]] dignitaries at the [[Interfaith Conference]]}} ..., [[Islam]], [[Buddhism]], [[Judaism]], [[Christianity]], Baha’i and the [[Sikh Dharam]] participated. ‘They encouraged governments and civil societies
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  • ...dominate Punjabi politics, sometimes called the "father of modern Punjabi politics". ...r, he did not let procedures come in the way. He cut through the humbug of politics and morality of India after Independence.
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  • [[Image:Wmsfgroup-2005-07-31.jpg|thumb|300px|right|{{cs|World Muslim Sikh Federation (2005)}}]] ...n South Asia. The group is particularly active in working of better Muslim-Sikh relations in [[Pakistan]]. Many members have ancestral links with Pakistan
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  • ...ge Banga.jpg|thumb|900px|Sikh National College Banga|link=Special:FilePath/Sikh National College Banga.jpg]] [[Sikh National College Banga|Sikh National College, Banga]], is a multi-faculty, multi-disciplinary, co-educa
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  • ...Martrydom the principle of non-violence was upheld again and again. Brave Sikh men and women layed down their lives in a peaceful fight against the last ==Waqf Act excludes Sikh Gurdwaras==
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  • '''Bhai Patwant Singh''' (March 28, 1925 - August 8, 2009) was a famous [[Sikh]] writer, commentator, journalist, editor and publisher, as well as a frequ ...and the Second Kashmir War in 1965 led Singh to think about international politics and India’s place in the world. These concerns are reflected in the focus
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  • ...d he held this position for a number of years. Seconded in 1935 to a crack Sikh unit of the Indian army, he did valuable work helping in reconstruction aft ...939, Maharaja Yadavinder Singh founded the Khalsa Defence of India League. Sikh enlistment to the army was accelerated by the efforts of the Maharaja who h
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  • ...romani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee at the first elections held under the Sikh Gurdwaras Act, 1925, and continued to be elected successively for many year ...filled with tension and anxiety. Giani Kartar Singh, a vastly influential Sikh leader in those days, introduced him to the [[Maharaja of Kapurthala]] for
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  • ...oral and the spiritual aspect of human life. The term represents for the [[Sikh]]s a basic principle which has influenced their religious and political tho ...me of his installation in 1606 as the sixth Guru or prophetmentor of the [[Sikh]]s, when as part of the investiture he wore on his person two [[sword]]s, o
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  • *'''[http://www.newkerala.com/topstory-fullnews-88979.html Sikh scholars remember Guru Nanak's concept of global society]''' New Delhi, Feb ...today recalled the universal message of brotherhood as taught by the first Sikh [[Guru Nanak|Guru Nanak Devji]], emphasising the need for a true global soc
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  • ...botsford Sikh temple built 1911-1.jpg|thumb|300px|right|{{cs|'''Abbotsford Sikh Temple built 1911'''}}]] ...dian Sikh communities. Architecturally, it is an adaptation of traditional Sikh forms to Canadian conditions which nevertheless embodies the fundamental be
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  • ...he history of his reign, he includes details like, his reflections on art, politics, and also information about his family. ...ness Saint Mian Mir of Lahore who laid the foundation stone of the Holiest Sikh Temple at Amritsar and whom Muslims worship at his grave in Lahore even now
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  • ...ing attack on the Guru Granth Sahib Ji, could cause long term anger in the Sikh community. ...or having published a controversial book that questions the status of holy Sikh granth – [[Sri Guru Granth Sahib]].
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  • ...artarpur-thumb.jpg|‘Kartarpur religious corridor’, an issue related to the Sikh faith, is acting as a sort of bridge between both the nuclear states. Suppo ...n TV1 this weekend. He was born in 1935; his father was prominent in local politics in Feilding.}}
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  • ...ast Africa begins in about 1890's with the Railway - though detachments of Sikh Regiments had seen service in certain parts of East Africa in previous year Many, but not all, of the original Sikh arrivals returned to India to be replaced and augmented by others who came
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  • ...-1978. He was also the Editor of Singh Sabha Patrika a monthly magazine of Sikh history and divinity, from 1973-1988. ..., who made significant contributions in the areas of journalism, politics, Sikh religious studies and Punjabi culture. However, he was best loved and is be
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  • ...e idea of any other Granth being given the same stage or prominence as the Sikh holy Granth. ...e has been a respected Giani (person with high spiritual knowledge) by the Sikh community worldwide; many hundreds of thousands of Sikhs have listened to h
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  • ...]], one of the key figures associated with the Khalistan Liberation Force. Sikh Activist Bhai Avtar Singh Khanda, who was active in England for past severa ...and articulate, and when he spoke, he centred Sikh armed struggle and the politics and sacrifices of the martyrs of Khalistan.
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  • [[Image:Turban sikh.jpg|thumb|200px|right|<center>'''Sikh wearing a turban and uncut beard'''<br><small>''Picture by Paul Schmid / Th In practice however, Flemish politics does not meddle in school matters. Most of the decision-making policy rests
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  • The Sikh guerilla leaders, although they were obviously acting upon a systematic mil ...erpretation in clear terms, the two different strategies formulated by the Sikh guerilla leaders in their struggle against the Mughals and Ahmad Shah Abdal
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  • ...nter. Additionally, he had his own small acreage to till. He was a devout Sikh and was known in the countryside for his simple and upright manner. ...of Sikh doctrine and history. He was accepted for admission to the Shahid Sikh Missionary College at Amritsar, without fulfilling the minimum entry condit
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  • ...b before the integration of Indian States in 1948. The first four were the Sikh states under the sovereignty of Maharaja Ranjit Singh and were brought unde The Sikh states geographically lay in three blocks. The main block comprising the te
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  • ...se of the Lord, the place is the repository of the various weapons used by Sikh Gurus and heroes. These weapons are ceremoniously displayed every evening t ...r by Maharaja Ran] it Singh. The Golden dome was constructed by the famous Sikh General Hari Singh Nalwa.
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  • ...gin. The people of the village, like the rest of the Kashmir Valley's tiny Sikh community, will have to decide whether to leave for Jammu or to stay on and ...lagers, unlike Lashkar-e-Taiba cadre indoctrinated on stories of Hindu and Sikh barbarism, know that soldiers do not wander about on operations with bottle
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  • Muslim League Attack on Sikhs and Hindus in the Punjab 1947 is a book by Sikh scholar Gurbachan Singh Talib (student/scholar). The introduction to the re ...so records the attacks on the Dehra Sahib Gurdwara of Lahore, an important Sikh site of the martyrdom of Sri Guru Arjan Dev, the fifth Guru of the Sikhs. T
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  • ...munal," carried forward the use of categories which had operated in Indian politics since the nineteenth century. When the rulers of British India began to res The Sikh League, at its annual session held at Gujrariwala on 22 October 1928, passe
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  • ...- as it is the primary mode of channeling dollars and pounds into Hindutva politics back in India. ...a " knife-like trident to be slung across the shoulder - an answer to the Sikh kirpan " [ Bajrang ]. It has subsequently expanded its targets to include M
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  • Sarika Watkins-Singh, a 14- year-old Welsh-Punjabi Sikh, was forbidden from wearing her kara, a 5mm-wide plain steel bangle, to her A simple steel wrist bangle called a [[Kara]] by [[Sikh]]s meant as much to schoolgirl Sarika Watkins-Singh as it did to England sp
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  • [[Image:Puran.jpg|300px|thumb|Baba Puran Singh ji Courtesy www.sikh-heritage.co.uk |right]] ...ji was married at a young age in Punjab; he placed strong emphasis on the Sikh principle of '''''gristi jeevan''''', living the life of a householder, wil
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  • :'''A Sikh Au Courante''' ...mework." He was pointing to the turban and bearded visage of the observing Sikh male.
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  • Jagjit Singh Aurora was born into a Sikh family, he was the son of an engineer in Jhelum. After his graduation from ...eral years as an MP in the Rajya Sabha (Upper House of Parliament) for the Sikh party, the Akali Dal.
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  • ...[[1838]] - Paris, [[22 October]] [[1893]]) was the last Sikh ruler of the Sikh Raj, which had at its height included Panjab, the Northwest Frontier Provin ...n, a place full of magical enchantment for the boy, but the brutalities of politics soon invaded.
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  • ...Jatt Sikh clan. Naushehra holds a prominent position in the Punjabi state politics with a number of prominent state politicians vying for candidacy in the Nau ...in the face of adversity and resolved to stay in the village. A number of Sikh families also chose to move to outside India to escape the troubles.
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  • ...ctober]] [[1963]]) was born at Sialkot (now in [[Pakistan]]). He was a [[Sikh]] political leader and virtually the first president of the [[Shiromani Gur ...e in 1912 as chairman of the reception committee of the 5th session of the Sikh Educational Conference held at Sialkot.
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  • ...to Lahore, the capital of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, where it was given to the Sikh Maharaja (King) of Punjab Ranjit Singh, in which after, in return, Maharaja ==Politics of Koh-i-noor claims==
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  • ...iscipline, self-control and exemplary patience displayed by the peaceful Sikh protesters even in the face of extreme [[barbarism]]. Even national leade ...gio-political organisation. The ''peaceful'' and ''non-political'' budding Sikh brotherhood was transformed into a proud and fiercely martial nation throug
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  • ...a " knife-like trident to be slung across the shoulder - an answer to the Sikh kirpan " [ Bajrang ]. It has subsequently expanded its targets to include M politics over the dead bodies of their children."
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  • He was honoured by the Sikh community with the rare title of “Panth Rattan” for his services to man ...apore. His followers include not only Sikhs, but many persons who are not Sikh.
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  • ...Julio Francis Ribeiro]] and helped them to finance campaign for a separate Sikh state of [[Khalistan]]<ref name="pqasb.pqarchiver.com"/><ref>http://www.hig ...r%20Singh%20s%20new%20work%20engages%20with%201984%20Catastrophe.htm World Sikh News]</ref>
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  • ...tatives of the [[Sikh]]s concerned primarily with the management of sacred Sikh [[shrine]]s under its control within the territorial limits of [[Punjab]], ...GPC are held after every five years. SGPC is also called Parliament of the Sikh Nation. Apart from the management of Gurdwaras, the S.G.P.C runs many prest
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  • ...In the case of anti Sikh riots it was a temporary phenomenon, where every Sikh youth with a Kesh was treated as if they were all terrorists, armed to the ...including this writer, were eye-witnesses to the targeted attack on every Sikh person, establishment, dwelling and taxi stand for four days from the late
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  • ...[Maharaja Ranjit Singh]] and mother of [[Maharaja Duleep Singh]], the last Sikh sovereign of the Punjab from 1844-1849. And also known as the ''Messalina o == British on the Sikh frontier ==
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  • ...tition of the Indian sub-continent in 1947, Maskeen Ji, like millions of [[Sikh]]s, was uprooted from the [[Western Punjab]], now in [[Pakistan]], and fina ...y to join the Gurmat Samagam; it was an exceptional experience. A moderate Sikh population is settled in the villages around Alwar city.
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  • ...reorganization of Indian states along linguistic lines in the fifties, the Sikh community in Punjab demanded a Punjabi-speaking State, in which Punjabi wou ...uslim population from Punjab migrated to Pakistan and similarly the entire Sikh population together with most of the Hindus from west Punjab migrated to th
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  • ...oined the army but after two years of service, decided to make a switch to politics and social work. After the 1947 partition, Beant Singh entered the Punjab politics. In 1960 he was elected chairman of block samiti (committee) of Doraha, in
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  • Tarn Taran Sahib was founded by [[Guru Arjan Dev]] the fifth [[Sikh Guru]]. He laid the foundation of [[Gurdwara Sri Tarn Taran Sahib|Sri Tarn ...aran Sahib was suggested as the capital of ''[[Khalistan]]'' (the proposed Sikh independent nation). Farming and the agro-industry is the main occupation
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  • ...f the Golden Temple and make alternative arrangements in consultation with Sikh members of the reformed Legislative Council. This was actually done to put 1948 Deputy Prime Minister of India, Patel, eliminated the Sikh rulers and established the Patiala and East Punjab States Union, PEPSU.
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  • ...came Aligarh State university was encouraged by the British to communalise politics. He became a staunch ally of the British and lent his commanding influence ...League-Congress pact while the Sikhs were completely ignored. In 1916, A Sikh representative [[Sardar Gajjan Singh]] of [[Ludhiana]] moved an ammendment
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  • ===“Pathology of Pseudo-Sikh Researchers With Linear Myopic, Left Brain and Mystified Western Realities, ...chosocial analysis of the pathological functioning of some Western/Eastern Sikh scholars who have made a habit of trampling over the subjective faith of th
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  • Rajiv Gandhi had been shanghaied into politics as general secretary of the Congress party; he had, in turn, shanghaied his ...ocent Sikhs ... merely because the two who executed Indira had been of the Sikh faith.]
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  • ...pioneer work in the field of historical research initiated new trends in [[Sikh]] historiography and who by his critically important work became a vital an ...ram Singh, the historian, then very enthusiastic in promoting the cause of Sikh history. Karam Singh died before Ganda Singh could meet him.
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  • ...in D.A.V. and Khalsa Colleges at Rawalpindi, he began to take interest in politics and founded an English weekly paper "Liberator". ...1}} in 1969 respectively. His monumental work and the most renowned in the Sikh community is the translation of {{G11}} into English published originally i
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  • #Second, it's not meant to make presentation of corrupt politics, etc. I leave the politics, entertainment, etc., for those who feel more tempted in those areas! This
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  • ...Hazoor Sahib''' {{coord|19.1528|n|77.3189|e}} is the principal [[Gurdwara|Sikh shrine]] at [[Nanded]] in the [[India]]n state of [[Maharashtra]]. It marks ...ow one of five [[Takhat]]s which are places of primary importance to the [[Sikh]]s. The other four takhats are: [[Akal Takhat]] at [[Amritsar]], [[Takhat K
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  • ...ause the Hindu Rajas, Mughal and Pathan rulers where trying to destroy the Sikh religion. But now the situation was different. Some brothers even joked abo ...ase it may lead to some Hindu-Sikh conflict. He could not understand how a Sikh could quietly sit by as somebody was insulting or treating the Guru Granth
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  • '''List of Sikh films''' ...also films dedicated entirely to the famous Centenaries celebrated by the Sikh Panth.
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  • ...o had four sons and a daughter. The family traced its lineage to the great Sikh warrior, [[Bhai Mehtab Singh]] who along with Bhai Sukha Singh slew [[Massa ...[Sikhs]] in [[Punjab]] by denying them capital industries (by restricting Sikh farmers to the planting of wheat and other crops whose prices were controll
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  • [[Image:1_DeadBody.jpg|thumb|right|300px|A Sikh guy Hunted in Riots]] ...1984. India's Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated by two of her Sikh guards acting in the aftermath of [[Operation Bluestar]].
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  • said the Sikh community like Jains and Buddhists were a part of the Hindu the question of Sikh identity. Reminding them of the days of bloodshed, he
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  • The concept of "Miri Piri" was highlighted by the sixth [[Sikh Guru]], [[Guru Hargobind]] Ji when he was throned Guru on [[11 June]], [[16 For many years now, the [[Sikh community]] worldwide has honoured the sixth Guru's vision of Miri and Piri
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  • A Sikh boy was refused entry to Park Grove School, Birmingham by the headmaster, b ...carefully framed. Most interesting is that it does not include religion or politics or culture. You can discriminate for or against Roman Catholics as much as
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  • ...t this [[Gurdwara]] everyday and it is a 'must-see' [[Gurdwara]] for any [[Sikh]] travelling to Kenya and East Africa. It provides a peaceful atmosphere wh ...r weary motorists on this busy and long road to and from Mombasa. So the [[Sikh]] community of {{wiki|Kenya}} has done something special by building such a
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  • ...0's and early 1980's. Sant Bhindranwale carried heavy influence among many Sikh youth in [[Punjab]] during this time as the leader of the Taksal. ...([[Anandpur Sahib Resolution]]). He Never Demanded for the creation of the Sikh-based theocratic state of [[Khalistan]] but he was not opposed to it either
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  • ...wept under the carpet for long, and had to be faced for the sake of honest politics and for the sake of the democratic functioning of polity and society. Anoth ...ates Reorganization Commission and severely castigated it for treating the Sikh claims with such undisguised bias. The convention authorized Master Tara Si
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  • ...MC) has demanded that the Centre announce the “conquest of Lal Qila by the Sikh forces in 1783 as a national event celebrated annually”. The official dem ...y personnel and Sikh Sangat participated. The event organized by the Delhi Sikh
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  • ...was strict in discipline. The students of this school all became prominent Sikh activists and did a lot for the Panth. It was here that Giani ji started te ...as divided into 2 groups, one the [[Singh Sabha]], and the other was the [[Sikh Cultural Society]]. Slowly Giani ji managed to get these two groups togethe
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  • ...he name given to the sixth [[Bani]] in the second holy scriptures of the [[Sikh]]s called the [[Dasam Granth]] (lit. Book or Collected writings of the Tent ...Paramatman, and the nature of atman and the fourfold worldly dharma, i.e. politics {raj dharma), charity (dan dharma), household life (BHOG dharma) and libera
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  • ...finition of ‘Hindu’ is anyone born and belonging to India. This includes [[Sikh]]s, [[Buddhist]]s and [[Jain]]s. The RSS is opposed to anyone who tampers w ...t has tried to build inroads into Sikh institutions and attacked the basic Sikh philosophy and way of life. By any means possible it is trying to undermine
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  • ...e offering on their website follows but was not sent to any members of any Sikh organisations. It is followed by an account of what happened on Sunday 25th ...essage to any Sikh and Hindu is do your research and ask yourself "are you Sikh or Hindu because you really want to be or is it because your parents are".
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  • ...of betrayal of solemn promises - series of solemn promises - given to the Sikh people by the accredited leaders of the majority community, by the revered ...gh Master Tara Singh and then through the Maharaja of Patiala, a sovereign Sikh State comprising areas lying in the west of Panipat and east of the left ba
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  • that these New York taxi drivers (There are lots of Sikh taxi drivers in NY) atomic and hydrogen bombs, then the Sikh religion will be the only
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  • ...ly after his birth. He belonged a Jammu clan of Kamboj lineage. He was a [[Sikh]], a [[Punjabi]] Marxist and a nationalist mostly known for his assassinati ...the name of the Muslim Prophet; 'Singh' is the name given to all baptised Sikh males (also a traditional Rajput name) and 'Azad' meaning free or independe
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  • ...veal statistics Sikh representation and how we should act on improving how Sikh people are perceived in global societies. ...ship. This is also contradictory to the book's description of Nemo being a Sikh.
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  • ...constitutes the core of the [[Gurdwara Reform Movement]] started by the [[Sikh]]s in early twentieth century. ...discipline, self-control and exemplary patience displayed by the peaceful Sikh protesters even in the face of extreme barbarism. Even the national leaders
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  • ...-who-won-bangle-battle-quits-school.html '''Latest News 01 Sep 2008''' - ''Sikh teenager who won bangle battle quits kara-banning school''] ...e, which is one of the [[five articles of faith]] worn by all practising [[Sikh]]s.
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  • ...; Even during times of severe persecution, Guru Gobind Singh separated the politics of religion from the essence of the human spirit, and never submitted to th ...ngh and Bhai Dharam Singh reunited with the Guru and sought shelter with a Sikh named Gulaba.&nbsp; All around them the Mughal soldiers were going house-to
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  • ...'s Mosque''' is a mosque that was constructed at the request of the sixth Sikh Guru [[Guru Hargobind]] ji. It is situated in Sri Hargobindpur town on the ...ointed the sixth guru of the Sikhs he asked [[Baba Buddha]] ji, an eminent Sikh to bring forth two swords. These Guru Sahib put on as symbols of spiritual
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  • ...ystical glory in different religio-cultural traditions (particulary in the Sikh tradition). ...could have been a good enough reason for common man to turn away from his politics.
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  • ...ikhs, who have a large presence in the state enjoy a place of pride in the politics and administration of the state. Guru Nanak visited almost all the key reli ...e reaching Nanded. The Gurdwara is looked after by a Maharashtrian Vanjara Sikh and maintained well. The Vanjara priest told me that people from his commun
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  • 1818: The province of Multan was annexed into the Sikh State. 1984: The Sikh Reference Library was destroyed.
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  • ...achieve is not made exactly clear, but nevertheless it is asserted that a Sikh �Plan� existed to destroy Muslim life. Barefaced lying has been known ...were in a majority. As a matter of fact, according to this Scheme, Hindu-Sikh Punjab, Hindu Bengal, and all Assam would form part of the Muslim Zones. T
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  • ...few months of its establishment, been almost completely rid of its Hindu, Sikh, Christian and to a lesser extent its untouchable populations. By what pro This was the first hint thrown into the atmosphere of Indian politics of a separate Muslim State or Federation. But the thing at this stage was
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  • ...or canopied throne. Besides the daily services and observance of important Sikh anniversaries, a largely attended fair takes place each November to mark th ...the fist century of the current era it has witnessed the up and downs of politics, religion, literature, trade and commerce, forf more than 20 centuries.
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  • ...- as it is the primary mode of channeling dollars and pounds into Hindutva politics back in India. as much a holy book of the Hindus as it is the core of the Sikh faith. It is precisely
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  • ...help, and the Governor of Punjab called upon Sardar Fateh Singh and other Sikh commanders and declared that those who supported the British against the re Ajit Singh had been initiated into politics during his stay in Bareilly. His experience of visiting the areas affected
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  • ...ationship with Canadian and other Western Singhs who had gone to fight for Sikh Freedom. Bhai Avtar Singh was a true Nihang Singh of Guru Gobind Singh and ...Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale]] speak and felt the urge to help free the Sikh people from the clutches of the Brahmin government.
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  • ...is the first and last [[Gurdwara]], named after a person other than the [[Sikh Gurus]]. '''[[Gurdwara Shaheed Dr. Diwan Singh|Gurdwara Dr. Diwan Singh]]''' is a [[Sikh]] shrine located in the heart of {{w|Port Blair}} in the {{w|Andaman Island
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  • ...struction of Religious Boundaries - Culture, Identity and Diversity in the Sikh Tradition” (1994). ...pp was as insulting as any European could ever be to the Sikh heritage and Sikh scriptures. Here are some examples:
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  • ...ge:Sikh-showing-burned-property-burning-1984-delhi.jpg|thumb|300px|left|"A Sikh family in front of their dwelling after a rampaging mob attacked the proper The indiscriminate brutal killing, jailing and abusing of innocent [[Sikh]]s in [[Delhi]] and other major [[Indian]] cities following the death of Pr
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  • ...f the Sikhs, was used for a special purpose which considerably changed the Sikh character and organization. The sixth Guru himself sat here and held a cour ...later by Maharaja Ranjit Singh. The Golden dome was constructed by famous Sikh General Hari Singh Nalwa.
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  • ...ttp://www.thesikhencyclopedia.com/the-british-and-sikhs-1849-1947/offer-of-sikh-state-recalled-by-maharaja-yadavinder-singh.html] Posted in Historical Events in Sikh History - The British and Sikhs (1849 - 1947)
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  • ...ken control of the [[Akal Takht]], but the deaths of thousands of innocent Sikh pilgrims (it was only days before the annual commemoration of Guru Arjan's ...ughara|The First Sikh Holocaust (1746)]] and [[Wadda Ghalughara|The Second Sikh Holocaust (1762)]].
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  • •Inderjeet Parmar, professor of international politics •[[Talwinder Singh Parmar]] (1944–1992), Canadian-Sikh Activist and Sikh Militant
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  • {{Aowhbr|[[Sikh|List of hundreds of Sikh]]s [[Sikhi|who have a Sikhi]] [[Wikipedia:Blog|related Blog]]}} ...nt posts from Sikh blogs, do a search at [http://www.technorati.com/search/sikh Technorati]</small><br>
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  • ...mi was tasked to become a Yogi and the Commissar – a perfect blend of both politics and religion. The image of Swami Dayananda that we have inherited as a refo ...ecognize that race hatred is the modus operandi by which Gandhi worked his politics. The tragedy is that in both cases he failed to convince his fellow Punjabi
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  • ...cidents of glaring brutality on a colossal magnitude against the Hindu and Sikh remnants of the population continued to be reported. ...eparate state of Pakistan would inevitably entail cutting off of Hindu and Sikh areas from the Punjab and would be detrimental to the economic interest of
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  • ...ghts of all other chivalries belong to the court of gallant Indra, but the Sikh knights belong to the court of -whom else but Guru Nanak. ...d secular observance, and no social custom was to hinder them in doing so. Sikh women are to this day seen attending all occasions of public worship. All c
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  • ...is welcome. Therefore people from different religions like Hindu, Muslim, Sikh and Christianity, come here with great enthusiasm. Dera Sacha Sauda did not have any connection with politics. Neither Dera Sacha Sauda has any connection today, nor will have in the fu
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  • ...leys, looting and burning Hindu and Sikh shops; terrorizing the Hindu and Sikh populations, who lived in peace in the Hazara district. .../Afgan border (or in the Western Panjab itself) such wanton destruction of Sikh shops, homes and fields; a whole Christian enclave burned and looted with m
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  • <font color=blue>'''One of the 52 Hukams in [[Rehat Maryada]](Sikh Code of Conduct)[https://www.discoversikhism.com/sikhism/52_hukams_of_guru_ ...r principles of ethics, their history, sociology, economics and even their politics, must study the Bible. But the primary purpose of the Bible is religious, o
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  • ...Gill Should Be Tried For Genocide In World Court - Says Widow Of Murdered Sikh Activist-[[J.S.Khalra]] ...d with crushing a separatist revolt and addressing Sikh Militancy in the [[Sikh]]-majority state, for doing so, he earned the sobriquet of a "supercop".<re
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  • '''Faith and Politics among Sikh Pioneers in Canada By Hugh Johnston - Simon Fraser University ''' ...r]] [[2006]]</ref>. Sikh immigration to Canada was banned in 1908, and the Sikh population began to shrink.
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  • ...re also known as the '''Sangat''' community and are comprised majorly of [[Sikh]], there is also a size able Muslim community ([[Bhat clan]]). Today in the ...munity of [[Uttar Pradesh]] is said to be a sub-clan of Bhatra origin.<ref>Sikh Encyclopedia</ref> Currently there are many Hindus and Muslims that share t
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  • ...sion in Punjab and as lawyers have found around the world, their move into politics was an easy one. '''Arain''' is the Largest and most populated Muslim Tribe *'''Maher Muhkum Din''' - Governor of Lahore During Sikh Raj.
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  • gave the Sikh people ...collaboration with Brahminical malcontents, made serious inroads into the Sikh theology. The worst part of it was that the contamination came to be passed
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  • ...ys: "If you are a Muslim be a devout Muslim, if you are a Sikh be a devout Sikh, respect your Isht, unite under the saffron Nishaan Sahib stoutly support t ...ion to put you on the train (of death) on such and such date. You have the Sikh appearance; you should stoutly support us; bring a liberal amount." This is
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  • ==The Rise of Sikh Power== ...re was occupied by the Sikhs in 1758. Jassa Singh Ahluwalia proclaimed the Sikh's sovereignty and assumed leadership, striking coins to commemorate his vic
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  • ==Becoming a Sikh== ...ith [[Bhai Patwant Singh]], Bhagat Puran Singh discloses how he became a [[Sikh]]. In his early life he would travel a lot from village to village and woul
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  • ...and who would burn with a passion of its service. There are [[Hindu]]s, [[Sikh]]s, Moslems, Christians, Parsis and Jains in India but very few Indians. An ...peculiar theological tyranny of complex intrigue of Brahmanism.<br><br>The Sikh Gurus molded a fine strong nation out of the terror-stricken masses. All hi
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  • ...alition.org/Sikhism16.asp] (last accessed May 20, 2004). Historically, all Sikh states have been based on secular, non-theocratic laws because the Sikhs ne ==Sikh Role Against British Colonialism in South Asia (1912-1947)==
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  • ...Granth Sahib come from many specific contexts: natural scenery, economics, politics, domestic life...What I want to do in this section is simply to see these e ...hompson,11 "Parallelism is a distinguishing trait of Biblical poetry." The Sikh Bible also has parallelisms emblematic and stairlike; it might have some ot
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  • |caste_name= Sikh Jatt ...Falcon, in his Handbook on Sikhs [1] wrote, in 1896, "The back-bone of the Sikh people is the great Jat Race, divided and sub-divided into numerous clans.
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  • ...enu allows you to select each [[Pauri]] (section) of this most important [[Sikh]] holy [[Bani]]. You can read this [[Gurbani]] in English text with English ...u Granth Sahib]] from Page 1 to Page 8 in the [[Holy Scriptures]] of the [[Sikh]]s. It is regarded as the most important [[Bani]] or 'set of verses' by the
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  • ...ed authority on Sikh history. He used to reside in a house adjacent to the Sikh Reference Library, was present there between May 28 and June 6, 1984 and he ...ifles of World War II. Extremely handsome, he is a member of the All India Sikh Students Federation.
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  • ...f the Sikhs of East Africa begins with the Railway - though detachments of Sikh Regiments had seen service in certain parts of East Africa in previous year Many, but not all, of the original Sikh arrivals returned to India to be replaced and augmented by others who came
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  • ...ly precincts of some of the Sikh shrines, overtaking the monotheism of the Sikh Gurus’. The Udasis who controlled these shrines served as Trojan horses; ...eir slunking back to Hinduism at an alarming scale. Two, the attendance at Sikh shrines and participation at annual functions fell sharply. The British wor
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  • ...estigations into widespread murder, looting and rioting during [[1984 Anti-Sikh riots]]. ...November 10, has come to the conclusion that the attacks on members of the Sikh Community in Delhi and its suburbs during the period, far from being a spon
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  • ...November 10, has come to the conclusion that the attacks on members of the Sikh Community in Delhi and its suburbs during the period, far from being a spon ...of the victims made by the assialants. According to the 1971 census figure Sikh males in the age group of 20-50 number approximately , 1,00,000. The Sikhs
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  • ...gy, philosophy and culture. This work, in four parts, was published in The Sikh Review in 1955. And up till now this remains a benchmark work on the histor ...s Triya Charitar and Chandi Charitar. It becomes equally difficult for non-Sikh writers to understand that a Guru who has written glowing accounts of Chand
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  • ...s districts of Haryana and Himachal Pradesh also have considerable Saini Sikh population. They are not found in any significant numbers in the lower and ...al units. In British era Sainis fought largely in Grenadiers , Sappers and Sikh Regiments. Subedar-Major Jagindar Singh Saini who was a hero of Battle of L
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  • 2 Evolution of the Sikh Panth (1469 - 1708) ...ntained in the Adi Granth, now known as the [[Sri Guru Granth Sahib]], the Sikh scripture.
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  • The Sikh Epoch 72 Sikh children from our ancestors, and let me share with you the Song of Nanak, w
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