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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]]

...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

...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

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.

...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

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.

...?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==

'''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

...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?

...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]]

...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

...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

...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

...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

...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

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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...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

...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

...(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

...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

...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

...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]

...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

...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

...ttp://www.sikhs.nl/Main_french/DefinitionDunSikh_Amrit.htm DEFINITION D’UN SIKH] [[Category:Politics]]

...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.

...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

...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

...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

...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

...With this ended the short, but lively and chequered, career of the Central Sikh League. 1. Tuteja, K.L., Sikh Politics. Kurukshetra, 1979

...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

...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

...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

...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

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==

...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

...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

...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

...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

...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

'''Dera''' - The Politics<br> ...ing an inclusive image. Deras now pose a major threat and challenge to the Sikh religious establishment.

...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

...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

...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

...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].

...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.

[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

...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