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...bind Singh]] and his three [[Sikh]]s came out of the Garhi on the night of December 7-8, 1705, he stood on top of this mound to give a loud clap (Tari). This G ====History====

Khalistan supported and the Indian army takes control of all Sikh functions. [[category:December]]

'''December''' is the [[twelfth]] and last [[month]] of the [[year]] in the [[Gregorian == December ==

...of guru gobind singh ji maharaj at nanded saheb in maharashtra after 26th december 1704 from punjab.

==December== * [[Sikh Calendar]]

'''Nand Singh VC''', MVC (24 September 1914- 12 December 1947) was an Indian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most p 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 t

...r 1797. He enjoyed complete obedience and respect of the subjects. When in December 1766, Ahmad Shah Durrani invaded Lahore and Lahina Singh retired towa 3. Gupta, Hari Ram, History of the Sikhs, vol.II. Delhi, 1978

In the last month from 6 November to 6 December 2007, '''over 72,000 visits were made to [[SikhiWiki]]'''. That is a record ...is is the most comprehensive site for learning about [[Sikhism]] and the [[Sikh]]s - It is free to access and new items are added every day.

...Burj Sahib''' at [[Chamkaur Sahib]]. It is a place where the cremation of sikh warriors took place. This Gurudwara is also related with Bhai Jatta Ji (Jiw ====History====

...ust over eight (born in 1696) when they willingly laid down their lives in December 1705 rather than renounce their own faith. [[Category: Glossary of Sikh Terms]]

...is about one mile from the present village of Gurdas Nangal. A brief life history of Banda Singh Bahadur is written on a huge board which is displayed in fro ...at last broke through and captured Banda Singh and his famished Sikhs (17 December 1715). Under the orders of Samad Khan over two hundred of the prisoners wer

In December 1991 the militants killed another 49 passengers, mostly Hindu, while trave [[Category:History]]

...graphy as originally written by author is being reproduced for students of sikh literature worldwide on this site. military history of the Sikhs grew and I was able to collect a fairly large

...ne book every month in Gurmuki and another every quarter in Urdu on Sikh history, theology or simple translations of portions of the gurbani. ...ry was Giani Sher Singh's own ''Guru Granth'' (''Panth''), published in December 1919. To stop any interuptions in publication, Giani Sher Singh acquired h

...Sikh War are displayed. Quotes from WARS of Shah Mohammad and Cunningham�s History of the Sikhs are inscribed in Bronze. The Weapons have been donated by the

...of Harmandir Sahib, laid by a Muslim Saint Hazrat Mian Mir Ji of Lahore in December 1588. Guru Arjan met an untimely death when he was tortured on the orders o * [http://www.punjabilok.com/faith/sikh/dignity_the_human_person_in_sikhism.htm Punjabilok.com]

...ent to the village primary school, and joined the army serving in the 55th Sikh Battalion for about three years. While in the army he came in contact with ...ingh, who had got Kishan Singh Gargajj arrested on 26 February 1923. On 12 December 1923 Jagat Singh, of Munder village, in [[Jalandhar]] district, connived wi

In December 1994 the Sikhism Home Page was launched, the worlds first web site on [[Sik ...f interest. I will leave the presentation of such topics as post-Guru Sikh history and the political/human rights struggle in Punjab to others who have expert

...nd it was the need of the hour to record the memories and accounts of Sikh history which would be lost with the deaths of these men. ...from time to time. He was the spirit behind the establishment of the Sikh History Research Department (SHRD) at [[Khalsa College]], though it came into being

'''Shaheedi Jor Mela''' is organised every year in December at Gurdwara Fatehgarh Sahib, in the Fatehgarh Sahib district of Punjab to p ...rother, Baba Zorawar Singh. He is probably the youngest recorded martyr in history who knowingly and consciously laid down his life at the very tender age of

...lifelong passion with Dr Gupta. He was working on his monumental sixvolume history of the Sikhs of which he was able to complete four. The fifth was in prin ...esented to him Bhai Vir Singh International Award at a function held on 15 December 1989.

...t]] which normally coincides with March-April of the Western calendar. The Sikh New year falls in spring time (in the northern hemisphere) and is generally ...kh calendar called the [[Nanakshahi Calendar]] was developed by a Canadian Sikh, Pal Singh Purewal, a retired computer engineer. He started work on the new

...shal of the Air Force in January, 2002 (the highest rank ever given in the history of the Indian Air force). [[Category: Great Sikh Warriors]]

...her provinces. The Sikh conference, and even more dramatically the mammoth Sikh march that preceded it, made a tremendous impact. Congress leaders led by M 1. Majumdar, R. C.,ed The History and Culture of Indian People, vol. V. Bombay, 1957

...returned to Lahore and was assigned to protocol duties. He accompanied the Sikh mission to wait on Lord Amherst, the GovernorGeneral of India, when he came In December 1831, Maharaja Ranjit Singh granted to Diwan Moti Ram in jdgir Kunjah, his

...[[1682]] -[[13 November]] [[1757]]) one of most honoured martyrs in [[Sikh history]] who was born on [[26 January]] [[1682]]. ...]]), the first of the [[Panj Piare]] or the Five Beloved celebrated in the Sikh tradition, was the son of Bhai Suddha, a Sobti Khatri of [[Lahore]], and Ma

'''Maharaja Sir Hira Singh''' (1843 - 1911), born on 19 December 1843, the son of Sukkha Singh of Badrukkhari, ascended the throne of Nab ...of the ruler who had sought British protection) were with his cis-Sutlege Sikh brothers they deposed him and placed his son Bharpur Singh on the Gaddi in

...uch'''. The appellation persisted so that his real name is totally lost to history. At the time of the evacuation of [[Anandpur]] on the night of 5-6 December 1705, he was among those who were able to cross the flooded [[Sirsa]]. He w

...hortlived, as he and his deputy Pandit Jalla were killed by the Army on 21 December 1844. ...ngh. To run the administration, she constituted a Council of Regency on 22 December 1844, composed of Jawahar Singh, Raja Lal Singh, Bhai Ram Singh, Bakhshi Bh

...commonly used to refer to the 4 sons of [[Guru Gobind Singh]], the tenth [[Sikh Guru]]. The word is a traditional word not used in the everyday language of ...names are reverently preserved in Sikh memory and are recalled every time Sikh [[ardas]] or prayer of supplication is recited at a congregation or private

...lage Vara Chain Singhvala in [[Firozpur]] district of the [[Punjab]] on 10 December 1923. He inherited interest in art from his father who was adept in woodwor ...[Amritsar]], employed him as an artist to produce exhibits for the Central Sikh Museum in the Darbar Sahib complex. He resigned this job in 1962 and went a

Central Sikh Temple is the first Sikh gurdwara in Singapore. Established in 1912, the temple had relocated severa ==History==

<div style="top: +0.2em; font-size: 95%">a '''free Sikh Encyclopedia''' that [[Introduction|'''anyone can edit.''']]</div> * [[Sikh Names|1000's of Sikh Names]]

...ar had been visited by [[Guru Nanak]] early in the sixteenth century and a Sikh shrine had been established there in his honour. '''Sahib Chand''', as Sahi * On 7 December 1705 in the battle of [[Chamkaur]], Bhai Sahib Singh with [[Bhai Himmat Sin

...he Sikh kingdom are also provided. The author, well versed in literature, history, geography and astronomy, had many books to his credit, including TankhiAhm ...j at Multan and of Chatar Singh and Sher Singh at Hazara, surrender of the Sikh army and annexation of the Punjab to the British dominions.

...1 to 6, [[1984]]'''. This tragic event took place over 25 years ago and [[Sikh]]s all over the world will remember this episode with great sadness. * 10: Death of [[Bhai Vir Singh]] ([[December 5]], [[1872]] - [[June 10]], [[1957]])

...gured prominently in two new Sikh societies the Chief Khalsa Diwan and the Sikh Educational Conference. During the Jaito campaign, he led out aJ`atha ofAKA ...Gurdarshan Singh, "Character and Impact of the Singh Sabha Movement on the History of the Punjab." Ph.D. thesis submitted inl973 to the PUNJABI University, PA

...He also wrote a 6 volume commentary on Giani Gian Singh`s PANTH Prakash, a history of the SIKHS in mixed Punjabi and Braj verse. His detailed account of Opera

...nd letters made him well aware of the rot that was, at the time, corroding Sikh society. He took upon himself to lead a campaign against the evil and corru Baba Balak Singh died at Hazro on Saturday, Maghar sudi 15,1919 Bk/6 December 1862.

...sh emerged victorious, but the battle was one of the hardest-fought in the history of the British army, and could very easily have been a defeat. Had Tej Sing ...harajah Ranjit Singh in 1839, and British desire to secure the Punjab. The Sikh army, the Khalsa, was goaded by some of the contenders for power in the Pun

== [[December]] == |Birth of [[Guru Gobind Singh]], the Tenth [[Sikh Guru]] ||23 [[Poh]] ||5 Jan

...gh maintained that the Jathedar had no right to excommunicate him from the Sikh Panth and that his excommunication was entirely illegal. ...he rostrum of Akal Takht by Giani Joginder Singh Vedanti after meeting of 'Sikh priests' held in the Takht's secretariat.

...Tazkirah, he also wrote Haft GulshaniMuhammad Shahi, which gives a general history of India, including many minor dynasties, and TatimahiWaq 'iatiJahangiri de ...ged in the fort ofLohgarh, he made a determined sally on the night of 1011 December 1710 and breaking through the royal lines made good his escape to the hills

...to the writings of some historians, about two and a half lakhs (250,000) [[Sikh]] families—men, women and children of all ages were martyred at this site ...reward for the head of any Sikh. Rewards were even offered for info on any Sikh's whereabouts. Hundreds of Sikhs were thus brought daily to Lahore where, r

...rangement did not work, and the Khalsa High School committee decided on 15 December 1903 to neglect the interests of the younger institution. ...meet a variety of needs Outbreaks of famine and plague had left Hindu and Sikh children orphans vulnarable to Muslim and Christian proselytization Sikhs o

...urders of Hira Singh and his confidant Pandit Jalla which took place on 21 December 1844, leading to the presumption that it was composed immediately after Mah

...or cavalryman. Maya Singh Saini participated as a Ghorcharra in the Anglo-Sikh wars. After the defeat of Sikhs he became an insurgent against the English ...ond Anglo-Sikh war. Although the battle of Ramnagar was inconclusive, the Sikh cavalry caused heavy damage to the British forces, which proved to be a gre

...ge part of it by Ala Singh, founder of the Patiala dynasty, and other Sikh sardars at Sanaur and Malerkotla. In May 1757, Taimur was appointed vicero 2. Gupta, Hari Ram, History of the Sikhs, vol. II. Delhi, 1978

...ghting took place on 7 December 1704 between the [[Mughal]] army and the [[Sikh]]s, including the [[Sahibzada]]s and three of the original five [[Panj Piar ==History==

On the 24th December, 1704, [[Sahibzada Zorawar Singh]] Ji and [[Sahibzada Fateh Singh]] Ji alon ...from Diwan Sucha Nand’s house. Baba Moti Ram Mehra was a great follower of Sikh Gurus. He used to serve the Sikhs on their way to [[Anandpur Sahib]] and ba

'''The Maritime Sikh Society''' ...8 as part of Guru Nanak’s birthday celebrations. With the arrival of more Sikh families in Nova Scotia, it was felt that this gurdwara was somewhat small

...nd her grandsons were brought to Sirhind as captives in the cold season (8 December 1705), they were detained in this Tower. ...and the topmost portion of the tower fell down. After the establishment of Sikh rule in 1764, it became a revered place of pilgrimage, but its renovation h

The winter lasts from mid-December to mid-February, during which the temperature ranges from 0 to 20 °C. The ==History==

...not display Jaimal's photos, possibly for reasons contained here in Secret History. ..., but did not give the date. But, it could not have been 1856, as the 24th Sikh did not come into being until late 1857, after the Sepoy Uprising

...the family to [[Anandpur]] where Ajit Singh was brought up in the approved Sikh style. He was taught the religious texts, philosophy and history, and had training in the martial arts such as riding, swordsmanship, [[gatk

...e Jesus Christ and we have spread Christianity all over the world but Sikh history is full of great martyrs and yet hardly anybody knows about it". ...rvice of preserving Sikh history for the whole world to see and for future Sikh generations producing high quality films produced in [[Punjabi]], [[Hindi]]

...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 5. Kapur, Rajiv A. , Sikh Separatism: The Politics of Faith. London, 1986

This article list all the important days in the Sikh calendar which is called the [[Nanakshahi calendar]]: *5: Birth of [[Guru Gobind Singh]], the Tenth [[Sikh Guru]] - 23 [[Poh]]

...d for his role in instigating false encountered killings upon thousands of Sikh Youths in Punjab. ==Sikh militant attack and sufferings==

...y nine years old at the time of the evacuation of Anandpur on the night of December 20, 1704. ...hibzada_Zorawar_Singh#Death of Mata Jito in 1700 questioned|(1)]]</sup> on December 5, Zorawar's grandmother, [[Mata Gujari]], became especially attached to yo

...As the Sikh Army (Dal Khalsa) grew new regions where administered and new Sikh barons came to the fore and the number of large misls eventually increased ...Empire but its influence would still remain strong throughout the Empire's history. See Definition: Confederacy.

...ms the backbone of the district economy. During the months of November and December a visitor to this part of Punjab shall be the proud witness to the pristine ==History of town Mansa==

...hiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee. Its first meeting was held on 12 December 1920. Bawa Harkishan Singh was one of the Parij Piare wlio on this occasi ...he Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee set up a forum to formulate the Sikh Rahit Maryada, i.e. code of conduct for the Sikhs. Bawa Harkishan Singh was

This article lists all events of significance in the Sikh calendar which is called the [[Nanakshahi calendar]]: *5: Birth of [[Guru Gobind Singh]], the Tenth [[Sikh Guru]] - 23 [[Poh]]

Monday would witness a magnificent historical moment in the history of the Holy City when the Army would hand over Fort Gobindgarh to the civil ...between the bureaucracy, political leadership and the Army authorities. On December 20, 2006 , Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had handed over keys of the histo

...rn Mudhsuden Singh Panesar, 25 April 1982 in Luton, Bedfordshire), is an [[Sikh]] and a famous English cricketer. A left-arm spinner, Panesar plays Test an ...Panesar sports a trademark black [[patka]] (a smaller version of the full Sikh [[turban]]) while playing and in cricket training. He is a crowd favourite

...(1779 - 1869), commander of the British armies in the first and second [[Sikh]] wars, was born on 3 November 1779, at Woodtown, Limerick, Ireland. He joi under him in the first Sikh war, was highly critical of Gough's conduct of operations at Alival, Feroze

...letic build, he joined the army on 5 January 1907 as a soldier in the 35th Sikh Battalion. It was during his service at Rawalpindi that he came in contact ...igious mentor, Sant Aiya Singh, Jawala Singh returned home to the Doaba in December 1918 and settled in a lonely place between the villages of Harkhowal and Pa

History ...o younger sons of the tenth Guru of the Sikhs, Sri Guru Gobind Singh on 12 December 1705, by the Governor of Sirhind, Wazir Khan [1], the place is the today co

...orty (chali) liberated ones (mukte)'', is a term used to refer to the 40 [[Sikh]]s who laid down their lives for the [[Panth]]. There are 2 separate groups ...Gobind Singh]] Ji who are remembered in [[Sikh]] history and daily in the Sikh [[ardas]] or supplicatory prayer offered individually or at gatherings at t

...inister of the Sikh kingdom of [[Lahore]] from 17 September 1843 to 21 December 1844, was born the eldest son of Raja Dhian Singh in 1816 at Ramgarh, abo ...p Singh and Raja Dhian Singh. Hira Singh had Bhai Gurmukh Singh, a revered Sikh divine, and Misr Beli Ram murdered for their having opposed his father's pr

...Jhanda Bunga. Bhai Mani Singh is not referred as so-called Jathedar in any Sikh work. Bhai Ratan Singh Bhangu calls him "Pujaran sion vado pujari" (chief p ...the shrines. As the caretaker of Akal Takht Sahib, he introduced authentic Sikh practices at Akal Takht Sahib and Darbar Sahib. Baba Prem Singh Hoti wrote

...llstory.php?id=14825042&?vsv=Hppot Iraq to rebuild Guru Nanak's shrine] 24 December, 2008 ...evelopment, the Government of Iraq has decided to rebuild the 15th century Sikh Guru Guru Nanak Dev's shrine which was destroyed in the 2003 war in Baghdad

...is uttered first among the five Beloved of the Guru (Panj Pyaras) in the [[Sikh Ardas]]. Bhai Suddha was a devout Sikh of [[Guru Tegh Bahadur]] and had visited [[Anandpur]] more than once to see

...'s ethos is a deep connection to spirituality and culture, symbolizing the Sikh community's warrior-like spirit and resilience. ...houseofkhalsa.com/ House of Khalsa] is named after the [[Khanda]] Sahib, a Sikh symbol. It was founded by Danny Singh.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sbs.c

...andmother sacrificed their lives for their faith and the right to remain [[Sikh]]s. ...earlessness and the renowned trait of unparalleled heroism becoming of the Sikh leadership and was prepared to sacrifice his life but not his faith.

...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 ...ingh, the historian, then very enthusiastic in promoting the cause of Sikh history. Karam Singh died before Ganda Singh could meet him.

...ember]] [[1841]] - [[15 March]] [[1913]]), and English translator of the [[Sikh scriptures]] and historian of early [[Sikhism]], was born on September 10, ...[[3 October]] [[1892]] - [[15 September]] [[1967]]) was an Indian American Sikh writer and lecturer on "spiritual science" who was involved in an important

...istants, Birch, Ross and Murray, to deal with the affairs of the protected Sikh chiefs and hill states between the Sutlej and the Yamuna. In 1815, (lie age ...tical agent, to deal with all British political affairs in relation to the Sikh Darbar, and to territories beyond the Sutlej and the Indus. Three years lat

'''Gurdwara Sahib Silat Road (Silat Road Sikh Temple)''' ...oad nearby. It houses the samadh (tombstone) of Bhai Maharaj Singh Ji, the Sikh freedom fighter, after it was brought to the Gurdwara from the Singapore Ge

...h and Arthur D. Innes, first published in London in 1897, is in the main a history of the AngloSikh wars of 184546 and 184849. Few accounts of these wars writ ...e interests of the British empire required that they be subjugated and the Sikh dynasty,destroyed.

...[[Mata Jito]] ji (also known as [[Mata Sundari]] ji) at [[Anandpur]] on 12 December 1699. During the flight from Anandpur, when the Sikhs, having been promised ...ed at [[Sirhind]]. Fateh Singh is probably the youngest recorded martyr in history who knowingly laid down his life at the very tender age of 6 <!-- changed f

...4/12/2010.</ref>. Harbinder Singh is the honorary director of the [[Anglo-Sikh Heritage Trail]] which is also based in Walsall, UK. ==Anglo-Sikh Heritage Trail==

...cient evidence against former Union minister Jagdish Tytler in a 1984 anti-Sikh riot case. ...vember eight, 1984, near Gurudwara Pulbangash or incited a mob for killing Sikh people," the magistrate had said.

...ecember 1715. Reduced to desperate straits, Banda Singh was captured on 7 December 1715. The book also describes 'Abd usSamad Khan's campaigns against 'Isa Kh ...AH 1135/AD 1722-23. What makes the manuscript especially relevant to Sikh history is the space devoted in it to the last phase of Banda Singh's struggle agai

...for the equal status of women, but also revolutionized their social life. History is full with examples where women who did not step out of house without cov ...met a patrolling party of the Mughal soldiers. In the fight with them two Sikh soldiers were killed and Anup Kaur was injured, but the Mughal soldiers too

...Sikhism. It also encouraged publications of books and periodicals on Sikh history and prompted the Punjabi language as a medium of teaching. ==Short History==

==The Right Sikh at the Right Place at the Right Time== ...uring the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965. He was a calm, intelligent and brave Sikh soldier in the Indian Army. He served his people and nation in the traditio

'''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

...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 ...ingh, the historian, then very enthusiastic in promoting the cause of Sikh history. Karam Singh died before Ganda Singh could meet him.

...nth century and has continued to claim adherents in the twentieth. For the history of early Sikhism, the gurprandlis along with janam sdkhis constitute servic GURPRANALl, by Giani Gian Singh, the wellknown Sikh historian, is a genealogical account of the Gurus. The information containe

Bedi was born on January 16, 1946 into a Punjabi Khatri-Sikh family in Mumbai (formerly Bombay until 1996) Bharat(India). His mother con ...r son Siddarth who had been doing well at University in the USA had a long history of schizophrenia and tragically committed suicide in 1997 at the age of 26.

...e Sikhs were wont to seek shelter in times of stress. He laid siege to the Sikh fort of Ram Rauni at Amritsar. Before the Sikhs rallied to confront him, Ad 1. Gupta, Hari Ram, History of the Sikhs, vol. II. Delhi, 1978

...er in a mud-built double story house. They were attacked by the enemy on [[December 21]], [[1705]]. Against these overwhelming odds, the [[Sikh]]s ventured our in small groups to fight the enemy and bravely lay down the

...severity. According to Syad Muhammad Latif, the [[Muslim]] author of the "History of the [[Panjab]]", his first act was to storm the fortress of Ram Rauni, i As Ahmad Shah Durrani entered the Punjab in December 1748, Mir Mannu, receiving no help from Delhi, agreed to make over to the i

...are each 2 months out of sequence with their names derived from Sanskrit. December (10) Das-ember becomes the 12th month. Otherwise the whole world would cele ...st the Mughal King and was killed.Since then the tribal singers traced the history of Dula Bhatti on Lohri Festival.

...f Pakistan have not been studied in one important aspect that concerns the Sikh community. The Sikhs, as an important religious minority were mainly concen ...e Sikhs. Congress, however, could not afford to lose the confidence of the Sikh community as a whole and then face the Muslim League's demands and the spre

...n after his father [[Guru Tegh Bahadur]]'s execution, when he became the [[Sikh Guru]] in 1675. This is place where most of Banis of [[Dasam Granth]] were ==History==

...s an international non-profit aid and relief organization founded on the [[Sikh]] principles of [[Nishkam]] (selfless) service and universal love. Khalsa A * Bangladesh - December 2007

...raditions of the Mazhabi Sikh Pioneers on its merging with a few Ramdasia sikh companies in 1941. ==Regiment History==

...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 [[Category:Sikh Scholars]]

..., Tehsil Doraha; standing in the interior of the Malva Region. The Tenth [[Sikh Guru]], [[Guru Gobind Singh Ji]] (1666-1708), while travelling from [[Machi ...be blessed. Bhara, was a Jatt of Mangat clan. During that time he became a Sikh of Guru Gobind Singh Ji.

{{p|Image:Maharaja duleep singh.jpg|First Sikh to enter the UK, Maharaja Duleep Singh}} ...handful of Sikhs arrived in England and soon founded the first gurdwara or Sikh temple in Europe in London.

'''General Joginder Jaswant Singh''' (b. 17 September 1945) is the first Sikh Chief of Army Staff of India. ...is predecessor General N C Vij retired on 31 January 2005. He is the first Sikh to lead the Indian Army and the 11th Chief of Army Staff from the Western C

{{P|File:Sikh Channel logo.png|Sikh Channel logo}} ...h Channel primarily focuses on education and religious programming for the Sikh community. It operates from a studio in the Aston area of Birmingham.

! History: ...the sad site of the execution in 1705 of the two younger sons of the tenth Sikh master at the behest of [[Wazir Khan]] of Kunjpura, the faujdar of Sirhind.

'''General Joginder Jaswant Singh''' (b. 17 September 1945) is the first Sikh Chief of Army Staff of [[India]]. ...is predecessor General N C Vij retired on 31 January 2005. He is the first Sikh to lead the Indian Army and the 11th Chief of Army Staff from the Western C

...nandpur as well as in that of Chamkaur. He fell a martyr at Chamkaur on 7 December 1705. 4. Nijjar, B.S., History of the Babar Akalis. Jalandhar, 1987

...u Granth Sahib (then called the Adi Granth) by collecting hymns of all the Sikh Gurus before him. It is probably only in Sikhi that so many of the founding ...e Punjab of today might be like if not for the sacrifices of so many Great Sikh Warriors?.

...Hong Kong when he was banished from the Colony for his political activity (December 1914). After pending some time in Saigon and Bangkok, he returned to India. 1. Seetal, Sohan Singh, The Sikh Misals and the Panjab. Ludhiana, n.d.

...ight Lieutenant Trilok Singh Sekhon of the Indian Air Force. As any normal Sikh child, he was raised with the virtue of gallantry and sacrifice by his pare ...t this time at Srinagar Base was Nirmal Jit Singh. Flying from Srinagar on December 14th, Sekhon single handedly took on all six PAF Sabres.

.... This privilege should be extended to the Sikh people, who throughout the history of the world have spilled their blood unflinchingly to protect civil libert ...storical and cultural links, but little is known about the far more recent history of the Sikhs in the Battlefronts”

...Sikh]] and British rulers who fought bitterly over it at various points in history and seized it as a spoil of war time and time again. It was finally seized ...reach Delhi due to confrontation by the Sikhs. He captured Lahore, but the Sikh army did not allow him to enter Amritsar.

.../teaser/large/FF-3.jpg|To promote Sikh history and culture, the first-ever Sikh film festival in India will be organised at Amritsar in the beginning of ne {{Newsbit1|http://www.sikhnet.com/inspiration/history-our-nishan-sahib|The History of Our Nishan Sahib|http://www.sikhnet.com/files/imagecache/thumb/files/new

'''20 December to 27 December 1704''' ...20 December 1704 to 27 December 1704) earlier was a decisive period in the history of our nation. This was the period in which extreme hardships were suffered

...pc.net/Historical%20dates%20&%20events/date_september.asp}} [[1691]] - [[7 December]] [[1705]]), the second son of [[Guru Gobind Singh]], was born to [[Mata Ji ...necessary to leave [[Anandpur]] under the pressure of a besieging host in December 1705, Jujhar Singh, nearing the completion of his fifteenth year, was an ex

..., who had become a [[Sikh]] during the time of [[Guru Arjan]], the fifth [[Sikh Guru]]. She was the only sister of four brothers. ...e was married to [[Nidhan Singh Warraich]] of [[Patti]]; She was a staunch Sikh by birth and upbringing. She was distressed to hear in 1705 that some of th

Sikhs have a long history of military service. Whether in the British Indian Army or the post-indepen ...articularly more warlike than any other ethnic group, it's undeniable that Sikh troops have consistently proved their mettle.

|Birth of [[Guru Gobind Singh]], the Tenth [[Sikh Guru]] ||23 [[Poh]] ||5 Jan |Birth of [[Guru Har Rai]], the seventh Sikh ||19 [[Magh]] ||31 Jan

..., at international level, for the victims of November [[Sikh Massacre|1984 Sikh Genocide]] which was perpetuated by [[Congress]] party of India along with ...fundamental principles and message of Sikhism and to uncover the plight of Sikh community living in different part of this globe. To enumerate a few of tho

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

One of the largest Sikh fairs, it is held in the middle of January on the Makar Sankranti day. The ...val has great historical significance as it observes the militarization of Sikh followers into the order of Nihangs (warriors) by Guru Gobind at Anandpur S

...is a Sikh separatist and revolutionary writer. He belongs to a Doad Rajput Sikh family. His parents were from a small village in Hoshiarpur district, Jalwe ...sels.png|thumb|250px|left|Jalwehra handing over a historic memorandum with Sikh demands (Khalistan) to the Indian embassy of Brussels.]]

...the Sikhs, preaching the tenets of the Guru Granth Sahib, propagating Sikh history, and protecting the rights of the Sikhs by putting up memorandas and memori ...dasvandh or one-tenth of their annual income. Any Singh Sabha or any other Sikh society sharing the groups ideology could have itself affiliated with the D

...As the Sikh Army (Dal Khalsa) grew new regions where administered and new Sikh barons came to the fore and the number of large [[misl|misls]] eventually i ...pire]] but its influence would still remain strong throughout the Empire's history.

...[[Guru Gobind Singh]] first alighted upon reaching [[Chamkaur]] late on 6 December 1705. The site was then a garden belonging to [[Rai Jagat Singh]], the loca ...sed by Guru Gobind Singh as a temporary citadel in the unequal battle on 7 December 1705.

...became anxious. Guru Arjan Dev told her; "If you wish a child, ask a pious Sikh like Baba Buddha, the aged seer and devout disciple of Guru Nanak for a ble ...den Temple, while at night it is kept in the Akal Takht. Traditionally all Sikh warriors sought blessings here before going to battle. During the 18th cent

Jagjit Singh Aurora was born into a Sikh family, he was the son of an engineer in Jhelum. After his graduation from ...ed after Pakistan carried out bombing raids on several Indian airfields on December 3, 1971. These had been preceded by several Pakistani attacks on the Mukhti

...forced to surrender the diamond to the British at the end of the 2nd Anglo-Sikh war during a Darbar on March 29th, 1849. At his 10th birthday party that ye During the course of its long history, the Koh-i-nur has witnessed the rise and fall of many ruling dynasties. Th

...hatriyas]] by caste. Chhimba means a calico printer/tailor.<ref>http://www.sikh-heritage.co.uk/movements/Various%20sects/VASects.htm</ref> ...he rites of the Khalsa. He laid down his life in the battle of Chamkaur on December 7, 1705. His two sons also laid down their lives at Anandpur.

Sikhs have been fighting for saving their individual existence since long. Sikh women have not lagged behind their men in this holy battle. They have also ...Singh’s dream of political sovereignty. He can safely be called the first Sikh ruler. Huge Mughal forces from Delhi and Punjab besieged the fort of Lohgar

...the Bikarimi Sambat 1526, i.e., April 15, 1469. Most of the doyen of Sikh History, such as M.A.Macauliffe, Bhai Kahan Singh Nabha, Bhai Sahib Bhai Vir Singh, ...he month of Kartik2. Subsequently this became the most revered date in the Sikh Chronology.

...'[[Navtej Singh]]''', body-builder. He has become the first [[keshadhari]] Sikh to win an international award in this sport at this level; he is from Karta ...r I stories'''] - On Remembrance Day another little known part of Canadian history was brought to light by the hour-long documentary ''“Canadian Soldier Sik

...ingh Bahadur]] ji, his four year old son [[Ajai Singh]] along with forty [[Sikh]]s were tourtured to death by the [[Mughal]]s. ==History==

...unjab. Before Mu'in-ul-Mulk could consolidate his position, Ahmad Shah, in December 1749, again crossed the Indus. Receiving no reinforcements from Delhi, Mu'i ...set out to recover his lost province. He reached Lahore towards the end of December 1756, and, after an unopposed march, entered Delhi on 28 January 1757. The

...h, was, according to Bhatt sources, killed in the battle of Chamkaur on 7 December 1705. His two sons, Gharbara Singh and Darbara Singh, were also in the ...as been done with golden words, as he was one of the first Shaheeds of the Sikh nation. Bhai Nanu ji attained Shaheedi on the day of 3rd October, 1621 in t

During World Wars I and II, 83,055 Sikh soldiers laid down their lives, and 1,09,045 were wounded while fighting as During World War 1 in 1915, 14th Sikh was involved in intense hand-to-hand fighting at Gallipoli in Turkey. The b

...l''' was a wealthy Sehjdhari Sikh merchant of [[Sirhind]], who on the [[13 December]] [[1705]] performed the cremation of the three martyred bodies of the [[yo ...he [[Sahibzade]] had been executed by the [[Mughal]] authorities on the 12 December 1705 for not renouncing their faith and the death from shock of their grand

...esar''' (born Bhai Sangtia Rai, also called Bhai '''Sant Singh''') was a [[Sikh]] warrior, general and martyr in the [[Battle of Chamkaur]].<ref>{{Cite boo ...org/details/KhushwantSinghAHistoryOfTheSikhsVol.1 |title=Khushwant Singh A History Of The Sikhs Vol. 1 |language=English}}</ref> He was one out of the 42 firs

...ortunately, the city also witnessed the earthly demise of the lives of two Sikh Gurus here. ...most importance ones are listed and described in brief below. The [[Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee]] is responsible for the management of these

...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 ...lian collapse on the final afternoon. This was only the third time in Test history that a team had won a Test match after being forced to follow on. He then c

==The First Anglo-Sikh War - Background== '''Anglo Sikh War 1''' (1845-46), resulting in the partial subjugation of the Sikh kingdom, was the outcome of British expansionism and the near anarchical co

'''Sham Singh Attariwala''' was born in 1790's in the house of well known Sikh farmers in the town of Attari (Few kms from the border of Indian and Pakist ...dings which brought about the demolition of Sikh power. At the time of the Sikh ruler's death. Dhian singh was prime minister of Punjab to Maharaja Kharak

..., [[Attock]] and [[Multan]]. He also fought in [[Kashmir]] in 1819. He led Sikh forces against Sayyid Ahmad of Bareilly who had during the years 1826-31 ca ...etic named Muldas. He later converted to Sikhism, during the early days of Sikh political ascendancy, and joined the Jatha or band of Sardar Gurbakhsh Sing

{{p|File:Sardar Baghel Singh.jpg|Bhai Baghel Singh at the head of a Sikh army, artist unknown}} ...und 1730's, he was the descendant of Chaudhary Bhai Langaha Dhillon, the [[Sikh]] chief of 84 villages in the Majha, who along with his younger brother Bha

...era and was held in high esteem by a vast following, including most of the Sikh chiefs and courtiers. ...Singh, who carried on his head a price of 10,000 rupees was arrested on 28 December 1849 at Adampur.

..., Judaism, and Hinduism, have had their own calendars. But for most of its history, Sikhism has used the traditional Vikrami (or Bikrami) calendar, shared by Sikhs see the adoption of the new calendar as a big step forward for the [[Sikh]] identity, and one that will help dispel any assumptions that Sikhism is a

...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

...r imagination. The stories of the ten Gurus and their devotees, called the Sikh are truly inspiring; the lessons to be learnt from reading about their live ...s taught [[Gurmukhi]], [[Hindi]] and [[Sanskrit]] from the highly renowned Sikh scholar [[Bhai Gurdaas Jee]].

...ded learning. Besides Sikh theology, he was vastly learned in philosophy, history and literature. He was born into a farming family, at the village Chakk in ...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.

...''13 April 1919''' in the heart of [[Amritsar]], the holiest city of the [[Sikh]]s, on a day sacred to them as the birth anniversary of the [[Khalsa]] ([[V ...e Jalla, derives its name from that of the owners of this piece of land in Sikh times. It was then the property the family of Sardar [[Himmat Singh Jalleva

...et the chance to strike the Guru. On Guru Tegh Bahadur's own suggestion, a Sikh who was present there separated the Guru's head from his body. A faqir pass ...n the Punjab and asked by Colonel Ochterlony to collect information on the history of the Sikhs. His account was completed in A.D. 1811-12 at Batala in the up

...ion on the United Nation’s General Assembly resolution 3314 (xxix) of 14th December 1974 and in this context agreed to qualify as aggression a crime committed * [[Sikh Pilgrimage to Pakistan]]

...University, Patiala, 1967). Two copies of the manuscript existed in the Sikh Reference Library, Amritsar, which were destroyed in, the Army action in ...litary subunit (ii, 12,52 ; xviii. 6, 771); and Khalsa is defined as the [[Sikh]] community in direct relation with the Guru subsequent to the elimination

...njit Singh" explaining the Maharaja's secular rule. He also wrote "Fall of Sikh kingdom". His translation of Japji, Hymns of Nanak and the Guru shows his s ...er of Khalsa" (Nishaan-e-Khalsa)]]''', the highest decorum bestowed by the Sikh community.

...[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 The political history of Jind Kaur begins from that date. Gradually, she assummed the role of a d

...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>

! History: ...Sahib]]. This holy shrine is the result of the blessings of the revered [[Sikh Guru]], [[Guru Har Rai]]. Here at this location, the Guru blessed his Gursi

...ara opened Dashmesh Academy, A school to teach young generation about sikh history, [[Punjabi]]/[[Gurmukhi]] and connect them to their originating roots. Curr ==19th Sikh Games of New Jersey ==

Fort William, the 24th December 1897. ...their Sovereign while upholding to the last the traditional bravery of the Sikh nation.

...served as Captain in the 1965 Indo-Pakistan War.[12][13] He served in the Sikh Regiment. ...y Contribution to the Great War 1914 to 1918'' released in Chandigarh on 6 December 2014, and ''The Monsoon War: Young Officers Reminisce – 1965 India-Pakist

By December 1738, Nadir Shah had crossed the river Indus, and the lush plains of the [[ ...eaching Akhnoor by the river Chenab, that all his slaves had been freed by Sikh bands, who had also seized a large share of his gold. Sardar [[Jassa Singh

Last December while we were in Jabalpur we went to see the Gurdwara at Gwarighat. I did n ==History==

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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]].

The history of Indian nationalist movement witnessed many important features in the fir ...lly the Sikhs, were well established in South East Asia. The first Punjabi Sikh settled in Manila around 1902. Some Sikhs learnt that, as an American colon

...ra Singh, once again gave the call for a Punjabi Suba in October 1958. The Sikh masses responded enthusiastically. The government once again initiated nego 5. Tuteja, K.L., Sikh Politics. Kurukshetra, 1984

==History and Colonization== ...ed for many days. The Guru was made to watch as Bhai Mati Das, his devoted Sikh, was tied between two pillars and sawed in half while, Bhai Dyala was dropp

...Sikh Guru, [[Guru Tegh Bahadur]]; the mother of the tenth and last human [[Sikh Guru]], [[Guru Gobind Singh]], and the grandmother of the [[four Sahibzade] ...apurthala district of the [[Punjab]]. Her role in the development of the [[Sikh faith]] has been crucial.

...cks. [[Sirhind]] was for this reason the accurst city in the eyes of the [[Sikh]]s. Mobilized under the flag of [[Banda Singh Bahadur]] after the death of ...lughara]], the '''Great Massacre''', that took place on 5 February 1762. [[Sikh]]s rallied and attacked [[Sirhind]] on 17 May 1762. defeating its faujdar,

...the commanders at the top and not to any lack of fighting strength of the Sikh army. It marked also the fulfilment of the imperialist ambition of the new According to the peace settlement of March 1846, at the end of Anglo-Sikh war I, the British force in [[Lahore]] was to be withdrawn at the end of th

...s grandfather [[Guru Hargobind]] sahib, Guru Gobind Singh instructed his [[Sikh]]s to make offerings of arms and horses in readiness for the turbulent time The Guru's third visit to Kotla Nihang Khan was on 6 December 1705 when Guru Gobind Singh, after crossing the Sarsa, after being forced t

...yed a leading role in India’s struggle for independence as well as for the Sikh Reform Movements of early twenties. ==Familiy history and early life==

...yed a leading role in India’s struggle for independence as well as for the Sikh Reform Movements of early twenties. ==Familiy history and early life==

His speech in Lucknow in 18 December 1887 was full of venom. His primary aim was to win the Muslims a reprieve f ...League-Congress pact while the Sikhs were completely ignored. In 1916, A Sikh representative [[Sardar Gajjan Singh]] of [[Ludhiana]] moved an ammendment

...north-east [[India]] in the state of [[Assam]]. [[Guru Nanak]] the first [[Sikh Guru]] visited this place in 1505 and met {{wiki|Srimanta Sankardeva}} (the ...rk the [[martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur]] with due solemnity and ceremony. Sikh devotees call this festival [[Sahidee Guru Parav]].

...Tagore had always been deeply influenced by the philosophy and history of Sikh religion. In 1885 Tagore wrote an essay 'Beer Guru' (valiant saint) which w ...overnor. In his yet another all-time classic poem 'Bondi Bir' he eulogizes Sikh valor and pays a poetic tribute to "Baba Banda Singh Bahadur", the military

A Sikh with flowing beard is most beautiful and a Sikh with trimmed beard is most ugly. '''- Arnold Toynbee.''' Author of World History; '''Churchill once said''' that English people owe a debt to Sikhs, and tha

3 December 2007' ...the advise he offered to me. It is Professor Harbans Singh’s dedication to Sikh studies that compels me to ponder about Sardarni Kailash Kaur.

[[Image:Sikh Women.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Sikh Women in Bana (religious dress)]] ...to have the same soul as man and has equal right to grow spiritually. The Sikh woman is allowed to lead religious congregations, to take part in [[Akhand

[[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]].

It is closely linked with Sikh religious traditions and history. The ninth Guru, Guru Teg Bahadur, purchased the site from the ruler of Bil ...s, leaders or wealthy men. It is a unique phenomenon in the history of the Sikh religion that its Prophets founded a number of towns and turned several vil

! colspan="2" |Date: December 20 - 23 1704<ref name=":0">Panth Parkash Giani Gian Singh</ref> |Unknown but much greater then the Sikh Casualties

...h’s role in bringing Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindrawale on the centre-stage of Sikh politics. Consequently, people have come to believe that Bhindarwale was pr ...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

...ikhi values like being helpful to others and respecting the words of the [[Sikh Gurus]]. However as a clumsy individual, although meaning no harm or malice ...tralia plot comes in. They scheme to send him to Australia to bring back a Sikh named Lucky Singh (actor Sonu Sood) who has become a don or ganster king.

His martyrdom was yet another challenge to the Sikh conscience. It was then realized that there could be no understanding betwe [[Guru Gobind Singh]] having contemplated the history of Sikhi, the martyrdom of [[Guru Arjan Dev]] (his great grand father), the

...schismatic character, had began to lose 'steam' after failing to stir the Sikh people. ...ng in the seventies of the last century, it marked a turning-point in Sikh history. It touched Sikhism to its very roots, and made it a living force once agai

...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

...may need to say a word about Nanded itself. For, destiny brought the Tenth Sikh lord, guru Gobind Singhji, to spend not more than a month of his worldly jo ...g Sri Guru Granth Sahib, to the status of the Word Guru that places each [[Sikh]] into immanent protection of the Guru himself, making him deathless in def

...lled [[Vaisakh]]. During Chet, the season in [[Punjab]], the land of the [[Sikh Gurus]] is spring and the climate is moderate with good sunshine during the 14: This is the first day of the second month of the Sikh calendar called [[Vaisakh]] = [[Vaisakhi]] - Birth of Khalsa

...8|e}} (the holy '''City of Bliss''') is one of the holiest places of the [[Sikh]]s, second only to [[Amritsar]]. Located about 95kms north-west of [[Chandi It is closely linked with [[Sikh]] religious traditions and history. The ninth Guru, [[Guru Teg Bahadur]], purchased the site from the ruler of

...tle West, Limerick County, Ireland. He was the first author to bring the [[Sikh faith]] to the attention of the "educated intelligencia" of western world. ==Translator of Sikh scriptures==

''Taken from http://www.sikh-history.com/sikhhist/gurus/matajito.html'' ...ur]] ji and great great grandfather [[Guru Arjan]] Dev ji. She told them a Sikh never runs from a battle field. Being raised on such tales of bravery, her

...ns for the moral guidance of a believer are found scattered throughout the Sikh scriptures. ...(Amritsar, 1950) and the English translation Rahit Maryada: A Guide to the Sikh Way of Life (London, 1971) are the modern versions of rahitnamas.

...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.

...had internal autonomy of the principality, which became a tributary of the Sikh Empire. Later (''c.''1812), Gulab Singh enlisted in Emperor Ranjit Singh's ...ed area which was expanded in 1819 with the annexation of [[Kashmir]] by a Sikh force. In 1820, in appreciation of services rendered by the family, and by

...ounded by Raja Rammohun Roy (17721833), in Calcutta on 20 August 1828. The history of the movement leading to the foundation of this "house of worship" is int ...ted in his tract Prarthanapatra (1823) and it is not difficult to see that Sikh sabdas had a large share in moulding Rammohun Roy's outlook in this regard.

...00 Sikhs left Sri [[Anandpur Sahib]] on the bitter cold and rainy night of December 5, 1705 after a prolonged siege by the [[Mughal]] and [[Hindu]] hill-chieft On 20 December 1705, Guru Sahib and the 40 Singhs camped in an open space in Ropar. Bhai B

...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…

...s us good food and the greatest of all he has blessed us with birth into a Sikh household, then if we get tired or lazy we do not have the right to live � ...ed to ask for their presence at their home, if they were Patit (not within Sikh Code of Conduct), cut their hair, drank alocohol/take intoxicants – until

...ow helping to lead the Punjabi armies of the Sarkar Khalsa. Ranjit Singh's Sikh credo had created a secular kingdom with equality for all. Through his fore ...ymbols of Sikhs, etc. Dhyan Singh Dogra played a very strange role in Sikh history. He originally belonged to Jammu. He came to Lahore in search of a job, wit

==Gurus History== * 1595-1644 - The first five Sikh Gurus appear to have had non contact with the district. It was after the bi

...nt to those supported by the Dal one Independent and seventeen Communists. Sikh solidarity on the question of Punjabi Suba was a proven fact. ...of a sitting at Patiala. Pandit H.N. Kunzru, one of the members asked the Sikh spokesman, Hukam Singh, why he had included Kangra and other Hindi-speaking

The major time periods in Sikh History are: 4) Sikh Kingdom Era

...is well marked in the history and deep down in the conscious minds of the Sikh community. ...ally the revered city of bliss or joy, is one of the many towns founded by Sikh Gurus. Situated on the left bank of the [[Satluj|Satluj river]], it lies al

...h 1914. His father and mother were descendants of the Dhillon and Dhariwal Sikh Jat clans, respectively. He was the fourth child of his parents. His childh ...main road to Thailand, 16 miles south of the border. He arrived Jitra on 5 December 1941.

...found impact on the future direction of [[Sikhism]], the religion of the [[Sikh]]s. [[Guru Tegh Bahadar]], the ninth [[Sikh Guru]] undertook the '''supreme sacrifice for the protection of the most fu

On 14 December 1971, Srinagar airfield was attacked by a wave of six PAF F-86 jets. Flying ...ion, maintaining the high reputation of the Folland Gnat aircraft. On 14th December 1971, Srinagar Airfield was attached by a wave of six enemy Sabre aircraft.

...i has released more than 40 videos focusing on spreading the wisdom of the Sikh Gurus. The main philosophy of the channel is to simply teach the basics wis ...news/transcending-anger-and-fear-sikh-way|Transcending Anger and Fear: The Sikh Way|http://www.sikhiwiki.org/images/1/11/Ryanatvigil.jpg|The vigil in front

* People Name : Sikligar Sikh ..., Karinagar, Kuchband, Lohar, Panchal Saiqalgar, Saqqa, Siqligar, Siqligar Sikh

History records that man's first heavier-than-air flight took place on 17 December 1903 at Kitty Hawk in North Carolina, USA. The man was Wilbur Wright in a m ...monoplane and Farman biplanes, these aeroplanes arriving in the Punjab in December 1910.

...be one of the greatest honours ever bestowed, in the 18th century, to any Sikh. He was further honoured by the Sikh Confederacy with the title of 'Nawab', at [[Amritsar]] in [[1754]], after t

The biography of the Koh-i-Noor is the history of India and this unique diamond is perhaps as dear to India as Shakespeare ...being called 'The King of diamonds and the diamond of Kings'. Its entire history is linked with the royal families of various countries and of various ages.

...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

...earing these orders, Guru Teg Bahadur started from Assam towards Punjab in December 1671 and reached Delhi in January 1672 (Punjab Past and Present, April 1975 ...would only be more enthused. This was the main reason he called upon every Sikh to be fearless. It included Jagjivan Das also.

1949: Akali Dal decided to hold a conference in Delhi, on Feb. 20, to expose Sikh grievances. 1873: Janam Din, Bhai Vir Singh, a great Sikh scholar.

'''[[Bhai Vir Singh]]''' ([[5 December]], [[1872]] - [[10 June]], [[1957]]) was a poet, scholar and theologian wh ...as so complete that he came to be canonized as Bhai, the Brother of the [[Sikh]] Order, very early in his career. For his pioneering work in its several

...prised to know that there are more than 12 crores (120 million) of ignored Sikh tribal people in India. The majority of them are from three tribes. ...as, whatever interpretation of Gurubani has been done, it was by a Vanjara Sikh, Bhai Mani Singh, who got his pores cut for Sikhism.

...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

{{P|Image:Tengurus.jpg|[[The Ten Sikh Gurus]]}} ..., the [[Guru Granth Sahib]], in spirit, is more than a holy book for the [[Sikh]]s, for the Sikhs accord the Guru Granth Sahib the same respect and reveren

...ventually three conferences took place in London between November 1930 and December 1932. A total of 89 delegates attended the first of these Round Table Confe In his statement at the close of the second Round Table Conference on 1 December 1931, Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald revealed that unless the spokesmen fo

...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

'''Makhan Singh''' (27 December 1913 – 18 May 1973) was an Indian-born labour union leader who is credite ...orn in Gharjakh, a village in British-ruled India's Gujranwala district, a Sikh-majority area in the province of Punjab (since 1947, his native region has

...ahib Ji had declared that his younger son Har Krishan, would be the next [[Sikh]] Guru. Thus, Har Krishan Sahib ascended to the throne of Guruship on [[Sun In human history, there are but few devotees of God who have achieved a supreme level of spi

...h Awareness Day. A collaborative effort between the University of Waterloo Sikh Students Association}} ...have no consequences. It’s a dilemma faced by ordinary citizens throughout history:}}

...urth [[Sikh Gurus|Sikh Guru]], [[Guru Ram Das|Guru Ram Das Ji]]. The fifth Sikh Guru, [[Guru Arjan Dev|Guru Arjan Dev Ji]], designed the Harmandir Sahib to ...r]]) regardless of any distinctions, a tradition that is a hallmark of all Sikh Gurudwaras.

wrote his updated History of the Sikhs, (1849), gave the Sikh people

...sical raags have remained static over the centuries. Gurbani singers like Sikh “world music” genre pioneer, Dya Singh of Australia, are at the receiv ...ghs to tie a [[turban]] on him. When I asked "Why do you want to become a Sikh?" He replied with a smile, "Sikhism is great. It is the only religion wher

...written by Dr. I.J. Singh printed in the Community Profiles Section of The Sikh Foundation. ...ociety and a Sikh home not in any systematic fashion. Of India and Indian history I knew mostly platitudes. These invitations in a sense challenged me to eit

A Sikh boy was refused entry to Park Grove School, Birmingham by the headmaster, b ...ns -- Ethnic or national origins -- Ethnic -- Headmaster refusing to admit Sikh boy to school unless he removed his turban and cut his hair -- Headmaster d

...aircraft. It also remains to this day the largest mass murder in Canadian history. The incident occurred within an hour of the Narita Airport Bombing. ...ecution took almost 20 years, and was the most expensive trial in Canadian history costing nearly CAD $130 million. The co-accused were found not guilty and r

-Ref. Hindustan Gadar Party: A Short History by Sohan Singh Josh, People's Publishing House, New Delhi, 1977 ...reedom figting organization. However, it gave a unique twist to the Indian history and freedom struggle in India. The Ghadar journal helped to give it a direc

...ached to United Nations Organisation and similar agencies and employees of Sikh contractors, who holy contracts in Bangladesh. They all assemble here on Fr ...an is conducted every Friday, where devotees professing different faiths - Sikh, Hindu and Muslims and others, recite Gurbani Shabads in praise of God, the

...be immersed in five virtues as clarified in the [[SGGS]]. Only then can a Sikh become a soldier. Also, the '''Khalsa is "Akal Purakh de fauj" - the Army o ...lve. (see [[Battle of Saragarhi]]). However, under no circumstances is the Sikh allowed to use force in aggression. [[Bhagat Kabir]] makes this very clear

...wreck, as though it has been subjected to an air raid."2 Several Hindu and Sikh villages were wiped out. Justice Teja Singh, a member of the Punjab Boundar ...onference between the Governments of India and Pakistan held on the 6th of December, 1947, are brought to the notice of all concerned for early compliance:

...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.

...and [[Parkash Singh Badal]] in the [[Punjab]], newly demarcated in 1966, [[Sikh]]s are represented by their premier political party, the [[Shiromani Akali ...introspection on the part of the Shiromani Akali Dal which appointed on 11 December, 1972, a sub-committee to reflect upon the situation and to proclaim afresh

December, 1972, a sub-committee to reflect upon the situation and to proclaim afresh of the celebrated Sikh intellectual and thinker, Sirdar Kapur Singh, whose impress

...umbers have not been adjudged as of no consequence in terms of dynamism of History, people, though modern and forward-looking, are staunch guardians of the ba ...ltation with Sardar Patel and Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. Sixthly, on the 9th December, 1946, when the first meeting of the Constituent Assembly was held under th

...'' is named after [[Guru Nanak]] (1469-1539), the founder of the [[Sikhism|Sikh faith]]. Guru Nanak was born here on [[Baisakh day]] on 15 April 1469. Nan ...dari]]; he was also an elder brother of [[Guru Tegh Bahadur]], the ninth [[Sikh Guru]] and that he and his wife [[Mata Nihal Kaur]] were the parents of [[G

...dali. Gazi Nur Mohammad in his famous Jang Namah gives the details of the Sikh possessions. He concludes: “From Sarhind to Lahore, Multan and Derajet The Sikh Chiefs had very nominal control over the western part of Sindh Sagar Doab -

...[[3 October]] [[1892]] - [[15 September]] [[1967]]) was an Indian American Sikh writer and lecturer on "spiritual science" who was involved in an important ...ary forces (A right won! [http://www.indianexpress.com/news/First-turbaned-Sikh-congratulated-on-completing-Army-training/595004])- they can look at the 90

...learned in the traditional disciplines of the time, and his image in Sikh history is that of a man who loved and venerated [[Guru Gobind Singh]] Ji and has b Nand Lal was married to a Sikh woman whose family was from the area around Multan so they moved away from

...Singh''' ([[17 February]] [[1881]] - [[31 March]] [[1931]]) was a famous [[Sikh]] poet and scientist born on [[17 February]] [[1881]] at village called {{w ...Whitman}}, his discipleship of Swami Ram Tirath, and his meeting with the Sikh savant [[Bhai Vir Singh]], left permanent marks on his impressionable mind.

...ates Reorganization Commission and severely castigated it for treating the Sikh claims with such undisguised bias. The convention authorized Master Tara Si Conciliatory intercession brought Jawaharlal Nehru and the Sikh leaders round the conference table. In these parleys, the Prime Minister wa

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

...own as the "Chali Mukte" or 40 immortals. Under the command of a legendary sikh general, they fought 10,000 Mughal Imperial Soldiers, and gave such devasti ...t. Sri Anandpur Sahib was finally evacuated on 6-7 Poh, Sambat 1762 (20-21 December, 1705).

...yallpur till after the Partition and then (were) deliberately evacuated by Sikh leaders to East Punjab without any apparent immediate cause, seems to point ...s citizens, irrespective of creed, like all good Governments. That is why Sikh and Hindu leaders (see later in this chapter) exhorted Sikhs and Hindus to

...anak Shah Fakir''' is a 2015 film on the life and teachings of the first [[Sikh guru]], [[Guru Nanak Dev Ji]].<ref name="it">[http://timesofindia.indiatime ...ory of the founder of [[Sikhism]], [[Guru Nanak]], the first Guru of the [[Sikh]]s. It briefly covers his birth and early years, but focuses more on the jo

...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 ...ttp://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924073036729#page/n39/mode/2up |title=The History of India, as Told by Its Own Historians. The Muhammadan Period|author=Sir H

...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 ...meetings to hear him, on 18 th April 1907, a large contingent of over 200 Sikh soldiers joined a meeting in Multan. A direct fallout of this was that sold

Sai Mian Mir Sahib Ji And Sikh Guru Sahibaan The history tells us from Ahmed Shah Abdali up till 1984, the sayings of Sahib Sri Guru

...others. I have noticed that Sikhism is presented differently by different Sikh scholars; consequently, the scholars of other religions carry home the mixe “It is to be regretted that Sikh and Hindu scholars are interpreting Guru Nanak in the futile terms of the c

...in Rome and the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. He is nicknamed The Flying Sikh. Winner of Padma Shri, Olympic 400m record holder in 1960 Rome Olympics. Go Milkha Singh was born on 20 November 1929, into a [[Sikh]] [[Rathore (clan)|Rathore]] [[Rajput]] family.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Exclu

...ghteenth century history of the [[Sikhs]] to describe a unit or brigade of Sikh warriors and the territory acquired by it in the course of its campaign of ...ed according to some, at [[Akal Takht]], under the commander of the entire Sikh army, the Dal Khalsa) pertaining to a Sardar's fighting force and territori

...'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

...teaching bodies, and for his outspoken defense of the holistic doctrine of Sikh teachings. He was widely known as a master of [[Wikipedia:Kundalini Yoga | ...njab (British India) | Punjab (British India)]]. His parents from a Khatri Sikh family, of Puri Clan. His father, Dr. Kartar Singh Puri, served the [[Wikip

...]]) was a renowned [[Sikh]] academic who made a tremendous contribution to Sikh literature. He was an exceptional grammarian, author, scholar and theologia ...Natthu Ram joined the high school at Pasrur, where he decided to become a Sikh, receiving the rites of the [[Khalsa]] in 1906. Upon joining the [[Khalsa]

...lt by the Indian Army is over the road to Hemkunt Sahib, one of the sacred Sikh shrines in honour of Havildar Modan Singh]] ...death of the Guru. A tumultuous century passed before the attention of the Sikh community was drawn to the passage in Bachitar Natak that described Hemkunt

...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 Displaying a keen interest in history and literature his village teachers were so impressed with his intellectual

...tuated at Uttarakhand, India<ref>[http://www.hemkuntsahib.com/hhistory.htm History of Hemkunt]</ref><ref>[http://fateh.sikhnet.com/hemkuntsahib/myth.htm Hemku ...ra Hemkunt Sahib''' (coordinates {{coord|30.640792|N|79.692936|E}}) is a [[Sikh]] shrine present in [[Uttarakhand]] state in [[India]] at a place called [[

...i/Addanshahi Sampardaye|Addanshahi]] samparday (brotherly orders) of the [[Sikh]]s. ...Bahadur Ji called [[Nanua Bairagi|Bhai Nanua]] Ji. Bhai Nanua was a loving Sikh who woke up early at Amritvela to recite Gurbani. One morning Bhai Kanhaiya

...eh''' '''The sect was founded in 1857, eight years after the demise of the Sikh Kingdom of Punjab, Between 1867-1881, the Kuka Sect won a large number of c '''Some famous known Kookeh of the late 19th century in History were as below'''

...ystical glory in different religio-cultural traditions (particulary in the Sikh tradition). ...de Union Congress was affiliated with the “League Against Imperialism”. In December 1927 when Jawaharlal Nehru returned from his visit to Europe, he had begun

December, 1995: Balwant Singh arrested ...led in the Delhi riots in 1984 after Indira Gandhi was assassinated by her Sikh bodyguards.

[[Image:Marseille.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Sikh soldiers in Marseille, France (September, 1914).]] | 34th Sikh Pioneers

...r, a warrior, a poet, and a philosopher, Guru Gobind Singh Ji molded the [[Sikh]] religion into its present shape, with the institution of the [[Khalsa]] f ...not be out of context to consider that throughout the chronicles of human history, there has been no individual who lived a life more inspirational than Guru

...n. It is therefore with great regret that I must add this page to www.info-Sikh.com ...that his time on Earth was coming to an end passed on the guruship to the Sikh scriptures, Aadh Guru Granth Sahib Ji, and then ascended to Sach Khand (hea

== History == '''Faith and Politics among Sikh Pioneers in Canada By Hugh Johnston - Simon Fraser University '''

...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

...his successor and went back to his original home – the Home of the Lord on December 13, 1990. ...important day not only in the history of Dera Sacha Sauda, but also in the history of mankind.

...rule of a few over the millions of India! It is one of the many ironies of history that while European nations threw off the autocratic yoke of Kings and Empe ...7) had been a period of great turmoil in the Punjab, witnessing the end of Sikh rule, the uprising of the Indian troops of the British Army and its brutal

...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 .... It is in fact, the designation of a state created for the first time in history by the British.� The Moslems are shewn in this pamphlet to be altogether

...ar and savant, learned in Sanskrit as well as in Persian, came of an old [[Sikh]] family of the village of Majitha, in Amritsar district of the Punjab. Her ...rban setting which was never to be completed. In Lahore she fell prey on 3 December 1941 to virulent bacillary dysentary and died two days later, not quite twe

...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

...mand in the timescale provided. The authoritative work on the subject (The Sikh Regiment In The Second World War, Colonel F.T.Birdwood (OBE)) is not freely ...2nd Sikh (15th Ludhiana) was also there. Almost certainly there were more Sikh forces under his command at the time. More time is required to track down t

...hib]] complex is located. This is the current principal holy city of the [[Sikh]]s and is the headquarters of the district (Amritsar) in the [[Punjab]]. ..."Amritsar" was originally given to this holy pool created by the fourth [[Sikh Guru]]. Amritsar is one of five holy sarovars (sacred pools) in this city.

...in was home to the Indus valley civilization, one of the earliest in human history. At its height, it boasted large cities like Harrapa (near Sahiwal in West ...ds the home of the Dravidian people.[3] The next one thousand years of the history of the Punjab and North India in general (c.1500-500 BCE) is dominated by t

'''''Sikhs in the Netherlands: A Brief History''''' ...itional people having their great history. As a moral duty and to keep the history of the Sikhs living in Holland up-to-date, I decided to write this article.

...n the bloody action known as Chhota Ghallughara of April-May 1746 in which Sikh losses amounted to seven to eight thousand killed and captured. Taking adva ...n of the Mughal governor, Mu'in ulMulk, with Ahmad Shah's second invasion (December 1749February 1750), Buddha Dal under Nawab Kapur Singh attacked and plunder

...gi), originally from the [[Jammu]] region, is revered as one of greatest [[Sikh]] warriors as well as one of the most hallowed martyrs of the [[Khalsa]] Ar ...gdom]] of the [[Punjab]]. This resulted in the end of a dark period in the history of [[India]].

...society based on equality and dutiful devotion to God. The concept of the Sikh Gurus that all men (and women) were equal, was too much of a threat for the The Guru appointed the Five Beloved Ones as generals of his army. The Sikh chronicler states that, when the engagement began at Anandpur, the Turks we

...es to get his way. Writes Sir Jadu Nath Sarkar in his renowned five volume History of Aurangzeb: ''"In Kashmir, [[Hindu]]s and [[Muslim]]s used to intermarry, KASHMIRI PANDITS AND SIKH GURUS

...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)==

...hey rest in peace.<br><br>In the last two world wars 83,005 turban wearing Sikh soldiers were killed and 109,045 were wounded. They all died or were wounde (letter home from a Sikh soldier)

...rgotten those who carried the cross of freedom to the peak of liberty. But history the greatest and ultimate judge will not forget them. ...with the jail authorities minutely and distinctly. In his various books on Sikh theology he quotes very appropriate verses from [[Gurbani]] freely and wit

...for the massacre, the village also had many Muslim and Hindus. Some of the Sikh widows spoke of their husbands being called out by name. ...involvement of the group saying he had no regret in perpetrating the anti-Sikh massacre. Malik apparently said he had opened fire because he had been orde

...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

...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)]].

...of [[Buddhists]] in Tibet, has confirmed this in his discussions with some Sikh leaders saying that Tibetans revere Guru Nanak as a Buddhist saint under th ...t reverence for Buddhist teachers. It is a matter of no small pride that a Sikh escorted the Dalai Lama to India when he exiled Tibet.

...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

==BLITZ ON THE HINDU AND SIKH MINORITIES== ...themselves, and were helpless in doing their duty to protect the Hindu and Sikh minorities against aggression when the Muslim League attack in concert with

<center>THE SIKH GURDWARAS ACT, 1925.<br> ...Claim for compensation by hereditary office-holder of a Notified Sikh Gurdwara or his presumptive successor.

...Trilochan Singh in the 1970s, when he was visiting the United States, why Sikh scholars had not responded to what Dayanand wrote about Guru Nanak and his Reminiscing through history, Hari Ram Gupta, a well-known historian of Punjab University, elaborates on

...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.

...Salvadori, "We came in Dhows" , which tells the story of the Indians whose history and culture had remained virtually unrecorded despite their conspicuous eco ...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

THE SIKHS IN HISTORY, By Sangat singh SIKHISM IN MEDIEVAL HISTORY

...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

According to the Sikh religion, liberation cannot be won without a Guru. The Guru gives instructi ...now became the impersonal Guru of the Granth. The Granth presides over all Sikh congregation and represents the word of God in a permanent form.

...first Muhammadan invasions."''''' The land of the five rivers; an economic history of the Punjab from the earliest times to the year of grace 1890, pp 100, Hu ...Surasena as he liked..."'' Chauhĝn Dynasties: A Study of Chauhĝn Political History, Chauhĝn Political Institutions, and Life in the Chauhĝn Dominions, from