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2 March 2007

  • 06:3306:33, 2 March 2007 diff hist +3,659 N Zafarnamah Muin ul MulkNew page: '''Zafarnamah Muin Ul Mulk''', an unpublished manuscript, is a book written in 1748-49 by Ghulam Muhaiy ud-Din Khan. It gives an account of Ahmad Shah Durrani's first two invasions of Indi...
  • 06:3106:31, 2 March 2007 diff hist +1,163 N Chappar ChiriNew page: '''CHAPPAR CHIRI''' (30° 45'N, 76° 40'E), Ban and Chhoti (senior and junior), are twin villages in Ropar district, along KhararBanur road, now officially named Banda Singh Bahadur road... current
  • 06:3006:30, 2 March 2007 diff hist +2,239 N Raja Bhim ChandNew page: '''BHIM CHAND''', ruler of Kahlur (Bilaspur), a princely state in the Sivaliks, from 166592. The family claimed descent from Chandel Rajputs of Bundelkhand. Bhim Chand's father, Dip Chand,...
  • 06:2906:29, 2 March 2007 diff hist +1,654 N Mahant Kirpal DasNew page: '''KIRPAL DAS, MAHANT''', an Udasi prelate, was putting up with Guru Gobind Singh at Paonta Sahib at the time of the commencement of the battle of Bharigam, fought between the tr...
  • 06:2706:27, 2 March 2007 diff hist +2,124 N Nahar SinghNew page: '''NAHAR SINGH''' and Sher Singh at the head of 500 Sikhs were appointed by Guru Gobind Singh (16661708) to defend Lohgarh Fort during one of the battles ofAnandpur. Both of them d... current
  • 06:2606:26, 2 March 2007 diff hist +600 N Anak SinghNew page: ANAK SINGH. warrior son of Bhai Mani Ram, resident of the village of 'Alipur, district Multan (now in Pakistan), received baptismal rites at Anandpur at the time of the initiation ...
  • 06:2606:26, 2 March 2007 diff hist +1,719 N Bhikhan KhanNew page: '''Bhikhan Khan'''(d. 1688) was a Pathan who had served in the Mughal army before joining Guru Gobind Singh at Paonta Sahib on the recommendation ofPir Buddhu Shah of Sadhaura. He h...
  • 06:2406:24, 2 March 2007 diff hist +928 N Tharaj SinghNew page: '''Tharaj Singh''', an eighteenthcentury warrior, was one of seven sons of Bhai Nagahia* grandson ofBh^i Kala ofLaungoval. Receiving the vows of Khalsa discipline at the hands of Bh... current
  • 06:2306:23, 2 March 2007 diff hist +2,709 N Sir Edward Joseph ThackwellNew page: '''Sir Edward Joseph Thackwell'''(1781 - 1859), commander of cavalry division of the army of the Sutlej under Lord Hugh Gough in the first AngloSikh war was born on 1 February 1781, the s... current
  • 06:2006:20, 2 March 2007 diff hist +520 N Najabat KhanNew page: '''NAJABAT KHAN''' (d. 1688), a Pathan belonging to Kurijpura, who joined the service of Guru Gobind Singh at Paonta Sahib. He however deserted the Guru on the eve of the battle ofBha...
  • 06:1906:19, 2 March 2007 diff hist +1,061 N Lal Singh MoranvalaNew page: '''Lal Singh Moranvala''', promoted a general in the Sikh army during the prime ministership of Jawahar Singh, was a member of the Council of Regency constituted by Maharani Jind Kaur...
  • 06:1806:18, 2 March 2007 diff hist +2,453 N Asrar i SamadiNew page: '''ASRAR - I - SAMADI''', a Persian chronicle by an anonymous writer who is now identified as MunshiJot Prakash attached to the court of Nawab 'Abd usSamad Khan, the governor of Lahore ...
  • 06:1606:16, 2 March 2007 diff hist +1,548 N Chandra Sain SainapatiNew page: '''Chandra Sain Sainapati''', commonly referred to as Sainapati and counted among the "fiftytwo poets" of Guru Gobind Singh (16661708), was the son of Bal Chand, an educated Man Jatt...
  • 06:1506:15, 2 March 2007 diff hist +1,372 N Ali SinghNew page: '''ALI SINGH''' (d. 1716), a native of the village of Salaudi, near Sirhind, was in the service of Wazir Khan, the Mughal faujdar of Sirhind. According to Ratan Singh Bharigu, Prach...
  • 06:1506:15, 2 March 2007 diff hist +3,121 N Peer Buddhu ShahNew page: '''Peer Buddhu Shah'''(1647 - 1704), a Muslim divine whose real name was Badr udDIn and who was an admirer of Guru Gobind Singh, was born on 13 June 1647 in a prosperous Sayyid family ...
  • 06:1306:13, 2 March 2007 diff hist +665 N Bhai AmiaNew page: '''Bhai Amia''' (d. 1635). a devoted Sikh of the time of Guru Hargobind. He was one of the five disciples sent to supervise the inhabitation of the village ofRuhela, renamed after Gur...
  • 06:1206:12, 2 March 2007 diff hist +2,306 N Sir John Hunter LittlerNew page: Sir John Hunter Littler(1783 - 1856), garrison commander at Firozpur, the concentration point of British forward movement preparatory to the first AngloSikh war, was born on 6 January 1783... current
  • 06:1006:10, 2 March 2007 diff hist +1,012 N John BrownNew page: '''BROWN, JOHN, alias RICHARD POTTER''', an Englishman, who, deserting the East Indian Company's service in the Bengal artillery, came to Lahore and joined the Sikh artillery in 1826. H... current
  • 06:0906:09, 2 March 2007 diff hist +1,609 N Buddh Singh SandhanvaliaNew page: '''BUDDH SINGH SANDHANVALIA''' (d. 1827), soldier wdjagirdar in the time of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, was son of Amir Singh Sandhanvalia, his two brothers being the more famous Lahina S...
  • 06:0806:08, 2 March 2007 diff hist +6,100 N Joseph Davey CunninghamNew page: '''Joseph Davey Cunningham'''(1812 - 1851), the first British historian of the Sikhs (his A History of the Sikhs was published in London in 1849), was the eldest of the five sons of All...
  • 06:0606:06, 2 March 2007 diff hist +1,128 N Karam Singh ChahalNew page: '''KARAM SINGH CHAHAL''' (d. 1823) was, like his father Kattha Singh, in the service of the Bhangi sarddrst.a.hma. Singh and Gujjar Singh before he joined Ranjit Singh's army after ...
  • 06:0406:04, 2 March 2007 diff hist +1,114 N ParasramaNew page: Parasrama, the son of Jamadagni, who had been deprived of his axe and strength by Rama, sings the Praises of Guru Nanak Dev. (Swayye Mahle Pahle Ke, p. 1389) Parasrama wept, when he... current
  • 06:0406:04, 2 March 2007 diff hist +2,519 N Gurmukh Singh LammaNew page: '''GURMUKH SINGH LAMMA''', a commander in Maharaja Ranjit Singh 's army, born in 1772, was of humble origin, his father, Pardhan Singh, being a moneychanger in the small town of Khiva,...
  • 06:0306:03, 2 March 2007 diff hist +3,151 N Josiah HarlanNew page: '''Josiah Harlan'''(1799 - 1871), adventurer and medical practitioner who served the British, the Sikhs and the Afghans, was born in Philadelphia, U.S.A., in 1799. At the age of 24, he a... current
  • 06:0106:01, 2 March 2007 diff hist +871 N Bhai PartapuNew page: '''PARTAPU BHAI''', a professional soldier, came to Guru Arjan, offered obeisance and spoke with folded hands, "Weilding of arms is my trade. Pray, advise me how best my soul can be saved...
  • 06:0006:00, 2 March 2007 diff hist +6,730 N Sikh Ruhila RelationsNew page: '''RUHILA - SIKH RELATIONS'''. The Ruhilas came from the Yusafzai tribe of Afghans originally belonging to Roh, a tract of land south ofChitral in the NorthWest Frontier region. They estab... current
  • 05:5905:59, 2 March 2007 diff hist +655 N Kale KhanNew page: '''KALE KHAN''', one of the Pathan officers who had joined service under Guru Gobind Singh at Paonta Sahib after their dismissal from the Mughal army. He is said to have remained ste...
  • 05:5805:58, 2 March 2007 diff hist +1,443 N Sa’id KhanNew page: '''SAID KHAN'''. a Mughal general, came in February 1703 at the head of a large army to invade Anandpur and force Guru Gobind Singh into submission. Guru Gobind Singh, who, according to G...
  • 05:5705:57, 2 March 2007 diff hist +1,063 N Sir Walter Raleigh GilbertNew page: '''GILBERT, SIR WALTER RALEIGH''' (1785 - 1853), divisional commander of the British army under Lord Hugh Gough in the first and second AngloSikh wars, son of the Rev Edmund Gilbert, was ... current
  • 05:5605:56, 2 March 2007 diff hist +1,205 N Raja GopalNew page: '''RAJA GOPAL''', (Raj Singh according to some sources), of Guler, mentioned in Sikh chronicles as well as in Guru Gobind Singh's Bachitra Ndtak, was one of the hill chieftains who f...
  • 05:5505:55, 2 March 2007 diff hist +713 N Kalian SudNew page: '''KALIAN SUD''', a resident of Lahore, was a, soldier by profession. He once waited on Guru Arjan, and, as records Bhai Man! Singh, Sikhdn di, Bhagal Maid, began relating his feat... current
  • 05:5405:54, 2 March 2007 diff hist +883 N Kalu NathNew page: '''KALU NATH''', son of Jaimal, also called Data, a Dhalival Jatt of the Malva region, became a Vaisnav sddhu while still very young and, according to his biographer, Balmukand Das, roame... current
  • 05:5305:53, 2 March 2007 diff hist +781 N Hayat KhanNew page: '''HAYAT KHAN''' (d. 1688), one of the disbanded officials of the Mughal army who, along with five hundred Pathan soldiers, was recruited by Guru Gobind Singh at Paonta Sahib, on the...
  • 05:5205:52, 2 March 2007 diff hist +1,924 N HehranNew page: '''HEHRAN''' is a village in Ludhiana district, on the Guru Gobind Singh Marg, 11 km north of Raikot (30°39'N, 75°37'E). Gurdwara Patshahi VI ate X at Hehran commemorates the vis...
  • 05:5105:51, 2 March 2007 diff hist +5,159 Bhai JethaNo edit summary
  • 05:4605:46, 2 March 2007 diff hist +3,310 N Jhanda SinghNew page: '''JHANDA SINGH''' (d. 1774) succeeded his father, Hari Singh, to the leadership of the Bharigi principality upon his death in 1765. Under Jhanda Singh, the power and prestige of ... current
  • 05:4205:42, 2 March 2007 diff hist +2,080 N Baba Ram Singh BediNew page: '''BABA RAM SINGH BEDI''', (d. 1797), a Nihang warrior, was the son of Bhai Faqir Chand, of the village of Kotia Faqir Chand, in Sialkot district, now in Pakistan. The family claimed d...
  • 05:4105:41, 2 March 2007 diff hist +1,111 N John HolmesNew page: '''JOHN HOLMES''', (d. 1848), a Eurasian soldier of fortune, who started his career as a trumpeter in tlic Bengal Horse Artillery. In September 1829, lie left the British, and joined Mahar... current
  • 05:4005:40, 2 March 2007 diff hist +2,516 N PhulNew page: '''PHUL''' (1627-1689), ancestor of the Phulkiari dynasty, was born in 1629, the second son of Bhai Rup Chand and Mat Ambi. His father was killed fighting against the Bhatlis, Rajput c...
  • 05:3905:39, 2 March 2007 diff hist +1,834 N Dhian SinghNew page: '''DHIAN SINGH''' (d. 1705), a devoted Sikh of the time of Guru Gobind Singh. He was one of the warriors who took part in the battle against Said Khan. He fell a martyr in the battle o... current
  • 05:3705:37, 2 March 2007 diff hist −1 Pahar Singh ManNo edit summary current
  • 05:3705:37, 2 March 2007 diff hist +1,059 N Pahar Singh ManNew page: '''PAHAR SINGH MAN''' (d. 1813) was son of Sarja Singh, of the Mughal Chakk family of the Mans. He entered the service of the Sukkarchakkias under Charhat Singh as a trooper and later ...
  • 05:3305:33, 2 March 2007 diff hist +1,589 N PailNew page: '''PAIL''', village (now in ruins) near Ganguval, 5 km north of Anandpur along AnandpurGuru ka Lahore road, has a shrine commemorating Guru Hargobind's visit in 1635. Here one of his...
  • 05:3005:30, 2 March 2007 diff hist +915 N Kesari ChandNew page: '''KESARI CHAND''', Raja ofJasvan, a tiny hill state situated in the foothills of the Sivaliks. Besides being a close relation, he was a confidant and ally of Raja Bhim Chand of Kahlur, ... current
  • 05:2905:29, 2 March 2007 diff hist +763 N Fateh Singh, killer of Wazir KhanNew page: '''FATEH SINGH''' (d. 1716), an army commander under Banda Singh Bahadur, who was appointed administrator of Samana after the town was occupied by the Sikhs in 1709. Fateh Singh pa...
  • 05:2505:25, 2 March 2007 diff hist +9,697 N Ganda SinghNew page: ''GANDA SINGH'' (d. 1845), of Butala, in Gujranwala district of undivided Punjab, was a soldier in the Sikh army. Early in his career, he was assigned by Maharaja Ranjit Singh to ...
  • 05:2205:22, 2 March 2007 diff hist +1,007 N PalahiNew page: '''PALAHI''', village 4 km north of Phagwara (31° 14'N, 75° 46'E) in the Punjab, is sacred to Guru Hargobind, who passed through it in 1635 on his way from Kartarpur to Kiratpur. ...

1 March 2007

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