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...tring. The family Purohit had explained why his mother, his sister and all women in India did not also receive 'sacred strings'. ...the first in history to teach and argue for the equality of women with his famous words.

...autonomy. Assertion of selfidentity was then the dominating impulse of the Sikh community as a whole. A sweeping religious fervour, a new sense of identity ...khsh of Tahsil Garhshankar who became Nihal Singh) were initiated into the Sikh faith.

[[Image:BraveWoman.jpg|thumb|150px|Brave Sikh woman travels alone through the forest.]] ...n the Pathan country on the west of the [[Punjab]]. The area was under the Sikh Raj and ruled by General [[Hari Singh Nalwa]]. After a happy marriage, she

...m WATCH AN ORIGINAL SIKHNET ANIMATION ABOUT MAI BHAGO AND EMPOWERING YOUNG WOMEN]</big> ..., who had become a [[Sikh]] during the time of [[Guru Arjan]], the fifth [[Sikh Guru]]. She was the only sister of four brothers.

...Singh]]. Her grandson, [[Maharaja Ranjit Singh]], was the founder of the [[Sikh Empire]]. ...Singh Waraich possibly in the year 1740. Sardar Amir Singh, was a very old Sikh Chieftain of Gujranwala, belonging to the Waraich Jat Clan. She had two eld

...itar]], or tales illustrating the qualities, but principally the deceit of women; the [[Kabiovach Bainti Chaupai]] will "absolve the suffering, pain or fea [[BHAI KANHAIYA]] (1648-1718), was a [[Sikh]] of [[Guru Tegh Bahadur]] and was the founder of the Sevapanthi or Addansh

...re put up as a necklace around the necks of their mothers, but these great women bore this all without even a sigh on their lips. Writers have not done just ...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

...isposition he joined the band of prospective migrants who travelled by the famous ship 'Komagata Maru' chartered by Baba Gurdit Singh. Since, the Punjabi ...endence and staked his life on it time and again. He was in touch with the famous Indian revolutionaries like Rash Behari Bose and

...wing article was taken from a page on the internet by the '''World Muslim-Sikh Federation''', 90-A, The Broadway, Southall, Middlesex, England. The articl ...latives of those who they wished to capture. The relatives mostly old men, women and children were used as bait to tempt their relatives out of hiding. The

...cent of the Afghan refugee population in the country – who are of Hindu or Sikh faiths. Many of them are culturally and socially integrated in the Indian w While the Indian Ministry of Home Affairs has no objection to Sikh and Hindu Afghan refugees becoming Indian citizens, the bottleneck is often

...vel of education in this war-torn nation. She is one of only about 3,000 [[Sikh]]s and [[Hindu]]s who remain in Afghanistan today. ...which she lived. She is now a leading campaigner for the rights of Afghan women.

'''Bibi Dalair Kaur''' was a seventeenth century [[Sikh]] woman who fought against the [[Mughal]]s. She rallied 100 female Sikhs ag ...tend to leave the fort unguarded. Bibi Dalair Kaur Jee, you are my trusted Sikh. I want you and the rest of my daughters to stay here along with 10 Khalsa

...1518) was the elder sister of [[Guru Nanak]], the founder of the [[Sikhism|Sikh faith]]. She was born to father Kalyan Chand Mehta ([[Mehta Kalu]]) and mot ...e and to become his devotee. She is often credited as becoming the first [[Sikh]]. She protected Nanak from their father's wrath, when repeatedly he disapp

...rtant_role_in_uniting_Misls.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Rani Sada Kaur leads the Sikh Army onto Lahore]] ...[[Ahmad Shah Durrani]]'s incursions receded, conflicts broke out among the Sikh misl chiefs. [[Mahan Singh Sukkarchakia]], helped by [[Jassa Singh Ramgarhi

...ef> He was later also accused of ruthless reprisals against the children, women, parents and grand parents of alleged perpetrators of this attack.<ref name ...elated to the attack on Sumedh Singh Saini because the counsel feared that Sikh militant might be murdered by the police while being brought from Delhi to

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...company. The film is based on a novel by the same name - [[Sundri]] by the famous [[Punjabi]] writer, [[Bhai Vir Singh]] (1872-1957). This movie like the oth ...] was so complete that he came to be canonized as Bhai, the Brother of the Sikh Order, very early in his career. This movie is based on the first novel by

...and the Sacred Thread]] ) and all the Sikh Gurus worked for the rights of women. While a male child is so important their are still problems with female f ...of whom still practice so called 'honor' killings. The Gurus' rights for women have yet to reach much of the Muslim world.

...oldiers were wandering around the lake seeking information on Sikhs. Every Sikh was aware of this. However, it did not deter Ranjit Kaur. She fearlessly we ...covering herself with her shawl she headed back to the Kahnuwaan lake, the women tried to make her stay saying save your self. But Ranjit Kaur's life was no

...m so lengthy. But this distance is more arduous and tiresome. The old men, women and children who cannot, climb or walk engage ponies, palanquins and other ...so visit other holy and historical places. Some travellers visit the world famous valley of flowers and others pay homage to the historical temple of Badri N