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'''August''' is the [[eighth]] month of the [[year]] in the [[Gregorian Calendar]] and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 [[days]].


== August ==

* 2: [[Dr. W. Hew Mcleod]] ([[1932]] - [[20 July]] [[2009]]) was born on [[2 August]] [[1932]] and passed away on [[20 July]] [[2009]]. He was a prolific and ''highly'' controversial scholar, professor and author, belong to New Zealand. The son of a sheep-farmer had come to Punjab, the north Indian border province that has a [[Sikh]] majority population, as a Christian missionary in 1958. He then settled down in Batala town, 40 km from Amritsar, Mcleod found his interest in Christianity waning and was drawn to Sikh history. 

*5:  [[Barsi]] [[Bhagat Puran Singh]]; Bhagat ji passed away on [[5 August]], [[1992]] and Bhagat ji's was born on [[4 June]] [[1904]].  
*5:  Maala [[Baba Bakala]]

*8:  [[Morcha Guru Ka Bagh]]

*14: Birthday Sri Krishna (Hindu)
*15: India Independence Day
*16:  1 [[Bhadon]]

* 21: demise of [[Sobha Singh]] ([[29 November]] [[1901]] - [[21 August]] [[1986]]), famous Sikh painter passed away [[21 August]] [[1986]] in [[Chandigarh]].

* 26 Birth of '''[[Bhai Daya Singh]]''' ([[26 August]] [[1669]] - [[1708]]), 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 Mai Diali.

* 26:  Birth of [[Harbhajan Singh Khalsa Yogiji]] (born as Harbhajan Singh Puri) on August 26, 1929; died: October 6, 2004

* 28: That resolution which is now called the '[[Anandpur Sahib Resolution]]' was passed on 28 August 1973. It was a resolution of the self-determination of [[Punjab]]. 

* 30:  Completion of [[Sri Guru Granth Sahib]] ([[Adi Granth]]) / 15 Bhadon

==Others events==

* 30: Birth of [[Bhai Kahn Singh]], of Nabha ([[30 August]] [[1861]] - [[24 November]] [[1938]]), was a celebrated scholar and encyclopaedia writer, who was born on 30 August 1861 in village of Sabaz Banera near [[Nabha]], [[Patiala]] [[Punjab]], [[India]]

==External links==

* [http://sgpc.net/Historical%20dates%20&%20events/date_august.asp SGPC - Events that shaped Sikh History for this month]


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