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  • ...ar Pradesh, Bihar and Delhi. Standing on the [[Sutlej|Sutlej River's]] old bank some 13 km south of the river's present course, the city which covers an ar ...all of India. Ludhiana district is considered to be one of the NRI hubs of Punjab.
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  • ...h was born on April 4, 1958 in Fetehgarh Panjtoor in Ferozepur district of Punjab, India. Soon after his birth, his parents moved to Bhodi in Hissar district ...hania.He taught English and grammar at Government College in Tohana and at Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) under the chairmanship of Dr. Hazara Singh of
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  • ==National Organisation of Megh Samaj== National President : Prof.Raj Kumar Bhagat
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  • ...district in general is a rural region in the southern part of the State of Punjab. Situated west of Patiala, it is virtually isolated from urban centre of th ...females 46%. Sangrur has an average literacy rate of 72%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 75%, and female literacy is 68%. In Sang
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  • ...LAHI''', 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 w ...ealth Care Hospital, Goverment Primary Schools and other Schools also. The National Institute for Intergrated Rural Development and Tranfer of Technology, Pala
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  • ...born January 28, 1865 in village Dhudike, in present day Moga district of Punjab. He was the eldest son of Munshi Radha Kishan Azad and Gulab Devi. His fath ...'Kesari'' (Caesar (of Punjab)). He was also the founder of Punjab National Bank and Lakshmi Insurance Company.
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  • ...the Maharaja who brought the Gang canal which carries the excess waters of Punjab and Himachal Pradesh to the region, resulting in Ganganagar being labeled, ...ich affects the farmers of this region is the continuous water tussle with Punjab(the neighbouring state).
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  • ...+as+Police+to+Stage+India's+Biggest+Bank+Robbery&pqatl=google</ref>. This bank robbery was biggest of other similar acts which Sikh militants used to weak ...ttack on the holiest of the holy Sikh shrines at Amritsar and elsewhere in Punjab during [[Operation Bluestar]]. He had moved to [[Pune]] after his retiremen
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  • ...ਾੜਾ) is now a small town in [[Ludhiana district]] in the Indian state of [[Punjab]]. It figures prominently in the last phase of [[Guru Gobind Singh's]] life ...han]] to be the Pir of Uchch, an old seat of Muslim saints in south-west [[Punjab]]. Gurdwara Uchch da Pir was established after 1947 in the private house fo
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  • ...Deputy Speaker when the Akali Dal-led coalition Government took office in Punjab. When Mr. Lachhman Singh Gill became Chief Minister, Chauhan was made Finan ...n in 1979. In London, Chauhan created an organization he called "Khalistan National Council" and ran its operation from a building termed "Khalistan House".
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  • ...y. He was involved in a retaliated attack on the Director-General of the [[Punjab Police]] [[Julio Francis Ribeiro]] and helped them to finance campaign for ...gh and Mrs. Kulwant Kaur in the village of Panjwar, District [[Amritsar]], Punjab, India.
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  • ...ltext)&desc=Sikh+Separatists+Masquerade+as+Police+to+Stage+India's+Biggest+Bank+Robbery&pqatl=google</ref>. This bank robbery was the biggest of other similar acts that Sikh militants used in a
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  • ...ed from their hard work they were soon dominating the legal profession in Punjab and as lawyers have found around the world, their move into politics was an *'''Sir Mian Muhammad Shah Nawaz''' - An influential politician of the Punjab in the 1920s.
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  • ...n safely be called the first Sikh ruler. Huge Mughal forces from Delhi and Punjab besieged the fort of Lohgarh. Banda and his men escaped to the hill states ...was born to Shushil Kaur. Off and on Banda visited different parts of the Punjab to conquer new areas or to restore order and returned to his headquarters.
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  • ...shower facilities. A footbridge is located to connect the devotees to the bank of the river. Ample car parking space is available on the Gurdwara grounds. ..., reached at the bank of the Sutlej around 2 pm. Yogi was paid tributes by Punjab Police personnel by reversing their arms. The ashes were immersed in the Su
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  • ...om the [[Punjab]] University in 1948. His academic career took him from [[Punjab]] to the University of Cambridge, [[UK]], where he earned a First Class Hon ...born to Shri Gurmukh Singh and Amrit Kaur on 26 September 1932, in Gah, [[Punjab]] (now in Chakwal District, [[Pakistan]]), [[British India]], into a [[Sikh
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  • ...nce mid 1960s when India witnessed shortage of food. This success story of Punjab agriculture, which has recorded a growth rate of 5% per annum compared to a ...the partition of India with special reference to the water requirement of Punjab since its partition in the year 1947.
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  • ...has a duty to launch a global awareness campaign about Sikhs. Equally, the Punjab State Government should intervene in this matter."'' ...has a duty to launch a global awareness campaign about Sikhs. Equally, the Punjab State Government should intervene in this matter."
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  • ...of thousands of Sikhs who had been killed and illegally cremated by the [[Punjab]] Police. ...halra|publisher=Ensaaf}}</ref> On October 16, 2007 a division bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, chaired by Justices Mehtab Singh Gill and A N Jinda
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  • '''Gurdwara Majnu-ka-Tilla''' is situated on the right bank of river [[Yamuna]], opposite Timarpur Colony beyond the Khyber Pass sectio ...s celebrated as Bandi Chhor Divas. Leaving Delhi, on his way back to the [[Punjab]], Guru ji again visited the hilltop, Majnu-Ka-Tilla, where his fifth pre
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  • ...the offer of rakhi was made to the people of the towns and villages ofthe Punjab and was actively pursued by the Sikhs, as a regular feature of their activi ...hority at Delhi contended with the military genius at Kabul. The people of Punjab were suffering from the evils of a dual monarchy, not knowing whether the p
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  • As the Founder of EMPOWER Punjab; he is working to launch an innovative social enterprise to empower hundred ...ote speeches and inspired thousands including speaking at UN Forums, World Bank, German Marshall Fund, UC Berkley, Emory, Michigan State University, Home D
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  • '''Abbotsford’s 1911 Gurdwara: A National Historic site''' The Abbotsford Sikh Temple is a Canadian National Historic site and possibly the oldest standing [[Sikh]] [[Gurdwara]] in Nor
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  • ...the first Anglo-Sikh war (1845-46) who were now the de facto rulers of the Punjab Kingdom to finally overcome the resistance of some of the sardars who chafe ...ent. Under another clause the British could maintain as many troops in the Punjab as they thought necessary for the preservation of peace and order. This tre
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  • ==Punjab Bandh(28 March 2012)== ...nvicted in the Beant Singh killing case, disrupted normal life in parts of Punjab on Wednesday.
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  • ..., that the Bill to provide for the reorganisation of the existing State of Punjab and for matters connected therewith, be taken into consideration. ...nterests of the nation, as it will almost certainly lead to a weakening of national integration and loss of faith in the integrity of those who exercise politi
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  • ...se (with Gen. Shah Nawaz Khan and Col. Prem Kumar Sahgal.) from the Indian National Army charged with "waging war against His Majesty the King Emperor". They w ...don Mission College, Rawalpindi. He failed to qualify F.Sc. examination of Punjab University in 1933. This ended his dream of becoming a doctor. Early that y
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  • ...ril, 1469. The Nankana town is part of the Nankana Sahib District in the [[Punjab]] province of [[Pakistan]]. This district is adjacent to the [[Sheikhupura] ...ed to [[Sultanpur Lodhi]], in present day [[Kapurthala]] district of the [[Punjab]], where his sister [[Bibi Nanaki]] lived. From there he set out on his lon
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  • .../www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GT42jMdgZo SEE VIDEO - After 28 years the Indian National Anthem plays again.]''' '''Abhinav Bindra''' is 24 year old Sikh sportsman from [[Chandigarh]], [[Punjab]] [[India]]. He was born on September 28, 1983 and has represented [[India]
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  • ...eral could also disband and recruit Sikh armies and occupy any fort in the Punjab. The council of ministers was to hold office during the pleasure of the Bri ...ucting the administration to the feelings of the people, to preserving the national institutions and customs, and to maintaining the just rights of all classes
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  • ...st 31, 1995, as Beant Singh stepped out of his office at the high-security Punjab civil secretariat in Chandigarh, suicide bomber Dilawar Singh blew himself August 31, 1995: Then Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh was assassinated in a suicide bomb attack when h
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  • ...house for the destitute in [[Amritsar]] in northern [[India]]n state of [[Punjab]]. In the early 1900's, it was an original idea of the founder, [[Bhagat Pu ...housed in a three storey building near the main Amritsar bus stand on the National Highway no. 1, also known as G.T. or Grand Trunk Road. Currently Pingalwara
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  • The support grounds and the swimming pool should be built on national scale so that they can be used as appropriate venue if Pakistan hosts say ...icket ground so that it can become a national venue for international and national cricket matches.
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  • ...holly owned subsidiary of Akal Security, Inc. (Akal), has been awarded a ''National Aeronautics and Space Administration'' (NASA) contract amounting to a total ...Itihas Board. Dr Singh, who is at present the manager with Punjab and Sind Bank, Ludhiana, would take over}}
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  • ...the Chief Minister of Punjab from 1992 to 1995. He was a member of Indian National Congress. He was assassinated in a Revenge bombing. ...ha in Ludhiana District. The family migrated to Canal colonies of the West Punjab but shifted to village Kotli (Kotla Afghana) near Payal in the Ludhiana dis
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  • ...r and under the [[Sukerchakia Misl]] in Gujranwala, in the Majha region of Punjab to Dharam Kaur and Gurdial Singh Uppal. The family originally came from [[M ...was undertaken and work was started on laying out a spacious garden on the bank of the River [[Jhelum]].
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  • ...Centre announce the “conquest of Lal Qila by the Sikh forces in 1783 as a national event celebrated annually”. The official demanded that the day be celebra ...la defeating the powerful Mughal rule remains unknown. It should be made a national event by the government,” said DSGMC general secretary Manjinder Singh Si
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  • ...gh in England. She according to Lord Dalhousie " was the only woman in the Punjab with manly understandings." ...Canada Sikh Convention was held in Calgary that gave the Canadian Sikhs a national body, "Federation of Sikh Societies of Canada". Specific resolutions at the
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  • 1947: Mountbatten announced the division of the Punjab. ...Government imposed 36 hrs. of curfew beginning at 9pm and handed over the Punjab to its Armed Forces.
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  • ...state until it lapsed in 1948. Though only the fourth largest town of the Punjab with a modest population, 268,521 (1991), Patiala boasts a well marked cult ...and also added many other buildings such as the Yadavindra Stadium, State Bank of Patiala, the Army Headquarters, the Soldiers' Club and the Gymkhana Club
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  • ...nces, I had made up my mind to do something and go ahead in support of our national aspirations whether the others joined me or not. ...sed on the idea of a Rajasthan and the other one for a separate Sikh State Punjab minus one or two districts in the south. I had prolonged talks with Master
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  • ...l scheme. This was the situation in which the Muslim League attack on the Punjab minorities was inevitably launched. (a) The proportion of the Muslim and non-Muslim Police force in the Punjab uptil August, 1947 was as follows:-
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  • ...meet him at work, he would appear just like any ordinary executive pf the bank. However, there is something more than meets the eye at first glance. For i ...ishness and service. From 3rd to 5th August, 2016 at PINGALWARA, Amritsar (Punjab, India))
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  • ...des the word Punjab in it. The Mughal King Jahangir also mentions the word Punjab in ''Tuzk-i-Janhageeri''. ...At its height, it boasted large cities like Harrapa (near Sahiwal in West Punjab) and Mohenjo Daro (near Sindh). The civilization declined rapidly after the
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  • [[Image:Punjab Amritsar.jpg|thumb|350px|right|{{cs|'''Amritsar District in [[Punjab state]], [[India]]}}]] ...the [[Sikh]]s and is the headquarters of the district (Amritsar) in the [[Punjab]].
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  • ...he showed interest in writing a novel about Sikhs. I arranged his visit to Punjab. On return, he wrote “The Man in the Red Turban” which made Sikhs popul ...ke a lake and square, shimmering under a cobalt sky. The people on the far bank looked as small as toys.<br><br>
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  • ...osium was also held in the house of Pandit Anand Koul Bamzai, on the right bank of Jhelum (Habba Kadal). Tagore praised the poets like poet Mehjoor and Zin ...ly to hold its sessions each year, except for certain years of exceptional national crises. It is now going to hold its 77th annual session at Thiruvananthapur
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  • ...re. He was also awarded the Padma Bhushan. He was nominated member of the Punjab Legislative Council in 1952. ...n middle class, the dissipation of the "national intellectual life" of the Punjab owing to the neglect and decay of any indigenous education of the local peo
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  • ...epend the League's measure of success in cowing down the minorities in the Punjab and the prospect of the establishment of Pakistan. While in Lahore the Mus ...Sikh history and admitting a status inferior to that of the Muslims in the Punjab; a status, in view of the past record and declared ambitions and methods of
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  • ...ngs with important Police Officers and Karamat Ali, a minister in the West Punjab Government who was a resident of Sheikhupura. ...khs were killed in this massacre. Pt. Nehru, who at the time toured West Punjab with Mr. Liaqat Ali Khan, estimated the number of those killed in Sheikhupu
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  • ...y and administrative ones. In other parts of the sub-continent, outside of Punjab and the Gandhara region they have been known as Tyagi Brahman and "brahma-k ...iting he states that they were spread from Afghanistan and [[Punjab region|Punjab]] to [[Bihar]].
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  • ...agistrate, the D. S. P. and S. I. of Mianabad with Military mob and Muslim National Guards attacked this village. Large scale killing of Hindus and Sikhs. Many ...Tandlian-wala Montgomery and Lyallpuer 22-8-47 & after Muslim mob, Muslim National Guard, Police and Military Ultimatum to Hindus and Sikhs to turn Muslims or
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  • ...and religious persecution. The unmistakable allusion is to the killing in Punjab of tens of thousands of Sikhs by the Afgan raider, Ahmed Shah Abdali in 176 ...nd Vice-president for the Association for Protection of Democratic Rights (Punjab), the following picture emerges as to what happened at Golden Temple from J
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  • ...stitution of “Mahanthood” took control of all the historic Sikh shrines in Punjab and North West Frontier Province in 1925, but still a very high standard of ...brought from India to America for the purpose. She now works in the World Bank and lives in Northern Virginia, in one of the suburbs of the American Capit
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  • '''Khalsa College Amritsar''', the magnificent edifice, is a creation of the Punjab’s greatest architect of the colonial period, Bhai Ram Singh. It is a rema ==The people of the Punjab divided==
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  • ...r the insult of Satguru Granth Sahib; and promotes good of all mankind. In Punjab today, anyone who believes in and follows the path of "Nanak says: God's Na ...ples of this, not one, two or four. When there was an investigation into a bank (robbery) case, during investigation of police officials, their names came
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  • ...em. Apparently these colleges were content with their affiliation with the Punjab University in Chandigarh, and resented strongly being reassigned to Guru Na ...rya Samaj played in the breakdown of Punjabi society both before and after Punjab’s partition in 1947. Swami Dayananda about whom I did not know much at th
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  • Inspiration for building a larger Gurdwara emanated from a house-wife in [[Punjab]] called [[Mata Ram Kaur]]. She had a vision of [[Guru Gobind Singh]] who h ...th, it levels out to follow a stream flowing from the Valley of Flowers (a national Park) and the Hemkunt Lake, which then spews out into the river Alaknanda.
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  • ...f the Sikh empire and Maharaja Duleep Singh, the last Sikh Maharaja of the Punjab, was accomplished in London at Panton Street on 17th July 1852 by de heer L [[File:Duleep Singh00.jpg|300x300px|thumbnail|right|Maharaja Duleep Singh of Punjab]]
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  • ...bsite with a great collection of books On Sikh Religion, History of Sikhs, Punjab History, Gurbani, Gutke, Meanings of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji, Sikh Gurus a ...ghbrothers.com/singhbrothers.htm SINGH BROTHERS] Based in [[Amritsar]], [[Punjab]] [[India]], publishing Books on [[Sikhism]]and Punjabi Literature since 19
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  • ...partiality for Sikhs as their staple diet. Anyway, these stout sons of the Punjab continued to push the twin lines of steel forward, lions and leopards notwi ...ily had a farm in the village of Jun dali, in the Ludhiana District of the Punjab. We were farmers; Jats - all Gills were traditionally farmers; Gills are wh
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  • '''''"In the Punjab in the sub- mountainous region the community came to be known as 'Saini'. I ...n 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, Hugh Kennedy Tre
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  • Reminiscing through history, Hari Ram Gupta, a well-known historian of Punjab University, elaborates on Al-Beruni's comments on the Muslim conquest of In ...s had poured in from Central Asia. As the highway to Delhi lay through the Punjab, the greatest suffering had been caused to the people of this province. The
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  • The Punjab was in the throes of social convulsions. Pakpattan, Multan and Sirhind emer ...o judge political authorities. Through freedom of expression, he generated national awareness. “The differentiation of the religious elite brought a new leve
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