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  • ...regular battalion, the Regiment of Ferozepore, for service with the Bengal Army of the East India Company. ...ry. He fought with this regiment throughout the First Afghan War and First Sikh War and had been promoted to commissioned rank for gallantry and distinguis
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  • [[File:03012010039.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Army Band]] '''Sikh Army Band'''
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  • Sikh Khalsa Army (1801-1849) was the military force of the Sikh Empire responsible for land warfare, land defence, and all responsibilities ...der in Chief (military leader) Emperor Maharaja Ranjit Singh. However, the Sikh military high command could contest a decision by the Commander in Chief, t
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  • ...|thumb|300px|right|{{c|GC Harcharn Singh wearing turban as required by his Sikh faith}}]] ...ce the country’s inception. Though, many [[Christian]]s have served in the army.
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  • ...the [[Mughal]] governor of the [[Punjab]], different roving bands of the [[Sikh]]s were concentrated in [[Amritsar]].
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  • ...ean success in the second Anglo-Sikh war. After defeat in the second Anglo-Sikh war, the British forced him into exile, out of Punjab, fearing such powerfu [[Category: Great Sikh Warriors]]
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  • [[File:03012010039.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Army Band]] '''Sikh Army Band'''
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  • ...r Singh Attariwalla who with his army gave devastating blow to the British Army at Chillianwalah. [[Category: Great Sikh Warriors]]
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  • ...Making curry1m.jpg|thumb|250px|right|{{c|Members of the Sikh community and army chefs prepare the huge curry}}]] '''[http://www.lep.co.uk/news/Spicing-up-Army-lunches.4379585.jp Spicing up Army lunches]'''
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  • ...h"> [http://ibnlive.in.com/news/first-sikh-in-3-decades-enlisted-in-the-us-army/134808-3.html?from=tn IBN News] </ref> ...mranSikhnowpublic"> [http://www.nowpublic.com/world/simran-lamba-first-u-s-army-graduate-30-years-turban-allowed-2726444.html Nowpublic.com] </ref>
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  • ...ary Academy, Singh marched in step with his fellow cadets before Pakistani Army's vice chief, Lt Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kiyani, during the passing out parade on He was commissioned into the army by Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on 17 April 2006 at the Pakistan Military Ac
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  • ...shrine as part of their fight for an independent state, called Khalistan. Sikh leaders have demanded an apology for the operation from successive governme
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  • ...araja Ranjit Singh]]. Unable to proceed through the Pass protected by the army, the Sikhs were instructed to follow footpaths through hilly terrain. By t ...The Pathans, occupying the sides of the path, rained bullets on the Sikh army. Akali Ji directed his soldiers to get on the mountains, instead of moving
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  • ...s services in his despatches. Gilbert also commanded a division of Gough's army in the second AngloSikh war, in the battles of Cheliarivala (13 January 184 1. Gupta, Hari Ram, Panjab on the Eve of First Sikh War. Chandigarh, 1956
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  • ...has was a brigade of the army of Punjab in the time before the First Anglo-Sikh War. ...gh who started to hire European officers to train and command parts of his army. The Fauj-i-Khas was a model brigade trained and equipped after European mo
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  • ...united with 23rd Sikh Pioneers and 34th Sikh Pioneers, to form 2nd Bn, 3rd Sikh Pioneers.
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  • ...ed he would kill all Skh soldiers, within few minutes, although some Hindu army officers warned him againist directly engaging against singhs as they might ==Brave acts during 1984 Anti-Sikh genocide==
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  • ...gail (now in Bangladesh) and tasked to cut off the 93 Brigade of Pakistani Army which was retreating from the north to defend Dacca and its approaches. For [[Category: Great Sikh Warriors]]
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  • ...1846). His troops were stationed at Dharamkot when a division of the Sikh army under Ranjodh Singh Majithia crossed the Sutlej at Phillaur, seriously thre ...va at 'Alival. Soon afterwards, Harry Smith's division joined Lord Gough's army and on 10 February took part in the [[Battle of Sabhraon]]. Later Sir Harry
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  • ...i Singh Dhillon]], one of the most powerful, admired and famous of all the Sikh warriors of the time. He also had a famous warrior brother [[Ganda Singh Dh [[Category: Great Sikh Warriors]]
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  • ...ce services staff course, Wellington, senior and higher command courses at Army War College, Mhow and also the National Defence college at New Delhi. [[Category: Great Sikh Warriors]]
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  • ...He was of Persian descent and a grandson of Qamar udDin, an officer in the army of Nadir Shah. In 1810, on the death ofJodh Singh, Imam Shah joined serv during the first AngloSikh war. His son, Muhammad Shah, a commandant in Sikh artillery, also took part in the battle along with his father.
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  • ...Mouton, entrenchments at Ferozeshah and Sabhraori during the first Anglo Sikh war. As the hostilities ended, he was deported to Europe by the British in
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  • ...of Longewala for which he was awarded Maha Vir Chakra (MVC) by the Indian Army. ...s company did not abandon the post and held the 2000-3000 strong Pakistani Army at bay for the full night until the Indian Air Force arrived in the morning
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  • ...re the martyrdom of [[Banda Singh Bahadur]], the Sikh leaders formed the [[Sikh Confederacy]] which begins to influence the political structure of the [[Pu * 1707-1716, Creation of [[Sikh Confederacy]] begins to influence the political structure of the [[Punjab r
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  • ...he wastelands of Haryana. He fought many times back and forth with various Sikh Bands in the area.) ...rom service by the army panchayats (a group of five Sikhs) who controlled Sikh units after the death of Maharaja Ranjit Singh.
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  • ...getting some education, he joined the army. He was recruited into the 1st Sikh Regiment in 1874. His outstanding performance resulted in his promotion to Mehtab Singh's services for the Lobana community in the army and in agriculture are well-known.
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  • ...n September 1829, lie left the British, and joined Maharaja Ranjit Singh's army as a gunner, eventually rising to the rank of colonel. He took part in the ...given their discharge. He was posted at Bannu where, in October 1848, the Sikh troops under his command mutinied and killed him for his treasonable conduc
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  • ...t and the fort of Jamrud. In January 1839, Bachittar Singh accompanied the Sikh forces escorting Shahzada Taimur, son of Shah Shuja, to Peshawar. He died i
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  • ...an Indian non-commissioned officer equivalent to a Sergeant in the British Army. ...y or equivalent rank to Sergeant in the cavalry of the then British Indian Army.
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  • ...y or equivalent rank to Sergeant in the cavalry of the then British Indian Army. ...an Indian non-commissioned officer equivalent to a Sergeant in the British Army.
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  • ...e position of the Sikh army in the battle of Pherushahr saved the British army from the disaster that stared it in the face. His services were rewarded by
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  • ...is birthplace, at [[Nankana Sahib]]. Many other important early historical Sikh shrines are found in Pakistan. Many thousands of Sikhs from all parts of th ...ngh]] Twenty one year old Harcharan Singh has become Pakistan's first Sikh army officer
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  • ...ngh]] Twenty one year old Harcharan Singh has become Pakistan's first Sikh army officer * [[First Sikh officer in Pakistan Army]]
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  • '''HEST''', a Greek national, who, before joing the Sikh army in 1843, was the commandant of Hyderabad artillery. According to Carmichael
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  • '''ILAHI BAKHSH''', an officer in Maharaja Ranjit Singh's army who commanded the special artillery wing of FaujiKhas and a portion of the ...Sir Lepel Griffin described him as "the best artillery officer in the Sikh army."
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  • Sikh Khalsa Army (1801-1849) was the military force of the Sikh Empire responsible for land warfare, land defence, and all responsibilities ...der in Chief (military leader) Emperor Maharaja Ranjit Singh. However, the Sikh military high command could contest a decision by the Commander in Chief, t
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  • '''FARRIS''' (d. 1842), a Frenchman, who joined the Sikh army in 1841 and was employed in the gunpowder factory. He died at Lahore with
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  • ...athedar]]s of Nihang Dals such as Budha Dal have authority to punish their army members after trial.
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  • ...Ismail Khan. In 1846, General Cortlandt accompanied the British, with the Sikh force under his command, to Kashmir to quell the revolt instigated by Wazi 3. Ganda Singh, Private Correspondence Relating to the Anglo-Sikh Wars. Amritsar, 1955
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  • ...ga Devi. His original name was Lachhman. As he grew up, he enlisted in the army as a cook. There he underwent the rites of Khalsa initiation and received ...e was drawn into the Gurdwara movement for the reform and management of Sikh shrines. He registered himself as an Akali volunteer and attained marty
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  • ...am Singh Man, soldier, diplomat and commander in Maharaja Ranjit Singh's army. He entered the service of the Maharaja as a trooper, and took part in seve ...r Dhian Singh. In 1839, he served under Kanvar Nau Nihal Singh in the Sikh army sent to Peshawar to assist Colonel Claude Wade in Shahzada Taimur's expedit
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  • Dedicated to the memory of the martyrs of 1984 assault of the Indian Army on the Darbar Sahib (Golden Temple), Sri Amritsar ...ex add grandeur to Sikh history, who fell martyr fighting against the huge army, defending these shrines from the invaders. ''
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  • ...aged eleven). He has one sister and three brothers who are employed in the army or work in agriculture. ...uties in the army. He received a pension after serving twenty years in the army and came to stay with Sant Kartar Singh Ji Khalsa, Jatha Bhindra Mehta. San
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  • ...a band of mountain robbers in south India and then took up service in the army of the Nizam of Hyderabad as a gunner, but soon afterwards came to Delhi ...after he broke the truce and took possession ofFatehabad and pillaged the Sikh territories of Bhavanigarh, Sunam, and Narangval. He invaded Kaithal and Sa
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  • [[SIKH COMMUNITY]] [[Sikh Youth]]
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  • ...he soon returned to the army. In 1836, he secured a ranked position in the Sikh court which he held until 1839, when he was sent again to Multan to take ch ...sed into the hands of Raja Lal Singh who appointed him aa a general in the army.
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  • ...pal Singh "A.J." Sekhon''', MD is a [[Punjab]]-born [[Sikh]] physician and Army Colonel who ran for Congress in California's 2nd district in 2006. He is a Colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve's 36th Civil Affairs Brigade (one of only two bearded and turbaned
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  • ...on. These were several generals in [[Maharaja Ranjit Singh's]] army of the Sikh Empire in the first half of the 19th century. ...the period of 1800-1849. Chief amongst the Majithia generals during the [[Sikh Empire]] were [[General Lehna Singh]], General (aka Raja) Surat Singh, and
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  • Khalistan supported and the Indian army takes control of all Sikh functions.
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  • ...British Indian Army. Today, it is a Divisional headquarter for the Indian Army. ...s was an important Cantonment for the British, it was a base for the Anglo-Sikh Wars in the 1840s. And continued as an important cantonment that was a base
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  • ...rone with weapons undreamed of in the days in which its builder, the first Sikh Guru to ever call for any arming of the Sikhs had asked for [[Miri and Piri ...rrounded his place of torture) were massa­cred by th eforce sof the Indian Army.
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  • ...ero. He was commissioned into Bengal Engineer Group in 1936, was the first Army Officer to be awarded ‘Padma Bhushan’ on 24 November 1965. Gen Dhillon, ...Lt Gen and was the first post independence Sapper Army Commander (Central Army).
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  • ...aign of 183839. He also commanded the cavalry division of Sir Hugh Gough's army in the campaign against the Marathas of Gwalior at the close of 1843. In t ...laughts broke up the British cavalry line and cut down their horsemen. The Sikh horsemen swept the field like lightning and their Khalsa warcries so fright
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  • ...as killed with his close friend Shaheed Manjeet Singh Babbar by the Indian army on the border of Rajasthan, India on 25 October 1990. Was a General of the
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  • 1. [[All-India Sikh Students Federation]] (AISSF)<br> 2. [[Khalistan Liberation Army]] (KLA)<br>
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  • 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 took place for which he ...the rank of Jemadar in the post-independence Indian Army, and his unit [1 Sikh] was the first to be involved in the Jammu & Kashmir Operations or Indo-Pak
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  • ...e [[Indian]] army known as [[Operation Bluestar]]. He gave new life to the Sikh Students Federation with the help of [[Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale]]. ...ll versed in Gurbani and Sikh literature. He devoted whole of his life for Sikh missionary activities. Bhai Sahib Ji was a close companion of Sant Jarnail
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  • ...ngh Gargajj and Babu Santa Singh on 16 February 1923, he resigned from the army and became a member of the action group of the Babar Akali Jatha.
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  • ...at [[Firozpur]] was been built in the memory of 21 Sikh soldiers of the 36 Sikh Regiment who fell in heroic defence of Fort Saragarhi in Wazirstan on Septe The 36 Sikh Regiment was raised at [[Firozpur]] on April 1887 under the command of Colo
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  • ...rmy in 1843. He was killed fighting against the British in the first AngIo-Sikh war (1845-46).
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  • ...Sikh!". Learning about Maharaja's wish, he grew his hair long and became a Sikh, thus he became Khushal Singh from Khushal Ram. Gradually lie rose to the r
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  • ...d in the service of the Lahore Darbar after the reorganization of the Sikh army under the treaty of
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  • '''Sant Hari Singh Kaharpuri''' (1888-1973), Sikh saint and preacher, was born in 1888 in a LiddarJatt family of the village ...ore and more preoccupied with gurbdni and meditation. He resigned from the army on 31 March 1909, and for the next four years served in
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  • ...pted whose words will bring you solace." Tiratha also served in the Mughal army as a soldier.
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  • ...using a depiction of a Sikh Guru, as a golfer on its cover. According to Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund (SALDEF)}} ...ilgrims due to reach Pakistan Today.|NankanaSahib-225x300.jpg|Around 1,000 Sikh pilgrims are due to reach Pakistan today to attend 402nd death anniversary
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  • ...argobindpur]] was, the second battle in which [[Guru Hargobind]] and his [[Sikh]] Risaldari (comrades), fought the forces of Abdullah Khan. This historic w ...tle was fought near the village of Ruhela where [[Guru Hargobind]] and his army defeated the [[Mughal]] force commanded by Abdullah Khan. After the victory
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  • ...0 and enlisted in the 5th Probyn`s Horse, a cavalry regiment of the Indian army, at Jharisi. But he resigned within a year and set out on a pilgrimage to [ ...ahib. To collect funds for the [[Langar]], he went out on preaching tours, army units being his special constituency. As his popularity and his resources g
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  • ...lated and vulnerable, the siege was not pressed with any seriousness. The Sikh commanders having encircled it in a bold sweeping move made no attempt to c ...en and guns and, three days later, effectingjunction with the main British army under Lord Gough, his troops took part in the battle ofFcrozeshah (21 Decem
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  • ...took out his discharge in two years' time. He participated in the historic Sikh gathering at Dhavovali on 13 October 1920. He had his name registered as a
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  • ...tish military garrison in India. Today the city is the Headquarters of the Army of Pakistan.
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  • ...ed by the Lahore Darbar troops in February 1845. During the first Anglo Sikh war, Lal Singh Moranvala saw action in the battle of 'Alival (28 January 2. Gnpta, Hari Ram, Punjab on the Eve of First Sikh War. Chandigarh, 1956
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  • ...h Adi Sri Guru Granth Sahib and Sarvotam Dharma Khalsd PANTH the former on Sikh Scripture declaring it to be the supreme religious text and the latter on t
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  • ...nserted the word ‘Sikh.’ Thus, it was re-christened as the PSGPC (Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee). ...ngh]] Twenty one year old Harcharan Singh has become Pakistan's first Sikh army officer
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  • ...regular battalion, the Regiment of Ferozepore, for service with the Bengal Army of the East India Company. ...ry. He fought with this regiment throughout the First Afghan War and First Sikh War and had been promoted to commissioned rank for gallantry and distinguis
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  • ...commander. At the end of the AngloSikh war in February 1846, when the Sikh army crossed the Sutlej to wage war with the British, he resigned. However, afte
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  • ...re. He is considered the bravest and most efficient General of the Indian Army. Air Vice Marshall Pinto, Lt Gen Daulet Singh, Brigadier S.R. Uberoi (MC) ...mu city. A statue has also been erected in the middle of this chowk by the Sikh Sangat of Jammu.
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  • ...ion of India via Burma, he enlisted into the Army as number 22356 of First Sikh regiment as Sepoy on 15 September 1941. ...of the Japanese he won the highest award for bravery given by the British Army. He is the only Indian soldier to win the highest medals of both the Britis
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  • ...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 Singh, who the Sikhs hel ...ah 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 Punjab a
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  • ...ons of the regular Sikh army. In 1839, he was sent to Peshawar with other army generals to help Colonel Wade's contingent to force the Khaibar Pass for an ...k the road to Lahore. At Sabhraon (10 Feburary 1846), he advised the brave Sikh general, Sham Singh Atarivala, to leave the battlefield. The latter continu
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  • ...n the Indian Army in June 1963 and resigned in early 1965. He rejoined the Army immediately because hostilities broke out with Pakistan and took part in th ...bar Sahib]]'s complex in [[Operation Bluestar]]. He became convenor of the Sikh Forum and joined the Shiromani Akali Dal. He was elected to the state legis
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  • ...November 22, 1848 between British and Sikh forces during the Second Anglo-Sikh War. The British were led by Sir Hugh Gough, while the Sikhs were led by Sh ...ners and Political Agents had effectively ruled the Punjab, using the Sikh army, the Khalsa to maintain order and implement British policy. There was much
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  • '''RANBIR KAUR - FIRST SIKH GIRL TO JOIN US ARMY ''' ...hday. Now 21 Ranbir Kaur made headlines in 2003 after becoming the first Sikh girl to join the estimated 200,000 women serving in the branches of the US
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  • {{p|File:Tejdeepsinghrattan.jpg|Captain Rattan, United States Army (2010)}} ...f [[Sikhism]], was granted special exemptions last year (2010) regarding Army Regulation 600-20 that permit him to wear a beard and a [[turban]] while
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  • [[Sikh Minhas Rajput]] '''Minhas Rajput in Sikh history'''
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  • ...es,In 1948, the Gurudwara Pathar Sahib's maintenance was taken over by the Army. ...urdwara Sahib "An institution run by the Army". As a kind courtesy of the Army, STD and CSD facilities are available inside the Gurdwara premises. All the
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  • ...a Ranjit Singh (17801839). He became an officer in a battalion in the Sikh army under General Ventura. In 1838, Bhupal Singh returned to Nepal and was appo
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  • ...d War II hero and veteran. He fought in World War II in the British Indian army. He was taken prisoner (POW) by the Germans in 1943. He stayed in POW camps ...WWII he rose to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the newly formed Indian Army. After retiring he became president of the ex-services league (Punjab and C
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  • ...Conference was attended by the socities of the eastern region. The Calgary Sikh Society, which was not on good terms with the federation, provided unqualif ...d anti-Sikh material, should be warned suitably to desist from harming the Sikh community; and that a trust-fund be established to provide pensions to the
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  • ...d be replicated in German society. He honoured the Patiala Dynasty and the Sikh faith.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chavan |first=Akshay |date=2019-02-15 |title=Hi ...o fought alongside Hitler's generals. Below a sketch of a Sikh in the Nazi Army, talking about Asians participating in the war on the side of the Axis.
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  • ...regular battalion, the Regiment of Ferozepore, for service with the Bengal Army of the East India Company. ...ry. He fought with this regiment throughout the First Afghan War and First Sikh War and had been promoted to commissioned rank for gallantry and distinguis
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  • [[Image:NAM rattray Anglo Sikh Heritage Trail.jpg|100px||left|]] ...d Wars and even today remain a front line infantry battalion of the Indian Army.
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  • ...art of the Khalsa, the army of the Sikh kingdom of the Punjab. The British army won an untidy encounter battle, suffering heavy casualties. ...jah Ranjit Singh was always the driving force of the Sikh kingdom when the Sikh rulers of the areas not under his control began to feel threatened by Ranji
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  • ...belonged to [[Mohyal]] Brahmin family. Bhai Gautam was initiated into the Sikh community, at the time of Guru Nanak Sahib. He had met Guru Nanak while Gur ...raga became one of the five Jathedars. He gave great teachings to the Sikh army. On the day of 27th september 1621, when Bhagwan Das Kherar and Karam Chand
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  • ==Sikh Kingdom honors British guests== ...tertained by a mock battle of the zenana corps of Amazons. He also saw the Sikh crown jewels including the celebrated KohiNur, describing it as a badly cu
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  • ...in 1912 the Indian army as a sepoy. Two years later, he resigned from the army and set up as a contractor at Hissar. He was doing well as a contractor, wh ...y of a Sikh's plighted word, his name is honoured among the martyrs of the Sikh faith.
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  • ...r, C.I.E., D.S.O., M.D., LL.D., D.P.H., I.M.S., among other British Indian Army Medical Service and I.M.S. officers. ...as born in Village Baddon, District Hoshiarpur, and belonged to a Jaswal [[Sikh rajput]] family hailing from the Doaba region of the Punjab.
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  • ...ops. He came to [[Lahore]] towards the end of the year and joined the Sikh army as a battalion commander on Rs 800 per month, later commuted for [[jagir]] ...ropean employees of the court became suspect especially in the eyes of the Sikh troops. In March [[1841]], Ford was at [[Hazara]] when he was attacked by h
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  • ...e he joined the 47th Sikh Platoon Indian Army. After two years he left the Army and went to Shanghai (China). Next year he went to the Philippines and afte [[Category: Great Sikh Warriors]]
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  • ...– Akali Phoola Singh jee got shaheed. Akali jee was the jathedaar of Akali army of Khalsa Panth. He was also the jathedaar of Siri Akal Takhat Sahib. ...his Akali Singhs, despite pleas from Raja Ranjit Singh to stop, the Khalsa army was having hard time standing there watching their Akali veers fighting the
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  • ...anded a troop in the battle of [[Kartarpur]] fought against the imperial army under Qutab Khan,faujdar of Jalandhar and a cousin of [[Painda Khan]]. Pai 3. Macauliffe, Max Arthur, The Sikh Religion. Oxford, 1909
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  • ...sh. In the battle of Kumbada (Suhana) he was executed along with 500 other Sikh soldiers. During his appointment as the jathedar of Budhadal he also served
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  • ...Nanyuki is currently the main airbase of the Kenya Air Force. The British Army also keeps a base at The Nanyuki Show Ground (NSG) from where it conducts y Image:SikhTempleNanyuki.jpg | {{cs|Entrance to Sikh Temple Nanyuki}}
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  • ...ph Wade of the Bengal army, was born on 3 April 1794. He joined the Bengal army in 1809 and was promoted lieutenant in 1815. He served in operations agains ...1827-32), and then as political agent (1832-40). In his relations with the Sikh Government, Wade balanced the interests of the two States in such a manner
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  • ...ngh''' (d. 1875), son of Nidhan Singh Hathu, was a soldier in the Sikh army and was attached to his father's contingent wherein he remained until 1827 3. Gupta, Hari Ram, Punjab on the Eve of the First Sikh War. Chandigarh, 1955
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  • ...:Andrew gardiner.gif|thumb|300px|left|Andrew Gardner, served in the Khalsa Army]] According to a story at Sikh Sangat.org /Jan 21, 2007:
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  • ...He received his education at the Ludhiana Mission School across the Anglo-Sikh frontier. In 1848, when stationed at Pind Dadan Khan, Bishan Singh was orde
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  • ...ictory which is sometimes regarded as the turning point of the First Anglo-Sikh War. ...the Punjab. Eventually, the increasingly turbulent Khalsa, the army of the Sikh kingdom, was goaded into crossing the Sutlej River and invading British ter
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  • ...a in Amritsar district of the Punjab. He was a horseman of the Sikh army, fought in the battle of Ramnagar on 22 November 1848 and joined, thereafte ...cipated in the battles of Sa'dullapur and Gujrat. After the defeat of the Sikh forces, Mayya Singh was in Bhai Maharaj Singh's train at Dev Batala
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  • ...ngh's troops. Ganda Singh's father, Dharam Singh, had also served in the army and taken part in several battles including those of Multan, Kashmir and
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  • ...age. After the division of Punjab on linguistic purpose, Punjab received a Sikh majority for the first time. ..., Sikhism's most holy shrine, in Amritsar. The operation undertaken by the army was codenamed Operation Bluestar. Most Sikhs inside the complex were killed
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  • ...SIngh 1.jpg|thumb|200px|right|{{C|'''[[General JJ Singh]], Chief of Indian Army'''}}]] ...oginder Jaswant Singh''' (b. 17 September 1945) is the first Sikh Chief of Army Staff of [[India]].
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  • ...cellency regarding the human right and fundamental right violations of the Sikh peoples in India, I have now come to gather more proof and evidence of the ...7RR at Rampura, a distance of 3 kilometers from Chittisinghpura where the Sikh massacre took place.
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  • ...f the Sikh army carries the suggestion that it was inferior to the British army, though superior to the forces of other princes of India. The book contains
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  • ...zed, Sikhs men wore black turbans while Sikh women used black dupatas. All Sikh houses went without lighting any cooking. Baba Harbans Singh Ji from Delhi [[1984]]: Supreme Sikh Council decided to demolish the damaged Akal Takhat and to allocate the Kar
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  • ...om/India/Sikh_youths_offer_food_to_security_forces/articleshow/3774023.cms Sikh youths offer food to security forces] 30 Nov 2008, TNN About 20 to 25 young Sikh men, volunteering for Gurudwara Shri Dashmesh Darbar in Sion, saw the chill
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  • ...first hand the bravery, untiring faith and absolutely calm approach of the Sikh Sangat and how they handled the calamity. We saw how [[Sangat]] members fix ...ere emerged a small ray of hope , a great positive story of about 4000 odd Sikh Pilgrims trapped at 11,000 ft at [[Gobind Dham]] or Ghagharia for more than
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  • * [[Master Tara Singh]] - celebrated Sikh hero leader and famous Sikh Indian independence movement leader * [[Pratap Singh Kairon]] - celebrated Sikh political leader, Indian independence movement leader
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  • ...s into three main parts the careers of the Ten Gurus, the establishment of Sikh misis or confederacies and the rise of the Sukkarchakkias under Ranjit Sing ...he manages his horse with the greatest ease" (pp. 38081). He outlines the Sikh ruler's policy :
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  • '''[http://www.punjabnewsline.com/content/view/12871/38/ Army to handover Gobindgarh Fort, Amritsar, to Civil admin]''' ...s a magnificent historical moment in the history of the Holy City when the Army would hand over Fort Gobindgarh to the civil administration.
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  • The '''Battle of Chillianwala''' was fought during the Second Anglo-Sikh War in the Punjab, now part of Pakistan. Although the battle may be conside ...ulraj and Sher Singh had no aims in common. Sher Singh decided to move his army north, to join that of his father, General Chattar Singh Attariwalla, who h
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  • ...launched an all-out campaign against the Sikhs and set forth with a large army. The Sikhs were brought to bay in a dense bush near Kahnuwan, in the Gurdas ...indiscriminate and extensive was the killing that the campaign is known in Sikh history as the Chhota Ghalughara or the lesser holocaust only because a sti
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  • ...chi. It also deals with certain aspects of the organization of the Khalsa army and the role of its European officers in introducing western methods of dri ...Kurdish districts, came to Lahore in 1826, and secured a rank in the Sikh army through the good offices of Ventura. He also held civil appointments and pr
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  • ...l checked the record of the income from revenue and the expenditure on the army. Reports from Bannu and Kohat were presented and instructions by the Genera
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  • ...e Khalsa was held to decide what Ranjit Singh might do to help Holkar. The Sikh ruler was counselled against engaging in an armed conflict with the British
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  • ...eaty which was concluded between the Sikhs and the British after the First Sikh War. Later on a council was constituted in December 1846 for the governance ...he Maharaja's Fauji-khas which was considered to be the flower of the Sikh army. He was assisted by a Kashmiri Pandit, the son of Pandit Ganga Ram by name
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  • ...he Duke of Wellington. He came to India in 1837, and, after serving in the army in various capacities, became the CommanderinChief in 1843. under him in the first Sikh war, was highly critical of Gough's conduct of operations at Alival, Feroze
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  • ...s old, and a Lieutenant in the 4th Battalion, 15th Punjab Regiment, Indian Army during the Second World War when the following deed took place for which he [[Category: Great Sikh Warriors]]
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  • ...of Peshawar, Attock and Multan. He also fought in Kashmir in 1819. He led Sikh forces against Sayyid Ahmad of Bareilly who had during the years 182631 ...ing to 35,00,000 rupees which he had carted away fromJasrota to Jammu. The army under Sham Singh reached within 10 km of Jammu and obtained from Gulab Sing
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  • ...ervice. Whether in the British Indian Army or the post-independence Indian Army, Sikhs have always been disproportionately represented martially. ...articularly more warlike than any other ethnic group, it's undeniable that Sikh troops have consistently proved their mettle.
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  • ...t Singh Nihang]</ref> The saying expresses the authority of preaching of [[Sikh]] religion by Fateh Singh "troops". The saying is common among [[Nihang]] S ...ef> Jathedar Chet Singh uses this phrase for Nihang Jathebandhi who preach Sikh philosophy.
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  • ...in British territory, and, ultimately securing his discharge from the Sikh army, proceeded with his PUNJABI wife and the children to France in 1844. He pur 1. Lafont,J.M., La Presence Francaise dans Ie Royaume Sikh dii Penjab 1822-1849. Paris, 1992
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  • ...htra]], [[Uttarakhand]] and [[Jammu and Kashmir]]<ref>Break down of Indian Sikh population by Indian States/Union territories [http://www.censusindia.net/r ...tp://www.springerlink.com/content/p726g4t656018333/]</ref>. Semiskilled Sikh artisans were well represented in those who were transported from the Punj
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  • Nodh Singh was the leader of Sukharchakia Misal when the sikh misals were created as a part of the Dal Khalsa in 1748. Charat Singh born ...ia, Ahmad Shah Abdali crossed the river Indus on October 25, 1759, with an army of about 60,000 men. In the battle of Panipat, fought on January 14, 1761,
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  • ...pay, organization and composition of the different branches of the Sikh army and its accounts. ...f the topkhana or arsenals. The regimental staff of the regular Slate paid army consisted of generals, colonels, kumedans or commandants, ajltans or adjuta
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  • ...es and correspondence of the NorthWest Frontier Agency from the heyday of Sikh political power in the Punjab down to the annexation of the Punjab in ...orts, minutes and memoranda relating to the first AngloAfghan war and the Sikh cooperation in the British military operations on the Khaibar, especially
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  • ...oginder Jaswant Singh''' (b. 17 September 1945) is the first Sikh Chief of Army Staff of India. ...se as at the time of his appointment he was the most senior officer in the army after General Vij.
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  • '''DALIP SINGH - FIRST SIKH AT THE OLYMPICS''' To the late Brigadier Dalip Singh goes the credit of being the first Sikh to represent India in the Olympics. The 1924 Olympic Games were held in Par
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  • '''SIKHS AND THE SIKH WARS : THE RISE, CONQUEST, AND ANNEXATION OF THE PUNJAB STATE''', by Gen ...e interests of the British empire required that they be subjugated and the Sikh dynasty,destroyed.
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  • Army General and Civil Administrator ...successor of Amar Singh Bagga, for a number of years before joining the [[Army of Maharaja Ranjit Singh]].
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  • ...well as for the Khalsa. His appraisal of the role of the Maharaja in the Sikh body politic is highly perceptive. For him Ranjit Singh was the leader o
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  • ...auty and grace, was originally owned by Yar Muhammad Khan Barakzai, the Sikh tributary governor of Peshawar. It was much coveted by Maharaja Ranjit Si ...orse and the Sikh emissary returned to Lahore emptyhanded. In 1826, a Sikh army commanded by Buddh Singh SandharivalTa marched to Peshawar to seize the hor
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  • '''Akali Dal:''' The words literally mean the "eternal army". It is also the of the abbreviated name of main political party of Sikhs i ...tionalism. The basic philosophy of Akali Dal is to give political voice to Sikh issues (Panthic cause) and it believes that religion and politics go hand i
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  • Akaali Baba Hanuman Singh Ji’s tenure as Jathedar of the Sikh nation came as the Panth was experiencing a very critical time. In 1839 the ...that time the Empress of the Sikh kingdom of the Punjab, the most, trusted Sikh general Sardar Sham Singh Attarivala came to the holy city of Amritsar and
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  • ...fter the death of his father, Hukma Singh was admitted into Ranjit Singh's army and took part in the Kasur expedition of 1807. He soon won the favour of th ...Peshawar, made an attempt to reoccupy Attock, Hukma Singh drove the Afghan army from the fortress and plundered the retreating host.
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  • ...kht Sri Damdama Sahib|Damdama Sahib]] before being incorporated into the [[Sikh Empire]] of the [[Sukerchakia Misl]] by [[Ranjit Singh]]. ...mpire]] at some point in the early 19th century and became a part of the [[Sikh Empire]]. The [[Nihang]] order of [[Sikhs]] maintains the traditions of thi
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  • ...|thumb|300px|right|{{c|GC Harcharn Singh wearing turban as required by his Sikh faith}}]] ...ce the country’s inception. Though, many [[Christian]]s have served in the army.
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  • ...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. ...India, {{w|Indira Gandhi}}. At the time of the operation, close to 100,000 army troops had been deployed throughout [[Punjab]].
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  • ...ibe. He was one of the outstanding generals in the service of Rant Singh's army who fought and won many battles for Maharaja Ranjit Singh. He laid down his
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  • ...MP%20shames%20Indian%20Parliament%20on%20Operation%20Bluestar%20awards.htm Sikh MP shames Indian Parliament on Operation Bluestar awards] by Parmeet Pal S ...n for Minorities in India, asked why were gallantry awards given to Indian Army officers after Operation Bluestar. "They were given because they had killed
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  • ...Mohan Singh Deb (1909-1989) was famous for his part in the Indian National Army for the liberation of India from British rule, in which he held the rank of ...e passed his high school, he joined the 14th Punjab Regiment of the Indian army in 1927. After the completion of his recruits training at hrozpur, Mohan Si
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  • ....jpg|thumb|300px|right|Baba Deep Singh draws his line in the sand with his Sikh Saint-Soldiers]] Khalsa is God's army. Khalsa is sustained by the Will of the Almighty<br><br></center>
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  • ...'' (1822 - 1867), bakhshi or paymaster of the irregular forces of the SIKH army who distinguished himself also as a historian, was born in 1822 the son of 3. Gupta, Hari Ram, Panjab on the Eve of First Sikh War. Chandigarh, 1956
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  • ...some gruesome events from the history of the Sikhs murders in 1843 of the Sikh monarch Maharaja Sher Singh, his young son Partap Singh, and minister Dhian The poet traces Sher Singh's unpopularity among the army to dismissal by him of some old soldiers a few among whom had been serving
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  • ...st significance lies in the multiple treatment given to the decline of the Sikh kingdom after Maharaja Ranjit Singh's death in 1839. ...of survival to manipulate a war between the Sikh soldiery and the English army. He is successful in his design and the second part of the composition, run
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  • ...e 24th Sikh Battalion of the Indian Army the following year. Leaving the Army, he became a patvanin the revenue department of the Punjab at the end of 5. Sahni, Ruchi Ram, Struggle for Reform in Sikh Shrines, ed., Ganda Singh. Amritsar, n.d
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  • ...ttariwala]] and General Ratan Singh Mann followed separetely the main Sikh army under Ranjodh Singh. The fortress was reduced and Gulab Singh was obliged t ...the first Anglo-Sikh war Ranjodh Singh commanded a division of the Khalsa army with 70 guns. He entered the Jalandhar Doab, and having joined his forces w
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  • ...dira Gandhi at her residence in revenge for her order to command the India Army into the sacred precinct of the [[Golden Temple]] in [[Amritsar]]. ...Gandhi}} was motivated by [[Operation Blue Star]], an attack by the Indian Army on the holy [[Golden Temple]] complex in [[Amritsar]], [[India]]. [[Satwan
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  • After the City was taken by the Sikh army lead by Banda Bahadur the river channel that ran near the Burj was cursed
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  • ...February 21, 1849, between British forces and the Sikhs. The depleted Sikh army, weakened by lack of supplies, was defeated by the Bengal and Bombay Armies ...he Durbar (court) in Lahore and Agents in several of the regions. The Sikh Army, the Khalsa, was kept in being and used to keep order in the Punjab and Nor
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  • ..., mountain guns and helicopter gunships, although more than 5,000 innocent Sikh men, women and children perished in the operation. ...e subjected to massive aerial bombardment, apart from being slaughtered by army and para military forces. The Sikhs all over India were to be subjected to
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  • ...nly the claims of the Muslims have been published--we have yet to hear the Sikh version of this story. ...ties and used even the dead animals carcases and blood to defile Hindu and Sikh temples, but while the newspapers of India and Jammu tell stories of the ar
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  • ...er, Thakur Singh, held a minor command. Javand Singh joined the Sikh army as a trooper. He was placed under Diwan Muhkam Chand and took pan in the
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  • He was 24 years old, and a Naik in the 15th Punjab Regiment, Indian Army during the Second World War when the following deed took place for which he [[Category: Great Sikh Warriors]]
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  • ...s is still remembered with much affection by the Sikh community today. His army became the most popular to join due to his tireless defense of Amritsar. ...idered to be one of the greatest honors given, in the 18th century, to any Sikh.
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  • ...pted the Maharaja's sovereignty and was appointed to command a unit of the army with a grant of jagir amounting to one and a half lakh of rupees, consistin
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  • ...ns. From 1843 to 1846, he was resident in Nepal. In 1846, after the first Sikh war, Lord Hardingc appointed him agent at Lahore and, after the treaty o ...he Sikh soldiers and recommended their wholesale enlistment in the British army. Thus he sought to pacify the common mass of the disbanded soldiery and att
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  • ...m in reference to Political unrest in Gilgit-Baltistan (once a part of the Sikh Raj during the rule of [[Maharaja Ranjit Singh]]) titled, ''Political unres ...community (religious) as part of his court and as commanders of the Khalsa army.
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  • [[Image:SikhPilgrimageToPakistan.jpg|thumb|300px|right|{{c|'''Sikh Pilgrimage to Pakistan - Illustrated Guide'''}}]] '''Sikh Pilgrimage to Pakistan - Illustrated Guide'''
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  • In the Indian Liberation Army, out of the 20,000 ranks and officers, 12,000 (60%) were Sikhs. ...itish negotiated for the transfer of power. However, due to inadaquency of Sikh leadership, misplaced trust and false promises made by Gandhi and Nehru, th
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  • ...sister of [[Said Khan]] who became a highranking officer in the [[Mughal]] army. She confronted Said Khan in the persecution of the Gurus. She was married [[category:Famous Sikh Women]]
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  • ...Air Force on the ground. Led by Wing Commander Prem Pal Singh himself, Pak army camp east of Gujarat and airfields at Chaklala, Dab, Murid, Akwal, Risalwal The squadron gave close support to the army in Kasur, Khem Karan, Pasrur, Chawinda and Sialkot sectors. Bombs were drop
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  • The role of Sants (holymen) in the development of the [[Sikh]] tradition in the post-Guru period has been remarkably significant. The st ...g state). He attempted to introduce the ritual of self-immolation into the Sikh traditions and even had an '''agan-kund''' (a brick structure for burning a
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  • ...f the Bengal army, the new governor designate Kahn Singh, and an escort of Sikh troops from Lahore. ...ul Raj, inviting the people to rise against the British. The same day, the Sikh escort from Lahore rebelled. Kahn Singh made terms for himself.
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  • ...shmir on 13 June 1821, married Claude Auguste Court, a general in the SIKH army, by 1836. They had three children by the time they left the Punjab in 1843.
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  • ...ian born in Finale Emilia. Born to Jewish parents he served in Napoleon's army as a colonel of infantry and had taken part in the battle of Wagram (1809), ...ent by Maharaja Ranjit Singh and enstrusted with the task of organizing Sikh infantry on European lines.
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  • ...] fought in May 1710. Binod Singh commanded the left wing of Banda Singh's army. He was pitched against [[Sher Muhammad Khan]] of [[Malerkotia]] who was co ...ained at [[Amritsar]]. He was taken to [[Gurdas Nangal]] in the [[Mughal]] army to fight on their side. There he tried to retire without fighting. No soone
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  • ...scort, however, proved imaginary, but his conduct had given offence to the Sikh Darbar. Broadfoot had come to the Sikh frontier with the set policy of inciting antagonisms
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  • He was 29 years old, and a Havildar in the 8th Punjab Regiment, Indian Army during the Second World War when the following deed took place for which he [[Category: Great Sikh Warriors]]
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  • ...an of great resolution and the British feared that she might sway the Sikh army against them. Currie implicated her in a fictitious plot, had her allowance 1. Hasrat, B.J., Angfo-Sikh Relations. Hoshiarpur, 1968
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  • ...re and was personally acquainted with most of the influential men at the Sikh court. The Zafarnamah-i-Ranjit Singh, as edited by Professor Sita Ram K ...eg and Ilahi Bakhsh, the latter of whom rose to the rank of general in the Sikh artillery. Part IV is a long dedicatory poem in honour of the Maharaja.
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  • ...h appointed prime minister on 14 May 1845. He later was killed by the Sikh army, because of serious rift between them in 1845, in front of Maharani Jind Ka
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  • ...gh Atarivala and General Ratan Singh Man followed separately the main Sikh army under Ranjodh Singh. The fortress was reduced and Gulab Singh obliged to su ...n the first AngloSikh war Ranjodh Singh commanded a division of the Khalsa army with 70 guns. He entered theJalandhar
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  • ...temporal seat [[Akal Takhat]], killings of hundereds of civilians in this army attack and killings of Sikhs in the countryside afterwards. ...h community, which claimed that the attacks were pre-planned and that anti-Sikh violence which followed was government orchestrated. Beant Singh and [[Satw
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  • ...rone with weapons undreamed of in the days in which its builder, the first Sikh Guru to ever call for any arming of the Sikhs had asked for [[Miri and Piri ...rrounded his place of torture) were massa­cred by th eforce sof the Indian Army.
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  • ...e Khalsa initiatory rites at the hands of Diwan Darbara Singh, a prominent Sikh leader of the post Banda Singh period. By 1734, Dasaundha Singh was a leadi ...a reserve force at Amritsar, used to act as standard-bearers of the Khalsa army. Hence the name (nishan = flag or standard; vali= owning or unfurling). In
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  • ...ad defied the governor`s authority by raising Muslim levies to destroy the Sikh brigade stationed in the Fort. When James Abbott, accompanied by Muslim mer
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  • ...asked him privately to go to the Punjab and preach sant mat. Jaimal was an army soldier on yearly leave at the time. There is no evidence at all Swami Ji t ..., 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
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  • ...ind]] was nominated by his father, [[Guru Arjan]] as the sixth Guru. The [[Sikh]]s celebrate this auspicious day, every year, on ''' July 5th'''. It is rel ''' ''“Let him sit fully armed on the throne and maintain an army to the best of his ability.”'' '''
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  • ...nnon detail.jpg|500px|thumb|right|Detail of Captured Sikh Cannon, from the Army of Maharaja Ranjit Singh. photo courtesy Neil Carleton]] ...ph also called Zamzama, once Shah Durrani's cannon, the best place to see Sikh artillery is at 'Firepower, the Royal Artillery Museum' in London which di
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  • ...e of Guru and sangat in realizing the Divine are discussed in the light of Sikh tenets and explained with illustrations from Sufi and Vedantic texts. The l
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  • ...not your mind be touched by violence." Tiloka received initiation as a Sikh and went back to Ghazni. One day, as says Bhai Santokh Singh, Sri Gur Bhai Tiloka Ji was a great warrior. As a warrior, he was appointed an army officer with a personal squad of the local ruler of Ghazni.
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  • ...Fateh Singh "s constant companion and helpmate in his campaign for opening Sikh schools and preaching the word of GURU NANAK. This work was confined mainly
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  • .... His acts provoked the Hazara revolt which culminated in the second Anglo-Sikh war. James Abbott wrote The Narrative: An Account of Personal Sendees at Ha
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  • ...gad Dev]] Ji. The warrior Bhai Mallu Saahi was a soldier in the [[Mughal]] army. He must have thought that it was not good to work under foreigner ruler. P
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  • ...ianvala and Gujrat, and was assigned to procuring grain for the Khalsa army. After the battles, Bhai Maharaj Singh had moved to Jammu region and th
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  • ...shall never fall or get lowered. It will be a part of the turban of every Sikh leader. ...this incident the tradition of farra became a part of the turban of every Sikh leaders. Now, this tradition is no more in practice except with the Nihangs
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  • ...ttle the disturbed district. Ram Singh was instrumental in arousing the Sikh force stationed in Dalipgarh Fort at Bannu to rebellion in 1848. The force
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  • ...as had an unbroken lineage of Jathedars who have led the Taksal throughout Sikh history. ...udents to undergo rigorous studies, meditations and seva, thus a wholesome Sikh lifestyle is developed and maintained.
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  • ...26 - 10 August 1986) was the 13th Chief of Army Staff (CoAS) of the Indian Army. ...le to push through the lane and quickly deploy itself to meet the Pakistan Army's counter-attacks.
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  • ...y day. Such was the influence Baba Bir Singh had acquired that a volunteer army of 1,200 musket men and 3,000 horse attended upon him. ...en asylum at Bir Singh's dera. Bir Singh's camp had become the centre of a Sikh revolt against the Dogra dominance over the Punjab.
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  • ==Second Sikh Martyr in Sikh-Dera Clashes== ...rsa's Deputy Commissioner V. Umashankar. As the melee was taking place a Sikh named Mandar Singh of Dabwali was killed in the clash. Members of each grou
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  • ...gy" brand of awareness programmes designed to inform and educate about the Sikh Turban. These include the 2009 documentary "Turbanology: After 7/7" and th ...2009. Titles to date include the Sikhs@War series, short films about the Sikh contribution during the World Wars which are available for free use via the
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  • [[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
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  • ...der the Jammu Parliamentary constituency. The border is manned by both the Army and the BSF. The literacy rate in this district is 22.87 per cent - male 32 Muslims(%) 200000(90) Hindus(%)15000(6.8) [[Sikh]]s(%)7300(3.3) Others(%)23(.01)
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  • ...iq''', a collection of miscellaneous letters, in Persian script, mostly of Sikh chiefs of the Punjab addressed to one another on subjects relating to priva ...sive designs of Ranjit Singh who, he says, "inspired by his high position, army, artillery and treasury, wishes to place the whole of the Punjab under his
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  • ...kistan]]i militant, arrested in connection with the March massacre of 35 [[Sikh]]s in [[Chittisinghpura]] in Kashmir, has admitted to his being a member of ...oney. He took part only in two attacks before Chittisinghpora -- one on an army outpost and the other on a bus carrying soldiers.
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  • {{p|Image:Sikh Coalition logo.gif|}} ...or all organizations and individuals as well as a point of contact for the Sikh people.Contents
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  • ...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 ...Sikh Confederacy would eventually in the 19th century be superseded by the Sikh Empire but its influence would still remain strong throughout the Empire's
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  • ...ew of the last pages are missing, the work comes to an end with the Sikh army ...s a man who is pious and philanthropic by nature and who has deep faith in Sikh tenets.
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  • ...f the small Sikh village of Chati Singhpora, "armed men, dressed in Indian army uniforms entered the village". ...) : "The Hindu, daily newspaper, reported that the murderers in the Indian army uniforms chanted ‘Jai Hind, Aaj Hamarai Holi Hai," (Victory for India, to
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  • ...edly recruited to work in a local factory owned by a former British Indian Army officer. This South Asian population grew due to the closeness of expanding ...ll|Gurdwara Sri Guru Singh Sabha]], which opened in 2003, is the largest [[Sikh temple]] outside of [[India]].
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  • ...Khaibar Pass. An attack led by Akbar Khan was repulsed, though the valiant Sikh general, [[Hari Singh Nalua]], was killed in the action. ...suffered. The massacre caused an outrage in London. The next year a larger army was sent to exact retribution.
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  • ...ize Multan and place it under his imperial rule. He developed an enormous army to help him achieve his goal. The [[Sikhs]] felt duty-bound to oppose him, At this moment, a soul-stirring incident was recorded by the non-Sikh Ghulam Jilani in his work, ''"Jang-i-Multan"'':
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  • ...er, Jhanda Singh was involved in constant warfare and feud with the oilier Sikh chiefs. He was killed in 1774 when embroiled in a battle with the Kanhaiyas ...te feud. His son, Javala Singh (d. 1847), served for some time in the Sikh army on the frontier at Bannu and Kohat.
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  • ...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
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  • ...e Khalsa College, Amritsar. Diwan Ajudhia Parshad (d.,1870) had served the Sikh State both as soldier and civilian since the days of Maharaja Ranjit Singh. ...East India Company strengthening the frontier with additional troops, the Sikh soldiers apprehended danger. They also suspected that those at the helm of
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  • ...om the Ghakhar Chief Nur Khan, father of Fazil Dad Khan in 1825. When Sikh army under general Tara Chand was defeated on way to Bannur by Dilasha Khan, the ...ar Singh as military and civil Commander to dconsolidate the gains of Sikh Army & the Fort of Jamrud, area leading to Khber Pass. Where Sardar Hari Singh
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  • ...h expansion in India. He was the Sikh Akbar, the Sikh Napoleon. His Khalsa army included European Officers, Panjabi Muslims, Rajputs, Poorbias and even an
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  • ...ns. He was a member of the village choir and recited with gusto ballads of Sikh martyrs. ...nwhile, his friend and mentor, Bhai Nand Singh, had also resigned from the army and returned home. Both received the Amrit - holy nectar, and set up a plat
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  • ...he 10th Sikh Guru, Guru Gobind Singh. The Guru was pursued by the [[Mughal Army]] and it was at this site where the Guru paused and rested, blessing this v
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  • ...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 Jawala Singh saw action in France during World War I, but resigned from the army on 1 January 1917 and Joined the Dera at Hoti Mardan to devote himself to
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  • ...d and are farmers on small scale. A few are working in different civil and army camps as labourers to earn, make both ends meet. No proper education is imp ...was done under the pretext of crack down by army. and Sikhs were told that army commanding Officer is calling them.
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  • '''Diwan Muhkam Chand'''(1750 - 29 October 1814), a renowned Sikh army general of the early years of Maharaja Ranjit Singh's reign, was born aroun ...commanderinchief of his army. He had a major role in organizing the Sikh army on a regular basis and in the early territorial conquests of the young Maha
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  • ...Ji. This event marked the official declaraion of the sovereigntity of the Sikh nation. The Sikhs reject all other sovereignity and owed their allegiance t ...nnyt of the rulers of Delhi, to preserve Sikh sovereignity and to save the Sikh religion. He asked the sikhs to be fully armed because religion could not b
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  • ...l commander of the British army under Lord Hugh Gough in the second Anglo-Sikh war, was born at Northwold, England, on 27 February 1787, the son of Richar ...e fall of Multan, Whish's division moved northwards to join Lord Gough's army. He reached Ramnagar on 13 February and took part in the battle of Gujrat
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  • ...lab Singh Dogra who as a trusted warrior of Maharaja Ranjit Singh's Khalsa army was, in reward of his services, appointed Raja of Jammu by [[Maharaja Ranji Today the 'Dogra' fort built by [[Zorawar Singh]], any connection with the Sikh Empire is rarely if ever mentioned, has become a popular tourist attraction
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  • - Sikh leads made a lot of promises by Brahman- India, that if Sikh join India they will be Master Tara Singh & Baldev Singh the main Sikh leaders fell for it.
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  • ...e of a large number of entrants of that time from [[Punjab]] in the Indian Army thus proved only one point that but for the presence in large number of the ...in his eighties, was too youthful to shell out his reminiscences about the Army Chief General J. N. Choudhry's suggestion to realign his forces behind Beas
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  • ...Hari Singh Nalva to Peshawar when the province was formally annexed to the Sikh kingdom. He was employed on outpost duty in this campaign and he had many a '''AMAR SINGH MAJITHIA''', soldier and administrator in SIKH times, called Amar Singh Kalan (senior) to distinguish him from his namesak
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  • ...[[Nankana Sahib]] martyrs, was the son of Bhai Hira Singh, a [[Mazhabi Sikh]] of village Mustrabad in Gurdaspur district. The family later shifted to v ...War in 1914 and served in the 32nd Punjab Battalion. On release from the army in 1918, he cultivated closer association with Bhai Lachhman Singh and
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  • ...the city of Española. While many of the members of our community practice Sikh and 3HO lifestyles, our ashram welcomes all faiths in the philosophy that a But today's Espanola is also home to a Sikh community that founded one of the largest and fastest growing security comp
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  • ...h Rangroot was a real-life Indian soldier who served in the British Indian Army during World War I. He was known for his bravery and leadership during the ...r I, he joined the British Indian Army and served as a soldier in the 15th Sikh Regiment. “Recruit” of English language, in colloquial Punjabi is spoke
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  • ...y engagements concerning the relations of Gulab Singh of Jammu with the Sikh kingdom are also provided. The author, well versed in literature, history, ...Multan and of Chatar Singh and Sher Singh at Hazara, surrender of the Sikh army and annexation of the Punjab to the British dominions.
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  • ...re going." Hearing this, the Governer said to Commander Nur Din, "Take the army to Meerankot immediately and bring Mehtab Singh here. If he is not there br ...ardar Rai Singh, after the fall of the Sikh Kingdom in 1849, were made the Sikh Sardars, of some villages, and given Jagirs, by the British.
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  • ...iance to the Krora Singh misl.Bhai Shihan, an Uppal Khatri was a prominent Sikh follower during [[Guru Arjan]]'s life.
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  • ...d.1893) a military commander during Sikh rule in the Punjab, came of a Sikh family of Gharjakh, a village adjacent to the town of Gujranwala (now in Pa ...of the three sons of Kahn Singh and Kishan Kaur. As he grew up, he joined army service under Ajit Singh Sandhanvalia. He married Chand Kaur, daughter of H
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  • ...Singh was the prologue to a longdrawn drama of intrigue and murder at the Sikh court.
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  • Origin of Sikh Power in the Punjab and the Political Life of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, with ...character and policies of Ranjit Singh, his revenues, the strength of his army, etc. Also added to this little volume of 150 pages, is a 20 page appendix
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  • {{p3|File:Sikhs at war.jpg|Sikh soldiers in East Africa during World War II}} “Oh yes”, we said, “Of Course, we have a bigger army”, we said proudly.
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  • ...re completely defeated, making this the decisive battle of the First Anglo-Sikh War. ...war began in late 1845, after a combination of increasing disorder in the Sikh kingdom following the death of Ranjit Singh in 1839 and provocations by the
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  • ...forces of Samrat Hem Chander Vikramaditya, popularly called Hemu, and the army of Mughal emperor Akbar, on November 5, 1556. ...nd himself a vendor of saltpetre at Rewari,[10] he rose to become Chief of Army and Prime Minister[11][12] under the command of Adil Shah Suri of the Suri
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  • ...he preceding parts of the poem. Towards the close, the poet being a devout Sikh begs for the blessing of the Guru whom he calls the saviour of the world ap [[Category:Sikh Literature]]
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  • ...expansion of the fighting force of the Sikhs under the misls the number of Sikh sardars multiplied. During the reign of [[Maharaja Ranjit Singh]] and his s ...as sardarji, and it is customary to use sardar in place of “Mr.” before a Sikh name. Nihung Sikhs do not use ''Sardar'' word. They used either Khalsa or A
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  • ...an assistant surgeon by the East India Company and attached to the British army then operating in Burma (1824). After the war, Harlan proceeded towards the In 1835, during the Peshawar campaign, Harlan and Faqir 'Aziz udDin were Sikh envoys sent to Dost Muhammad's camp for negotiations, a duty they performed
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  • Karam Singh retired from Indian Army as Honorary Captain. He is survived by his wife Gurdial Kaur. He was enrolled in the 1st batallion of Sikh Regiment on 15 September 1941. Karam Singh fought for India in World War II
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  • ...not openly support [[Guru Gobind Singh]] Ji during these testing times of Sikh history. ...and asked the Nawab Kapura Brar for his fort to fight the pursuing Mughal Army. Nawab fearing retribution refused the fort to the Guru. After refusal from
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  • SIKHS ACCUSE ARMY OF HARASSMENT ...urday against Army following alleged harassment of the members of minority Sikh community in Hutmurah village here last night. Police has registered a case
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  • ...oks.google.com/books?ei=fbscS9P4OI7okwT8uenTCw&id=2-qGAAAAMAAJ&dq=woodrose+sikh&q=woodrose }}</ref> ...0204157 |page=72 }}</ref> Woodrose involved forced entry into thousands of Sikh homes, most of whose inhabitants had committed no crime<ref>{{cite book |ti
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  • ...ale was martyred at 8:45 am on June 6, 1984 while fighting with the Indian army at Akal Takht. ...nised by the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), and few other Sikh bodies at the Diwan Hall of Gurdwara Manji Sahib in the SGPC complex, on th
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  • Sardar Labh Singh, who killed three English men due to blasphemy against the Sikh religion; as far as Sardar Labh Singh was concerned he had sent these men t ...Ranjit Singh’s army. In 1849 when the British rule was in place then the Sikh Unit was abolished.
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  • ..., district Gurdaspur and here Major Baldev Singh finished his education at Sikh National College Qadian under the one of the best educators; Head Master Sa ...t was left saddened and shocked with the attack on Golden Temple by Indian Army in summer of 1984.
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  • ...his successors, and was, at the time of the outbreak of the first [[Anglo Sikh War I|'''AngloSikh War (1845-46)''']], political agent in the state of Baha ...accounts, he went to the original sources and acquainted himself with the Sikh scriptures as well as with relevant manuscripts in Persian and Punjabi. The
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