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'''Dr. M.S. Ahluwalia''' is Former Professor and Chairman, Department of History, H.P. University, Shimla (India) with over 30 years of teaching experience ...in international conferences presenting papers on varied topics including history and Sikhism.

'''February''' is the [[second]] [[month]] of the [[year]] in the [[Gregorian Calendar] ...': Birthday of '''[[Baba Lakhmi Chand]]''' also called Lakhmi Chand ([[12 February]] [[1497]] - [[9 April]] [[1555]]), the younger son of [[Guru Nanak]], wa

==February== * [[Sikh Calendar]]

...voted to the principal Sikh sects and a selection from the works of modern Sikh theologians." --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics) (February 1, 1998)<br>

...his meeting with Jathedar Kishan Singh Gargajj and Babu Santa Singh on 16 February 1923, he resigned from the army and became a member of the action group of ...father-in-law, Labh Singh, who had got Kishan Singh Gargajj arrested on 26 February 1923. On 12 December 1923 Jagat Singh, of Munder village, in [[Jalandhar]]

...th objectives found fulfilment in the establishment in 1927 of the Shahid Sikh Missionary College at Amritsar, under the auspices of the Shiromani Gur ...ption. In June 1936, it was revived under a new management, the Sarab Hind Sikh Mission, formed by the [[Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee]]. Dharama

...Punjab]] and was arrested and charged with sedition. He was released on 16 February 1887 as a result of the amnesty granted on the occasion of the golden jubil 1. Ganda Singh, ed., History of the Freedom Movement in the Panjab. (Maharaja Duleep Singh Correspondenc

...acharak Vidyala, at Tarn Taran, where he spent four years studying Sikh history and philosophy, besides practising kirtan. ...on them by the local keeper of the shrine and his men on the morning of 20 February 1921.

...a region, Sant Visakha Singh published a series of tracts bearing on Sikh theology and religion.

...Lilius, and was decreed by Pope Gregory XIII, for whom it was named, on 24 February 1582 (Note: The papal bull Inter gravissimas was signed in the year 1581 fo * [[Sikh Calendar]]

{{pm|File:The sikh directory COVER.jpg|Front cover of the 2009 directory}} '''The Sikh Directory''' is a directory published in the UK which contains useful infor

...nated by the Prime Minister's Department. Donations were received from the Sikh Sangat from all over Malaysia to complete this project. The gurdwara was officially opened by the sanggat on February 17, 1996. The Sikh Holy Book, the Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji, was respectfully taken in a proces

...he website contains information of 340 Gurdwaras around world, as per 19th February 2011. This web project also includes Google Maps facility so that one could ==History==

...t]] which normally coincides with March-April of the Western calendar. The Sikh New year falls in spring time (in the northern hemisphere) and is generally ...kh calendar called the [[Nanakshahi Calendar]] was developed by a Canadian Sikh, Pal Singh Purewal, a retired computer engineer. He started work on the new

...reating exceptional paintings exclusively devoted to the Sikh religion and history for over ten years. His work is continually exhibited world-wide in promine == UK's First Sikh Art Gallery==

...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 ...take leave of his royal master and to proceed to Banaras where he died in February 1837.

...at is known in Sikh history as the Vadda Ghallughara or the Great Killing (February 1762), Hari Singh attacked Khwaja Sayyid ka Kot, and seized from there a la Gupta, Hari Ram, History of the Sikhs, vol. IV. Delhi, 1982

...nship with the Sikh Guru, [[Guru Gobind Singh]] and it is recorded in Sikh history that he received help fron the Guru in taking the throne in 1707. Also, he ...o increased militancy by many constituencies including the Marathas, the [[Sikh]]s and the Rajputs. Thus, rebellion was rife at the time of Aurangzeb's dea

...Wazir 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 ex ...and saved his jagirs and command. He continued thereafter to serve in the Sikh army, retaining his influence at the court.

...Sikh War are displayed. Quotes from WARS of Shah Mohammad and Cunningham�s History of the Sikhs are inscribed in Bronze. The Weapons have been donated by the

<div style="top: +0.2em; font-size: 95%">a '''free Sikh Encyclopedia''' that [[Introduction|'''anyone can edit.''']]</div> * [[Sikh Names|1000's of Sikh Names]]

...w experiment started in February 2005 - A web-based encyclopaedia of the [[Sikh]] Way of Life [[Introduction|written collaboratively by many of its readers ...has been a constant hunger for information about the contribution of the [[Sikh Gurus]] to the world.

...California. Tajvinder Singh took amrit at the age of 13 at the Bakersfield Sikh Temple in California and having gained an interest in Kirtan and table he b ...youngest Darbar Sahib ragi in history, as well as the first American born Sikh, to become a Harimandir Sahib ragi.

...He also wrote a 6 volume commentary on Giani Gian Singh`s PANTH Prakash, a history of the SIKHS in mixed Punjabi and Braj verse. His detailed account of Opera

...iven beyond Barnala with the loss of 10,000 men. The day is marked in Sikh history as the [[Ghallughara]] (the great scrimmage). Ahmad Shah next attacked Ala In February 1764 the Sikhs, attacking Lahore, killed Khwaja Abid in a battle outside t

...her provinces. The Sikh conference, and even more dramatically the mammoth Sikh march that preceded it, made a tremendous impact. Congress leaders led by M 1. Majumdar, R. C.,ed The History and Culture of Indian People, vol. V. Bombay, 1957

...eely although it was banned by the British government. The day of the 20th February was dedicated to the memory of the martyrs of [[Nankana Sahib]] in the stat ...f Guru Granth Sahib became a religious matter for the Sikhs. The 'Sangat' (Sikh Devotees) decided that a chain of 'Akhand Paths' should be continued as lon

...d got up a dhadi jatha (band of preachers singing heroic ballads from SIKH history to the accompaniment of small tambourines called [[dhads]] and a [[Sarangi] ...the violence unleashed by the custodian Mahant Narain Das and his men (20 February 1921).

== [[February]] == |Birth of [[Guru Gobind Singh]], the Tenth [[Sikh Guru]] ||23 [[Poh]] ||5 Jan

...arty bickering, Sadhul Singh, extra assistant commissioner and a prominent Sikh leader, intervened in August 1902 and worked out a compromise whereby the a ...meet a variety of needs Outbreaks of famine and plague had left Hindu and Sikh children orphans vulnarable to Muslim and Christian proselytization Sikhs o

== HISTORY OF SIKHNET == ...went online for the first time in 1983, as the first computer presence for Sikh Dharma. Some of us used clunky Teletype terminals that printed slowly - we

'''Victor Harvey Briggs III / Vikram Singh Khalsa / Antion''' (b- 14 February 1945) was born in Twickenham, London, England. Growing up with a love of mu ==History==

...s, as he himself rushed to attack them from the rear. On the morning of 5 February 1762, the Sikhs found themselves trapped around the villages of Rahira and

...ood with air conditioned apartments fully equipped with modern gadgets. On February 24, Professor Sein Htoon, Head of Physics Department received me in his off ...ikh Gurudwara was arranged. The marble slab on the front wall narrates the history of this Gurudwara.

...ge part of it by Ala Singh, founder of the Patiala dynasty, and other Sikh sardars at Sanaur and Malerkotla. In May 1757, Taimur was appointed vicero 2. Gupta, Hari Ram, History of the Sikhs, vol. II. Delhi, 1978

...dhiana Sikhs, 35th Sikhs, 36th Sikhs, 45th Sikhs and 47th Sikhs. Since the Sikh soldiers were known for their bravery and steadfastness, the British employ ...tion of all who have a sense of history goes to the first battalion of the Sikh Regiment called the 14th Ferozepur Sikhs, which was moved after a short sta

'''Ahluvalia Misl''' was one of the twelve misls or Sikh confedracies which had gained power in the Punjab during the latter half ...tury. A right-hand man of Nawab Kapur Singh, he took a leading part in the Sikh struggle against the Mughal governors of the Punjab, Zakariya Khan, Yahya K

'''Baba Ala Singh''' (1691-1765), Sikh [[misl]] leader who became the first ruling chief of [[Patiala]], was born ...ain and other provisions. In the [[Vadda Ghallughara]] or Great Carnage of February 1762, Ala Singh remained neutral. Ahmad Shah punished him with the devastat

Bedi was born on January 16, 1946 into a Punjabi Khatri-Sikh family in Mumbai (formerly Bombay until 1996) Bharat(India). His mother con ...r son Siddarth who had been doing well at University in the USA had a long history of schizophrenia and tragically committed suicide in 1997 at the age of 26.

This article lists all events of significance in the Sikh calendar which is called the [[Nanakshahi calendar]]: *5: Birth of [[Guru Gobind Singh]], the Tenth [[Sikh Guru]] - 23 [[Poh]]

...in the Oriental Public (Khuda Bakhsh) Library, Patna, and in the Sikh History Research Department at Khalsa College, Amritsar (No. 1283); The manuscri ...s of wooden hammers." He also gives accounts of the Vadda Ghallughara of 5 February 1762 in which, according to him, 25,000 Sikhs were killed ;the sack of Sirh

The winter lasts from mid-December to mid-February, during which the temperature ranges from 0 to 20 °C. The winds cause wint ==History==

...as a Sikh theologian and musician born at Amritsar on 7 Phagun 1864 Bk/17 February 1808 to Bhai Mahal Singh and Mata Basi. Bhai Mahal Singh lived in the villa ...ring the next fifteen years, he studied Sikh scriptures, grammar, poetics, history and Sanskrit literature. Being the most prominent of the pupils of Thakur D

This article list all the important days in the Sikh calendar which is called the [[Nanakshahi calendar]]: *5: Birth of [[Guru Gobind Singh]], the Tenth [[Sikh Guru]] - 23 [[Poh]]

...he Hindustan Times, he was fairly well aquainted with the Sikhs. After the Sikh Gurdwaras Act was placed on the statute book in 1925, the Akali agitation c 5. Kapur, Rajiv A. , Sikh Separatism: The Politics of Faith. London, 1986

Manmohan Singh(1905 - 1942) was the first Sikh aviator and the first Indian to fly solo from England to India, was born at ...etween England and India, Man Mohan Singh made two attempts during January-February 1930 which proved abortive. His first flight was on 24 January 1930 when he

...n at Government College Lahore, where he received his Master's degree in history. He distinguished himself as a sportsman and excelled in hockey. He was a m ...the next, Kot Sujan Singh named after his father. He became interested in Sikh political affairs and was elected a member of the Punjab Legislative Counci

On 19 February 1915, word was received that a part of the regiment was to be sent to the w ...nged, with Kishan Singh Gargajj, leader of the Babar Akali movement, on 27 February 1926.

...(1779 - 1869), commander of the British armies in the first and second [[Sikh]] wars, was born on 3 November 1779, at Woodtown, Limerick, Ireland. He joi under him in the first Sikh war, was highly critical of Gough's conduct of operations at Alival, Feroze

...has been a constant hunger for information about the contribution of the [[Sikh Gurus]] to the world. ...tly making changes to the database, all of which are recorded on the page history and the Recent Changes page. Nonsense and vandalism are usually removed qui