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• Sikh Khalsa Army
  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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• The First British Sikh Army
  ...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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• Sikh Army Band
  [[File:03012010039.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Army Band]] '''Sikh Army Band'''
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• First Sikh officer in Pakistan Army
  ...|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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• Dal
  ...the [[Mughal]] governor of the [[Punjab]], different roving bands of the [[Sikh]]s were concentrated in [[Amritsar]].
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• Sher Singh Attariwalla
  ...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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• Sikh Army Band
  [[File:03012010039.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Army Band]] '''Sikh Army Band'''
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• Chattar Singh Attariwalla
  ...r Singh Attariwalla who with his army gave devastating blow to the British Army at Chillianwalah. [[Category: Great Sikh Warriors]]
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• Sikhs serve langar to soldiers
  ...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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• Simranpreet Singh Lamba
  ...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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• Harcharan Singh
  ...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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• June 18
  ...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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• Akali Phoola Singh’s Battle for Kashmir
  ...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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• Sir Walter Raleigh Gilbert
  ...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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• Fauj I Khas
  ...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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• 32nd Sikh Pioneers
  ...united with 23rd Sikh Pioneers and 34th Sikh Pioneers, to form 2nd Bn, 3rd Sikh Pioneers.
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• Brave Acts of Singhs
  ...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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• Kulwant Singh Pannu
  ...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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• Sir Harry George Wakelyn Smith
  ...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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• Jhanda Singh Dhillon
  ...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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• Sarabjit Singh Dhillon
  ...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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• Imam Shah
  ...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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• Hurbon
  ...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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• Kuldip Singh Chandpuri
  ...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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• Sikh Confederation
  ...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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• Jacob Thomas
  ...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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• Sardar Bahadur Mehtab Singh Galowal
  ...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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• John Holmes
  ...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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• Bachittar Singh Malvai
  ...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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• Havildar
  ...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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• Dafadar
  ...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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• Raja Pahar Singh
  ...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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• Pakistan
  ...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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• Gurdwaras in Pakistan (Pictorial View)
  ...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
  '''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
  '''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
  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
  '''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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• Nang
  ...athedar]]s of Nihang Dals such as Budha Dal have authority to punish their army members after trial.
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• Henry Charles Van Cortlandt
  ...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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• Bhai Lachhman Singh Granthi
  ...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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• Fateh Singh Man
  ...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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• Gurdwara Yaadgaar Shaheedan
  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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• Jathedar Ranbeer Singh
  ...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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• George Thomas
  ...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 Communities on Orkut
  [[SIKH COMMUNITY]] [[Sikh Youth]]
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• General Harsukh Rai
  ...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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• Arjinderpal S. Sekhon
  ...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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• Majitha
  ...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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• December 27
  Khalistan supported and the Indian army takes control of all Sikh functions.
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• Firozpur Cantonment
  ...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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• Operation Wood Rose
  ...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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• Joginder Singh Dhillon
  ...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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• Sir Edward Joseph Thackwell
  ...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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