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• Sikhs & Indian Independence
  '''WHY SIKHS SHOULDN'T CELEBRATE INDIAN INDEPENDENCE'''<br> ...ear about our nationhood, but it is denied by the [[Indian]] State and the Indian political class which are not prepared to allow us basic rights.
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• Sikhs in Indian Air force
  The first Indian, or indeed Asian, to procure aeroplanes was the then young Maharaja of Pati ...begin, Sikhs remain at the forefront of aviation activities be it with the Indian Air Force, Naval Air Arm, Army Aviation Corps, or the air wings of the Coas
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• WHY SIKHS SHOULDN'T CELEBRATE INDIAN INDEPENDENCE
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• INA
  ...ortunately this ended with the Sikhs fighting against Sikhs in the British Indian Army.
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• Sikh population
  ...nd]] and [[Jammu and Kashmir]]<ref>Break down of Indian Sikh population by Indian States/Union territories [http://www.censusindia.net/religiondata/Summary%2 ...British Empire]]<ref>Diffusion of Sikhism and recent migration patterns of Sikhs in India by A. K. Dutt1 and S. Devgun. Pub. GeoJournal Volume 1, Number 5 /
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• Sikhism in Portugal
  ...000 strong Indian community in Portugal. There are between 6,000 and 7,000 Sikhs in the country. ...ss-plumbing, electrical services, painting, repairs etc. Most of them hold Indian passports and are concentrated in Lisbon and its suburbs but are mobile and
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• Pre-Independence : Sikhs Contribution to Freedom & Promises Made
  ...rtion to their demographic strength (the Sikhs make up less than 2% of the Indian population). Out of 2125 Indians killed in the atrocities by the British, 1550 (73%) were Sikhs.
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• July 4
  '''1955''' Indian police entered Darbar Sahib complex and arrested several Akali leaders. ...derstanding of being accorded a constitutional status of co-sharers in the Indian sovereignty along with the majority community, which solemn understanding n
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• Mass Murder of the Sikhs in Kashmir
  Mass Murder of the Sikhs in Kashmir ...ot identify the murders, but provides enough raw-material to challenge the Indian Government’s familiar version blaming the Kashmiri militants. For example
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• Ishar Singh (Battle of Saragarhi)
  '''Havildar Ishar Singh''' was the leader of the 36th Sikhs of the Sikh Regiment. He is best known for fighting a last stand against 10 ...ommemorate the battle around the World every year on September 12th, which Sikhs is referred to as "Saragarhi Day".
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• July 28
  1991 Sikhs continue to be harrassed under Section 216 of the IndianPenal Code. Here is Notice under Section 216, Indian Penal Code
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• Highly Distinguished Sikhs (Modern Era)
  '''Highly Distinguished Sikhs (modern era)''' Sikhs in the modern era which have made contributions at the international or wor
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• Rattray Sikhs
  ...egiment went through the villages challenging men to wrestle with him. The Sikhs couldn‘t resist the offer but the condition that Capt. Rattray had demand ...he World Wars and even today remain a front line infantry battalion of the Indian Army.
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• Sikhism in Kuwait
  ...dwara in Kuwait but have heard that Sikhs do gather in large number at the Indian Embassy during special occasions.
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• July 22
  ...ge of time, the Sikh institution's executives decided to take the Canadian Sikhs into immediate confidence on the kind of action required. This was done by ...uld be left to the Panth; that Canadian Sikhs boycott all functions of the Indian diplomatic missions; that media, especially ethnic media which published an
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• Havildar
  '''Havildar''' is a rank used in the military of [[India]] and refers to an Indian non-commissioned officer equivalent to a Sergeant in the British Army. ...Infantry or equivalent rank to Sergeant in the cavalry of the then British Indian Army.
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• Dafadar
  ...Infantry or equivalent rank to Sergeant in the cavalry of the then British Indian Army. '''Havildar''' is a rank used in the military of [[India]] and refers to an Indian non-commissioned officer equivalent to a Sergeant in the British Army.
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• Ignoring the threat of terrorism, Sikhs Arrive
  ...|thumb|left|Pakistani paramilitary soldiers patrol beside a train carrying Indian Sikh pilgrims as it arrives at Wagah, Pakistan.–AFP Photo]] '''Indian sikhs arrive in Pakistan'''
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• December 27
  The Sikhs refused Jawahar Lal Nehru permisssion to speak from a religious shrine. Khalistan supported and the Indian army takes control of all Sikh functions.
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• Religion in Punjab
  ...air and leaving Punjab, Hinduism may become the dominant religion! Wake Up Sikhs in the west!! Do parchar! Its not to late! Main religion in the Indian Majha is Sikhi.
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• Sir Lepel Griffin
  ...Order of the Star of India), was a British Author of several books on the Sikhs. During his years in India he was personally aquainted with all the noble f Ranjit Singh (Indian Rulers series)
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• The 1982 Dharam Yudh Morcha
  ...ness amongst the Sikhs of the noble teachings of the Guru tha neither must Sikhs oppress and neither should they live under oppression. ...of Sikhs were killed in fake encounters by the Indian security forces. The Sikhs feeling helpless turned to the message of Guru Gobind Singh Ji, endorsed by
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• Itihas Guru Khaia
  ...name was Pandit Ganda Singh, is a historical account, in Hindi, of the Sikhs, beginning with Guru Nanak (1469-1539) and terminating with the post Band ...vision of Indian society into a fourfold caste system and the contemporary Indian milieu.
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• Jaat
  ...system describes the social stratification and social restrictions in the Indian subcontinent, in which social classes are defined by thousands of endogamou ...an background still continue to follow the old cultural practises from the Indian subcontinent.
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• Dharam Yudh Morcha
  ...the minds of Sikhs the noble teachings of their Gurus, 'that neither must Sikhs oppress nor neither should they live under - oppression'. Quoting the Sant: ...hs were killed in 'staged' encounters by the Indian security forces. Many Sikhs feeling helpless turned to the message of Guru Gobind Singh Ji, who after l
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• Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose
  ...Chandra Bose, from Germany to the Far-Eastern front in June 1943 that the Indian National Army was revived and Mohan Singh reinstated to his former command ...egislator in the Punjab, he was elected to Rajya Sabha, the upper house of Indian Parliament, for two terms. In and out of Parliament he strove for the recog
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• Kashmir and the Sikhs
  "Kashmir and the Sikhs An Insight" is a Book of 125 pages which is a translation in English of Ano ...sequently its English version was prepared by author's son Catp D S Sodhi (Indian Navy) and published from Srinagar during 2007.
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• Holocaust
  ...an military together with [[1984 Massacre of Sikhs|killing of thousands of Sikhs in Delhi]]. * [[Operation Blue Star]] and [[1984 Massacre of Sikhs]]
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• K.P.S. Gill factfile
  ...The indisputable fact that in his reign as Chief hundreds of thousands of Sikhs were brutally murdered speaks for itself. He has been banned by many countr India Used Him to Commit Genocide Against Sikhs, Kashmiris
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• Vishva Hindu Parishad
  ...Hindu Parishad (Translation: World Hindu Council), abbreviated VHP, is an Indian right-wing Hindu nationalist organization based on the ideology of Hindutva Sikhs does not regard themselves as denoted by word Hindu, due to difference beli
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• Lashkar militant admits killing Sikhs in Chittisinghpura
  ...o so by his commanders and that he knew nothing about the plot to kill the Sikhs until he stood in an orchard where the 35 people were killed. ...to kill innocents. (But) if Lashkar e Taiyba told us to kill those people (Sikhs), then it was right to do it. I have no regrets," he added.
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• Dalip Singh
  ...ch India sent a contingent of seven athletes. In this seven-man squad, two Sikhs, Dalip and Palam made their debut. ...hen did not bring home any laurels, but it is on record that two among the Indian athletic performed really well, and one of them was Dalip Singh. In the lon
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• Devinder Singh Duggal
  ...s-of-shourie.html '''* A Rejoinder to the articles of shourie published in indian express dated 12, 13, 14 May 1982'''] ...com/2015/05/truth-about-sikhs-devinder-singh-duggal.html * Truth About The Sikhs - Devinder Singh Duggal]
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• 1919
  ...or the independence of India. Its members were Indian residents, primarily Sikhs, settled in USA. Their prime objective was to actively cause rebellion amon
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• Pak to allow Sikh weddings under Anand Marriage Act
  ...f India scrapped the separate marriage Act for Sikhs with the result that, Sikhs had no option but to register their marriages under the Hindu Marriage Act. ...to be given a Hindu marriage certificate after they got married. But the Sikhs in India are helpless because of Article 25 of the constitution which recog
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• July 1
  ...Singh of his village was arrested and accused of providing rations to the Sikhs. Bhai Taru Singh admitted the facts. Nawab Zakaria Khan ordered the removal ...s done to boost the morale of the policemen as well as create terror among Sikhs.
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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 ...usiasm from these shrines. These sources of religio-spiritual power of the Sikhs have always been the eye-sore of contemporary anti Sikh forces and they on
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• Sikhs & Indian Independence
  '''WHY SIKHS SHOULDN'T CELEBRATE INDIAN INDEPENDENCE'''<br> ...ear about our nationhood, but it is denied by the [[Indian]] State and the Indian political class which are not prepared to allow us basic rights.
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• Uttar Pardesh Sikh Pratinidhi Board
  ...es of Agra and Oudh in British times, on the possession and carrying by Sikhs of kirpan or sword, one of the five symbols of the Khalsa. A meeting of The aims of the Board included protection of the rights and interests of the Sikhs, dissemination of the Sikh thought and culture and establishment of institu
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• Hitler on Sikhism
  ...n) he makes derogatory remarks against Indian people, although complements Sikhs specifically. The translated version is below: ...due to the dominant Aryan traits present amongst them. In particular, the Sikhs produce the strongest soldiers. There is no question that eventually they w
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• Budge Budge
  ...oup of Sikhs to challenge the exclusion laws enacted by Canada to restrict Indian immigration. ...iers lost to Clive's troops. This may have been the start of the series of Indian defeats to the expanding British colonial forces in the 18th century.
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• MIHTAR SIKHS
  ...tonsure rites. Traditionally treated as untouchables even by the highcasie Sikhs, efforts are now afootjointly by the Gurdwara Board ofTakht Sachkhand Sri H
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• 1947
  ...roops. Jawaharlal Nehru becomes Prime Minister of India. Nehru unfurls the Indian tricolor on the ramparts of the magnificent Red Fort, symbolically marking On 10 - th Oct. 1947 the Sikhs were declared a tribe of cruel dacoits and looters (Jraem Pesha Kaum) by th
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• Pilot
  * [[Sikhs in Indian Air force]]
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• Sikh Marriage Act SFJ's Memorandum to UN Seeking Intervention
  ...pon Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's government to amend article 25 of the Indian Constitution to restore the independent status of Sikhism. ...riages is yet another instant of discrimination based on religion towards Sikhs.
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• Manjit Singh Babbar
  ...Indian army on the Darbar Sahib, bhai sahib and 8 other Sikhs hijacked an Indian Airliner from Jammu to Lahore. The other hijackers were: ...Khalistani movement. On Oct 25 1990, while they were crossing border, the Indian Army was passing, and Malaghar Singh with anger, opened fire, as consequenc
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• Dashmesh Regiment
  ..., a previously unrecognized group of Sikh terrorists that counted moderate Sikhs as well as Hindus and the government among its sworn enemies. ...sponsibility for the attack was claimed by the Dashmesh Regiment a wing of Indian counter intelligence.
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• Sikhism in Mauritius
  ...ough there were no Sikhs that came to Mauritius with the initial influx of Indian laborers in the 19th century, sporadic immigration from India has continued ...started coming with growing population and relations with India . Some of Sikhs are doctors or factories owners who are contributing to GDP of Mauritius wi
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• Sikh Global Village
  ...ds towards a Sikh for help and guidance as they are sure that he, being an Indian, would be helpful. ...munity. Several of them speak only Spanish, but others have retained their Indian links, speak Punjabi and visit India. In a town called Rosario de la Fronte
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• Sikhs around 1900
  ...story. This articles is about the comments made by these writers about the Sikhs during this initial phase of contact. ...Of The Rise, Progress, amp Present Condition Of The Sect And Nation Of The Sikhs (vol II)... Author: Charles Marivale, Other info: History. English, '''18
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• Operation Wood Rose
  ...which its builder, the first Sikh Guru to ever call for any arming of the Sikhs had asked for [[Miri and Piri]] - two swords. ...that surrounded his place of torture) were massa­cred by th eforce sof the Indian Army.
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• Taraknath Das
  ...stablished by Maulvi Barkatulla and S. L. Joshi appears to be the earliest Indian organization with some political purpose. It did not survive Barkatulla's d ...uage, and his paper was unintelligible to the great majority as few of the Sikhs could read a word of English. His influence at the time for harm was theref
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• News on Operation Bluestar
  ...ndian%20Parliament%20on%20Operation%20Bluestar%20awards.htm Sikh MP shames Indian Parliament on Operation Bluestar awards] by Parmeet Pal Singh 17 June 2009 {{p|File:Tarlochan Singh.jpg|Tarlochan Singh, MP in Indian Parliment}}
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• Engal Secret and Political Consultations
  ...ndence relating to Holkar's intrusion into the [[Punjab]], cis [[Sutlej]] Sikhs, and general principles of British policy in the trans - Yamuna region (18
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• Bahr ul Mawwaj
  ...y, and hence the title. Its last part divided into six sections deals with Indian Timurides (i.e. the Mughals), with an account of Nadir Shah and the Durrani ...story include martyrdom of the sons of Guru.Gobind Singh; practices of the Sikhs;
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• CONSTITUTIONAL REFORMS OF 1919
  ...Committee, Mr Montagu and others. The deputationists claimed seats for the Sikhs on the same principle as was being applied in the case of Muslims in Bihar 1. Gurmukh Nihal Singh, Landmarks in Indian Constitutional and National Development. Delhi, 1963
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• Dalip Singh Saund
  ...nia from January 3, 1957-January 3, 1963. He was the first Asian American, Indian American and Sikh member of the US Congress. ...f South Asian descent were called at that time (although many of them were Sikhs and Muslims), to become naturalized citizens. After the Luce-Celler Act was
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• Chittisinghpura murder of Sikhs : Letter from SAD (A)
  ...e to gather more proof and evidence of the Chittisinghpura mass murders of Sikhs, their families and their children in Kashmir valley. This massacre or select killings of Sikhs took place in the Kashmir valley in February 2000. I have now come to be in
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• Post-Independence : Broken Promises & Discrimination
  ...es are no longer recognised. To get a marriage license in "secular India", Sikhs have to sign a form entitled "The Hindu Marriage Act of 1951" ...d socially by the Partition with Pakistan. Instead of Government help, the Sikhs began facing economical, social and religious discrimination.
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• Importance of Turban
  ...khs constitute only 1.8% of the total population and as such any turbanned Indian you see behind the plough or in the street is not necessarily a Sikh. ...Africa and dark blue with 'Akalis'- a reigio-politico organisation of the Sikhs.
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• Khalistan Zindabad Force
  ...Force''' is a [[Sikh]] militant outfit comprised mainly of [[Jammu]] based Sikhs that advocates the creation of an independent Sikh majority state called [[ ...d the Khalistan Zindabad Force draws the majority of its support base from Sikhs from [[Jammu]].
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• The Nation's Tortured Body
  ...khs around the world. Most crucially, he describes the torture of Sikhs by Indian police between 1983 and the present and discusses the images of tortured Si
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• Punjab insurgency
  The insurgency in the Indian state of Punjab originated in the late 1970s. There roots of the insurgency ...dus decided to put Hindi as their native language instead of Punjabi. Many Sikhs viewed Punjabi Hindus as traitors for abandoning the cause of Punjab and Pu
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• Guru Granth Sahib in french
  ...ipture is written in [[Gurmukhi]] script spanning several languages of the Indian subcontinent including [[Punjabi]], [[Hindi]], [[Urdu]], [[Sanskrit]], etc. ...i Granth Sahib Ji''', is more than just a scripture for the [[Sikh]]s. The Sikhs treat this [[Granth]] (''holy book'') as a living [[Guru]]. The holy text s
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• Afghan Sikhs return in mass to India
  '''Afghan refugees in search of Indian identity''' ...f her life in New Delhi. She looks, sounds and behaves like an Indian. "My Indian friends are shocked when I tell them I am an Afghan. They say it's not poss
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• India
  ...tate of India is where the majority of Sikhs live; an estimated 21 million Sikhs are to be found in this state. ...]] and [[Bangladesh]] and all of Jammu & Kashmir. The Mughals called their Indian Kingdom, Hindustan (Land of the Hindus), but before Muslim rule, India wa
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• SETHI
  Although this gotra of Khatri clan has similar spell with Sethi clan of Jatt sikhs. Both are entirely different gotras although they have similar spell, '''j Indian Sethis are mostly Hindu and Sikhs whereas in Pakistan they are mostly Muslims.
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• Lalit Maken
  ...[[Shankar Dayal Sharma]]. He was one of the leaders of [[1984 Massacre of Sikhs]] and 3 Sikh militants later murdered him to take revenge of this massacre. ...ad Lalit Maken in the top 5 politician who had lead the mobs to kill the [[Sikhs]] in [[Delhi]]
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• Henry Fane
  '''Sir Henry Fane''' (1778-1840), commander-in-chief of the British Indian army, visited the Punjab in 1837 to attend the marriage of Kanvar Nau Niha Sir Henry Fane made a detailed appraisal of the Sikhs' military power which, according to him, consisted of 6,070 regiments of in
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• Saptahik Path
  ...own language, is to be flawlessly learned by all those who call them self Sikhs. The Saptahik path thus is a formal and social routine in Sikh Society exac ...ent times of the writings, flawlessly structured in the background of pure Indian classical Raags, makes the stream of words flowing out of the reader sound
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• Sikh Military
  .... Whether in the British Indian Army or the post-independence Indian Army, Sikhs have always been disproportionately represented martially. ...y since the late 19th century. While it may not have been accurate to mark Sikhs as particularly more warlike than any other ethnic group, it's undeniable t
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• John Brown
  ...his services to his countrymen. He was told to continue serving with the Sikhs and be a secret agent of the British. He returned to Lahore and kept the
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• Dakkhani Sikhs
  ...ar andWararigal. According to Captain A.H. Bingley, Sikhs A Handbook for Indian Army, 1918, their total number, evidently based on the 1911 census, was 4,6 ...such as the Sikhs of the Punjab now wear under the turban. As true Govindi Sikhs they are careful observers of the five kakkas and conform strictly to the o
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• Rulers of Kashmir
  10. 27 Oct. 1947: Indian military invasion in Kashmir- two thirds of Kashmir occupied by India
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• Gurudwara Shahid Ganj (Muktsar) Faridkot
  ...Wazir Khan Nawab of Sirhind, came in pursuit of the Guru, fought with the Sikhs and were routed. ...who had asked permission to leave Anandpur, even as their Guru and fellow Sikhs were still holding out against the armies of the hill-chiefs and their Mugh
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• Kamboj
  The Kambojs are a Northern Indian ethnic tribe that inhabits the Punjab, also related to Ancient Persia and V ...a well known '''Kshatriya tribe''' of Indo-Aryans, stated to have had both Indian as well as Iranian affinities and mentioned in ancient Sanskrit texts and e
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• Why Sikhs need Khalistan?
  '''Why Sikhs should get Khalistan? ...Bahadur to Delhi. Guru Ji traveled to Delhi along with 4 companions (also Sikhs). After Guru Ji refused to convert to Islam or perform a miracle (It is aga
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• July 27
  "The Sikhs in History," by Sangat Singh, 1995. ...in New York formed an ad-hoc International Sikh Organization to represent Sikhs interests. They called themselves the World Sikh Organization. The objectiv
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• Operation Shanti
  ...t the Sikhs, was not satisfied with the result of Operation Blue Star, the Indian Army's attack on the Akal Takhat with battle tanks, mountain guns and helic ...k employed in the household of Guru Gobind Singh, her vendetta against the Sikhs was due to what her grandfather, Motilal Nehru, had told her father Jawahar
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• Bhai Vasti Ram
  ...tle in Lahore. Vasti Ram lived through the long period of persecution the Sikhs endured and their eventual rise to political power in the Punjab. He devote ...n Govt]].There is also a bazar named as Dhab Wasti Ram in Amritsar city in Indian State of Panjab.
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• SIR JAMES ABBOTT
  ...tations from the Lahore residency and set up a jihad, crusade, against the Sikhs. His acts provoked the Hazara revolt which culminated in the second Anglo-S 2. Khushwant Singh, A History of the Sikhs. Princeton, 1963,1966
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• Sajjan Kumar
  ...ich accused them of inciting and leading mobs in the targeted killings of Sikhs during the 1984 Anti-Sikh Program. Kumar denies the charge, and legal proce == Sajjan Kumar’s Involvement In the [[1984 Massacre of Sikhs]]==
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• Book on Sikhs in World War I
  [[File:Book on Sikhs in World War 1.jpg|thumb|First Complete book on Sikhs in World War I]] ...pride and honor the First ever rare and complete book on history of the 'Sikhs in World War I.’ written by S. Bhupinder Singh Holland.'''''
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• Mohan Singh
  General 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 he ...College, Nowgong (Madhya Pradesh), and another two and a half years in the Indian Military Academy, Dehra Dun, he received his commission in 1934, and was po
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• Darshan Singh Pheruman
  ...Raj Kaur. After passing his high school examination, he joined in 1912 the Indian army as a sepoy. Two years later, he resigned from the army and set up as a ...months. He also took part in the non-cooperation movement launched by the Indian National Congress, serving a 14-month term in jail. In 1926, he visited Mal
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• Sant Singh Tegh
  [[Sant Singh Tegh]] was an Indian Freedom Fighter of [[Jammu]] and [[Kashmir]] state. ...a bold, courageous man of sacrifice. Hindus and Muslims loved him and the Sikhs of the State depended upon him.
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• Sikhism in Greece
  A JAIB Singh removes his shoes and socks and joins dozens of other Indian Sikhs inside a small rented groundfloor apartment in the centre of this sleepy to ...bow on hands and knees before the Guru Granth Sahib - the holy book of the Sikhs. Those who do not wear turbans cover their heads as a sign of respect. One
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• Brutally Massacred: Kashmiri Sikhs
  STATE-SPONSORED TERRORISM INDIAN STYLE ...ed & six wounded in Poshkreeri village of the Kashmir valley -------- Even Indian news magazines ridicule the orchestrated New Delhi Parliament attack tamash
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• Different Turbans
  ...t of the world's monotheistic religions. There are an estimated 18 million Sikhs in the world, with some 2 million spread throughout North America, Western ==Indian Turban==
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• Saka Chamkaur
  ...[[ Sahibzada Ajit Singh]] and [[Sahibzada Jujhar Singh]], and some fourty Sikhs including some of the [[Panj Pyare]], fought a battle against a vastly sup ...dure during their struggles against the oppressive Mughal Empire and their Indian allies.
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• Pelia
  ...They are the rulers of Pal dynasty ( Pal Vansh ) Most of them are baptised sikhs at present times. Baba Makhan Shah Lobana was a great merchant from Pelia c
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• Brave Acts of Singhs
  Stories that happened really and prove that Sikhs are brave. ...lue Star, many Sikh soldiers left their units in Indian Army and rebelled. Indian State sent army and paramillitary forces to eliminate these brave singhs. A
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• CAROLINE FEZLI AZAMJOO COURT
  ...ion other dowry during her life. The same document provides a list of some Indian belongings she distributed to their children. A beautiful painting, oil on [[category:Europeans in Sikhs Life]]
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• New code for Sikh weddings
  ...med that the Sikh clergy would use persuasion, they clearly mean business. Sikhs have been urged not to attend weddings that don't stick to the code and to Sikhs are supposed to avoid unnecessary expenditure, but their weddings have beco
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• Why Sikhs do not let them call a Hindu?
  Hindu term is not acknowledged in Holy Books of Sikhs. <br> ''Sikhs are not against Vedas/Puranas as directed by Bhagat Kabir''
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• The First British Sikh Army
  ...as decided to conciliate the men of the defeated Khalsa Army and to enlist Sikhs in the Honourable East India Company's service. In April orders were issued ...vil Commissioner of the Punjab, to assist in fostering friendship with the Sikhs and in obtaining Sikh recruits. Ensign Brasyer was thirty-six years old. He
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• June 17
  ...ets. Subsequently, the saewadars (including rich, poor, Hindu, Muslim, and Sikhs) carried out the kar sewa with humilty and devotion. KAR SEWA: "Kar" refers ...On this day congregations were held in Gurudwaras, Shaheeds were uligized, Sikhs men wore black turbans while Sikh women used black dupatas. All Sikh houses
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• Nanavati Commission
  The Justice G.T. Nanavati commission was established by the Indian Government in 2000 to investigate the 1984 [[1984 Anti Sikh Riots|Anti-Sikh ...f instigating mobs to avenge the assassination of Indira Gandhi by killing Sikhs in their constituencies.
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• Clinton's thoughts on the Chittisinghpura Massacre
  ...me Hindu militants decided to vent their outrage by murdering thirty-eight Sikhs in cold blood. If I hadn’t made the trip, the victims would probably stil ...were killed has come to be known as the [[Chittisinghpura massacre]]. The Indian government blamed it on the Pakistan-based Lashkar e Taiyba terrorist group
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• All Parties Conference 1928
  ...which did not give full satisfaction to the Sikhs would be accepted by the Indian National Cong. 1. Majumdar, R. C.,ed The History and Culture of Indian People, vol. V. Bombay, 1957
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• Hemkunt sahib during the Uttrakhand floods disaster 2013
  ...FOOD through out, providing shelter to another for the ENTIRE time. While Indian Army specially the brave Garhwal Scouts had their hands full trying to evac ...ade this huge calamity out. There was also a small permanent detachment of Indian Army Sikh regiment soldiers who helped to establish control and provided mu
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• 1984- Some true facts
  * 1947 Pak/Indian Independence. Sikhs offered own country during partition.
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• Operation Woodrose the follow up
  ...which its builder, the first Sikh Guru to ever call for any arming of the Sikhs had asked for [[Miri and Piri]] - two swords. ...that surrounded his place of torture) were massa­cred by th eforce sof the Indian Army.
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• Jangnama Guru Gobind Singh
  ...le of a Barah Maha, the twelve stanzas are each assigned to a month of the Indian calendar. ...in which an attack from the imperial troops was countered and repulsed by Sikhs under the personal command of Guru Gobind Singh. Additionally the use of th
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• Sikhism in the USA
  [[Sikhs]] have been a part of the [[United States|American]] landscape for more tha ...ers The Pioneers, America, "A historical perspective of Americans of Asian Indian origin 1790-1997"] [[31 October]] [[2006]]</ref>
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• When Big Tree Falls
  ...ikhs in National capital Delhi allegedly by supporters of his ruling party Indian National Congress by saying 'When a big tree falls, earth shakes a bit.
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• The Punjab Papers
  .../7); and about Ellenborough's military policy and bellicosity towards the Sikhs (PRO 30/12 (72). ...as that of "an armed truce:" and to repeat, "Let our policy [towards tlic Sikhs] be what it may, the contest must come at last, and the intervening time th
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• News-pending
  ...is residence in Shaheed Bunga Street on the back side of Sri Darbar Sahib. Indian forces had initiated their attack on Sri Darbar Sahib at 4:45am on the morn Abbas said that Sikhs would visit their religious places during their 10-day stay in Pakistan.}}
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• Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi
  Former race relations commissioner Rajen Prasad, 62, who was born in Suva of Indian parents, and 44 year old Raymond Huo a lawyer and former journalist, former ...rom Auckland, the country’s largest immigrant metropolis with about 40,000 Sikhs and ethnic Indians.
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• India Secret Poceedings
  '''India Secret Poceedings''' (1834-1856), a manuscript series of Indian records at the India Office Library, London, succeeding Bengal Secret and P ...the events at Peshawar, particularly the British offer of Jalalabad to the Sikhs and its evacuation afterwards, and Clerk's despatches and reports from Laho
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• General Mohan Singh Deb
  ...lic life as a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha (Upper House) of the Indian Parliament. ...College, Nowgong (Madhya Pradesh), and another two and a half years in the Indian Military Academy, Dehra Dun, he received his commission in 1934 and was pos
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• Akali Sahayak Bureau
  ...lish newspaper. The Hindustan Times, he was fairly well aquainted with the Sikhs. After the Sikh Gurdwaras Act was placed on the statute book in 1925, the A 4. Amrik Singh, ed. , Punjab in Indian Politics. Delhi, 1985
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• Abul Fazl
  2. Mujeeb, M., The Indian Muslims. London, 1967 [[Category:Related to Sikhs]]
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• Jagraon
  ...pecially life sized statues depicting some of the atrocities committed on Sikhs the Mugals) is located nearby. ...n is also the home of Late [[Lala Lajpat Rai]], a well-known figure in the Indian Independence movement, whose death was a catalyst in the life of Shaheed Bh
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• Punjabi language
  Punjabi is the official language of the Indian state of Punjab, and is also spoken in neighbouring areas such as [[Haryana ...1 220 people using it on a daily basis. Punjabi is a major language of the Sikhs, in which much religious literature is written (See [[Adi Granth]]). It is
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• Jay Leno Golden Temple Remark
  ...the 'Golden Temple' on January 19, 2012. This has angered [[Sikh]]s and [[Indian]]s as their most revered shrine located in [[Amritsar]], [[Punjab]] has bee ...ised strong protest from a diverse spectrum of the population of India and Sikhs around the world. They are angered that their most respect symbol of the hi
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• Tarikh I Muzaffari
  ...setup an alang, a virtual wall of fortifications around the fortress. Yet Sikhs, says the author, remained undaunted. They came out in day time and they ma
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• Gurdwara Sahib (Tehran)
  ...0576 facebook entry on Indian School Tehran Iran] - This is the alumni for INDIAN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL, Tehran before the government took over it and made Krishna described Sikhs living in Iran as "wonderful Ambassadors of India".
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• History of Sikhs in China
  THE HISTORY OF SIKHS IN CHINA ...ands of Sikhs in Shanghai. <ref> https://www.sikhnet.com/news/contribution-sikhs-china</ref> The first gurdwara went up in the same year.
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• Baba Khem Singh Bedi
  ...pindi. Aside from completing the daily recitals and meditation done by all Sikhs, Baba Khem Singh Bedi daily completed an additional 25 [[Jap Ji Sahib]]’s ...9 and was nominated to the Viceroy's Legislative Council in 1893. When the Indian council Act was extended to the Punjab in 1897, he was among the first non-
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• Bibliography
  This Select Bibliography of the Sikhs and Sikhism has grown out military history of the Sikhs grew and I was able to collect a fairly large
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• Heroism at the battle of Galli Poli
  ...steadfastness, the British employed all their battalions, except the 35th Sikhs, for fighting in such faraway places like Egypt, Palestine, Masopotamia, Ga ...goes to the first battalion of the Sikh Regiment called the 14th Ferozepur Sikhs, which was moved after a short stay in the Suez Canal area to Galli Poli.
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• A.S.Vaidya
  ...VSM (1926 - 10 August 1986) was the 13th Chief of Army Staff (CoAS) of the Indian Army. On July 31, 1983 General Vaidya became the 13th Chief Of Army Staff of the Indian Army . In 1984, he planned Operation Blue Star.
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• CENTRAL SIKH LEAGUE
  ...ouncement, the Central Sikh League called a representative conclave of the Sikhs on 24 July 1932 at the samadh of Maharaja RANJIT Singh in Lahore at which a
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• The importance of Kaur
  ...on, we need to look at the situation at the time in different cultures. In Indian society, the brides first and last name was often changed after her marriag ...s something very unique in the history of the world. Of late more and more Sikhs are dropping Singh and Kaur from their names. They probably are not aware o
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• Kalgi
  ...Turban]] with a '''Kalgi''' has become a fashion item, most often seen in Indian weddings of both Hindu and Muslim weddings, where a 'Ready made Topi (hat) ...a requirement, one of the [[Five Ks]]; items to be worn or carried by all Sikhs who have been initiated into the [[Khalsa]].
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• Vic Briggs / Vikram Singh Khalsa
  ...don and The Animals during the 1966-1968 period. Currently plays classical Indian and Hawaiian music. ...and Ali Akbar Khan that he purchased in the late 1960s, ''hooked him'' on Indian music. It was the deep vibrant ringing sound of Khansahib's [[Sarode|sarod
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• Thakur Singh Sandhanvalia
  ...nity. Thakur Singh called in Amritsar a meeting of some of the leading Sikhs of the day, including Baba Sir Khem Singh Bedl, a descendant of [[Guru ...ade. He was a distinguished scholar of Persian and Punjabi, well versed in Indian as well as in Muslim lore Because of his independent views, Thakur Singh wa
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• Henry Montgomery Lawrence
  ...administration was run by a council of eight leading sardars, six of them Sikhs, one Hindu and one Muhammadan, each with specific portfolios. In pursuing a moderate policy towards the Sikhs and the Punjab, Lawrence had to wage a private war with the GovernorGeneral
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• July 29
  ...highly placed in public adminsitration to the educational progress of the Sikhs. The Singh Sabha was to shun politics. ...m and gave it a decisive direction. It not only checked the relapse of the Sikhs into Hinduism but also retaliated by carrying prosewlytsing activities into
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• Kanwar Pal Singh Gill
  ....aspx?id=90876764-7915-4961-a538-14a4fc12135f&&Headline=KPS+Gill+sacked+as+Indian+hockey+chief</ref> ...nton killer. According to Khushwant Singh , they were wrong and Gill saved Sikhs and Punjab for India. He came out as a hero in Khalistan episode. However,
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• Baldev Singh
  Baldev Singh was an Indian Sikh political leader, who represented the Punjabi Sikh community in the pr ...idate of the Panthic (Akali) Party, a combination of Akali and Nationalist Sikhs. He along with [[Master Tara Singh]], [[Sir Jogendra Singh]] and [[Sardar U
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• Kaur Singh Chakkar
  ...tion in Punjab was totally changed to that of hatred. Hundreds of innocent Sikhs and Hindus were killed, many innocent muslims were also killed due to the r ...of hostilities with India, the Pakistan Government had banned the entry of Indian officials not only in Kashmir but also in the adjoining districts of West P
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• July 5
  ...attacked the Dera in 1844 with 20000 troops and 50 cannon. Several hundred Sikhs, including General Attar Singh Sandhanwalla, Prince Kashmira Singh and Bhai ...nda. The Sikh chiefs revolted, including Bhagwan Singh. He was welcomed by Sikhs saying "Ah Wo Maharaj", because of his sanctity, thus, soon he came to be r
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• Malerkotla
  ...of India and now a city and a municipal council in Sangrur district in the Indian state of Punjab, was named after the earlier villages of Maler and Kotla ...fatal 'run for the border' of Pakistan, however it is said that two brave Sikhs defended the citizens of Malerkotla warning their Sikh brothers to not even
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• Deg o Tegh o Fateh
  '''Deg o Tegh o Fateh''' is the original [[Sikh]] National Anthem. Most Sikhs wrongly think that Deh Shiva Bar Mohe was the National Anthem of the Sikh S
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• The Sant syndrome
  ...f disciples (McLeod, 1992:102). A Sant is regarded as a holy person by the Sikhs and is believed to have been endowed with divine power by God. Most Sants c ...rs. Some of them held high office in the Akali Dal (political party of the Sikhs). For example, in the 1960's [[Sant Fateh Singh]] took over the leadership
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• Parkash Singh Badal
  ....</ref> The current political party in power in Punjab, and a enemy of the Sikhs. ...l. He has not done anything about the Sikh freedom fighters in prison, The Sikhs of Punjab are now against him.
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• Jammu
  '''Jammu''' is one of the three regions comprising the [[Indian]] state of {{Wiki|Jammu and Kashmir}}. Jammu borders Kashmir to the north, ...hat loot and plunder they had been able to get their hands on. Before the Sikhs arrived the road had been open all the way to Srinagar, had the age old rig
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• Beant Singh
  ...]], killings of hundereds of civilians in this army attack and killings of Sikhs in the countryside afterwards. ...y attack. Several other Sikh Gurudwaras were also attacked similtaneously. Indian army even burnt the historical Sikh reference Library afterwards. These eve
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• Councillor Makhan Singh
  ...llast used to cross the seas, before sailing up the Thames to unload their Indian goods. Many of the paving stones of the old streets in London were cobbled Today Sikhs have become one of the borough's largest minority groups. In 1990, the ‘�
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• Balvant Singh Canadian
  ...ith Sikh settlers there. He and Sant Teja Singh, one of the leaders of the Sikhs in the Western Hemisphere, advised the immigrants to refuse to move to Hond ...n rules required that to be eligible for fresh entry into that country, an Indian must travel on a direct passage from India to a Canadian port, but the ship
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• Kshatriya
  ...e Sikhs are meant to carry weapons and not shy away from a just fight. For Sikhs this is not a Caste or a Varna but a Militarization of People of Different ...as, indicating the power and prestige that this group once held in ancient Indian society. Indeed, the famous religious leaders Gautama Buddha and Mahavira (
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• Baba Gurmukh Singh Laliton
  ...ip 'Komagata Maru' chartered by Baba Gurdit Singh. Since, the Punjabi Sikhs were not allowed to land in Canada, the 'Komagata Maru' returned to Calcutt Gurumukh Singh came under the influence of the Indian revolutionaries who had set up the Ghadar Party in America and had been act
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• 1991 Punjab killings
  ...from one on wikipedia, leaving out the name of the militants, and adding Sikhs to those wounded on the second train. In reference number 2, again from the ...he second train militants fired indiscriminately killing and wounding many Sikhs as well as Hindus.
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• Historic Nihangs
  ...ent out a detachment against the Sikhs at Sri Amritsar Sahib Ji forbidding Sikhs from visiting this hallowed site. ...battle with the Sikhs. Severe fighting broke out between the two sides and Sikhs suffered huge losses.
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• Sikhism in Thailand
  '''Thai Sikhs''' are [[Sikh]]s of the Guru who have upheld the Nishaan Sahib, the Sikh fl ...relatives whose surname were Madan, Narula and chawla. They were the first Indian diaspora in Thailand.
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• United Sikhs Director saves Girl
  ...Home] / [http://www.unitedsikhs.org/US_News/US_News_2508200600.php United Sikhs News] '''UNITED SIKHS Director Bhai Esher Singh saves Sikh Girl From Kidnappers.'''
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• Simranjit Singh Mann
  ...rea we envisage will be very secular and will elect its leaders from among Sikhs, Muslims, (Hindus) or even Christians. Our objective is to fight repression ...the [[Harmandir Sahib]] ([[Golden Temple]]); the most sacred shrine of the Sikhs. He was charged, among other things, with conspiracy to assassinate India's
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• The forgotten history of Sikh troops in China
  The lifting of the siege was one of only several key instances where Indian troops left an unlikely mark on the course of Chinese history in the early The British also dispatched Indian regiments to China leading up towards the Opium War, which ended with the
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• Master Tara Singh
  Once the Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Indian Army impressed by the game, offered him a direct commission which he refuse ...ception, but after the Nankana Sahib tragedy in 1921 wherein more than 200 sikhs were killed, he left his teaching profession and became a whole time public
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• CENTRAL AKALI DAL
  ...on communal basis; and to take immediate steps for the liquidation of the Indian debt through the transfer of British vested interests in finance and indust
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• Master Mota Singh
  ...injuring 17 of the reformists of whom two later died, and the massacre of Sikhs at Nankana Sahib on 20 February 1921 finally drove him to radicalism. ...the radical group of Babbar akalis, and made a trip to Kabul where he met Indian revolutionaries who had close contacts with Bolsheviks of Russia. Arrested
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• Gurmukh Singh Saini
  ...Honor]], or French [[Legion of Honor]] (and would be the equivalent of the Indian [[Param Vir Chakra]]). The order was awarded to officers and generals for s == Award of the Indian Order of Merit: Lieutenant-Governor's Citation ==
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• US Pres. Nixon and Dr, Kissinger attempted to derail Azad Bangladesh
  For stories of Sikhs in the war see: ...Nixon, the only American President to resign in disgrace, once referred to Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi as, "…the old witch", according to recently
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• Bihar
  [[Image:IndiaBihar.jpg|thumb|150px|right|Indian State of Bihar]] ...early years before moving to [[Anandpur]]. [[Patna]] is further honored by Sikhs as both [[Guru Nanak]] and [[Guru Tegh Bahadur]] visited the city.
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• BollyWood Betrayal
  ...y Hindi, films where film makers have taken thematic short-cuts by showing Indian Christians as gangsters or moronic priests, have cast aspersions on their p ...out the main focus of my issue with Bollywood and their representation of Sikhs roles. The ones I toyed with were:
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• Kaur
  ...h Guru]] when he administered [[Amrit]] (baptism) to both males and female Sikhs. All female [[Sikh]]s were asked to use the name '''Kaur''' after their for Some Sikhs today have chosen to retain their traditional caste-system based family nam
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• Udai Singh
  ...ain greatly favoured the Turks who were well dug-in. The 14th Sikhs of the Indian brigade formed part of Hamilton’s expeditionery force. ...ch was present there that day was able to lure Udai Singh to join the 14th Sikhs. He was with the unit when Hamilton’s force landed at the Gallipoli penin
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• Sikhs in Argentina
  {{pl|Image:Argentina Sikhs.png|Bibiana Jasbe Singh Kaur}} The Sikhs originally came to Argentina in the early 19th century to work on a British
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• Keshdhari Hindus
  ...and staunch Indian nationalists. RSS's agenda is focused on asserting that Sikhs are not separate from Hindus but are actually their reformed version. They ...ement aided by economic prosperity. However, a 2002 claim by the RSS that "Sikhs are Hindus" disturbed Sikh sensibilities.
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• BJP- In Indira Gandhi's footsteps
  ...hoary old saw, let me add another one: after years of opposing each other, Indian political parties begin to sound like each other. ...aroused, depending on your perspective) Hindu insecurities and fears about Sikhs and the threat of terrorism.
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• Lions of the Great Wars
  ...the war 100,000 Sikh volunteers joined the British Armed forces with a few Sikhs also contributing to the French Air Service and the American Expeditionary ...le as a [[Sant Sipahi]] (Warrior Saint, Saint-soldiers, by encouraging the Sikhs areas to set up temporary Gurdwaras (Sikh Temples), to observe the birthday
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• Maya Singh Saini
  ...i participated as a Ghorcharra in the Anglo-Sikh wars. After the defeat of Sikhs he became an insurgent against the English occupation. He was finally arres ...e to the British forces, which proved to be a great morale booster for the Sikhs.
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• Kanpur Massacre
  ...e protesters. The Nirankari chief had again made full preparations for the Sikhs. ...ce officers started to shoot at the Sikh protesters. As a result, thirteen Sikhs were martyred while a further seventy-four were injured.
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• Symbol of faith
  {{p|File:Sikhs main3.jpg|Sikhs with turbans (others in helmets) engaged in an armed combat during World Wa ...n their lives, and 1,09,045 were wounded while fighting as part of British Indian Army.
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• The Akali
  ...Sihgh at Amritsar. The Pradesi Khalsa was launched with funds provided by Sikhs settled in foreign countries, hence the name Pradesi (foreign). The AkaH me 4. Barrier, N. Gerald, The Sikhs and Their Literature. Delhi, 1970
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• Raja Bikram Singh
  ...n Temple and for a new building for the Guru ka Langar. He was among those Indian princes who were sympathetic to the cause of the deposed Maharaja Duleep Si
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• 550th Celebrations of the birth of Guru Nanak
  {{P|File:2018-Gurpurb celebrations begin.JPG|Former Indian PM Dr Manmohan Singh, Punjab Governor VP Singh Badnore and CM Amarinder Sin ...from Punjab’s Gurdaspur district to the International Border to facilitate Indian pilgrims to visit Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur in Pakistan. He said a
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• Rise of British Sikhism
  Just over a 100 years ago a handful of Sikhs arrived in England and soon founded the first gurdwara or Sikh temple in Eu ...oss Victorian Britain, selling fine silks and jewellery from door to door. Sikhs in those days must have felt far from home. And so, for moral support and t
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• Raja
  ...from the Kshatriya / Rajput lineages. The title has a long history in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, being attested from the Rigveda. It is now ...ld be used to translate Prince in Persia and the Punjab by [[Muslim]]s or Sikhs while Rajkumar or just Kumar would be used in Hindi, but the Mughals having
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• Manjeet Tiwana
  ...973 respectively, and Ph.D. in Psychology in 1984. She also did Diploma in Indian Theatre (Acting and Direction) in 1975. She is currently Head of the Depart 1. Khushwant Singh, A History of the Sikhs, Vol. II., 1966.
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• Sikhs for Justice
  '''Sikhs for Justice''' is a Human Rights Advocacy Group based at New York.<ref>See: ...as perpetuated by [[Congress]] party of India along with various organs of Indian State.
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• Guru Nanak in Baghdad's Folklore
  From the book, THE SIKHS IN HISTORY, By Sangat singh ..., in several conversations with the author, who was First Secretary in the Indian Embassy in Baghdad during 1989-90. The 76 years old Shaikh Hanafi who somet
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• Unity Conference
  ...oups, and political organizations, aimed at drafting agreements concerning Indian constitutional advance and polititcal representation in provincial and cent ...d by religious community, there were 63 Hindus, 39 Muslims, 11 Sikhs and 8 Indian Christians in attendance. A unity committee was appointed on the first day
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• Institute of Sikh Studies
  ...rs. Apart from commenting about various ongoing issues concerning sikhs in Indian media, many high quality books authored by famous Sikh theologians have bee ...ch in Sikh Studies. It is a total volunteer institute in which many famous Sikhs participatet. This institute is probably one of the few which has enough co
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• Siharfian Hari Singh Nalwa
  ...of Akali Phula Singh in the battle that ensued between the Afghans and the Sikhs; defeat 2. Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature, 6 Vols., Delhi, 1995.
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• Operation Shudeekaran
  ...ocities of an operation called [[Operation Wood Rose]] carried out by the Indian Army in the days and months after the attack on the [[Harmandar Sahib]] in ...Sikhs and the Hindus themselves by the Many Islamic invaders of India. The Indian Police also participated with many seeing the policies of the RSS and oth
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• Operation Woodrose
  ...e censorship of the congress party. In the Punjab the operation caused the Indian Army to became very unpopular. <ref>{{cite book |title=Politics of genocide ...aimed at wiping out Sikhism by riding Punjab of its Amritdhari's (baptized Sikhs), especially young men.
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• Sikhism in Norway
  ...gs of Sikhs after the assasination of Indira Gandhi led to an increase of Sikhs moving to Norway. ...ted to key positions in the local government. (see News items below). Many Sikhs are employed in the professional fields of medicine, engineering and techn
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• General JJ Singh
  ...age:JJ SIngh 1.jpg|thumb|200px|right|{{C|'''[[General JJ Singh]], Chief of Indian Army'''}}]] ...neral N C Vij retired on 31 January 2005. He is the first Sikh to lead the Indian Army and the 11th Chief of Army Staff from the Western Command based at Cha
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• Sukhdev Singh Jalwehra
  ...ra handing over a historic memorandum with Sikh demands (Khalistan) to the Indian embassy of Brussels.]] ...refugee, anywhere in the world, ''vis a vis'' the crackdown in Punjab on Sikhs militants fighting for [[Khalistan]].
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• Siri Guru Singh Sabha, Port Louis
  Although there were no Sikhs among the initial influx of Indian laborers that came to Mauritius in the 19th century, sporadic immigration f
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• Turban Case - Hope Raised
  * [[The Sikhs of France]] * [[National Protest by UK Sikhs]]
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• Manpreet Singh
  ...inema and television screens for a very long time. Also, the image of the Sikhs in Bollywood has mainly been shown in derogatory light and their reputation ...of [[Shabad]]s and songs with a socio-religious message, not only for the Sikhs but for all of humankind. Shot at various locations in [[Punjab]], the mov
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• Harmeet singh rajput
  ...khs) mother of the great martyr-Sahib Sri Guru Arjan Dev Ji (fifth Guru of Sikhs). The Ithaas (history) is evident that Bibi Bhani Ji is known as Guru Putri ...Lahore, Punjab province of Pakistan. The place is well known pilgrimage of Sikhs across the globe. He was chief administrator of Guru Nanak Dev Superspecial
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• Sumedh Singh Saini
  ...al criminal charges of kidnappings, torture and murders of several people. Indian Election commission has recieved complaints that he threatened congress can ...o Sikhs Balwant Singh Multani and Balwant Singh Bhullar. Both of these two Sikhs were kept in illegal custody and 'were tortured on the orders of and in the
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• Khalistan Commando Force
  ...e [[Bhindranwale Tiger Force of Khalistan]], clashed repeatedly with the [[Indian Army]] forces during the 1980s and early 1990s as well as the Punjab police ...ther items prohibited by conservative Sikhism.<ref>Brown, Derek. Fanatical Sikhs turn on traders, ''[[The Guardian]]'', 8 April 1987.</ref>
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• 15
  ...]]),the the founder of [[Sikhism]] and the first of the [[ten Gurus of the Sikhs]]. ...Thind]], PhD, ([[3 October]] [[1892]] - [[15 September]] [[1967]]) was an Indian American Sikh writer and lecturer on "spiritual science" who was involved i
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• Karam Singh
  ...ik Karam Singh, was born on 15 September 1915 in Barnala, Punjab . He is a Indian military war hero who was awarded the Param Vir Chakra India's highest wart Karam Singh retired from Indian Army as Honorary Captain. He is survived by his wife Gurdial Kaur.
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• Bollywood’s Hidden Agenda ?
  ...g into a bizarre medley of colorful clothes never seen worn by the average Indian. Sikhs portrayal in Bollywood is also a fantasy. There are no memorable Sikh roles
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• SIND
  ...s very amply illustrative of the naked policy of turning out of Hindus and Sikhs from Pakistan, for no other reason whatever except that they were not Musli �Soon after August 15, 1947, was organised the ousting of Hindus and Sikhs from their residences and business premises, from their agricultural lands
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• Mystery Deepens
  ...sgruntled Sikhs, and are doing so even now with less success - against the Indian state and the Hindu community, it must have been sheer stupidity on their p ...ashington, on the 10th of March to appraise them of the possibility of the Indian authorities indulging in something "to malign the Kashmiri freedom fighters
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• Women's rights and Hindu Talibanisation?
  Indian girls can do a lot of things. They can, and do, fly aeroplanes. They can, a ...avoided the scourge of the elixer of the Aztecs and other South American 'Indian' tribes, with which Columbus and Jean Nicot de Villemain doomed so many
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• 1984
  The Indian army invaded the [[Harmandir sahib complex]] on the orders of the then Pri A group of Sikhs, led by [[Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale|Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale]] (the
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• Sher Singh Shera
  ...Sahib got admitted to Ramgharia College, Bhai Sahib saw the hatred against Sikhs by the government and was shaken by that. During that time, Bhai Sahib met ...d revenge upon those who were guilty of torturing, killing, or humiliating Sikhs. He said, 'Getting away from there is your job, protecting you here [in the
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• Sikhism in Trinidad
  ...ad| url= https://www.dnaindia.com/world/report-diaspora-determined-to-keep-indian-culture-traditions-alive-in-trinidad-1317270}} </ref> Gurdwara <ref> Gurud Oral history narrated at https://youtu.be/iOaR1gZ2A8Y you tube link Sikhs in Trinidad Sikh Channel episode 1
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• Jagjit Singh Chauhan
  ...rsary celebration of the Martyrdom of Guru Arjan) and many soldiers of the Indian Army. ...e news that Mrs. Gandhi and her family has been beheaded. That is what the Sikhs will do…" After this interview the Thatcher government curtailed Chauha
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• Kitchen that feeds 100,000 daily
  '''Free kitchen in India run at the Sikhs' holiest shrine produces 200,000 flat breads and 1.5 tons of lentil soup da ...ay are what makes the free kitchen run at the Golden Temple in the western Indian [[city of Amritsar]] stand apart.
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• Pauri
  ...u Granth Sahib]], which the [[Sikh]]s regard as more than a holy book. The Sikhs treat their sacred scriptures as their living Guru. The holy text is also r ...orld stairs or ladders are seen as a metaphor for ascending to Heaven. The Sikhs Gurus, including the SGGS, are seen as the guide or way for a Sikh to attai
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• Bangladesh
  ...the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south. Together with the Indian state of West Bengal, it makes up the ethno-linguistic region of Bengal. Th ...n. However, it was separated from the western wing by 1,600 km (994 mi) of Indian territory. Political and linguistic discrimination as well as economic negl
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• Visakhi and Diwali
  ...moon at this time passes through visakha naksatra or constellation) of the Indian calendar. Traditionally, the festival was celebrated as the harbinger of ha ...al on the occasion of Baisakhl. It became customary for distant sangats of Sikhs to assemble at the seat of the Gurus on every Baisakhl (and Diwali) day.
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• New Zealand
  ...stablishment of the gurudwara and looks forward to an increasing number of Sikhs contributing as community members and investors in commerce. ...he was given a tour of the museum and briefed on Sikh history, the role of Sikhs in World Wars, and the state sponsored genocide in Punjab during the 1980s.
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• Radcliffe Award
  ...r which the dividing line between the West (Pakistan) Punjab and the East (Indian) Punjab was drawn, is so called after the name of the Chairman of the Punja ...uch other way as may seem most reasonable and in the best interests of the Indian people."
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• Battle of Aliwal
  ...British and the Sikhs. The British were led by Sir Harry Smith, while the Sikhs were led by Ranjodh Singh Majithia. The British won a victory which is some The Sikhs were temporarily disheartened by the retreats ordered by their commanders.
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• Singh Twins
  ...ins have to be thanked for initiating a new movement in the revival of the Indian miniature tradition within modern art practice. The Singh Twins employ traditional techniques used in Indian miniature painting to produce vibrant, exquisitely-detailed paintings that
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• When Romans met the Sikhs
  {{p3|File:Sikhs at war.jpg|Sikh soldiers in East Africa during World War II}} ...as I had switched on the BBC World News, I had heard the announcement that Indian Air Force had started an offensive on the Kargil peaks and there were fears
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• Sialkot
  ...The Pathans, managed to take many villages, under their fiefdom, until the Sikhs took the area, in 1770s, and once again made is part of the Punjab, from Ka ...etween 1550-1575, and at the same time many Hindu Jatts, of Sialkot became Sikhs,
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• Operation Blue Star: Detailed account
  ...freedom, and even explicitly mentioned in all constitutions, including the Indian constitution as Freedom of religion, was not of importance in India. There are many reasons why the Indian government attacked the Golden Temple, but among them the main reasons for
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• Harbhajan Singh
  ...t against New Zealand at Sharjah in the same year and has been part of the Indian squad since. ...kets during the series. In the second Test in Kolkata, he became the first Indian to take a Test hat-trick,taking 7/123 in the first innings and then 6/73 to
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• Sikhs an Identity
  '''Sikhs an Identity By Bhai Madan Singh U. K.''' ...ranch of Hinduism. Sikhs have not been granted independent identity in the Indian constitution.. Due to this the Sikh representatives had rejected and refuse
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• World Muslim Sikh Federation
  ...rnationally recognized human and legal right of self-determination and the Indian government's refusal to recognize the legitimacy of such demands. ...ission those who talk of freedom from India and justice for the crimes the Indian state and security forces have committed has resulted in a deadlock for whi
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• Gurmit Ram Rahim
  ...hes between the members of his sect and Sikhs have escalated (at least two Sikhs have been killed during protests against the Dera) since the day Ram Rahim, ...ru Gobind Singh was dressed that day. His actions that day seemed, to many Sikhs, as if they were right out of the pages of Sikh history.
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• Sardul Singh Caveeshar
  ...t 1925. In 1927, he was elected a member of the Working Conllnittee of the Indian National Congress. During the Civil Disobedience movement, 1931-33, Sardul ...ru Nanak solved it, India's fight for freeddom (1936), Sikh studies(1937), Sikhs and the Swaraj, non-violent non-cooperation, The Lahore Fort Torture Camp (
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• Sukhdev Singh Sukha
  ...kh militants used to weaken the government and to use Indian Money against Indian Security forces. ...ties]] (PUCL) listed 227 people who led the mobs, which killed up to 3,000 Sikhs over three days. Lalit Maken's name was third on the list <ref>http://www.h
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• Inquiry Into The Chithi Singhpora Massacre
  All efforts should be made to normalise the situation and bring the Sikhs back into the mainstream in the State. ...s existing between the majority Kashmiri Muslims and the minority Kashmiri Sikhs in J&K.
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• Sikhs in Mexico
  There is only one gurdwara in Mexico City. And Arjan Singh, an Indian and a granthi from India, who came to Mexico City in 1976, looks after it. ...to Sikhism. Jai Hari and Arjan are married to Mexican women, who are also Sikhs. The women wear white turbans. Arjan Singh’s 20-year-old son also practic
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• Anti Dasam Bani Movement
  ...the scripture and all banis out from [[Sikh]] Institution. As per records, Indian government(Congress and BJP) also planned to contaminate meanings of [[Dasa ...regard Guru Gobind Singh's Bani and added it to daily liturgy. Traditional sikhs marks this event as beggining of anti dasam bani movement.
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• Bibi Agya Kaur
  ...e of Bhai Takht Singh and his partner in promoting women's education among Sikhs, a cause to which they were both passionately devoted. She was the daughter In 1917-18 there were many Indian and English soldiers who returned to the Panjab, survivers of the deadliest
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• Adharm
  '''Adharm''' is the name of an Indian Bollywood film directed by Adeep Singh released in 2006. It is based on the ...events of the [[Chittisinghpura massacre]] on March 20, 2000, in which 37 Sikhs were massacred by Islamic Fundamentalists in Kashmir. The film revolves aro
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• Surjit Singh Penta
  ...movement, after he had been personally affected by the [[1984 Massacre of Sikhs|Delhi Anti-Sikh riots in 1984]]. After that he became part of the [[Bhindra ...even said to have been given government info pointing out the addresses of Sikhs, their homes and businesses.
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• US Sikh woman racial harassed wins settlement
  ...nt sends a strong message to private employers that discrimination against Sikhs is illegal and will be harshly punished. ...tore manager harassed Mrs. Kaur because she was a [[Sikh]], a woman and an Indian.
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• ISI former head says Sikh community gives him "next-to-Guru" status?
  [[Image:Sikhs Defenders Akaal Takht.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Sikhs Defenders of Harmandir Sahib 1984]] ...ikh who is head of the Pakistan Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (PGPC), says Sikhs give him a "next-to-Guru" status.'''
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• SIKHISM AND BIHAR
  ...s and universities of Bihar. Whether or not all of the people in Bihar are Sikhs it does not matter, the fact is that they take special pride in this religi
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• Lieutenant General Maharaja Yadavinder Singh
  ...s and Panjab Universities, was the last hereditary ruler of the east while Indian princely state of Patiala. Born on 7 January 1913 during the high noon of t ...sition for a number of years. Seconded in 1935 to a crack Sikh unit of the Indian army, he did valuable work helping in reconstruction after the terrible Que
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• Sikh Scripture
  ...lled the [[Guru Granth Sahib]]. The second most important scripture of the Sikhs is the [[Dasam Granth]]. Both of these consists of text which was written o ...i Sri Granth Sahib''', is more than just a scripture of the [[Sikh]]s. The Sikhs treat this [[Granth]] (''holy book'') as a living [[Guru]]. The holy text s
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• A World War I Saga: When Sikhs saved French honour
  Whenever the controversy centred around the Sikhs and their turbans resurfaces in France, my memory invariably reaches out to .... So the standing Army in India was immediately constituted into the First Indian Corps with the Lahore and Meerut Divisions on its order-of-battle, as they
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• The fall of Gilgit
  The entire north-west of the Indian sub-continent was, in the autumn of 1947, aflame with communal riots. In Oc ...by Lt. Col. Abdul Majid Khan, the battalion was composed of Muslims and [[Sikhs]] in almost equal proportions. The Muslim companies had men from [[Poonch]]
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• Joseph Davey Cuningham
  ...ical agent to the state of Bhopal. In 1849, appeared his A History of the Sikhs which he had written while at Bhopal and which his brother had got publishe ...am's History shifted from his predecessors' concern with the assessment of Sikhs' political and military strength or the description of the manner of their
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• Sikhism by country
  | 100,000<ref>[http://www.overseasindian.in/2007/jan/news/25n3.shtml Overseas Indian: Connecting India with its Diaspora<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> ...ref> <ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/south_east/3015089.stm Sikhs celebrate harvest festival]</ref>
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• Operation Black Thunder
  ...d the very same thing on May 12, 1988, although not on the same scale. The indian government was distraught that "militants" had restored the Akal Takht and ...ing the audacity to attack the Golden Temple. The operation ended when the Sikhs surrendered in fear of a repeat of Operation Bluestar.
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• Sir Jogendra Singh
  ...elements in the political life of India. At the time of the expansion the Sikhs were not given any representation which was resented by them and they held ...he Indian Sugar Committee, the Indian Taxation Enquiry Commission, and the Indian Sandhurst Committee. He was also a Fellow of Panjab University.
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• Satgur
  ...''', is a '''spiritual guide''' or preceptor. The term, long used in the Indian religious tradition, has a special connotation in the [[Sikh]] system. ...cept of [[Guru]], the teacher or enlightener who guides his/its devotees (Sikhs), is thus central to [[Sikhism]]. The [[Guru]], according to [[Sikh]] beli
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• 1989 Jammu Anti Sikh Riots
  '''Sikhs killed and injured in Jammu''', January 13th 1989 ...eadly weapons by a Hindu mob connected with the organisation Shiv Sena. 13 Sikhs were killed and about 100 wounded, some of them seriously.
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• DeccanHerald010904
  LIKE Muslims and Christians, Sikhs are ahle kitab, possessing the book. Theirs is Guru Granth Sahib which cele ...transcends creed and caste, cant and convention. It does not belong to the Sikhs alone. It consecrates the sayings of 11 Hindu bhakats and as many bard poet
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• July 10
  * in 1685, constructed Bibaek Sar for Bibaekae Sikhs. ...e to power in sunmat 1685, the government policy went strongly against the Sikhs. As a result, Guru Sahib fought the following four wars with the mughal for
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• Nanded
  '''Nanded''' (called Abichal nagar by the Sikhs) {{coord|19.1528|n|77.3189|e}} is also known '''Nanded-Waghala'''. It is si ...ve most important Takhats (thrones) of the Sikhs. Yearly many thousands of Sikhs visit the city to pay their respects to the sacred [[Gurdwara]] by the rive
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• Mair Rajputs
  ...ok gives a detailed account of the atrocities committed against Hindus and Sikhs including Mair Rajputs in Punjab during partition of India in 1947: Talib, Gurbachan (1950). Muslim League Attack on Sikhs and Hindus in the Punjab 1947. India: Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committ
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• Central Sikh Temple
  ...ing Area in 1986. The gurdrawa is the main place of worship for the 15,000 Sikhs in the country, and is also known as Wada Gurdrawa. ...ed to recruit Sikh migrants as security forces in the Straits Settlements. Sikhs began to arrive in Singapore in 1881, to form a Sikh Contingent of the Stra
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• Punjabi
  Punjabi is the official language of the Indian state of [[Punjab]] and [[Chandigarh]]. It is one of the second official la ...fth most commonly used language). Punjabi is the preferred language of the Sikhs, as some of their religious literature is written in it. It is the usual la
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• Anjuman-i-Punjab, winning the right to study the Panjabi language in Gurmukhi
  ...ivate primary schools, lecture series and publication of literary works in Indian languages. The Anjuman held meetings for the discussion of questions of lit ==The rights of Sikhs to study the Punjabi language written in the Gurmukhi script==
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• Sikh bravery
  ...ltural links, but little is known about the far more recent history of the Sikhs in the Battlefronts” Sikhs from the Northern state of [[India]], spring from martial races, whose figh
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• Gurbachan Singh Talib
  ...rsity fellowship in 1985 to take up the National fellowship offered by the Indian Council of Historical Research, New Delhi. He suffered a massive heart atta ...ikhs and Hindus in Punjab, 1947 (1950); The Impact of Guru Gobind Singh on Indian Society (1966), Guru Nanak: His Personality and Vi
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• The Sepoy Mutiny - 1857
  ...he Punjab. These two wars, the First and Second Anglo-Sikh Wars left the Sikhs fractionalize without any united leadership. The Dogra general who had lead ...urbia soldiers was in reaction to their boast that they had vanquished the Sikhs in 1845-46 and in 1848-49.
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• Shaheed Major Baldev Singh Ghumman
  ...1971 but was left saddened and shocked with the attack on Golden Temple by Indian Army in summer of 1984. ...organizing peaceful protests against fake police encounters and torture of Sikhs. He is also credited for the unity between two major factions of Sikh Youth
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• Polygamy in Sikhism
  ...orm is illegal, as Sikhs are also part of same act which turns illegal for Indian [[Sikh]]s too including Jains, Hindus and Buddhists opposite to Sharia Law
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• Chamar
  ...ided into various groups such as Ad-Dharmi and Ravidassia and in Ravidasia Sikhs also there are sections of Chamars . They are highly concentrated in the Do * Prithvi Singh Azad, founding member of Ghadar Party, Indian independence activist and politician
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• Sikhism in Belgium
  ...Dogra Sikhs died.[http://www.sikhs.org/ww1/second.html Sikhs.org] In WWII Sikhs even fought on oposing sides ...on region and some 1000 live in Brussels Capital Region. While most of the Sikhs are from Punjab there is a sizeable number from the Afghan Sikh community.
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• Battle of Chillianwala
  ...troops to help quell the revolt. One of these forces consisted largely of Sikhs under General Sher Singh Attariwalla. On September 14, General Sher Singh's ...There was also a cavalry division of two cavalry brigades, of British and Indian cavalry regiments, and a brigade of Bengal Native troops in reserve. His ar
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• Labh Singh Saini
  ...s Babu Labh Singh. He resigned his job as a protest against the killing of Sikhs at Nankana Sahib on 20 February 1921, and joined the campaign for the refor ...district, participated in the Civil Disobedience movement launched by the Indian National Congress. He was taken into custody in Delhi, but was released aft
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• Sir David Ochterlony
  ...ley's earlier policy towards [[Maharaja Ranjit Singh]] and the cisSutlej Sikhs, which aimed at establishing friendly relations with them and weaning them revenue and military resources of the cisSutlej Sikhs. It referred to the conquests and grants of Ranjit Singh during his three M
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• Iqbal Singh, 67 Year Old Grandfather Survives Brutal Attack
  The day after the stabbing of a Santa Clara grandfather left South Bay Sikhs reeling, prosecutors are weighing hate crime and attempted murder charges a “We Sikhs are the most targeted for hate crimes,” he said. “People see us, and th
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• Gurdwara Rawalsar Sahib
  ...s. Rawalsar (also spelled Rewalsar) is a town in the Mandi district in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh about about 15-25Km west of Mandi. ...me is visible from a distance. Rawalsar is particularly sacred to Namdhari Sikhs. Because of some allusion to it in Sau Sakhi as a sanctuary, many Namdharis
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• Bhai Kapur Singh Sirdar
  ==Stood against discrimination against Sikhs== ...irked by the growing narrow politics of the government biased against the Sikhs, but what incensed him the most was a circular letter, dated 10 October 194
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• MUNDAVNI
  * Educated Sikhs would generally agree that Raagmaala could be an index or listing of the ra * Indian culture, rich as it is, is really one of oral tradition. It has never value
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• Iqbal Singh Babbar
  ...havoc with the sentiments of the Sikh Nation. He showed the path to young Sikhs to fight for their human rights. ...f those whose loved ones had laid down their lives while fighting with the Indian establishment. Undoubtedly, thousands have died for the sake of the Sikh na
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• Sikh Pilgrims in Pakistan on Baisakhi at Panja Sahib
  ...Gurdwara]]s. Many prefer to visit historic Gurdwaras and many thousands of Sikhs will take this opportunity to visit the holy Gurdwaras in [[Pakistan]]. The ...o been made, he said, adding that after getting positive response from the Indian government, Pakistan would open a visa office at Amratsar to facilitate the
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• Tejdeep Singh Rattan
  ...I did a good job by asking (the Army) for permission, because a lot of (Sikhs) assimilate right away and then regret (it) afterwards and cannot live w ...So I made a very honest appeal to the U.S. government. There's nothing (Sikhs) cannot do with our articles of faith intact."
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• When Sikhs conquered Delhi
  {{p|File:Sardar Baghel Singh.jpg|In 1783 Sikhs enter the Red Fort in Delhi}} ...leadership of [[Dal Khalsa]] chief, [[Sardar Jassa Singh Ahluwalia]], the Sikhs refused an alliance, and instead challenged Abdali for battle.
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• Remembering the battle of Gallipoli
  *14th Ferozepur Sikhs *15th Ludhiana Sikhs
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• Gerard Anstruther Wathen
  Most of the Sikhs of that period consider their success and prosperity in life as their perso ...he Balkans and Anatolia on archaeological research. In 1905, he joined the Indian Education Service, becoming professor of English at Government College, Lah
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• Mass Grave of Sikhs discovered in Haryana
  MASS GRAVE OF "SIKHS" KILLED IN NOVEMBER 1984 DISCOVERED IN HARYANA AFTER 26 YEARS A mass Grave of Sikhs killed in November 1984 has been discovered after 26 years in village Hondh
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• Manbir Singh Chaheru
  ...ld at the time of “April 13, 1978 - Nirankari confrontation” when thirteen Sikhs of the Akhand Kirtani Jatha were murdered. This incident left a deep mark o ...heguroo.com/lofiversion/index.php/t16981.html</ref> and fought against the Indian army until his death ( June 9th 1984) in [[Operation Blue Star]] <ref> htt
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• Ishar Singh Majhail
  ...athedar Mohan Singh Nagoke came out with drawn swords, rescued the wounded Sikhs and drove off the mob of Muslims. ...fort during WWII. He took part in the Quit India movement launched by the Indian National Congress in 1942 and was detained under Defence of India Rules. In
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• Sikhism and Judaism
  ...Israel on peace Mission<br> [See full Gallery http://www.pbase.com/dflynch/sikhs] ]] ...om a Jewish perspective. It is a temple they’re visiting, but it’s one for Sikhs. And I know nothing at all about them.
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• Sikh Regiment
  ...of the Indian Army. It is currently the highest decorated regiment in the Indian Army and was at one stage the highest decorated regiment in the British Emp ...in Hong Kong. By 1914 Sikh Regiments were deployed as part of the British Indian Army for operations in World War I. The Regiment served in all theatres of
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• Panth Rattan
  ...terally means “Jewel” of the [[Panth]] (group comprising all the world Sikhs, the global Sikh community) and is a title of honour and distinction for ...a Prabhandak Committee, in organizing Sikhs politically, and guided the Sikhs during the Partition of India, and later led their demand for a
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• Rehit Nama
  ...onduct for Khalsa. In the years following Guru Gobind Singh, many of those Sikhs who had been blessed to hear his words, such as Bhai Nand Laal, Bhai Sukha ...Kosh, states that although there are many Rehit Namas, written by devoted Sikhs according to their own understanding, only those rules which do not go agai
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• Sikh community at Woolgoolga
  ...emple, with its golden domes reaching out to the heavens and wonder at the Indian elephant in front of a splendid palace with minarets. Is it a simmering mir However, there is nothing magic about the success of the Woolgoolga Sikhs who have continued the good work in the finest tradition of the Sikh pionee
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• Timeline of Sikhism
  |align=center| 1761 || Sikhs take the capital city of [[Lahore]], Pakistan from the Mughal governor |align=center| 1769 || Sikhs repel Afghan invaders to become an important political power in Panjab.
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• Kuldip Singh Sidhu
  ...tating the development of assisted reproductive technologies, given by the Indian National Science Academy", Sidhu says. "My study looked at molecules presen [[Category:Famous Sikhs]]
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• Sukhdev Singh Babbar
  ...tant groups in Punjab State that are fighting for an independent state for Sikhs, known as [[Khalistan]]<ref> http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res ...f operations against Indian security forces and remained active in several Indian states.<ref> http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/countries/india/states/punjab/te
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• RAJA SHIVNABH
  ...cripture as Haqiqat Rah Maqam Shivnabh Raje KI, which is considered by the Sikhs as an apocryphal composition. ...ian Emperor Ashok whose wheel of Dharma, on the same sculpture, adorns the Indian flag.
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• Chithi Singhpora Massacre
  ...ed an aweful vacuum in the lives of the bereaved families. We suggest that Sikhs across the world offer sponsorship for the orphaned children for education ...of these Sikhs. This village was established due to the Dogra cruelty and Sikhs were dragged from city lest they should gain power to dethrone Dogra rulers
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• Ishvar
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• Maharaja Ranjit Singh: Koh-i-Noor diamond
  ==Link with the Sikhs== ...ndia]] several times. They not only randomly massacred thousand innocent [[Indian]]s, but also looted her property and honor. In 1739 the Persian chieftain N
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• Ghadar Movement
  ...rted Ghadr movement to free India from British rule in early 1900's. These Sikhs and Punjabi Hindus were sent to Canada which was under British rule for lab ...about 5000 Indians had entered Canada. 99% of which were Punjabis and 90% Sikhs. Many Indians were also sudying at various universities all over USA. Ameri
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• United States v. Bhagat Singh Thind
  Although Thind argued that as an Indian he belonged to the Aryan and therefore the Caucasian race, the Court found ...Justice [[wikipedia:George Sutherland]] found that, while Thind, an Asian Indian, may claim to have "''purity of Aryan blood''" due to being "''born in Vill
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• The Sikhs of Nepal
  '''Nepali Sikhs''' There are over 3,000 Sikhs living in Nepal now, about 90 percent involved in the transport business an
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• Babbar Khalsa
  ...ibuted to it. It was, and continues to be, sponsored largely by expatriate Sikhs, particularly in the [[United Kingdom]] and [[Canada]]. ...). The initial aim of this panthic organisation was to avenge the death of Sikhs and to eliminate enemies of the Sikh nation. On [[24 April]] [[1980]], Gurb
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• June 19
  ...or the independence of India. Its members were Indian residents, primarily Sikhs, settled in USA. Their prime objective was to actively cause rebellion amon
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• Authority under the Sikh Gurus
  ...is disciples as his successor at a ceremony which followed the traditional Indian model. Guru Nanak placed five coins before Lehna and touched his feet; this ...Adi Granth) and built the Harmandir Sahib (central place of worship of the Sikhs) in 1603/4. It was he who installed the Adi Granth in the Harmandir Sahib.
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• Unshorn Hair
  ...s radiant energy which helps one to meditate and be mentally centered. The sikhs wear the hair tied in a bun at the tenth gate (at the top of the head). The '''WHY THE SIKHS OF SATGURU NANAK DEVJI DO NOT CUT THEIR HAIR.'''
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• When Sikhs captured the Red Fort
  {{P|File:Baghel Singh in Delhi.jpg|When the Sikhs surrounded the fort, the Emperor and his guards hid themselves}} '''The Sikhs attacked the Red Fort on March 11,1783, and hoisted the [[Nishan Sahib]]. T
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• Bibi Baghel Kaur
  ...er lived in the wilderness near the pond of Kahnuwan in the company of the Sikhs. ...ughal soldiers were afraid of crossing them. Inside this dense forest, the Sikhs had cleared some area and lived in tents there. They lived on the ration th
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• Bhai Mehtab Singh
  ...the Punjab from 1726 to 1745, further intensified his campaign against the Sikhs, forcing them to seek safety in hills and deserts beyond the central Punjab ...h their collection of tax. Walking smartly, they reached where the mrdang [Indian doublesided drum] was being played. One of them immediately drew his sword
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• Raksha Bandhan
  ...(the bond of protection in Hindi, Punjabi, Oriya, Assamese and most other Indian languages) is a '''[[Hindu]]''' festival, which celebrates the relationship ...s "blood brothers and sisters", whether they are cousins or a good friend. Indian history is replete with women asking for protection, through rakhi, from me
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• Sociology of langar
  ...ast served the community in many ways: It has ensured the participation of Sikhs in a task of service for mankind. ...ould not see the resurgence of the divisive caste names being used by some Sikhs, and then on top being proud of it. Nor should there be caste based Gurdwar
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• July 23
  ...e is marked with a six story mandir whose foundation was initially laid by Sikhs in sunmat 1835. Subsequently Sardar Jodh Singh Ramgarihia constructed a few ...eir land of birth. However, no company provided such a service between the Indian and Canadian ports. As a result, many Punjabis were stranded for months in
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• Guru Nanak in Manipur
  Manipur is a small State of Indian Union comprising an area of 22356 sq km with a population of 10,72,735 as p ...ated that several other foreigners reside in the valley as Hindustanis and Sikhs.
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• Interview Of Head Granthi After Bluestar (1984)
  ...is residence in Shaheed Bunga Street on the back side of Sri Darbar Sahib. Indian forces had initiated their attack on Sri Darbar Sahib at 4:45am on the morn ...er, and requested permission to distribute water among the detained Sikhs. Indian forces could be seem in all buildings of Sri Darbar Sahib. Reference librar
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• Tatt Khalsa
  ...tter there is a conflation and interaction between Western colonialism and Indian inherited traditions. The basic belief of Tat Khalsa is exclusivity. The Or ...arate religion is a point of contention between the Sanatan and Tat Khalsa Sikhs.
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• Khalsa Diwan Sikh Temple
  ...viding religious, social, practical and cohesive support to generations of Sikhs in Hong Kong and continues to do so. It is also the center of Sikh communit ...eb|url=http://www.sikhpioneers.org/s_komaphot.html|title=Pioneer Sikh East Indian Immigration to the Pacifc Coast from the Punjab|publisher=Sikh Pioneers|acc
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• Ramdasia Sikhs
  ...ofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/punjabs-dalit-conundrum-a-look-into-sikhs-caste-identity/articleshow/86607310.cms|work=[[The Times of India]]|accessd Ramdasia Sikhs are enlisted as scheduled caste by Department of Social justice, Empowermen
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• Europe remembers
  ...ty: why then celebrate [[Vaisakhi]] in this small town, while most Belgian Sikhs live at the other end of the country or in Brussels, where they have Gurdwa ...history in the First World War was an almost forgotten past: both for the Sikhs themselves and for the Belgians. One of the remarkable things about the cel
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• Saragarhi mentioned in the London Gazette
  ...ying a heroic devotion which has never been surpassed ha the annals of the Indian Army. ...shes to draw attention to the admirable conduct and steadiness of the 36th Sikhs, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Haughton, during the attack on the
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• General Reginald Dyer
  His next posting was to the Indian Army, joining the Bengal Staff Corps as a Lieutenant in 1887. Soon he was b ...istan Force, first known as the East Persia Cordon, was a force of British Indian Army troops which was posted to prevent enemy infiltration from Persia into
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• Mazhabi
  Mazhabi Sikhs (Punjabi: ਮਜਬੀ ਸਿੱਖ) (also spelt as Mazbhi, Mazbi, Majhabhi ..., strength and self sacrifice in the Sikh, Khalsa, British Indian army and Indian army. The Mazhabis were designated as a martial race by British officials.
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• Sikhs celebrate at UK Parliament
  The evening began with a Indian classical musical recitation and the singing of a [[Shabad]] (hymn) from th ...ngh and Mota Singh QC gave speeches outlining the importance of the day to Sikhs and the world. All the speeches conveyed the unique nature of Sri Guru Gran
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• September
  ...Thind]], PhD, ([[3 October]] [[1892]] - [[15 September]] [[1967]]) was an Indian American Sikh writer and lecturer on "spiritual science" who was involved i ...]), the the founder of [[Sikhism]] and the first of the [[ten Gurus of the Sikhs]]. /8 Assu
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• Five sarovars of Amritsar
  ...in this city. These are called [[sarovar]]s and it is the practice of some Sikhs to have a dip in all five of these holy pools. The ritual, apart from being ...ovar is located to south/south-east of the most important landmark for the Sikhs, the [[Harimandir Sahib]].
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• Kolkata
  Though Hindu was the word used the passenger list consisted of 340 Sikhs, 24 Muslims, and only 12 Hindus, nevermind that they were all British subje ...ould again show the world the value that they placed on the lives of their Indian subjects.
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• History of Jammu and Kashmir
  ...he Pathans from Kashmir with the help of the Dogra Army of Jammu. '''The [[Sikhs]] ruled Kashmir till their defeat by the British.''' * In the early 19th century, Sikhs took control of Kashmir. Maharaja Ranjit Singh had earlier annexed Jammu.
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• Singh is Kinng
  ==Portrayal of Sikhs and Sikhi== ...ive effect on the characters in the film and the audience. The movie shows Sikhs as brave and caring and noble personalities happy to engage, without prejud
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• Sikhs persecuted in Pakistan
  It was early 2009 when the Sikhs of Orakzai Agency were forced out of their homes by the Taliban. Nearly It is a fate that has befallen Sikhs from other parts of northwest Pakistan as well, notably Khyber Agency, K
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• Captain Amarinder Singh
  ...the last Maharaja of the princely state of Patiala. He also served in the Indian Army from 1963 to 1966. In 1980, he won a seat in the Lok Sabha for the fir ...n Army in June 1963 after graduating from the National Defence Academy and Indian Military Academy before resigning in early 1965. He rejoined the Army again
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• Sant Fateh Singh
  ...t Fateh Singh''' (1911-1972), who enjoyed wide religious esteem among the Sikhs (sant, lit. a holy man) and who during the latter part of his career became ...ior vicepresident. On 15 March 1959 he led a massive march of Sikhs in the Indian capital, New Delhi. As the Punjabi Suba movement gathered momentum in May 1
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• Nadir Shah
  ...Mughal empire had been smashed open by Nadir Shah with one sweep, and the Sikhs quickly moved in to collect the broken pieces. ...ralised to offer resistance. So Nadir's arrival was most opportune for the Sikhs in the replenishment of their depleted stores. Again when people learnt abo
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• Internation Sikh Confederation
  ...ns. To discuss these in detail is not in the scope of this article. We, as Sikhs, have the holy Guru Granth Sahib passed on to us by our Ten Gurus as our ar 4. Our envisaged Constitution needs to encompass Indian and Global Sikhs in a very fair and proportionate representation. While we have Sikh societi
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• Shastar
  * '''Gurj''' or Mace: Indian maces have great variations in their shape. From simply curved steel bars t *'''[[Khanda]]''' - This is a typical Indian sword and has a broad, straight blade, usually widening towards the point,
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• Vaisakhi 1699
  ...remony or [[Amrit Shakna]]. Then the Guru asked the first five [[Khalsa]] Sikhs to baptise him, in the same manner. He later proclaimed that the [[Panj Pya ...Sikhs were really walking to their deaths--being killed, one by one. The Sikhs who volunteered, had demonstrated their willingness to give their heads--in
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• Gurdwara Nirankari, Rawalpindi
  ...ted that 160,000 have already laid down their lives for this movement. The Indian army attacked Harmandar Sahib with tanks, guns and air force. As a result o
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• Nagar Kirtan at Yuba City, CA
  Ten to fifteen percent of the population is Indian, primarily Sikh. Had it not been for them, Yuba City would have been just a ==Kar Sewa leaves none of the typical litered aftermath of other 'Indian' melas==
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• Adi Bir
  ...the Granth for himself and kept it with him as a national treasure of the Sikhs. ...r the British conquest of the Punjab, the Bir passed into the hands of the Indian Government. Thereafter, the Bir became the subject of a civil suit and it w
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• Gurdwara Sheetal Kund
  ...t city and a municipal council in Nalanda district of Magadh region in the Indian state of Bihar. Rajgir was known for its natural springs and it is said tha [[Image:IndiaBihar.jpg|thumb|150px|right|Indian State of Bihar]]
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• Gurmit Singh Aulakh
  ''(Many Indian Christians are harassed by Hindutvists in India. In fact, Christian missio ...lso wanted to "declare India a terrorist state" because of "the pattern of Indian terrorism against its minorities", an allegation that was summarily dismiss
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• Bolowali Encounter
  ...unter is the encounter between 5 Khalistan Armed Force soldiers and 12,000 Indian Armed Force. All 5 were shaheed but caused much damage to the enemy. The ge ...ed many innocent bus passengers and burned train stations. Even though the Indian Security Forces were provided with many modern weapons, as well as armoured
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• Bhai Arvinderjeet Singh ‘Goldy’
  ...Operation Blue Star, the state of Punjab still had to face the rage of the Indian Government’s security forces. During Operation Blue Star, Goldy was about Operation Blue Star had hurt the sentiments of all Sikhs worldwide. Goldy’s psyche was also very deeply affected by the events tha
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• Nihang attack Punjab Police in Patiala
  On April 12, Seven Nihang looking Sikhs attacked Punjab policemen and chopped off hand of a cop, Harjeet Singh, whe Whole Indian Media and official continuously spoiled image of Nihangs without knowing re
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• Letter dated June 2 1984
  ..., 1984 - the day after the assault on the [[Golden Temple complex]] by the Indian military forces began. The attack continued for several days, resulting in, ...seless campaign of repression and oppression has been going on against the Sikhs for the last about two years now. [[File:1984-June2-84Doc.jpg|right]] The S
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• Hindu
  ...ns but the Persian maps made by Al Ishtakri which seperates Sindh from the Indian peninsula with seistan being on top. Also according to modern skin color ma ===Why Sikhs are not Hindus?===
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• Devender Singh
  ...the most to providing an important visual dimension to the history of the Sikhs, which had been lacking previously. Many newcomers to Sikhism can relate to ...622/17351304.html The hand that gives form to Sikh history, Rathi A.Menon, Indian Express]
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• Rajinder Singh Khalsa
  :When Mr Khalsa tried to explain that they were Sikhs and their turbans were their religious symbol, the accused started beating :Indian Press
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• Battle of Gujarat
  ...nglo-Sikh War, fought on February 21, 1849, between British forces and the Sikhs. The depleted Sikh army, weakened by lack of supplies, was defeated by the ...1849, Amir Dost Mohammed Khan of Afghanistan had sided with the rebellious Sikhs. His aim was to recover the area around Peshawar, which had been conquered
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• Ahmadiya Movement
  ...original shrines and buildings of Qadian, now situated a few miles on the Indian side of the border. In Pakistan the Ahmadiyahs have since been declared a h
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• Brief history of Sikhism
  ...son. Bhai Lehna was named [[Guru Angad]] and became the second guru of the Sikhs. He continued the work started by the founder. ...re called the [[Guru Granth Sahib ji]], which is the perpetual Guru of the Sikhs.
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• Gurdev Singh Debu
  ...after the “[[April 13]], [[1978]] Nirankari confrontation” when thirteen [[Sikhs]] of the [[Akhand Kirtani Jatha]] were martyred. Known to be a very close a ...Commander Gurdev Singh Debu". He participated in several battles with the Indian Government forces after that.
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• Jammu and Kashmir
  ...u and Kashmir''' (often abbreviated as Kashmir or J & K, and also known as Indian-administered Kashmir), is the northern most state in [[India]] and lies mos ...h China in its Ladakh sector. The line of control (LoC), which divides the Indian and Pakistani parts of the state, is 1001 km long (Jammu-205 kms., Valley-4
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• Sir Hugh Gough
  ...December 1845 and advanced on Firo/pur. On 2122 December, Gough fought the Sikhs strongly entrenched at the village of Firozeshah. It turned out to be one o ...ought an incomplete action at Ramnagar on the banks of the Chcnab with the Sikhs under Sher Singh. The battle was neither brilliant nor complete. Dalhousie
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• MASSACRE AT GUJRAT
  ...%, Sikhs 20% and Hindus 12% according to the last census figures. But the Sikhs were the most important and formidable community in the District. They con ...ndia, Hindus and Sikhs did not evacuate that district. Rather, Hindus and Sikhs not only from Rawalpindi Division, but from the neighbouring districts of G
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• Sikhism in Burma
  ...red Myanmar as a part of British India that has cultural affinity with the Indian people. But to my surprise, Burmese people have no common heritage with Ind Yangon (Rangoon) University was among the top ten Indian Universities before the British divided India and declared Burma as an inde
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• Guru Nanak Buddhist
  the warrior monk, in Gurmat the saint-soldier tradition. Sikhs equally have great reverence for Buddhist Tarungpa Tulku (As published in the Indian Express, March 6th, 1966) It gave me great pleasure when I was asked
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• The Labels That Define Us
  ...and meaning of the word "Hindu", except as a possible variant of the north Indian River Sindhu. The river's name became corrupted to Indus and the people of ...gh, reasons similarly. In his opinion, all people of north India, whether Sikhs, Buddhists, Christians or Muslims, etc., are Hindu, but not by religion; it
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• Punjab (Pakistan)
  ...mir and Islamabad to the North. The [[India]]n half of the Punjab and the Indian part of Jammu and Kashmir are to the East and North-East. ...Square miles). It is located at the north-western edge of the [[Geologic Indian Plate]] of South Asia. Lahore is the provincial level-capital and main city
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• Pharla
  ...y popular custom in older Punjab. Many Punjabis, whether they were Hindus, Sikhs or Muslims, used to tie turbans with a 'Turla'. They would also keep a loos ...s. New styles of turbans are in fashion. In fact, the vast majority of non-Sikhs and other clean-shaven or people with haircuts in Punjab have already disca
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• Gurdwara Sacha Sauda
  ...s closed as most of the area's Sikhs and Hindus, fled to the safety of the Indian side of the border, but on the occassion of [[Baisakhi]] in April 1993, th
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• Moujiya Encounter
  ...r there was not a single day when the Jujharoos from Babbar Khalsa and the Indian forces faced each other in the battlefield. There are many historical encou ...oam the villages and roads of Punjab, took special pleasure in humiliating Sikhs. Rapes became common and the sight of jeeps filled with soldiers became an
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• Old News 2
  ...is residence in Shaheed Bunga Street on the back side of Sri Darbar Sahib. Indian forces had initiated their attack on Sri Darbar Sahib at 4:45am on the morn ...een hosted by various states in Malaysia without a break for 57 years, saw Sikhs competing in hockey..}}
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• History
  ...ion Sikhs in the world today, the vast majority live in the [[Punjab|north Indian state of Punjab]]. [[Sikhism]] or [[Sikhi]] is the fifth largest organised ...[[Gurmukhi]] (written form of [[Punjabi]]) script and made it known to all Sikhs.
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• Joseph Davey Cunningham
  [[File:Cunningham.jpg|thumb|right|250px|History of the Sikhs by J.D. Cunningham]] ...ical agent to the state of Bhopal. In 1849, appeared his A History of the Sikhs which he had written while at Bhopal and which his brother had got publishe
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• Sikhism in India
  ...500 years, beginning with the birth of its founder [[Guru Nanak Dev]]. The Sikhs are predominately located in [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]], as well as, in many ...Kara]] and [[Kirpan]] - three of the five articles of faith endowed to the Sikhs.]]
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• Gurmukh Singh OBE
  ...aliwal clan at Village Bassian in Ludhinana district of Punjab, was in the Indian army at the time and became well known Sikh gyani, an exegesist of Sikh Scr ...ral society. His advice is sought by nationwide Sikh organisations and non-Sikhs including departments and Members of Parliament. He has represented the Sik
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• Gurdwara Janam Asthan Guru Nanak Dev
  ...passed to the [[Waqf Board]]. The Government of Pakistan later allowed 15 Sikhs to stay in Nankana Sahib to perform the daily services in the shrines. In 1 In 1980's only a granthi (a scripture reader) and a few Sindhi Sikhs stayed at Gurdwara Janam Asthan. Batches of pilgrims from India were occasi
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• Ziarat Chhote Shah Sahib
  ...ah Sahib is one of the most visited and respected religious shrines in the Indian state of [[Jammu and Kashmir]] drawing many Pilgrims to Jammu and Kashmir f ...feel and people from the religions of the area— Muslim, Hindus as well as Sikhs, come to pay a visit to the Sakhi Peer.
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• The Indian Ghadar Movement South East Asian, Japanese and Canadian Connection
  ...eading Congress personalities during this phase. The Indian people and the Indian subjects, who shared the view of freeing India by revolutionary means, have ...e termed a “Second Revolution” which undoubtedly marked a new trend in the Indian nationalist movement.
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• Sikh History July
  ...Singh of his village was arrested and accused of providing rations to the Sikhs. Bhai Taru Singh admitted the facts. Nawab Zakaria Khan ordered the removal ...ge of time, the Sikh institution's executives decided to take the Canadian Sikhs into immediate confidence on the kind of action required. This was done by
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• Chaupai
  ...pa|ਚੌਪਈ}} is a quatrain (a four lines) stanza or verse which is popular in Indian poetry, used both in medieval Hindi poetry and in the [[Dasam Granth]], a S The famous morning [[Nitnem]] prayer of the Sikhs actually called "[[Benti Chaupai]]" is all in the chaupai mode consisting o
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• Old News 4
  {{Newsbit|daily-news/sikhs-beard-costs-him-engineering-job|Sikh's beard costs him engineering job.|Tra {{Newsbit|daily-news/sikhs-want-be-part-suit-over-word-allah|Sikhs want to be part of suit over the word Allah.|Allah.jpg|The Sikh community i
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• Historical Sites related to Dasam Granth
  ...l Highway 72 goes through this town. It is an important religious spot for Sikhs and a bustling industrial town where major industries are cement (Cement Co ...mpositions of Dasam Granth Sahib. Guru Gobind Singh ji, the tenth guru of sikhs was the person in whose memory the Gurdwara of Paonta Sahib was built. It w
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• Shaheed Bhai Ajit Singh
  ...t Singh jee''' is one of the thousands of shaheeds who are unknown to most Sikhs. He breathed his last on June 5, 2003. You all will be surprised to hear th ...cussed person. He grew up to be a very handsome, tall young man. He joined Indian Air Force in the fifties. There he met Bhai Tejinder Singh who was a well k
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• Sikh History April
  1850: Sikh forces of Ranjit Singh disbanded a year after the East Indian Company gained control of the Punjab. ...ral Reserve Police during Harbans Lal Khan's funeral procession and left 8 Sikhs dead.
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• Gurdwara Saragarhi
  ...n the memory of the non-commissioned officers officers and men of the 36th Sikhs whose names have been engraved on a marble stone fixed on the wall of the g ...ng that when topic of the lecture, which conveys the bravery and valour of Sikhs in the battlefield, was chosen over two years ago it was not thought that i
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• Akhand Kirtani Jatha
  The Akhand Kirtani Jatha (AKJ) is simply a collection of Sikhs who believe in living life according to how Guru Sahib has instructed. It i ...Sikhs as well as further propagating the message of the Gurus amongst the Sikhs.
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• Sikhs - Noor Mohammad
  ...Abdullah Khan who was seriously thinking of leading a crusade against the Sikhs whose growing power was causing anxiety to Ahmed Shah Durrani and the Baluc ...event, personality, racial group, tactics of war, or the behaviour of the Sikhs.
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• July 15
  1775 Sikhs, under the leadership of Jai Singh, establish complete control over PahadGa ...not reject what the Mussalmans wanted, nor could it accept what Hindus or Sikhs reject."
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• Sant Gulab Singh Gholia
  ...abha reform was already under way and there was great enthusiasm among the Sikhs to spread the correct Sikh doctrine and practise. Sant Gulab Singh decided
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• RSS & BJP CLAIM SIKHS ARE HINDUS VS. THE REBUTTAL
  LEADING INDIAN POLITICAL PARTIES STATE SIKHS ARE HINDUS leaders today defended the organisation for projecting the Sikhs as part of
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• In Sikhi there is no stranger
  ...r encountered demonstrates the meaning of hospitality as abundantly as the Sikhs. I have visited Sikh temples (called [[gurdwaras]]) from coast to coast. In ...an revolution. In plain ritual language it spelled out the fact that among Sikhs there would be no discrimination of high caste or low, no male or female, n
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• Sanatan Singh Sabha, article being reconstructed
  ...he Hindu and Muslim traditions. Another point of departure is when Sanatan Sikhs see Sikhism as an offshoot of Hinduism. This is offensive and misguided in ...lieve that the Amritdhari, Keshdhari and Sahajdhari are all Sikhs. Sanatan Sikhs also hold the Adi Granth and the Dasam Granth in equal esteem.
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• Zamzama
  ...zed by Rudyard Kipling as Kim's gun. It is perhaps the largest specimen of Indian cannon casting, and is celebrated in Sikh historical annals more as a marve ...ibute a copper or brass vessel for the manufacture of a cannon. Afghan and Indian ordnance manufacturers set to work, under the supervision of Shah Nazir, on
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• Arnold Toynbee
  ...hs.jpg|Foreword from the UNESCO publication, ''"The sacred writings of the Sikhs, Page 9"''}} ...ri Guru Granth Sahib Ji; the book was called ''"The sacred writings of the Sikhs"''.
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• ETPB spends Rs millions on Sikh sites
  ...ighboring India but would prove a research centre of Sikhism. He said that Sikhs from across the world were waiting for establishment of the university and ...engthen the bond of relationship between the people of Pakistan and Indian Sikhs and open new horizons of relationship between the two neighboring countries
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• Bhai Mayya Singh
  ...ingh Sabha, established in Lahore in 1879. After the estrangement of the Sikhs from the Arya Samaj in 1888, he, along with Bhai Jawahir Singh and Giani ...the Khalsa Akhbar, he fell into oblivion. He opened a shop for the sale of Indian drugs in Lahore, where he died on 8 March 1928.
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• Origins of non-violence movement in India
  ...the Gurdwaras as channels of indirect control of the Sikhs. Naturally the Sikhs were not happy with this arrangement. It was a major factor in the first up ...this. He was very perturbed at the intrigue and duplicity all around him. Sikhs who fought and died to keep the British out of Punjab were now starting to
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• Gurbax S. Mahli
  ...GM riding. He and fellow Liberal Herb Dhaliwal were the first two Canadian Sikhs elected to the Canadian House of Commons. Malhi has also been critical of past human-rights abuses by the Indian government in Punjab. In 1995, he held an exhibition on parliament hill whi
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• Baba Malang Sahib
  ...fter spending four or fives years in Lahore Malang got a job with British Indian Railways in Lahore. Maoj Deen was also an employ of the Railways thus both ...ingh]] and [[Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose|Subhas Chandra Bose]], the famous Indian revolutionaries.
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• Jaggi Johal
  ...ndia. Johal’s activities consisted translating into English the stories of Sikhs who had allegedly faced persecution in India. The Indian police had accused him of many fabricated and trumped up charges. He denied
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• Gurpurb
  ..."kurbani tina gursikha bhae bhagati gurpurb karande—I am a sacrifice unto Sikhs who with love and devotion observe the gurpurb" (Varan, XII.2).
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• Religious labels
  ...and meaning of the word "Hindu," except as a possible variant of the north Indian River Sindhu. The river’s name became corrupted to Indus, the people of t ...ngh, reasons similarly. In his opinion, all people of north India, whether Sikhs, Buddhists, Christians or Muslims etc., are Hindu, but not by religion; it
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• Bhai Amarjeet Singh Babbar
  ...ian Government was terrorizing the people of Punjab. Thousands of innocent Sikhs had been killed and Gurdwaras desecrated. Bhai Sahib began to think serious ...anization of dedicated Gursikhs who fought a principled battle against the Indian State, based on Gurmat. Bhai Amarjeet Singh eagerly offered any assistance
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• 12 o'clock joke and many more
  ...s it 12 O'clock). Personally this hurt my feelings but interestingly some Sikhs are angered by this while others find it amusing. ...headless?) Sikhs, both males and females, even relate the jokes to other Sikhs.
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• History, Science and Sikhism
  ...f written communication for the most glorious [[Punjabi]] language in the Indian Union. ...gotry, and misunderstanding, spiritual and physical, that still mark the [[Indian]] scene.
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• Navdeep Singh Bains
  ...ot know or understand such issues related to a minority community like the Sikhs or the Punjabis. If this issue has to be handled in the court of law, wheth ...iving in Canada but cases of violence in gurdwaras or shootouts by certain Sikhs on roads is growing. I feel the younger generation is following Sikhism muc
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• Regional Formula
  ...njab without recasting the state on linguistic lines, was announced by the Indian government in March 1956 following a series of parleys between the Akali D ...peaking districts of East Punjab, record Hindi as their mother tongue. The Sikhs on the other hand, considered Punjabi language as one of the basic elements
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• Bhai Ajit Singh
  ...cussed person. He grew up to be a very handsome, tall young man. He joined Indian Air Force in the fifties. There he met Bhai Tejinder Singh who was a well k ...uslims to maintained beards. Bhai Sahib said that he too was a “Maulwi” of Sikhs and wanted to keep a flowing beard. As much as the officer did not like thi
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• The Eleven Sikh Bands
  ...t he had sent him, saying that such delicacies were meant for royalty. The Sikhs, he told the messenger, lived on parched gram. Of this he gave a quantity t ...Ahluwalia misl crossed Jamuna and captured Saharanpur in Feb 20, 1764. The Sikhs overran the territory of Najib-ud-daulah the Rohilla Chief, and returned af
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• Professor Ganda Singh
  ...s and historians Among them the counted Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, a leading Indian savant of the day. ...for the Survey of Historical Records, Government of Punjab, Lahore, and of Indian Historical Records commission, Government of India.
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• Sikh pages
  :*[[Sikhs Five Ks]] [[:Category:Noted Sikhs]]
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• Countdown to 300 years
  '''On 15 November 2007 at 4.30pm IST''' (Indian standard time) ('''11 am GMT and 6am EST-USA''';) the [[Takhat Sachkhand Sr :''"MEDITATE, PARTICIPATE, CELEBRATE: Over 15 million Sikhs across the world will celebrate Simran Divas. An auspicious occasion that w
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• Mythology
  ...asam granth explained all the Puranas again with their changed meaning. So Sikhs have different interpretations of Puranas as comparable to many hindus beca In Indian Mythology it is said that Dhaul is a ox which supports the earth over his h
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• Dal Khalsa
  ...re and execution of its leader. The fierce persecution which overtook the Sikhs made the immediate reformation of a similar force impossible, yet the Sik ...1739 gave a severe blow to the crumbling Mughal empire, and this gave the Sikhs a chance to consolidate themselves. At their meeting on the occasion of Div
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• Punjabi and Gurmukhi Computing Resources
  * [http://www.quillpad.in/punjabi/ Quillpad - Typing in Indian scripts has never been easier] * [http://baraha.com/downloads.htm Baraha 7.0 & Baraha IME : free Indian languages editor]
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• Prem Pal Singh
  '''Wing. Commander Prem Pal Singh''' was commissioned in the Indian Air Force on 15 April 1950. In the beginning he served as a Dakota pilot bu Both Mohanbir Singh Talwar and Prem Pal Singh have added to the List of Sikhs who have served their country in its times of need. The weapon they used, t
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• Old News 10
  ...Generals comments regarding Sikh Soldiers|File:Sikhguardswords1.jpg|''"The Sikhs have fought for us in so many campaigns and laid down their lives for us - ...ttp://www.sikhnet.com/news/aussie-army-welcomes-sikhs|Aussie Army Welcomes Sikhs|http://www.sikhnet.com/files/imagecache/thumb/news/image/main/Bushmaster-TH
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• July 31
  ...and the Maharaja was invited to preside over a commemorative function. The Sikhs took exception to the honor being given to him. Sardar Amar Singh Ambalvi o ...eparate entity of the Sikhs and for the creation of a place on earth where Sikhs may breath a sigh of freedom. After partition, Sardar Ambalvi played a very
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• Kashmir
  ...'' also known as Cashmere, os located in the north-western region of the [[Indian]] subcontinent. Historically the term Kashmir was used to refer to the vall ...es. Biru Datt, Mula and Bhai Jhanda are the well-known devotees who became Sikhs. He travelled further through many places. At Srinagar, he visited the elde
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• Sikh Ramgarhia
  ...ccession crisis occurred in Yuan dynasty and Ilkhanate. Abaqa Khan made an Indian Lohar after he had led his mother and her team all the way from Central Asi ...ities. Khan was so pleased with him that he granted all the demands of the Sikhs, to plead for which Baron Jassa Singh had been sent. Moreover, Adina Beg to
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• Operation Blue Star: News reports
  ...o 100,000 army troops had been deployed throughout [[Punjab]]. A group of Sikhs, led by [[Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale|Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale]] (the ...as unable to do is a reflection of the commitment and determination of the Sikhs who fought valiantly and laid down their lives.
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• Gurcharan Singh Rishi
  * He did not a get a single rupee as compensation from Indian Govt. ...Garden''', where his father was the president and also properties of many Sikhs.
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• Avtar Singh Khanda
  ...f many Sikhs that the two deaths were linked. Beyond these two deaths, the Indian media drew direct comparisons to the assassinations of Bhai Parmjit Singh P ...i Avtar Singh was on the radar of Indian agencies for many years. In 2015, Indian media prominently reported that Bhai Avtar Singh had been named in a dossie
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• Hondh Massacre
  ...f> ({{lang-pa|ਹੋਂਦ-ਚਿੱਲੜ ਕਤਲੇਆਮ}}, refers to the killings of at least 32 [[Sikhs]] on November 2, 1984 in a village in the [[Rewari district]] of [[Haryana] ...ed.[5] After the October 1984 Assassination of Indira Gandhi, thousands of Sikhs were killed in the 1984 Anti-Sikh pogromsby Hindu mobs being aided by gover
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• Trumpp's Translation Of Portions Of The Guru Granth Sahib
  ...lesiastical Mission Society, Trumpp came to [[India]] around 1854 to study Indian languages and prepare their grammars and glossaries for use by [[Christian] ...ssioned Dr. Ernest Trumpp to translate into English the sacred book of the Sikhs, the [[Guru Granth Sahib]]. He again came out to [[India]], this time stayi
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• CHUHAR SINGH
  ...Princes, Chiefs, Nobles, and Other Personages, Titled Or Decorated of the Indian Empire.p.123. Macmillan and Co.London. </ref>. He was originally came from ...under Karam Singh Shahid, grandson of Baba Deep Singh. At that time, the Sikhs of Mahja and Malwa were determined to conquer Muslim province of Sirhind s
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• Bibi Inderjit Kaur
  She is a professional Member of the Indian Medical Association and has served as the Vice President of the 'All India Inderjit Kaur, is a member of the Indian Medical Association and Patron President, All India Pingalwara Society of A
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• Amar Singh
  ...ubinspector. Once as he saw police officials snatch away kirpans from some Sikhs, he protested and told the superintendent of police that dispossessing a Si ...all of [[Gurdwara Rikabganj]] in Delhi, a ban on the wearing of kirpans by Sikhs and incidents such as the killings at Budge Budge led Amar Singh to resign
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• Timetable relating to Komagata Maru
  ...en Jubilee in the UK went through Canada on their way back to India. These Sikhs were told that Canada's farm land is just like in Punjab and encouraged the | 1906 || Approximately 2124 Punjabis came to Golden which was a hub for the Indian Communities.
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• 1001 names of God
  I love the relationship we Sikhs have with God. He - or She, if you will - is "tu(n)", not "tusi" or "aap". Sikhs too practice their fair share of goofinesses, but I like that, at least on
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• Communal Award
  ...al legislatures as a further step in the transfer of responsibility to the Indian people. The Secretary of State for India presented the terms of the Award t ...of a particular religious tradition such as Muslims and, at a later stage, Sikhs and sections of Hindus.
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• El Sobrante Gurdwara Sahib
  ...the Sikh community decided that a Sikh Temple was necessary to serve local Sikhs in terms of carrying out general ceremonies such as weddings and Akhand Pat It was around the mid-1960s that a few Sikhs in the San Francisco Bay Area started discussing their vision of establishi
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• Battle Of Kargil
  ...entire nation has risen again. This time to acknowledge the triumph of the Sikhs at Helmet and India Gate ( Tiger Hill features) in the Kargil sector. ...nguished history. It continues to be the highest decorated regiment in the Indian Army with 73 battle honours and 38 theatre honours. The regiment also enjoy
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• Gurudwara Chowk Bazar
  ...is arrangement still continues. Early in 1972, when a deputation of Indian Sikhs led by Captain Bhag Singh visited Bangla Desh, Sri Satish Chandra Dey was t
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• Old News 6
  ...Sikhs seize onto culture in remote Argentina|Image:Argentina Sikhs sml.jpg|Sikhs worldwide are celebrating the 300th anniversary of their holy book -- not o .... The whole purpose of the Sikhitothemax software is help Gursikhs and Non-Sikhs to have the chance to connect to the Guru's message.}}
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• Dr. I. J. Singh
  ...America in 1960 there were probably no more than two or three recognizable Sikhs in New York and that is counting me. ...avern that was owned by her father. There were racial problems and all the Sikhs had gone to California or Canada.
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• Dr. Ganda Singh
  ...s and historians. Among them he counted Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, a leading Indian savant of the day. ...ion held at Panaji (Goa) in 1975. In 1974, he presided the 35th session of Indian History Congress at Jadavpur.
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• Ahmad Shah Durrani
  ...i contingent in which capacity he accompanied the Persian conqueror on his Indian expedition in 1739. ...onpayment of the revenues of the Chahar Mahal was the reason for his third Indian expedition of 1751-52. Lahore was besieged for four months and the surround
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• Toshakhana
  ...ved, the Sikhs were asked to send representatives to pick up the keys. The Sikhs, however, refused to do this, so a government official came to the Darbar S ...ar" on the night of 5/6 June 1984 when it was hit by cannon fire from the Indian army tanks that had been driven onto the marble pavement of the [[Parikarma
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• Origin of non violence
  ...me. Over time, when the situation deemed it necessary and appropriate, the Sikhs used the principle of non-violence again and again. ...threat to the continued success of their colonization would come from the Sikhs.
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• Khalistan Liberation Force
  ...ding Sikh freedom fighting organisations that was especially active in the Indian state of Punjab throughout the 1980s and early 1990s. Its aim was the form ...orders incidentally of a Sikh, polarised the opinions and mindsets of many Sikhs. Brahma Sahib was no exception and he formulated a plan to strike back at
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• Fanatic Namdhari Cult
  ==Namdhari Book - News Report In Indian Media== ...-led Sarb Hind Akali Dal declared that the Namdhari sect followers are not Sikhs and asked the head of the sect to apologise for having published a controve
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• Panj Piare
  ...J PIARE''' (literally the '''five beloved ones'''), name given to the five Sikhs, [[Bhai Daya Singh]], [[Bhai Dharam Singh]], [[Bhai Himmat Singh]], [[Bhai ...hadur, set out on his journey to Delhi to court execution attended by five Sikhs.
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• Five virtues
  ...avoiding criticising others are all examples of '''truthful living''' for Sikhs.
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• Man with the red Turban
  ...is not yet in the dictionary but the Australian media, by describing the [[Indian]] Sikh bowler, Harbhajan Singh, a ‘turbanator’, has made it a household In 1965, along with some Indian and American climbers, I happened to spend a month in Alaska as a guest of
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• Singh Sabha
  ...her countless sacrifices, and infighting among the [[Misl|Sikh Misls]] the Sikhs under [[Maharaja Ranjit Singh]] came to rule much of Punjab. Soon the new M ...g majority, and such an ancient tradition, it had become difficult for the Sikhs to remain above Hindu superstitious beliefs and practices.
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• Tilak
  In Indian culture, a '''tilak''' or '''tilaka''' is a mark (normally saffron or red ...ation of Khalsa in 1699 by 10th guru, it was abondoned as Guru said to his Sikhs;
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• Sardar Ujjal Singh
  ...as a protest against the [[Communal Award]] which had been rejected by the Sikhs because it had ignored their interests as an important minority. ...ord Cripps in March 1942. He was chosen by the government to be one of the Indian delegates to United Nations' Conference on Food and Agriculture held in Que
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• Virse De Waris Nu
  ...[[Singh]] and the issues that he faces are the same issues that all young Sikhs are facing today. ...this movie is well worth your time and deals with matters important to all Sikhs, don't read any further if you want the movie to be a surprise. My summary
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• On this platter are these things
  ...ru]] (spiritual guide) of the [[Sikh]]s by the last human-form Guru of the Sikhs, [[Guru Gobind Singh]] three hundred years ago. ...kh participated. Major processions originating from different parts of the Indian subcontinent poured into this holy city. The crowds that assembled on the o
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• Old News 5
  ...-news/first-ever-sikh-film-festival-be-organised-amritsar-0|The first ever Indian Sikh film festival to be organised at Amritsar|http://www.sikhnet.com/files ...Tatla figures he's a good role model to issue a call to arms to his fellow Sikhs. And if you want to honour the Sikh tradition of being warriors,}}
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• Babbar Akali Movement
  ...lis, babar meaning lion. Their targets were the British officers and their Indian informers. They were strongly attached to their Sikh faith and shared an in ...aster Mota Singh and Kishan Singh Gargajj, a retired havildar major of the Indian army, held a secret meeting and made up a plan to avenge themselves upon th
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• Partition of Punjab
  ...h gospel of loyalty among Muslims. He first opened his campaign againt the Indian National Congress in 1887. The Indian national congress was founded in 1885 by Some British and Anglo-Indians to
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• Jasbir Singh Ahluwalia
  ...n with the achievement of independence and the subsequent launching of the Indian Government's five-year plans, to build an industrial society. The imagery a ...a pointed out that poetry in the new industrial economy building up in the Indian Union needed a new imagery and a new rhetoric, and the new human being was
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• Harjinder Singh Jinda
  ...Force]] (including its chief [[General Labh Singh]]) were involved in the Indian History's biggest daylight bank robbery of the Punjab National Bank, Miller ...t (their idea being; to use public funds, stored in Indian banks, against Indian Security forces, as they highlighted the helplessness of the Government's
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• Chief Khalsa Diwan
  ...over [[Punjab]]. The organization layed the necessary infrastructure for Sikhs to be able to continue their heritage as a totally separate community from ...u Granth Sahib, propagating Sikh history, and protecting the rights of the Sikhs by putting up memorandas and memorials to the government were among its mai
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• Malva Region
  ...Dhab). The Battle of Khidrane de Dhab was fought here in 1705, in which 40 Sikhs became [[Shaheed]]. [[Mata Bhag Kaur]] who had led their return to the Guru ...took place in Jaito (in the historical Gurdwara of Patshahi Dasvin) many Sikhs Attained shaheedi. Freedom fighters such as, Sardar Kartar Singh Sarabha (1
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• Nanak in J & K
  it is currently also being maintained by the Indian Army. It is prominantly written outside the Gurdwara Sahib "An institution ...le, nay! it '''was''', '''is''' and '''will''' ever remain a mission of [[Sikhs]] dedicated to the service of Humanity. Ladhakhies still remember Guru Nana
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• Finding the truth in the Chittisinghpora Massacre
  Five days after the massacre of 35 Sikhs in [[Chittisinghpura Massacre|Chattisinghpora]], on 25 March 2000, troops k ...village and dubbed as foreign militants responsible for the massacre of 35 Sikhs five days earlier at Chittisinghpora.
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• July 24
  ...eir land of birth. However, no company provided such a service between the Indian and Canadian ports. As a result, many Punjabis were stranded for months in ...f any freedom figting organization. However, it gave a unique twist to the Indian history and freedom struggle in India. The Ghadar journal helped to give it
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• STRATEGY AND WAR TACTICS OF THE SIKHS
  ...h evidence available from which these can be inferred. The strategy of the Sikhs becomes sufficiently obvious if we closely follow the course of their battl ...d sword and fire to every place they visited. They fought and defeated the Indian Kings, burnt and plundered the towns and villages, sacked and slew the loca
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• Paradigm of sacrifice
  ...ht the Sikhs the ultimate lesson - In 1606, the Guru by example showed the Sikhs the way and the manner in which to die in the name and in the [[Hukam]] (wi ...him. Following in the Guru's sacrificial footsteps were many thousands of Sikhs who had learnt the lesson taught by the Guru and have walked in his path of
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• Lt. Gen. Harbaksh Singh - A Tribute
  ...herwise, has now got himself a prime place in the glittering pages of the Indian history. ...presence 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 o
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• Why I wear a Turban?
  ...side of Asia and the Middle East who wear a [[turban]] are [[Sikh]]s. Male Sikhs who have taken Amrit or [[Pahul]] and added the name [[Singh]], are require ...ropist donned a simple [[turban]] in respect of Guru Gobind Singh. Why do Sikhs go to all this trouble so many years after his dictate?
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• Sikhism in Australia
  ...k to 1844 (Dabee Singh), who used to live in Brisbane. It is believed that Sikhs have been coming to Australia since the early 1800s, however larger waves o According to Sikhs in Australia and also according to Racism No Way. "It is said that the firs
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• Defining Khalistan
  ...s wrapped in cotton wool and then set on fire, the Mughals did this to the Sikhs while they were alive! They bore these cruelties without flinching while th ...s life in an effort to end the Mughal’s attempt to end Sanatan Dharma. The Sikhs had avoided much of the Mughal terror visited on the Hindus as they did not
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• New Gurdwara in San Diego
  Toor said that on Dec. 5, the temple, or gurdwara, as the Sikhs call it, will host a three-day ceremony known as Akhandh Path, during which For the past 10 years, Sikhs (pronounced "seeks") in the Escondido, San Marcos and Temecula areas have b
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• Cheese makers of Italy
  ...umbers in Italy in the mid-nineteen eighties and early nineties during the Indian government's excesses, when the massacres and other gross human rights viol ...re not spoiled like our kids,” said Gianluigi Fiamenghi, who employs seven Indian workers on his dairy farm of 1,700 cows. “And their children won’t want
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• Vancouver
  ...net.com/news/vancouver-sikh-youth-aiming-real-change Continue reading 'The Sikhs of Vancouver' here] File:Big_vangroup-c.jpg|1906. Among the earliest Sikhs to arrive in Vancouver. (Photo source: in "Canada's New Immigrants", by J.B
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• Diwali
  ...it added another happy moment to the previous celebrations enjoyed by the Sikhs and Hindus alike.]] Sikhs celebrate Diwali after celebration of [[Bandi Chhorh Divas]].
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• Gurdwara Gwari Ghat Saheb
  ...pal, Allahabad and Jaipur by highway systems making motoring easy as well. Indian Airlines plans a Delhi-Jabalpur route. It is also well connected with fast ...ion Divan is organized after Akhand Patth Bhog. Every week numerous devout Sikhs and others come here to listen to the divine enlightening message and wisdo
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• The First Sikh Temple Woolgoolga
  ...on the North Coast of New South Wales and in southeastern Queensland. Some Sikhs began to settle in Woolgoolga during World War II, because war-time labour ...the welcome, tolerance and encouragement of Australians, establishment of Sikhs in Australia would not have been possible. There are anecdotes of the host
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• Gadar Movement
  ...is a Punjabi word which means (mutiny or revolution). Many Punjabis, both Sikhs and Hindus, were sent to Canada at the turn of the century to work as labo The Hindus and Sikhs who had entered from Canada found themselves subject to these same laws suc
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• Nirmal Singh
  ...ahore. However due to the Partition of India & Pakistan in 1947, like many Sikhs, Nirmal had to move to Delhi. In Delhi he joined Delhi University for Bache ...ring degree, Nirmal joined the Corps of Electrical & Mechanical Engineers, Indian Army. While serving in the Army, in 1958 he was responsible for an extensiv
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• Kehar Singh
  ...uffer ji, will Waheguru send a [[Sukha Singh]] and [[Mehtab Singh]] (famed Sikhs who had killed [[Massa Rangarh]] for his attacks on Amritsar and the Harman On the 6th of January 1989, at 4am - the time the Sikhs call Amrit Vela, the authorities walked Kehar Singh and Satwant Singh towar
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• Vahiguru Ji Ka Khalsa Vahiguru Ji Ki Fateh
  ...KAFA) is the current form of Sikh to Sikh salutation, was adopted by the Sikhs at the command of [[Guru Gobind Singh]] as part of the manifestation of the ...over again by [[Guru Nanak]], his spiritual successors and their devotees (Sikhs).
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• Daya Singh Samparda
  ...nctioned by [[Guru Gobind Singh]] to initiate his own order of [[Nirmala]] Sikhs. ...o wears know him by name a Nihang, deeds he does equal to Akali, listen Oh Sikhs with your ears.
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• Amu (The Film)
  '''Amu'''(A feature film set during the [[1984 Massacre of Sikhs]]) is a critically acclaimed film directed by Shonali Bose. It stars Konko 'Amu' is the journey of Kajori Roy (Konkona Sen Sharma), a 21-year-old Indian American woman who has lived in the US since the age of 3. After graduating
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• Sewa and the community
  ...t of reward or personal benefit. Doing 'Seva' is a central Sikh tenet; all Sikhs are encouraged by their Guru ([[Sri Guru Granth Sahib|Guru Granth Sahib]]) ...eaning the floors, serving food, working on community langar project, etc. Sikhs are also encouraged to help the community by performing unpaid work in hosp
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• Sikhs Massacre averted on the visit of Obama
  SIKHS ACCUSE ARMY OF HARASSMENT ...2001, when then US President Bill Clinton was in India, gunmen dressed in Indian army fatigues entered the village of Chattisinghpora, also in Mattan area o
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• Jalandhar
  ...y preaching, in the District, visiting village after village, In which the Sikhs, grew in numbers, in the area, Guru Hargobind Sahib Ji, blessed this area, ...ecially Phillaur, area which was the key, to get into the Punjab. In 1846, Sikhs, lost a battle, and the a treaty was made, which meant the Sikh Court had t
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• PM orders acquisition of land for Baba Guru Nanak University
  ...s based in Pakistan, the United States, the United Kingdom, India, and the Indian Held Kashmir, the prime minister said the government would protect the righ ...paying special attention to preserving religious and cultural heritage of Sikhs. The prime minister said special allocations were being made for the renova
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• Purdah
  The [[Sikh Gurus]] preached and banned this custom and Sikhs are strictly prohibited from practising this custom. [[Guru Nanak]], the fo
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• 2008 Sikh Arts and Spinning Wheel Festival
  Sikhs from all over North America and the U.K. came together on Nov. 14 at the W ...her Dr A.S.Marwah took the gathering briefly back into the history of the Sikhs who first arrived in the US and had shown great courage and fortitude in o
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• Old News 9
  ...hnet.com/news/us-sikhs-condemn-violence-vienna-and-appeal-peace-india|U.S. Sikhs condemn violence in Vienna|http://www.sikhnet.com/files/imagecache/thumb/ne {{NewsSikhnet|http://www.sikhnet.com/news/sikhs-cost-fitting-lopping-long-hair|A Sikh's cost of fitting in: lopping off lon
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• Betrayal of the Sikhs
  ==Betrayal of the Sikhs and the solemn promises to them== '''Minutes of the meeting of the Indian Parliament, in which Bhai Kapur Singh Sirdar rejects the 'entire schemata'
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• The massacre at Chattisinghpora
  The March 20 massacre of 35 Sikhs in a Jammu and Kashmir village has the potential to widen the communal divi ...in chalk. The shrines will stay in place until March 31, when thousands of Sikhs from around the country are expected to join in the last rites of the victi
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• Anti Sikh Racism in Europe
  [[File:Turban Demonstration in support of UK Sikhs on 10 october 1982 before the British Embassy in Amsterdam.jpg|700px]] <small>Turban Demonstration in support of UK Sikhs on 10 october 1982 before the British Embassy in Amsterdam</small>
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• Sikhs in the Eyes of Others
  ...World History; '''Churchill once said''' that English people owe a debt to Sikhs, and that the English People should redeem it. '''Qazi Noor Mohd''' was compelled to admit that blessed are these Sikhs who (i) do not attack a person without weapon (ii) do not attack a fallen f
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• Nalwa and NWFP
  ...ed Nadir Shah. Repeated invasions by Ahmad Shah Abdali could not crush the Sikhs. They had just the opposite effect and greatly helped their rise to politic Sikhs were successful in wresting most of the territory of Punjab from Ahmad Shah
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• Bhai Baldeep Singh
  ..., and the modes of teaching-cum-learning traditionally prevalent among the Sikhs. Besides giving many concerts, he has also conducted workshops and seminars ...of over 400 hours’ recording of vintage-value music, ranging from folk to Indian classical and kīrtan, is a rare treasure with him now. In 2006, Bhai Balde
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• Sikhs sentenced to death in UAE
  On 29 March 2010, 17 Indian migrant workers, all of whom believed to be Sikhs, based in the Middle Eastern country called {{w|United Arab Emirates}} (UAE ...met the local lawyers who had been hired to defend these 17 Indians by the Indian Consulate of UAE.
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• Paonta sahib
  ...city sacred to the memory of [[Guru Gobind Singh]], the tenth Guru of the Sikhs who stayed here soon after his father [[Guru Tegh Bahadur]]'s execution, wh ...is was the spot where the Raja and his party came to lead the Guru and his Sikhs along the difficult path to Nahan his kingdom's main city. Over the next fo
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• Preaching tours of Guru Hargobind
  ...He remained there for some time and occupied himself with preaching to his Sikhs, and set up a Sikh ervice organization under the guidance of Almast. ...to the ground and it is said that a spring of pure water issued forth. The Sikhs constructed a tank at the spring and it was called Gurusar. The Brahman fel
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• Sikhism in Myanmar
  ...red Myanmar as a part of British India that has cultural affinity with the Indian people. But to my surprise, Burmese people have no common heritage with Ind Yangon (Rangoon) University was among the top ten Indian Universities before the British divided India and declared Burma as an inde
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• Haryana Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee
  ...C, is a proposed commiteee, body comprising elected representatives of the Sikhs concerned primarily with the management of sacred [[Sikh]] shrines of [[Har ...to, promised to form a separate gurdwara management committee as Haryana's Sikhs "were feeling discriminated against by the SGPC". Haryana chief minister Bh
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• Shiromani Akali Dal
  ...politics, [[Simranjit Singh Mann]], formerly, a highranking member of the Indian Police Service.
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• Sikhism in Netherlands
  Netherland Sikhs are a religious minority in Netherland. They number around 12,000 and most ...ikh and the Gorkha soldiers to Indonesia to fight against Japan. While the Sikhs and the Gorkhas together defended Indonesia, they also displayed exemplary
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• Princess Bamba Sutherland
  ...at the age of 46, married Lieutenant-Colonel David Waters Sutherland,. an Indian Army doctor, who later became the Principal at King Edwards Medical College ...he time, who had just fought a war some years earlier, there were sadly no Sikhs present at Princess Bamba’s funeral.
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• Hinduism in Punjab
  ...regions, the Indian states of Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh and the Indian Union territories of Delhi and Chandigarh. Jammu, Kashmir and Sindh have be ...be known as Punjab only in the Mughal period.It was one of the cradles of Indian civilization and Hinduism.
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• Giani Sant Singh Maskeen remembered
  At the time of partition of the Indian sub-continent in 1947, Maskeen Ji, like millions of [[Sikh]]s, was uprooted At the time, two Sikhs Schools were functional and a big educational centre had already been erect
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• Jallianwalla Bagh massacre
  ...isakhi]] day). 1300 Punjabi's were assembled in the Bagh, out of 1300, 799 Sikhs attained martyrdom, while the remaining 501 were either Hindu, and Muslim, ...d War I]] (1914-18), there was considerable unrest particularly amoung the Sikhs, first on account of the demolition of a boundary wall of [[Gurdwara Rakab
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• Sant Karam Singh
  ..., now in Pakistan. His father, Kirpa Singh, and mother, Subi, were devoted Sikhs, and Karam Singh inherited their religious disposition. He learned to read ...ding to an eyewitness account quoted in Martin R. Montgomery's book, ''The Indian Empire,'' "Enormous treasures were looted, and each individual soldier ama
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• Sardar Bahadur Gopal Singh
  ...edar Major of Lobana Sikh community was awarded the Gallantry Award I.O.M (Indian Order of Merit which equals the Paramvir Chakra/Victoria Cross), O.B.I (Ord ...khs to join the army and helped in their recruitment. Most of these Lobana Sikhs were awarded land accord to their ranks after their retirement (1 moraba, 2
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• Sikhs attacked in USA
  *Whereas approximately 500,000 Sikhs reside in the United States and are a vital part of the nation; *Whereas Si ...nocent people from the world over to die in this brutal way. No doubt many Sikhs died for their Nation alongside their brothers and sisters from all castes,
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• Anglo Sikh War I
  ...ment the possibilities of a military occupation of the Punjab. English and Indian infantry reinforcement began arriving at each of the frontier posts of Firo ...erated the process of strengthening the Sutlej frontier for a war with the Sikhs. The affable Colonel Richmond was replaced by the abrasive and belligerent
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• Akali Movement
  ...agitation marches, divans or religious gatherings, and demonstrations for Sikhs to assert their right to manage their places of worship. This led to a seri ...y officiants, who had assumed charge of them generally since the days when Sikhs under pressure of Mughal persecution had been forced to seek safety in remo
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• Gian
  ...s of day and night and of light and darkness have been extensively used in Indian religious literature for jnana and ajnana, respectively. ...rds and whose favour are the key to true understanding. [[Guru]] for the [[Sikhs]], after the ten prophets from [[Guru Nanak]] (1469-1539) to [[Guru Gobind
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• Maujia Encounter
  ...r there was not a single day when the Jujharoos from Babbar Khalsa and the Indian forces faced each other in the battlefield. There are many historical encou ...oam the villages and roads of Punjab, took special pleasure in humiliating Sikhs. Rapes became common and the sight of jeeps filled with soldiers became an
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• Vaisakhi 1978 - Nirankari-Sikh clash
  Since 1943 the Nirankaris have annoyed the Sikhs by distorting Gurbani to promote their warped ideals; just as many Sant-led ...here. The police officer went to where the Nirankaris had gathered and the Sikhs waited patiently for thirty minutes for him to return.
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• Nirmaljit Singh Sekhon
  ...Chakra is the highest medal for gallantry of Indian Military. Since 1947, Indian defence forces have participated in various campaigns all around India and ...ue of gallantry and sacrifice by his parents. He was commissioned into the Indian Air Force on June 4, 1967 as a Flying Officer.
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• Lavan
  ...s the holy fire to the singing of holy hymns from Hindu scriptures. Among Sikhs the couple circumambulates the Guru Granth Sahib, completing a circuitin
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• Sri Muktsar Sahib
  The city is located in the southwestern zone of [[Punjab, India|Indian Punjab]] and is bounded by the state of [[Rajasthan]] and [[Haryana]] in th ...ghi]] ({{lang-pa|ਮੇਲਾ ਮਾਘੀ}}), held in the town in the memory of the forty Sikhs who sacrificed their lived in the battlefield of ''Khidrana'', is very famo
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• The Rakhi System
  ...ch led to the creation of this system were correlated with the rise of the Sikhs power. ...e evils of a dual monarchy, not knowing whether the province was a part of Indian Empire to be controlled in its administration from Delhi or from Kandhar or
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• Baba Deep Singh Ji
  .... On the outskirts of Amritsar Baba Deep Singh and the heavily outnumbered Sikhs fought two fierce battles against a mughal force of 20,000. In the second e ...Baba Deep Singh Ji soon became one of Guru Gobind Singh Ji's most beloved Sikhs.
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• Sikh Pilgrimage to Pakistan
  ...sage of love, compassion, kindness, mercy and forgiveness.<ref>[http://www.sikhs.org/guru1.htm The First Master Guru Nanak Dev (1469-1539)]</ref> For non-Sikhs and students of comparative religions, the authors hope the guide will prov
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• Fall of Mirpur
  ...he largest ethnic group making up 14,460 out of total of 57,594. Among the Sikhs again the Jats were the largest ethnic group making up 4,951 out of a total The morale of the state Garrison got a big boost when on November 12, the Indian Air Force effectively bombed and strafed the enemy positions around Mirpur
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• Ragi Bhai Daya Singh ji
  The basis of the music is Sikh (spiritual), Punjabi and North Indian (in that order). This, being Dya Singh's narrower background. It then embra ...mething towards this greater universality of Sikh music are white American Sikhs who have effectively introduced gurbani (Sikh scriptures) to western music.
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• Guru Granth Sahib, history and composition
  ...began to collect these in books called Pothis. Chanting these Shabads, the Sikhs became vehicles for the vibrations of the Word of God, and they achieved a ...n Temple where Baba Buddha was appointed Guru Granthi. Guru Arjun told his Sikhs that the Adi Granth was the embodiment of the Guru, and should be treated w
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• Talwinder Singh Canadian
  ...again, in Canada, in November 1985, in connection with the blasting of an Indian airliner. In Canada as well he was acquitted in April 1986. He was arrested ...Singh Bhindranwale. The article also states that Lakhbir may have been an Indian agent, which is why the confession was officially destroyed.
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• Nadir Shah's Invasion
  ...Mughal empire had been smashed open by Nadir Shah with one sweep, and the Sikhs quickly moved in to collect the broken pieces. ...ralised to offer resistance. So Nadir's arrival was most opportune for the Sikhs in the replenishment of their depleted stores. Again when people learnt abo
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• Jammu Kashmir Ladakh
  ...d but riveting -page chapter about the violent happenings of 1947-49. Most Indian historians have ignored that unfortunate period, while Pâkistânis have pu There is a chapter about the Sikhs of Jammû and Kashmîr and another one about [[Sikhism]] in Pooñch-Rajour�
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• All India Sikh Students Federation
  ...ce. These were the product of the new religious and cultural awakening the Sikhs were then experiencing. They had started questioning and caviling some of t ...where he qualified for service on the railways, but he chose to be in the Indian Civil Service. After his stints at Simla, Delhi and Lahore, he steered past
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• Jaito Morcha
  ...the massacre of the reformists at [[Nankana Sahib]]. His contacts with the Indian nationalist leaders and involvement in popular causes had irked the British ...ent ordinance prohibiting public discussion of the issue was defied by the Sikhs, who began convening meetings to condemn the deposition of the Maharaja. On
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• Sikhism in Pakistan
  ...e Christians (2.5%) and Hindus (1.5%) make up the largest minority faiths; Sikhs, Zoroastrians, Buddhists and Ahmaddis (legislated as non-Islamic in Pakista There are between 20,000 and 30,000 Sikhs in Pakistan, however their numbers are dwindling, as fear of persecution b
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• Naming in Sikh religion
  ...come increasingly visible during the last hundred years. More and more non-Sikhs around the world want to learn about the Sikh culture, religion and traditi ...mes depicting feminine qualities such as beauty, virtue and modesty. Among Sikhs there is no such differentiation as the same first name can be used for mal
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• SANT BHINDRANWALE'S IDEOLOGY AND MISSION
  ...ion of Miri Piri. He raised and maintained a Jatha of 800 horsemen, and 60 Sikhs armed with match-locks who always remained present around him to ensure his ...Hindus have already incorporated Article 25 (2) (b) which has clubbed the Sikhs with the Hindus. So the campaign launched by Bhindranwale to save Sikhism w
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• Dera Sach Khand
  In this photo released by the Austrian Police on Tuesday, May 26, 2009 Indian cleric Sant Niranjan Das is seen in his bed in a hospital in Vienna, Austri ...derwent operations for gunshot wounds they suffered during an attack on an Indian temple housed in a residential building of the working-class neighborhood o
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• Baba Piara Singh Bhaniarawala
  ...tten a book titled the "Bhavsagar Granth". This has offended the orthodox Sikhs, who complain that the baba is equating himself with the Sikh Gurus. An org ...Sikhs formerly of this caste turned to other religions or Babas, as some Sikhs still refused to associate with them.
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• Patwant Singh
  ...terests with his love for writing. He started up his first periodical, The Indian Builder, in 1953 as publisher. In 1957, he unveiled his most influential jo The Sino-Indian War of 1962 and the Second Kashmir War in 1965 led Singh to think about int
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• Guru Nanak Universal Saint
  ...e the Parkash Divas (birthday) of Guru Nanak Dev Ji, the first Guru of the Sikhs. ...uba City, which has one of the largest concentrations of Sikhs outside the Indian state of Punjab, to celebrate the birth anniversary of the founder of Sikhi
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• Bhai Jarnail Singh Halwara
  ...peaceful protests against the atrocities being carried out upon his fellow Sikhs. For this reason Bhai Sahib was arrested but was released one month later. ...for Bhai Jarnail Singh; Bhai Sahib’s family was constantly harassed by the Indian Agencies trying to find clues of Bhai Sahib’s whereabouts, but to no avai
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• Pandit Sant Nischal Singh
  ...es at Varanasi, spent another seven years at Haridvar studying traditional Indian philosophy.
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• Bhakta Ravi Das and his struggle with Manuvad
  ...d, retarded, impaired and disadvantaged. To put it bluntly, under Manuvad, Indian Society "started suffering from a reactionary disease caused by the hardeni ...ere congruent with the various themes running in the holy scripture of the Sikhs.
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• Sikhi and Dhamma
  Sikhs equally have great reverence for Buddhist teachers. It is a matter of no sm ...particular, [[langar]] the Sikh communal kitchen, and continual claim that Sikhs are hair-keeping Hindus established to protect Hinduism from Islam through
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• Jassa Singh Ahluwalia
  ...rth. Thus he created a power vacuum in the Punjab, which was filled by the Sikhs. ...for all, he set out from Kandahar. Marching with alacrity, he overtook the Sikhs as they were withdrawing into [[Malwa]] after crossing the [[Satluj]].
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