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  • Sikhs have a long history of military service. Whether in the British Indian Army or the post-independence Indian ...most other Indian peoples, Sikhs have provided the backbone of the Indian military since the late 19th century. While it may not have been accurate to mark Si
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  • Sikh Khalsa Army (1801-1849) was the military force of the Sikh Empire responsible for land warfare, land defence, and al ...ely acted unilaterally and extensively consulted his high command on major military issues affecting the Empire.
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  • '''Havildar''' is a rank used in the military of [[India]] and refers to an Indian non-commissioned officer equivalent to '''[[Dafadar]]''' is a rank used in the military of [[India]] and refers to a Non-Commissioned Officer in the Indian Cavalry
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  • '''Dafadar''' is a rank used in the military of [[India]] and refers to a Non-Commissioned Officer in the Indian Cavalry '''Havildar''' is a rank used in the military of [[India]] and refers to an Indian non-commissioned officer equivalent to
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  • ...to Muslim state's protection from outside aggression, to be exempted from military service and taxes levied upon Muslim citizens.[7][8][9]
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  • ...military and the [[Operation Blue Star]] in 1984 carried out by the Indian military together with [[1984 Massacre of Sikhs|killing of thousands of Sikhs in Del
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  • ...rit word meaning nine jewels. Birbal's duties in Akbar's court were mostly military and administrative but he was also a very close friend of the emperor, who ...ime on hearing the news. The death was said to be caused by treachery, not military defeat. Sanchit Fazal killed Birbal because of his close relationship with
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  • ...pplies running out for his army and the British Army resupplied with fresh military supplies and more troops, the success in the battle, did not mean success i
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  • ...]]]] '''Qila''' is a [[Punjabi]] word which means fort. Fortifications are military constructions and buildings designed for defense in warfare. Humans have co
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  • '''General Chattar Singh Attariwalla''', was a military commander and a member of the Sikh nobility during the period of the Sikh E
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  • ...tary war hero who was awarded the Param Vir Chakra India's highest wartime military award in 1948. ==Military career==
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  • ...demolished and was located adjoining “parkarma” of the Golden Temple. ''Ex-Military Mazhabi Sikh Association'' is fighting court case against [[Shiromani Gurdw
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  • ...munshi for the lands across the River Sutluj which fell in Ludhiana (made military cantonment by British in 1842.)
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  • ...five yards from the Lahore Fort, Headquarters of the Additional Police and military pickets for the city. Water-taps supplying water to the Gurdwara estate we ...his place abetted arson and attacks on the Gurdwara. On August 11, Baulch Military entered the Gurdwara on pretext of finding out supposed bombs concealed ins
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  • ...Pakistan's first Sikh army officer. After he Graduated from the Pakistani Military Academy, Singh marched in step with his fellow cadets before Pakistani Army ...o the army by Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on 17 April 2006 at the Pakistan Military Academy at Kakul in North-West Frontier Province (NWFP).
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  • ...Sukalgarh which he made his main residence. After a long life, filled with military exploits and action, he died quietly in his bed in the year 1805.
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  • ...ary 1605. His grandson, Nand Chand, was a Dlwan or minister as well as a military commander in the time of Guru Gobind Singh. He took part in the battle of
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  • ...havani Das set up 12 departments called daftars to deal with all civil and military accounts. In the districts of different subahs treasuries were established On occasions, Diwan Bhavani Das also performed diplomatic and military duties. He was one of the Maharaja's counsellors at the negotiations with t
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  • ...in various cantonments all over India as her father was a Farms Officer in Military Farms. Beautiful surroundings and loneliness made her a poet at a very youn ...children from the Language Department of Punjab. Her husband was posted as Military Attache to Afghanistan in 1956 and they remained there till 1960. During th
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  • ...wan Kirpa Ram. He was sent in the following year to Kangra, with civil and military authority, to collect the revenues, and in 1832 was tranferred to Firozpur.
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  • ==Military Medals and Honors== Military titles generally referred to qualities of bravery and courage.
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  • New article being researched feel free to add any info. found some military record. ==Military==
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  • ...t his deals with Gulab Singh (PRO 30/12, 21/7); and about Ellenborough's military policy and bellicosity towards the Sikhs (PRO 30/12 (72). ...ptly terminated the Tripartite Treaty, and decided to reestablish British "military character" by the collection of a large British force on the Company's "wea
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  • ...the heyday of Wazlr Hira Singh Dogra's authority when he was given a minor military command for the maintenance of which a few districts were leased out to him ...h his office. He was relieved of the office of Wazir, but no change in the military command was made.
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  • The '''Param Vir Chakra (PVC)''' is [[India]]'s highest military decoration awarded for the highest degree of valour or self-sacrifice in th
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  • ...t the same year. In September, he died of cholera and was buried with full military honours within the precincts of Jahangir's tomb.
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  • ...neral, contained speculations on the ability of the British to destroy the military might of Ranjit Singh. According to J.D. Cunningham, a young British office
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  • A Military Police checkpost is located at the entry point. Army personnel are required
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  • ...he West, some have compared the battle to the Battle of Thermopylae. Sikh military personnel and Sikh non-miltary people commemorate the battle around the Wor
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  • ...in 1796, was sent to LAHORE in 1829 in order to replace his brother as the military adviser of Maharaja RANJIT SINGH, but the two brothers failed to win the co
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  • No one in the Canadian military had ever had to decide what type of turban was appropriate for an air force At 35, Tatla was a married father of two with no previous military training who had arrived at Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Esquimalt west of Vi
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  • ...rahiIlahi Bakhsh. General Ilalu Bakhsh's lopkhdnd look part in most of the military campaigns of the Maharaja. It was employed to great effect during the conqu
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  • ...ie, the Resident at Lahore, did not approve of the assumption of civil and military authority by his subordinate. Abbott, however, ignored the protestations fr
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  • ...executed. After their death rioting became an ever changing scenario. The military was brought in to control the fighting between the Singhs. Many were killed
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  • ...njit Singh]], who was wounded fifteen times and was a recipient of highest military award Izazi-i-Sardari and civil award of Nirmal Bud Ujjal Didar.He was with ...Gurmukh Singh Lamba was nominated by Khalsa Sarkar Wazir Jawahar Singh as military and civil Commander to dconsolidate the gains of Sikh Army & the Fort of Ja
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  • 10. 27 Oct. 1947: Indian military invasion in Kashmir- two thirds of Kashmir occupied by India
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  • ...1971 when Delhi signed a treaty with the Soviet Union that included mutual military assistance in case of war. ...on the other hand, had developed a "special relationship" with Pakistan's military dictator, General Yahya Khan. In a White House conversation with Dr Kissing
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  • ...as instituted in 1769 and came to be considered among the most prestigious military awards in the world... The order was awarded to officers and generals for s ...Gurmukh Singh's 'splendid courage' and 'heroism' which won him the highest military honor for gallantry in the battlefield <ref name = "citation"/> :
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  • ...irl to join the estimated 200,000 women serving in the branches of the US military who are the fist women ever to be playing an essential part in the battlefi Brought up in the very isolated town of Earlimart, California her brush with military uniforms dates back to 2001 when she was a freshman (9th grader) in a high
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  • ==Sikhs tradition in the military== ...r their martial prowess, compose more than half of the generals in India's military.
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  • ...[Gulab Singh Bhangi]], a Dhillon Jatt, who gained renown in Punjab for her military leadership.
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  • ...in the command he held. Jodh Singh took part in several of Ranjit Singh's military campaigns and was killed in action in Kashmir in 1814.
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  • Sikhs have a long history of military service. Whether in the British Indian Army or the post-independence Indian ...most other Indian peoples, Sikhs have provided the backbone of the Indian military since the late 19th century. While it may not have been accurate to mark Si
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  • ...il Affairs Brigade (one of only two bearded and turbaned Sikhs in the U.S. Military and has otherwise been self-employed as a medical doctor since 1979. He won
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  • The '''Rattray Sikhs''' The Bengal Military Police Battalion raised in January 1856, by Capt T Rattray consisted of 500
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  • ...j Singh to Singapore, Kharak Singh offered to go with him. Under a British military guard, the two were put aboard the ship Muhammad Shah which left Calcutta o
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  • ...d Singh was appointed an agent of the Sikh Darbar at LUDHIANA, the British military station and political agency. He was later sent as the Darbar`s envoy to th
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  • ...spired by the exploits of the Sadhu-warrior [[Mahant Kirpal Das]]. With no military training he joined the Guru's army. Given a horse, a sword and shield he
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  • ...occupation of his territory. As commander of the post and performing both military and political functions, Ochterlony realized the strategic importance of Lu ...or the security of British interests. But Lord Minto kept his word and the military post was withdrawn in April 1810, and Ludhiana was converted into a politic
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  • ...ting down the passengers who tried to come out of the train. The Pakistan Military made a show of firing, but their fire was directed towards the sky and not ...the platform out of the compartments were shot dead by the police and the military and those who went out of the compartments towards the maidan were butchere
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  • ...ce Academy and was commissioned into the Regiment of Artillery from Indian Military Academy on 14 Nov 1971. A keen aviator, he has a great amount of experience Military Career
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  • ...verall decline of the Mughal Empire, particularly in Punjab caused by Sikh military action against it. This left a power vacuum that was eventually filled by t ...1780 AD). This is one of the reasons given by scholars why such a powerful military force never conquered and governed large parts of India outside Punjab. Con
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  • ...ara and the commander of Darbar troops in 1844. He was called to lead Sikh military operations against Jasrota to forestall the machinations of Raja Gulab Sing
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  • ...established in 1932 in the heart of the city but during the government of military dictator General Ziaul Haq in 1984. The Nabi Bux Government College was est
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  • ...the sultan of Bengal but died in 1530 before he could consolidate his military gains. He left behind as legacies his memoirs (Babur Namah), several beau
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  • ...u ji gave the location of well which was once sweet but due to foolness of military they tried to dug it deep so sweet water mixed with Saline water. Now Machi ...the old well was found during partition and as there was no sikh so again military found this place in 80's and there was small room now it is under kar Sewa
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  • ...and police units which formed the nucleus from which the modern police and military forces of the nation were derived. The first of these units was the Perak S
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  • '''Chet Singh''', military commander, engineer and a kardar, i.e. a revenue officer, under [[Maharaja
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  • ...s also given. The author relies for his news on official reports which the military governor of Peshawar received from various districts and this makes the wor
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  • ...the fortress. '''Lashkar''', formerly a separate town that originated as a military camp, lies to the south, and '''Morar''', also a formerly separate town, li
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  • ...ling Sikh insurrection. According to Akhbar-i-Darbdr Mu'alla, high ranking military generals such as Bakhshi ul-Mulk, Muhammad Khan Bahadur, Ghazi ud-Din Khan After many failed plots against the Saiyid brothers, his wazir and military commander, the real power holders of the kingdom, Farrukh-Siyar was blinded
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  • But he had no military training, and was discharged from the service soon afterwards.
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  • ...its debris has been used for road construction. The fort was utilized as a military Prison in the earlier year of the British rule but was afterwards dismantle
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  • ...the Cantt. The Battle of Saragarhi Gurudwara is a part of the Cantonment's military history as the men in the battle were mostly from adjoining areas.
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  • ...y, spirituality, education, artistry, music, cuisine, science, technology, military warfare, architecture, traditions, values and history. ...nd gave it an additional dimension. This further increased the martial and military dimensions of the Punjabi culture and of the Punjabi People.
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  • ...mpletion. The work provides information concerning Maharaja Ranjit Singh's military administration recruitment, equipment, scales of pay, organization and comp The military accounts of the three arms are given under sub heads: infantry regiments, c
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  • Taken from www.bharat-rakshak.com , an excellent website about Indian military.
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  • ...he killing of hundreds of unarmed, defenceless Indians by a senior British military officer on 13 April 1919, which history refers to as the [[Jallianwalla Bag
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  • ...ara and the commander of Darbar troops in 1844. He was called to lead Sikh military operations against Jasrota to forestall the machinations of Raja Gulab Sing
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  • ...f the country as a whole. Besides the police and para-military forces, the military also had to be brought on the scene to deal with the situation.
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  • ...now Pakistan) to the Caucasus Mountains (north). He gained prominence as a military leader during the Afghan occupation of Iran in the 1720s. Acting on behalf ...for the mass murder of many civilians, especially non-Muslims, during his military campaigns.
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  • ...ith Ranjit Singh's help. Included in the correspondence is a report on the military strength of the Sikhs by Sir Henry Fane, the British commanderinchief, who ...AngloSikh war was really motivated to destroy the Sikhs as a political and military power. Also fresh light is thrown on Lal Singh's administration and the Kas
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  • ==Military career== ..., 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 posted for a
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  • ...ndulge in political activities and get in trouble. He had him hired in the military.
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  • ...as the Additional Director General Military Operations (ADGMO) at Army HQ, Military Operations Directorate. During his tenure as ADGMO, he contributed positive ...of Rajasthan. He subsequently led 1 Corps during Operation Parakram - the military standoff against Pakistan - from December 2001 to December 2002. He was the
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  • ...tains. After his return from France, Ventura paid a glowing tribute to the military genius of the Pandit, and remarked that he had found the troops in a better
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  • After several military attempts by the Afganis who had once ruled part of the Gakkar homelands in
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  • ...as the Additional Director General Military Operations (ADGMO) at Army HQ, Military Operations Directorate. During his tenure as ADGMO, he contributed positive ...of Rajasthan. He subsequently led 1 Corps during Operation Parakram - the military standoff against Pakistan - from December 2001 to December 2002. He was the
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  • ...British got involved in Europe. While Udham Singh Kasel started imparting military training to party volunteers and Kartar Singh Sarabha went to the eastern c ...ps in Rawalpindi, Bannu, Nowshera and Peshawar cantonments. The plan for a military and general rising on 21 February 1915, later advanced to 19 Fehruary 1915,
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  • ...gh contracted tuberculosis and spent his final days in a Kitchener Ontario military hospital, dying at age 25 in 1919. His grave in Kitchener Ontario is the on ''"Using that, I went to Ottawa and tracked down his military records,"'' Brar said. ''"And it opened up a whole can of worms."''
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  • ...ahpur districts. Under Maharaja Sher Singh, Ram Singh received various military commands, and his personaiyogrrwas raised to rupees fifteen thousand per an
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  • ...d to the military authorities. Thus Punjab was vir­tually converted into a Military Occupied Area as is done in the case of the occupied lands of an enemy coun ...under ground for fear of arbitrary arrests, were arrested and detained in military camps.
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  • ...argest private security agency in the world providing security to vital US military installations across eight states; to federal court houses with contracts f ...cal federal government facilities, state and local government agencies and military installations.
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  • ...is chamberlain, Khushal Singh. The latter is shown as dreading to lead the military expedition to Peshawar whereas the former is presented as seeking it volunt
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  • 1923 Subedar Amar Singh of Dhaliwal, a military pensioner and a member of the SGPC was arrested.
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  • ...ought in the Prince's Yusafzai and Kullu campaigns and held both civil and military appointments under him when he was the Nazim of Kashmir. He afterwards serv
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  • ...sted in the Burmese military police. During World War I (1914-18), Burmese military police was converted into a regular army battalion and drafted to Mesopotam
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  • ...e young lady, Aung Sung Ky, fighting for the liberation of Burmese people. Military rule has disciplined the country and Burmese people have acquired traits of ...of 7th Burma Battalion. It was maintained by Sikh Officers of the British Military Police for many years. The British developed Rangoon city as a port and a b
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  • ...as the governor of the Jalandhar Doab during the absence of bis father on military expeditions. After the death of his father in 1814, he was confirmed as gov
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  • ...s 63 lakh—to secure the release of whom the Pakistan Army embarked on a military operation. But in the meantime, the security situation became so fragile ==Military operations ongoing==
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  • * 1762-1801, Sikh Confederacy military power rating increases rapidly.
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  • ...haraja Ranjit Singh first employed Ajudhia Parshad in 1819 to serve in the military office in Kashmir. Three years later, he was recalled to Lahore and appoint
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  • ...bad, the current capital of Pakistan, in the province of Punjab. It is the military headquarters of the Pakistan Armed Forces and also served as the nation's c ...quarters of the Northern Command and Rawalpindi became the largest British military garrison in British India.
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  • ...assumed name of Azad Beg. He took up Turkish citizenship and graduated in military sciences, receiving a commission in the army. Five years later, Teja Singh
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  • ...i-Khas in 1835. This alarmed the British, who had come to see the emerging military power of Punjab as a threat, to such a degree that they in 1837 issued orde
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  • ===Kidnapped Sikhs recovered in Pakistan: military=== .../ALeqM5jp_kteRcf6lsSo7iKj3Wbsn4hiAA Kidnapped Sikhs recovered in Pakistan: military] (AFP) – 1 March 2010
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  • ...f Representatives. Many more who have contributed to the American economy, military and the lifestyle. It is believed that there are at least 500,000 Sikhs are
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  • ...ar hero, who was awarded the [[Param Vir Chakra]], India's highest wartime military award. ==Military career==
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  • ...er 1984 as Director, Medical Services of the Indian Air Force, the highest military rank available to physician officers. The P.V.S.M. award is India's highest military decoration for distinguished peacetime service. He has also been a past Pre
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  • ...t with military precision; even his walk was of a military style. He was a military man in his walk, speech and behaviour. Whenever he used to reach the colleg
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  • ...ing to the first AngloAfghan war and the Sikh cooperation in the British military operations on the Khaibar, especially the despatches of Wade from Peshawa
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  • Ram Singh was not possesed of the forceful personality or military ability of his famed father. To keep him from involving his subjects in plo ...al to the Mughals in an attempt to regain its influential position through military service. Aurangzeb once again levied the hated jizia (a tax on non Muslims)
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  • ...rt. His body was, as he had wished, brought to Lahore and buried with full military honours between the tombs of his two daughters in Kuri Bagh on 19 February.
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  • ...ile the Pathans gave more attention to looting and abduction, the Pakistan Military are reported to have done most of the killing of the refugees and even put (5) Refugees started reaching Gujranwala at 5-30 p.m. on the 12th. Military trucks for their transport were provided by the Pakistan authorities. By t
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  • ..., in the Multan province. Later, he came to Lahore and rose to be a senior military general and courtier. ...ut to the sword on 10 March 1746. Lakhpat Rai followed this with fullscale military operations against Sikhs who had sought shelter in hills and forests, endin
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  • ...of the American Sikh community. The caucus seeks to address issues such as military discrimination, violence and bullying of Sikhs and raise general awareness
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  • ...[[Babur]], a warrior chieftain from what is today Uzbekistan, who employed military aid in the form of matchlock guns and cast cannon from the Ottoman Empire,
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  • ...y turned out cadets marched in, with traditional zeal, to the tunes of the military band. Surely, the young boy was a Sikh cadet and sitting in Pakistan's Military Academy Kakul. To the surprise of most of those attending that day, there w
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  • ...ere in the evening. Also this is where the Guru organized his followers on military lines following skirmishes with the Mughal forces.
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  • ...Bhagwan Singh, and eventually became his chela. The Dera was practically a military camp with 1200 musketmen and 3000 horsemen. It had always been a sanctuary He displayed superb military generalship and knowledge of tactical warfare. What sustained him was his r
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  • ...a, Turkey, Syria and Jerusalem, reached Cairo, where he joined the Turkish military medical service. In 1822, he heard about an outbreak of plague in Syria and Ranjit Singh was out on a military expedition when Honigberger arrived at Lahore and did not return until the
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  • ...armed revolt Udham Singh was appointed one of the "generals" for imparting military training to the volunteers. On his way back home, he visited Canton and Pen
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  • ..., especially in revenge for [[Operation Blue Star]], the government's 1984 military operation in the [[Harimandir Sahib]] (Golden Temple) in [[Amritsar]]. It a
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  • This was the last military engagement in which the Guru was envolved. It took place on December 29, 17
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  • COURT AND CAMP OF RUNJEET SING, THE, by W.G. Osborne, military secretary to Lord Auckland, GovernorGeneral of India (183642), first publis
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  • ...rom the village of Majitha, son of Mahna Singh (d. 1802), was aJagmfar and military commander under Maharaja RANJIT Singh. He was placed in the Dera Khas. a re
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  • SirJohn Littlcr left the Punjab in January 1848 to become the military member of the GovernorGeneral's council and MajorGeneral Whish replaced him
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  • ...late as the 19th century. George Cameron Stone, writing in 1934 of a Sikh military exhibition he had witnessed many years prior, described the skilled use of
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  • ...e Punjab became increasingly disordered, while the British increased their military forces on their border with the Punjab. Eventually, the increasingly turbul Byron Farwell, "Queen Victoria's little wars", Wordsworth Military Library, 1999, ISBN 1-84022-216-6
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  • ...ingh Dhillon''' (1914-2003) was a decorated and celebrated Indian and Sikh military war hero. He was commissioned into Bengal Engineer Group in 1936, was the f
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  • ...procured him through the good offices of Sir Walter Scott. He received his military training at Addiscombe and professional training in engineering at Chatham. ...from his predecessors' concern with the assessment of Sikhs' political and military strength or the description of the manner of their court to the identificat
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  • Taken from A website about Indian military forces
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  • 1. Franklin, W., Military Memoirs of George Thomas. Calcutta, 1803
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  • ..., 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 posted for ...Singh was removed from his command and taken into custody by the Japanese military police. It was only after the arrival of another Indian leader of great pol
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  • ...claims to be an eyewitness account of the events described, deals with the military expeditions of the Nawab. The only two extant manuscripts of the work, writ
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  • ...but which succeeded in obtaining information about the Sikh kingdom, its military resources, and the character of its
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  • .... His body was flown to his native village where it was cremated with full military honours. ...sk for the Defence Minister, viz. the division of personnel, equipment and military installations between the two countries, and provision of escorting convoys
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  • ...l 2003, it was reported that the Shrine in Baghdad had been damaged in the military hostilities of Iraq. ...desolate streets of Baghdad to the sacred Sikh site last night under heavy military protection, said 'it has unfortunately been wiped out by fanatics because t
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  • Faqir Imam ud Din also held command of 500 horse and took part in military campaigns. At times he was assigned to diplomatic duty or protocol duties o
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  • ...nted the Jagir). Such grants were often made in recognition of a leader's military service. Grants made to an institution were usually open ended.
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  • ...conducted the kirtan. The information regarding kirtan being performed by military personnel in your diary is inaccurate. ...ricity workers arrived on June 7. They installed the necessary wires, etc. Military personnel brought a loudspeaker from some Hindu individual. We returned it
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  • Later Matab Singh's ancestral village, Mirarikot was raided by a strong military contingent under [[Faujadar Nurdin]]. Naltha, the village elder, his son, n
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  • ...context agreed to qualify as aggression a crime committed by political or military leader which, by its character, gravity and scale constituted a manifest vi ...the United Nations giving the court the power to try future political and military leaders who plan, prepare, initiate or execute illegal wars and to hold th
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  • ...e young lady, Aung Sung Ky, fighting for the liberation of Burmese people. Military rule has disciplined the country and Burmese people have acquired traits of ...of 7th Burma Battalion. It was maintained by Sikh Officers of the British Military Police for many years. The British developed Rangoon city as a port and a b
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  • ...and follow the rules and teachings and finally you have to wear the police/military dress. Only then you will be recognized in the community and people can eas
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  • ...of 7,000 at Ferozepore, and moving other troops to Ambala and Meerut. This military buildup finally goaded the Khalsa into war, and they began to cross the Sut
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  • ...rthwest beyond the Khyber Pass. Even though they aptly demonstrated Mughal military strength, these campaigns drained the imperial treasury. As the state became a huge military machine and the nobles and their contingents multiplied almost fourfold, so
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  • ...the looting and destruction of the historic Sikh Reference Library by the military, the looting of the [[Toshakhana]] (the treasury housing Sikhdom's priceles
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  • ...ghal Empire]], particularly in [[Punjab region|Punjab]] caused by [[Sikh]] military action against it. This left a power vacuum that was eventually filled by t ...mily histories in the Sikh religion and Punjab's history in general. Their military exploits outside their kingdoms were legendary & famous in Sikh history. Th
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  • chela. The Dera was practically a military camp with 1200 He displayed superb military generalship and knowledge of
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  • ...h and the Harimandir Sahib. Things looked gloomy for the Sikhs, since both military factions readied themselves for a showdown to assert their individual claim ...widow of Guru Gobind, came to learn of the trouble brewing between the two military factions at Amritsar. She appointed Bhai Mani Singh as the Granthi of the H
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  • ...ur Ji. He passed Engineering from Thompson College, Roorkee and joined the Military Engineering Service. His bearing was majestic and attractive. He studied sc
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  • ...ITHIA''' (d. 1854), son of Desa Singh Majithia, was commander, civil and military administrator, and one of the principal sardars of the Sikh court. Of all
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  • ...ther over his long reign. Indeed, Bahadur Shah's shortcomings, his lack of military and leadership qualities, added to the problems of the empire. After his re
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  • ...d a way of defending itself against the ever growing use of the Army, para-military forces and state-sponsored terrorism. ...d to the military authorities. Thus Punjab was vir­tually converted into a Military Occupied Area as is done in the case of captured area of an enemy country.
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  • ...s, matchlocks, a few cannons, rifles and other weapons were recovered. All military grants of Sikh times were abolished. The Guides Corps, raised by Henry Lawr ...aised. Some of the Darbar's soldiers were absorbed into these regiments. A military police force consisting of 8,000 men, largely Punjabi Muslims, was recruite
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  • ...eatened by the Maharaja. He submitted to his government a geographical and military memoir on Sindh, which formed the basis of Lord William Bentinck's Indus na
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  • Paramvir Chakra is the highest medal for gallantry of Indian Military. Since 1947, Indian defence forces have participated in various campaigns a He was awarded the Param Vir Chakra, the highest military award in India, for exemplary courage and heroism in the Indo-Pakistani War
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  • :8. Sarkar, J. N. "Military History of India", p.67 :13. Kar, L. Colonel H. C. "Military History of India", Calcutta (1980), p.283
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  • ...nearby. The Raja and his family would often sit outside and listen to the Military band playing at night, in the Cantonements Bandstand, or as they strolled t
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  • ...s of the Northern Command and soon Rawalpindi became the largest British military garrison in India. Today the city is the Headquarters of the Army of Pakist
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  • ...Singh. He gives a dispassionately interesting account of the character and military style of the Maharaja, his court and the persons around him. The Maharaja h
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  • ...Bhagwan Singh, and eventually became his chela. The Dera was practically a military camp with 1200 musketmen and 3000 horsemen. It had always been a sanctuary He displayed superb military generalship and knowledge of tactical warfare. What sustained him was his r
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  • ...in common, all necessities of the people supplied and all men trained for military service. Doctor Thakar Singh was arrested at Hong Kong and sent to India wh
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  • ...iberations. The contemporary historians, who cared to take notice of their military activities, have merely described what they heard and saw and not what the ...re the source of their treasury and their treasury was the source of their military might. Together, these two generated the power with which they forcibly mai
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  • military history of the Sikhs grew and I was able to collect a fairly large
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  • # [[Lance Karam Singh]] - awarded the Military Medal in World War II and awarded Param Vir Chakra (the second person to re
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  • At the beginning of the war, Sikh military personnel numbered around 35,000 men of the 161,000 troops of the [[Indian] ...ndeep Singh and Parmjit Singh. Warrior Saints: Three Centuries of the Sikh Military Tradition. London: I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd
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  • ...te security arrangements. About 20 additional companies of police and para-military forces had been deployed for security cover and to ensure smooth passage of
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  • ...the Punjab against the Moghal rulers. [[Banda Singh Bahadur]] was a great military genius; within two years with the support and loyalty of the Punjabi Sikh p
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  • ...known as Mir Mannu, the governor of Punjab, (174853), who trained him for military service. On the death of his master, he continued to serve his widow, Mughl
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  • ...natural disasters and widespread poverty, as well as political turmoil and military coups. The restoration of democracy in 1991 has been followed by relative c
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  • ...t any disputes with the Lahore government and would, with the whole of his military force, join the British troops when employed within the hills. He would not
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  • ...) of AD 1699. The rest of the book reviews the history of the Tenth Guru's military encounters with the Mughals as well as with his "inconclusive political set
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  • ...rged as an important regional power, possessing one of the world's largest military forces with a declared nuclear weapons capability. India also with its Chan
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  • ...he Muslims would be a strong side. BABA JI himself took the custody of the military command. He tamed the fugitives & attacked the elephants. The elephants ran
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  • ...[[Multan]] province. Later, he came to [[Lahore]] and rose to be a senior military general and courtier. The earliest reference to Kaura Mall is by a contempo ...ut to the sword on 10 March 1746. Lakhpat Rai followed this with fullscale military operations against Sikhs who had sought shelter in hills and forests, endin
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  • ...t. His bravery and dedication continue to be remembered as part of India's military history.
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  • ...in June 1963 after graduating from the National Defence Academy and Indian Military Academy before resigning in early 1965. He rejoined the Army again as hosti ...tographs''. Among his most recent works are ''Honour and Fidelity: India's Military Contribution to the Great War 1914 to 1918'' released in Chandigarh on 6 De
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  • ...in the aftermath of '65 operations for promoting indigenous production of military hardware. A massive undertaking that has paid off after its long gestation
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  • Sardar Lahina Singh (d.1893) a military commander during Sikh rule in the Punjab, came of a Sikh family of Ghar
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  • ...(1836-42) who increased the number of troops at Ludhiana and created a new military post at Firozpur, which was actually part of Sikh dominions south of the Su ...rough (1842-44), discussed with the Home government the possibilities of a military occupation of the Punjab. English and Indian infantry reinforcement began a
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  • ...Singh was removed from his command and taken into custody by the Japanese military police. It was only after the arrival of another Indian leader of great pol
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  • The military strength of the Nishananvali misl had risen to 12,000 horse under Sangat Si
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  • ...hat he entrusted him in 1820 with the charge of all his affairs, civil and military, and gave him an enhanced Jagir of Rs 19,000 with the title of Sardar.
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  • ...article is to be continued, currently researching Nau Nihal's philanthropy military service, etc.
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  • ...h, Bell Ram, Ajudhia Parshad, who controlled the financial, diplomatic and military affairs of the Darbar, were all Brahmans. The Faqir brothers 'AviyudDin, th ...haraja Ranjit Singh|marriage of Kanvar Nau Nihal Singh]]. Full regalia and military might of the Darbar were then on display.
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  • ...ed him as his military lieutenant and invested him with full political and military authority as his deputy to lead the campaign in the Punjab against the Mugh ...onsolidate his material and territorial gains. He also wanted to study the military resources of Sirhind. He was anxious to see what steps the government would
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  • ...ay happenings at the court of Ranjit Singh, the royal decrees to civil and military officers and visits of the vakils or representatives of independent and feu
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  • ...fact multiplied more and more as the months advanced. Wrote the Civil and Military Gazette of Lahore regarding this in its issue of April 6, 1947:- When the Gandhi-Jinnah appeal was issued, the Civil and Military Gazette wrote editorially on this:-
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  • ...Angry voices were raised in British Parliament to condemn Hardinge for the military's unpreparedness and Gough for his rashness in the battle. Sir Archibald oG
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  • ...to lack of means. He was forced to take up a smalltime appointment in the military accounts department where he served from 1942 to 1947. After the partition
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  • ...Peshawar he joined government service where he ended up working in the Military Accounts Department. He married Bibi Krishna Wanti in 1910. Darshan Singh w
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  • ...procured him through the good offices of Sir Walter Scott. He received his military training at Addiscombe and professional training in engineering at Chatham. ...from his predecessors' concern with the assessment of Sikhs' political and military strength or the description of the manner of their court to the identificat
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  • |align=center| 1716 || [[Banda Singh Bahadur]], Sikh military leader, executed with followers in Delhi.
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  • ...o Lance Naik Karham Singh is the highest medal for gallantry of the Indian Military. Since 1947, Indian defense forces have participated in various campaigns a
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  • ==Military service== ...er |title=Recruiting, Drafting, and Enlisting: Two Sides of the Raising of Military Forces |editor-first=Peter |editor-last=Karsten |publisher=Routledge |year=
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  • ...te, which he carried to his last day, was a constant reminder. He was in a military hospital when General A.E Percival, the Allied field commander, surrendered We now come to three episodes in his brilliant military career which makes him stand out as one of the outstanding commanders in mo
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  • ...entered the service of the Maharaja in 1817 and, in 1818, took part in the military campaigns of Peshawar, Attock and Multan. He also fought in Kashmir in 1819
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  • ...wireless sets, tables and chairs) on India's most sensitive Srinagar-Jammu military highway in Kashmir. This bizarre event was synchronized with a ceasefire de ...hat were contrary to the assumptions made by the Indian establishment. The military regime in Islamabad could only be expected to exploit the situation fully.
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  • ...as the major commercial city of Punjab. Only two other towns (Pathankot, a military station, and Batala, an industrial centre) have a population of a little ov
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  • ...am]]), better known by his nick name - Babur (Lion, in Turkic) was a great military strategist who was also a gifted poet and a lover of nature who constructed '''A Seasoned Military Commander'''
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  • ...so asked him to stay in Kiratpur. The Guru, however, wisely kept the military traditions of his father alive, for security and defensive reasons and the
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  • ...ic] islands to rendezvous with the weapons boat, but after thirteen days a military ship from Sydney, the “man of war,” discovered them. Only through the t
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  • ...still greater force to the Muslims of the Punjab, about whom the Civil and Military Gazette of Lahore said in its issue of the 30th December, 1948 that each on ...ry district, became the order of the day. In this campaign the police and military, which now with the partition of personnel and assets between India and Pak
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  • ...ms gave false assurances of safety to Hindus. Women molested and abducted. Military did not arrest culprits. False alarm of a Sikh attack on Muslims was raised ...2. Kotla Pathanan Gurdaspur (now Sialkot) 24-8-47 to 26-8-47 Muslim mob & military Villages attacked and Hindu and Sikhs killed and looted. Large number of wo
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  • * Malik Khizar Hayat Tiwana (1900 – 1975), Pakistani military officer and politician<ref>cite web|url=http://storyofpakistan.com/malik-kh
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  • ...ne 5 and June 6 are reminders of the ''"Operation Blue Star"'' when Indian military, led by ''General Kuldip Singh Brar'', launched attack on the [[Golden Temp
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  • In 1806, he took up service under Maharaja Ranjit Singh as military and financial adviser and remained until his death in 1814 the de facto c
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  • '''Army of [[Maharaja Ranjit Singh]]''', a formidable military machine that helped the Maharaja carve out an extensive kingdom and maintai ...f the misis in the FaujiBeqava'id ensured solidarity in the lower rungs of military administration. Similarly, bravery in the field and efficiency in the perfo
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  • ...a, Fane accompanied Sir Henry on the latter's inspection tour of Company's military establishments spread over the Gangetic plain. Travelling by river and road
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  • ...rn and central India into his realm. During his reign, he reduced external military threats from the Afghan descendants of Sher Shah by waging wars against Afg ...teen-year-old son, Jalal-ud-Din Akbar (r. 1556-1605). Following a decisive military victory at the [[Second Battle of Panipat]] in 1556, the regent Bayram Khan
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  • ...the largest market of East Punjab. It was a very big recruitment centre of military personnels which was second to only to Rohtak in India. Prestigious Ashoka
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  • ...espected Sikh soldier. They were a family of Jats of the Dhillon clan. His military exploits were legendary and his defense of Amritsar, with his army, from Af
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  • ...of the Punjab by the British in 1849, Akali regiments were disbanded and, military service being their only career, their numbers dwindled rapidly.
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  • ...Bhagwan Singh, and eventually became his chela. The Dera was practically a military camp with 1200 musketmen and 3000 horsemen. It had always been a sanctuary He displayed superb military generalship and knowledge of tactical warfare. What sustained him was his r
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  • ...te, which he carried to his last day, was a constant reminder. He was in a military hospital when General A.E Percival, the Allied field commander, surrendered We now come to three episodes in his brilliant military career which makes him stand out as one of the outstanding commanders in mo
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  • ...haracter of the Sikhs changed forever. Soldier-saints now incorporated the military determination necessary to protect as well as to serve their faith.
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  • ...y of turban vs. helmets. The pattern followed by the mutineers as well the military authorities was almost similar to the RIASC mutiny. The 31st Battalion of t ...ng Garrison refused to wear steel helmets, and were charged with mutiny. A military court marshal sentenced them to seven years' penal servitude in 1941.
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  • ...he Boxer Rebellion. The bell was later put up for display by the Chinese military.
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  • ...ollege, Co. Cork. Ireland between 1875 and 1881. Graduating from the Royal Military College at Sandhurst he was commissioned into the Queen's Royal Regiment (W
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  • ..., the ability to work hard for long periods of time, fighting tenacity and military strategy. ...te the assigned tasks against all opposition; and were deployed in various military campaigns in India and abroad. The British were greatly impressed by their
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  • ...icepost tax was levied and disciplinary action was taken against civil and military pensioners harbouring or sympathizing with the Babbar Akalis.
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  • ...iter,"the Sikh Chief and his men withstood, for eight long months, all the military force that the great Mughal Empire could muster against them. None of them
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  • ...n-Hind Bank and Khalsa High School burnt. 8 or 9 Sikhs killed. Arrival of military stopped further destruction. ...ary, 47||do||Hindus and Sikhs saved front destruction by timely arrival of military. Stray killing of Sikhs and Hindus. By end of December, all Hindus and Sikh
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  • ...the principles of Gurmat. One of the most striking fact is that he did his military service in Air Force without tying his beard. It is totally unheard of but
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  • ...only to reemerge after his death. He stressed that these Jathas with their military structure and discipline and their spirit of militancy constituted a menace
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  • '''Ravi Singh''' is an Asian-American Sikh tech-entrepreneur, the first USA military cadet with a turban, social media and political campaign guru, author, inte ...s a 2nd Lieutenant. He became the first U.S. cadet ever to graduate from a military academy with a turban.
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  • ...gh Saini's help in his liberation from the prison and his contributions in military campaigns as a general, his family was granted a large jagir which was spre
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  • ...military-history/articleshow/4418565.cms War museum to open new windows to military history]
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  • ...Many now also have other conventional items similar to western shirts and military wear in terms of pockets and inclusion of ‘shoulder boards’.
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  • ...at their London residence at Holland Park. Prince Victor joined the Royal Military Academy in 1887, getting a special Cadet-ship. The children of Indian extra
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  • .... The letters contain valuable information about Ranjit Singh's financial, military and judicial administration during the earlier period of his reign.
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  • ‘I recite from the Holy Koran every morning and pray for the success of the military operation and when they are defeated I will buy another rubab,’ he said.
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  • ...massive aerial bombardment, apart from being slaughtered by army and para military forces. The Sikhs all over India were to be subjected to mass scale massacr
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  • ...to the house of a Hindu Ranghar Rajput (chandel) family of Kashmir, was a military general who conquered Ladakh and Baltistan in the Sikh times and carried th == Military Career ==
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  • ...a''' (d.1807), Was from a Sandhu Jatt Sikh, family and a renowned [[Sikh]] military commander and jagirdar under [[Maharaja Ranjit Singh]] for a short period f
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  • ..., the Indian government accorded it the status of a national festival. The military exercise, which was personally supervised by the guru, was carried out on t ...worldwide was started by the tenth Sikh Guru, as a gathering of Sikhs for military exercises and mock battles on the day following the festival of [[Holi]] at
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  • Matab Singh's ancestral village of Mirarikot was raided by a strong military contingent under [[Faujadar Nurdin]]. Naltha, the village elder, and his so
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  • ...ainst the Sikhs. The former had personally come to the Punjab to supervise military operations against Banda Singh. Kamwar Khan, referring to the sack of Sirhi
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  • ...he principles of Gurmat. One of the most striking facts is that he did his military service in the Air Force without tying his beard. It is totally unheard of
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  • ...lon Jatt. His grandfather, Sardar Rattan Singh Dhillon, was a high-ranking military officer in the [[Sikh Khalsa Army]] and had fought against the British duri
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  • ...d got assurance from the government that the profession of Lobana Sikhs in military service and agriculture which will be record on the census of 1921 The ques ...nment aware that the Lobana Sikhs follow the occupation of agriculture and military service and the classification in the census paper referred to is keenly re
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  • ...everer policy against the Sikhs and let loose terror upon them. His moving military columns forced the Sikhs to seek shelter in remote hills and forests. Yet S
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  • Taken from , an excellent website about Indian military.
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  • ...ever in Egypt, did not wander in the desert, did not conquer the land in a military campaign and did not pass it on to the 12 tribes of Israel.... The many Egy
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  • ...unjab. A British garrison was stationed at Lahore and the entire civil and military administration of the country was vested in the British resident.
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  • 7. Fauja Singh, Military System of the Sikhs. Delhi, 1964
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  • ...gis, one of the 12 Sikh misls), the fort occupies a unique place in Indian military history.
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  • Bawa Harkishan Singh died on 20 August 1978 at the Military Hospital, Delhi Cantt.
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  • ...ingh]], was one of [[Aurangzeb|Mughal emperor Aurangzeb]]'s most important military leaders and a trusted member of his [[Darbar]] (Court).
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  • ...ave been built during the reign of Alaudin Khilji (1295-1316) by his Afgan Military Chief Nausher Khan. Previously it was called "Nausar" but with the passage ...ave been built during the reign of Alaudin Khilji (1295-1316) by his Afgan Military Chief Nausher Khan. Previously it was called "Nausar" but with the passage
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  • ...e largest Railway Junctions of northern India and the largest Cantonement (military area) of Asia and is known as Sharjah of Punjab due to sand dunes. Bathinda
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  • ...and the sultan of Bengal but died in 1530 before he could consolidate his military gains. He left behind as legacies his memoirs (Babur Namah), several beauti ...teen-year-old son, Jalal-ud-Din Akbar (r. 1556-1605). Following a decisive military victory at the Second Battle of Panipat in 1556, the regent Bayram Khan pur
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  • ...wronged. After the Jallianvala Bagh massacre (1919), Andrews was put under military arrest by the British to prevent him from going to the Punjab, yet he wrote
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  • 4. The Civil and Military Gazette (Lahore). December 1921
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  • ...arhds, irregular cavalry. He was awarded a jagir in Oudh in recognition of military service rendered by him after the annexation of the Punjab to the British
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  • ...y occupied its capital of Leh. The Gyalpo escaped to Kashmir and requested military aid from Ibrahim Khan, the Governor of the province under Emperor Aurangzeb
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  • Hari Singh Nalwa's performance as an administrator and a military commander in the North West Frontier remains unmatched. Two centuries on, B ...His proceedings in this area present the finest example of his skill as a military commander and as an administrator. The compiler of the Hazara Gazetteer ack
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  • [[Operation Blue Star]] was a controversial military operation at the premises of the [[Harmandir Sahib|Golden Temple]] in 1984,
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  • ...venues of the State could not balance the increasing cost of the civil and military administration. ...his end the assistance of a newly appointed council of elder statesmen and military generals. Kanvar Pashaura Singh was summoned to Lahore and persuaded to re
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  • ...as the son of an engineer in Jhelum. After his graduation from the Indian Military Academy, he was commissioned into the 2nd Punjab Regiment in 1939, a force ...sassination of their nationalist leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in 1975, the military rulers changed the country's Constitution, grossly undermined secular value
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  • Banda Singh Bahadur devoted three months in organizing his civil and military administration. Bahadur Shah was still away from Delhi. The Delhi Governmen
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  • After a little while Bhai Raghbeer Singh wanted to leave the military service and his elder brother Captain Pyara Singh managed to discharge him
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  • Byron Farwell, "Queen Victoria's little wars", Wordsworth Military Library, 1999, ISBN 1-84022-216-6
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  • |Other Info = Kept 2200 mounted soldiers, Continued the military traditions #Continued the military traditions started by his grandfather, [[Guru Har Gobind]] Ji
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  • ...ru]], in [[1705]] A.D., which proved to be a most decisive conflict in the military history of the [[Sikh]]s.
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  • ...ay or display.''' From his simple roots he became an accomplished soldier, military strategist and leader who built a kingdom resplendent with luxury and opul ...he had already shown his ability as a soldier having taken part in several military campaigns. It was during one such campaign that Sham Singh Atarivala, a lea
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  • ...rnment knew that Sikhs would gather in thousands. Punjab was totally under military control. A curfew was announced. Telephone lines were cut and all press rep ...g innocent Sikhs in Punjab. Indian government turned its attention to Sikh military and tried to stop them before they could reach Punjab. Many Sikhs were kill
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  • ...tary locations such as the Old Fort Purana Qila), Red Fort (Red Fort), and military barracks in Kingsway (around the present Delhi university). The latter beca
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  • ...Amritsar occupied. The city was sealed off with its approaches guarded by military pickets. As intended this prevented the Sikhs from assembling in their most Now the military commander Massa Ranghar of Mandiali village was put in charge of the Darbar
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  • ...the population, the Muslims, whose Empire they had won/taken over in their military victories, and the Sikhs, whose Empire they took over" to be administered i
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  • ...the younger Sahibzades. Because he always had to fear Guru Sahib's immense military power. Even Mata Gujri would never have made it to the end and in that situ
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  • Bana is the clothing that identifies us. All military personnel, from field officers to the highest command wear bana. It is a �
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  • ...per was to unmask the ugly truth about British rule to all Indians, impart military training to volunteers, and explain in details the methods of making and us
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  • ...97. On board was also a group of Chinese and Japanese immigrants and Sikh military.(Photo VPL 3027 Courtesy VPL.)
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  • ...ran in his early years. At the age of 18 he left his family and joined the military in Jhasi, but he never took to the job, and used all his spare time in co
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  • ...ut she, too, had to flee to join her son in Calcutta when the [[Pakistan]] military government started its reign of terror. The Gurdwara fell into disuse until
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  • ...the Bactrian Greeks attacked India. In 180-90 BC, Demitriyas attacked. His military chief Minendra reached Patliputra.
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  • ...carried out on the very day of the 'Shaheedipurab' of Guru Arjan Dev) the military action against the Sikh "Golden Temple" in Amritsar. During the operation t
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  • ...tants for entering into negotiations with the central government after the military action on the Golden Temple complex by the Indian army in 1984.
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  • ...apital ships of Force H from Gibraltar. In September, Punjabi screened the military convoys for Operation Menace, the attacks on Dakar on their passage through
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  • ...bat Khalsa). He built up a strong , centralized and effectively controlled military system by getting the best elements in foreign with the best elements found ...an and General Allard. Ranjit Singh had employed several foreigners in his military services. Famous one's were General Allard leading an artillery regiment an
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  • ...[[United Kingdom]]) have switched from sanctions to active support through military and monetary aid. He took power on October 12, 1999, ousting Nawaz Sharif, ...jab after the latter’s resignation. Baldev Haeussler Singh says the former military ruler is a brave man who has origins in India.
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  • ==Military Service==
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  • ...born here in 1595. Guru Hargobind was a saint and a soldier and the first military hero of the people of Punjab in 600 years since the conquest of Punjab by t
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  • ...ingh Bhangu]] uses the term at several places in the sense of a "thdnd" or military/police post; M'Gregor uses it in the sense of "a friendly nation;" Lawrence ...der of the Dal Khalsa, and to lay down its political goal and plans of its military strategy. It had also to set out plans for strengthening the Khalsa faith a
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  • ...y terminology in at least two instances; Sainapati uses the term misi as a military subunit (ii, 12,52 ; xviii. 6, 771); and Khalsa is defined as the [[Sikh]]
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  • ...in Sheikhupura between the Muslim Leaguers, the Civil Officers, Police and Military for the extermination of the Hindus and Sikhs of Sheikhupura and its distri ...to Pakistan, the Muslim Leaguers and their allies, the Pakistan Police and Military, feverishly began to perfect and execute their plans for the looting and mu
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  • ...ollowers ravaged the country far and wide, building forts and establishing military outposts. When Khawaja Obed, the Governor of Lahore, attacked the Sikh fort
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  • ...ter, "the Sikh Chief and his men withstood, for eight long months, all the military force that the great Mughal Empire could muster against them. None of them
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  • ...ation of the first ever Sikh Cadet corp in the country. Born out of a long military tradition, the Sikh cadets will be supported by the newly formed Friends of
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  • ...ion as well as for arts and intellectual activities. It was also safe from military interference and disturbances. The Sikhs had experienced Mughal invasion at
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  • ==Military Campaigns==
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  • ...amed them Miri and Piri. He then started to shape the Sikhs into a trained military force which could defend themselves against injustice. He also started the
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  • '''The Victoria Cross (VC)''' is a military decoration awarded for valour "in the face of the enemy" to members of arme It may be awarded to a person of any rank in any service and civilians under military command, and is presented to the recipient by the British monarch during an
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  • The British were quick to comprehend the long-term impact of a military defeat in Europe on their colonial empire. So the standing Army in India wa
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  • ....R. Gupta. Today even scholars like Juergensmeyer concede that the Moghal military state considered the early Sikh Gurus to be heading a separate community. Political and military leaders are concerned only with the political potential of a move or moveme
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  • ...lighting and other purposes. Another extract quoted was from the Civil and Military Gazelle of Lahore, 27 October 1897: "Several persons in America liavc lost
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  • ...active as a diplomat, merchant, philosopher, orator, legislator, reformer, military general and, according to Muslim belief, he was an agent of divine action.
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  • ...ndira Gandhi, to flush out extremists believed to be using the temple as a military command post. ...the pilgrims, the operation went ahead and the army charged in with their military strength.
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  • ...ollowers ravaged the country far and wide, building forts and establishing military outposts. When Khawaja Obed, the Governor of Lahore, attacked the Sikh fort
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  • The result of the disturbances of January 6 was described in �The Civil and Military Gazette� in these words:
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  • ...ref>. Manbir Singh Aka Hari Singh setup [[Khalistan Commando Force|KCF]]'s military hierarchy, but adhoc groups conducted most operations at the local level<re
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  • * [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/india/rgt-sikh.htm www.globalsecurity.org] {{military}}
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  • ...ali as well as [[Hindi]] and English. He became an instructor in the famed Military Academy at Dehra Dun and held a number of important staff appointments in v ...Brigade- a crack unit, he felt most at home when the formation was out on military exercises.
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  • ...Pathribal case was handed over to the CBI. In 2006, CBI found five Indian military officers guilty and charge sheet was presented in a local court. They inclu ...e CBI, has written a letter to Lt General Madan Gopal, Director General of Military Operations (DGMO), pointing out how five Army personnel (four officers and
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  • ...R CITY FOR THE PUNJAB AND OTHER PARTS OF INDIA SINCE MARCH 20.� (Civil and Military Gazette report, in the issue dated 3. 4. 1947). ...Thousands of such forced converts were seen after their evacuation by the military in Amritsar and other cities of the Punjab. Pitiable indeed was their pligh
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  • A commission was set up to investigate the failings of the British military during the Crimean campaign. As Hardinge was delivering the report of the c
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  • ...Khalsa now was facing a different kind of threat, earlier Khalsa had faced military and persecution threat against its beliefs by Mughals. Now the threats were
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  • Even the Military Police denoted a sum of Rs. 500/- towards the construction fund. ...ven now say that Hirohito was not as innocent as claimed) and the Japanese Military were guilty of some of the worse atrocities of human history. Millions up
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  • ...after covering journey full of hazards, because of the presence of Mughal military contingents in the area. On reaching Alamgir 11 km from Ludhiana and not fi
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  • Sikh military achievement is well known throughout the world and the bravery and versatil ...predominant role in the many battles fought, what is collectively known in military history as the Italian Campaign. The story of their bravery and their sacri
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  • ...ctions are beyond India’s capacity. Today, he is barely even recognized in military circles. Reports indicate that the Government of India turned down his requ the military to start the conflict, but he says that it was Nawaz Shariff
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  • ...]]s due the pivotal role they have played in the Sikh history and the Sikh military history in particular. The Nihang's activities are currently mostly ceremon
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  • ...square walled Garden and a fresh water fish pond near the tomb.There is a military style boys residential school called Cadet College Hasan Abdal administered
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  • .... Thy were absorbed in SEA, most of whom found their niches in the rank of military, police and as watchmen/security guards. ...rs, originally farmers, who boarded the Komagata Maru ship, had left their military service recently. In other words, they were rather’ loyal subjects’ of
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  • ...ing under Argentina’s bright, strong sun. His son wears the uniform of the military high school he attends.
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  • ...ollowers ravaged the country far and wide, building forts and establishing military outposts. When Khawaja Obed, the Governor of Lahore, attacked the Sikh fort
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  • ...by committing excesses on the womenfolk of the opposite community. Though Military Evacuees Organisation (M.E.O.) and Liaison Agencies had been established in ...to his request for the recovery of the girl, he was informed by the Indian Military authorities (copy attached) that his daughter did not wish to leave her hus
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  • ...h British forces and were thus back to the profession of their liking, the military services.
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  • ...alcohol, the Kalal began to adopt other professions like agriculture, the military, government service and law. Before converting to Sikhi they used to worshi
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  • .... In December, 1812, Wazir Fateh Khan of Afghanistan sought Ranjit Singh’s military help to oust Ata Khan from Kashmir and offered to share any booty. Wafa Be
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  • ...ss of Military person, derived from Loh & Bana. They mentioned Lobana were Military persons who were Kashatriya rajputs they also served in Guru's army from si
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  • ...overnor of Kashmir. But the lawlessness at Lahore had greatly weakened the military, might of the Sikhs. In Kashmir. the Sikh army had made itself very unpopul
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  • ...o storylines that involve, hotel door staff, construction, transportation, military/police, alcohol, the highly short-tempered, the object of humour and coarse
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  • ...ommunity. Sitting on this 'throne', he would watch the wrestling bouts and military feats of his disciples performed in the open courtyard in front of the Akal ...them. It was in the meetings at Akal Takht that the Sikhs drew up plans of military operations against the enemies of the community. They also took up the priv
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  • ...i. In the old varna (caste) system the Kshatriya were members of the Hindu military order who as administrators and rulers, were tasked with protecting Hindu D ...serving as businessmen, civil and government administrators, landlords and military officials.
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  • ...am]] in [[India|North Western India]] in the 11th century had been through military conquest and sword . The [[Hindu]] and [[Buddhist]] temples and places of
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  • ...-year old Guru Nanak's gurudwara in Baghdad has been damaged in the recent military hostilities in Iraq, according to information reaching New Delhi.
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  • ...Ghori]], Sirhind, along with [[Bathinda]], constituted the most important military outpost of [[Prithvi Raj Chauhan]], the last [[Rajput]] ruler of Delhi. Und
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  • ...neral” and he is true to his proud roots as the Sikhs are famous for their military prowess. They turn marvelous skill to peaceful activities, too, and many ar ...nd it is inspirational for young Sikh’s the world over, to see their proud military heritage, ability and training can be transformed into other healthy past-t
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  • ...entered the service of the Maharaja in 1817 and, in 1818, took part in the military campaigns of [[Peshawar]], [[Attock]] and [[Multan]]. He also fought in [[K
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  • ...understood to refer to certain claims of the Sikhs based on revenue paid, military services, development of virgin lands, religious places, etc.
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  • ...idence of a Hindu soldier but Piara Singh was tortured to death by a Hindu-military officer. Is it not a discrimination against the Sikhs?" v) "Harbans Lat Kha ...mplex so that they may not experience any difficulty at the time of actual military action to achieve their set goal.
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  • ...raining at Kitchner College, Nowgong as a perspective candidate for Indian Military academy Dehradun. From Nowgong, he was sent to his parent unit and from the ...ally a General residing in the Camp, commanded each Camp. Changi was under military control of Japanese as well as Dhillon. Dhillon inculcated amongst the pris
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  • ==Decorated Sikhs in the military== *[[Karam Singh|Lance Karam Singh]] - awarded the Military Medal in World War II and awarded Param Vir Chakra (the second person to re
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  • ...s a comprehensive model of Sikh polity with details concerning civil and military administration. Although known to earlier Sikh scholars, it was published
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  • ...wo DIG ranks were in overall charge supervising the Punjab police and Para-military arrangements.
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  • ...In 1781 Mirza Shafi with a select force of ten thousand captured the Sikh military post at Indri. Baghel Singh retaliated and besieged Khalil Beg Khan at Shah ...on in 1781, and had no ambition for higher political power. It proves that military capacity of the Sikhs of that period was great, but their political insight
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  • ...). But she, too, had to flee to join his son in Calcutta when the Pakistan military government started its region of terro. The Gurdwara fell into disuse until
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  • ...or-General shall be at liberty to occupy with British soldiers any fort or military post in the Lahore territories, the occupation of which may be deemed neces
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  • * means & implies 'Nitnem (daily routine)' /'practice' /military like flawless 'drill' carried out dedicated to nothing but uniform (5 Ks)
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  • ...m the ancient Kshatriya warrior class and is traditionally associated with military service and landownership.
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  • ...equally determined not to let them do so and had deployed armed police and military contingents with orders to open fire, if necessary. Mai Kishan Kaur and her
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  • ...d the foreign policy to be pursued by them. Thirdly, they drew up plans of military operations against the common enemies of the community. Fourthly, they took ...them the religious sanction, the force of which was greater than that of a military dictator. The Sikhs obeyed these decisions even at the cost of their lives.
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  • ...ccount of shortage of water and other scarcities which impeded large-scale military operations, provided the warring Sikh bands from across the Sutlej with a n
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  • ...he enemy as the commander-in-chief of a significant portion of a country's military forces. ==The Maharajah's Military==
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  • ...on resulted in the Nanak staying here till end July. In later history Sikh military leader [[Baghel Singh]] built the Majnu ka Tila [[Gurudwara]] to commemorat
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  • ...ollowers of [[Banda Singh Bahadur]] (1670 - 1716) that regarded the great military leader Banda Singh, as the Eleventh Nanak, who followed Guru Gobind Singh i
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  • ...dha or Holy war, it means Struggle, which sometimes can be in the sense of military defense.
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  • ...after the terrible Quetta earthquake and earned a glowing tribute from the military authorities.
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  • ...August 7, 2012|date=August 6, 2012}}</ref> He was demoted and received a [[Military discharge#General|general discharge]]<ref name="journalsentinel2" /> for "p ...upremacist-856cn28-165123946.html |title=Oak Creek Sikh temple shooter had military background, white supremacist ties |publisher=[[Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel]
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  • ...ready proved its mettle by becoming alma mater of many doctors, engineers, military officers, renowned politicians and high ranking bureaucrats. Though the lis
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  • ...by the sovereign and not farmed out to landlords on certain conditions of military service and of making over to the State a share of the produce.
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  • ...out 24 or 25. We had been married for about 4 years. He was serving in the military back then but had to leave job for wearing Black turban. We came to Rawalpi
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  • ...ngh and in Gurbilas Chhevm Patshahi, Guru Arjan himself had encouraged the military training of his son, Hargobind, and other Sikhs.
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  • ...d the world. Recently, 30,000 people visited Exhibition on Sikh Bravery in Military History}}
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  • ...h opened the wound again and soon passed the Guru ship to the SGGS and the military rule of the Sikhs to [[Banda Singh Bahadur]] as the first jathedar of the S ..., the British were soon crossing the Hindu Kush only to suffer there worst military defeat ever..3
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  • ...are forced to disembark the ship......Officials call additional police and military to enforce the order... passengers wanted to go to Calcutta....... a riot b
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  • ==The Khalsa as a military force==
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  • ...or Akbar]] when he visited [[Kartarpur]] in 1596-97 on his way back from a military campaign.
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  • ...f soldiers despite the widely held opinion among the Indian masses of Sikh military prowess and countless Sikh lives lost in the struggle for Indian independen
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  • ...retreat, leaving behind some 60 boats which had been captured. In British military and political circles in England, Lord Gough was severely castigated for la ...on in England and Gough was squarely blamed for the defeat of the British. Military experts at home described him as a "superannuated general who could not mou
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  • ...le action. It is indeed a singularly unique action in the annals of Indian military history. ...battle has become iconic of eastern military civilization, British empire military history and Sikh history.<ref name="ashes">Singh, Kanwaljit & Ahluwalia, H.
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  • ...lves part of the Mohyal Brahmins because of their historical engagement in military and civil administration. As an ethnic group, Mohyals have a long military tradition. During Mughal and Sikh rule, Mohyals were bestowed hereditary co
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  • ...ies a military duty and there should be no opposition between sanctity and military prowess, to non-Sikhs this could seem quite a contradiction. For instance
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  • ...r their right to wear a beard or turban, not just in France, but in the US military forces (A right won! [http://www.indianexpress.com/news/First-turbaned-Sikh He received his citizenship certificate on December 9, 1918 wearing military uniform as he was still serving in the US army. However, the Immigration an
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  • ...nce the beginning of Sikh monarchy. In the midst of national pride born of military glory and political power, this movement extolled the religious obligation
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  • ...ers are forced to disembark the ship. Officials call additional police and military to enforce the order. The passengers wanted to return to Calcutta but were
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  • ...orces. Flag marches were carried out by the police department and the para-military forces in all the major cities. A complete 'bandh' was observed in Punjab h
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  • ...ne 5 and June 6 are reminders of the ''"Operation Blue Star"'' when Indian military, led by ''General Kuldip Singh Brar'', launched attack on the [[Golden Temp
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  • ...Muslim police and authorities everywhere, was remarkable. Till non-Muslim military appeared on the scene, there was no relief at all for Hindus and Sikhs, as ...put as many to the sword as could not escape or as could be killed before military help arrived for succour, which, however in those lawless days was not very
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  • ...jab after the latter’s resignation. Baldev Haeussler Singh says the former military ruler is a brave man who has origins in India. Singh has asked Musharraf to
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  • #Introduced martial arts and weapons training and created a standing military force for the defense of the masses following his father's martyrdom. ...fter the death of Guru Arjan that it became all too clear that a defensive military stance might be required to bring this about. Injustice, oppression, and ex
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  • In those hours a farmer goes to the farms, for the military personal it’s a strategic time to go for the kill and to kill innocent pe
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  • ...name Namdhari due to his intense piety, he had many admirers. However, his military training and political preoccupation soon emerged as the main topic of his
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  • ...Obey my orders. I do not wish to have anything else. I have served in the military for over 30 years. I understand the Indian Sepoy and Sikh people very well.
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  • ...heir capacity. For the purchase of other essential commodities (presumably military hardware) they were entitled to exclusive use of gurdwara funds. For this p
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  • ...f Air Staff of the Indian Air Force from 1964 to 1969, is the epitome of a military leader and it is in the great fitness of things and truly a grand morale bo
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  • Banda Bahadur took over the military leadership of the Sikhs after the death of [[Guru Gobind Singh]]. On embrac
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  • ...lso a good thing, as he maintains his Sikh appearance while serving in the military). He takes care of a young Muslim girl and protects her, as she is lost fro Portrayal: Sikhs are shown as respectful, military people. Kabir Bedi wears acts as a turbaned Sikh officer.
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  • ...na briefly either to further her education or to escape from political and military upheaval in China. On May 13, 1917, she married an agricultural economist m
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  • ...r an independent Punjab, or Khalistan, began. It was, no doubt, the Indian military operation inside this most sacred of Sikh sites that triggered a violent Si
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  • ...he hereditary claim of the political authority at Delhi contended with the military genius at Kabul. The people of Punjab were suffering from the evils of a du
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  • ...s born, and during the [[Mughal]] period gradually emerged as a formidable military force. After fighting the ruler of Afghanistan [[Ahmad Shah Durrani]], the
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  • ...of the paper was to unmask the truth about British rule to Indians, impart military training, and explain in detail the methods of making and using weapons and
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  • ...visited by 500 soldiers of [[Aurangzeb]] army who had been fired from his military (because they were [[shias]] Muslims) and it was ordered that no one should
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  • ...by the sovereign and not farmed out to landlords on certain conditions of military service and of making over to the State a share of the produce. In the term
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  • ...on of minorities went on without check by the Muslim police, officials and military. On the contrary, they abetted the process. No responsible Pakistan or Mu Civil and Military Gazette: 12-8-47.
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  • ...hid them away in his house and put them into the vehicles that came, the military ones. The vehicles went to Mator and other places. In Mator, Shah Nawaz mad
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  • ...a|North Western India]] in the 11th century had primarily been a result of military conquest - Islam spread at the point of a sword. The ancient [[Hindu]] and
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  • ...ardars. The third contained a single emerald and was open to the civil and military officers who had rendered some special service to the country.
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  • ...een friendly cooperation and mistrust born out of rivalry of political and military ambitions. Although Shivaji (1627-80), the founder of Maratha power, and [
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  • ...use of his enemy. Thus, the Guru exempted Khanaiya and his followers from military duty and told him to carry on performing the duty allotted him by his rever
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  • ...resident Clinton's visit to India. The first targets to be considered were military installations, but n o volunteers could be found for a suicide attack. Kash
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  • ...in warfare. In keeping with consistency, Dayanand could have ascribed some military value to a comb; like the teeth of the comb can be extremely effective in h
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  • ...ain Tejdeep Singh Rattan, with his Sikh identity intact. Captain Rattan, a military dentist, had refused to remove his dastaar or shave his hair as a condition
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  • ...venues of the State could not balance the increasing cost of the civil and military administration.
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  • ...ni Singh. At the time of the siege of Anandpur Sahib he lent physical and military help to Guru’s forces. He came face to face with the Moghul oppression o
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  • ...za Shafi, a close relative of the Mughal prime minister, captured the Sikh military post at Indri, 10 km south of Ladva, Baghel Singh retaliated by attacking K
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  • ...com/sikhhist/personalities/military/mahavir_citations.html Mahavir Chakra (Military award)]
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  • ...n and prayers. He was also a beautiful poet and along-side his training in military warfare, he became a master of ragas (music). Guru Jee would go on to produ
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  • ...Hindus and Sikhs in Havelian was averted only by the timely arrival of the military; but stray killing of Hindus and Sikhs continued for weeks. By the end of ...re. They received secret instructions from head-quarters, and had a quasi-military, fascist kind of organization, with the rule of implicit obedience to the o
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  • ...are hair-keeping Hindus established to protect Hinduism from Islam through military means which is a distortion of the purpose of the revelation of [[Khalsa]]
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  • ...cal strength, resilience, orderliness, hard working, fighting tenacity and military tactics. The British recruited heavily from these so-called 'Martial Races' ...s----. If indeed some regulations which are in their (Sikhs) nature purely military ----be excepted, it will be found, that the Seiks (Sikhs) are neither more
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  • ...orces. Flag marches were carried out by the police department and the para-military forces in all the major cities. A complete 'bandh' was observed in Punjab h
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  • ...Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh, whose initials - RSS - conjure up images of a military-orientated group of young hotheads lead by older, sophisticated strategists ...omote soldierly qualities among RSS youth and to teach them at residential military schools.
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  • '''Sardar Ajit Singh''' Sindhu (1881-1947) was born in a military family from Punjab in India. His Grandfather was [[Sardar Fateh Singh]] Sin
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  • ...o at Punjab, and who before his apostasy, was a Hindoo of the Kashetry, or military tribe; and that his body disappeared as the Hindoos and the Mussulmans were
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  • ...e British during his lifetime was, besides one of the greatest generals of military history, one of the few rulers of India to serve his Kingdom and its subjec ...ilt, not only to defend the Harimandir but to fortify the city. These were military establishments, but they also served as educational institutions and rest h
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  • ...usal to give away the elephant, his growing influence, and his interest in military exercises. An atmosphere of confrontation developed between the two on smal
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  • In 1829, [[Maharaja Ranjit Singh]] conferred upon him civil and military honours and the privilege of being seated on a chair in his Darbar. Sher Si
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  • ...s situation, it hardly needs saying, how justified it was to eliminate the military general Vaidya who was not only a part of this conspiracy but also responsi ...mpowered with your massive armed force and equipped with the most advanced military arsenal of our times. You have made us inadequate to fight you in the open
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  • Such cameos of valor enliven the rich mosaic of a military tradition that continues to this day. Even now, the names of Sikh martyrs a
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  • ...s that did come had to leave because of the presence of an unnecessary big military force and suspicious movement of the officers. Thus no money could be colle
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  • ...ngh]], was one of [[Aurangzeb|Mughal emperor Aurangzeb]]'s most important military leaders and a trusted member of his [[Darbar]] (Court).
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  • ...s of the #Surkhab River in southern Tokharistan, controlling the trade and military route from Bactria to Bamiyan (Grenet 2002: 218-20)."
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  • ...rioting would not after all be good; and so nothing was done to summon the military and to quell rioting, which could not be done by the demoralized police for ...estified by the opinion of the �News Chronicle� quoted above. The Civil & Military Gazette of Lahore, by no means a paper hostile to the Muslims, said apropos
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  • To use a military metaphor, the present Government of India with its variety of Services is l ...nditioning the franchise in such a way as to balance power. As long as the military power and the army are with the Central Government, this balance of power c
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  • ...tion to the Wallace Collection, Surnjit Bahia for his contribution to Sikh military history during World War I in France, Amrit and Rabinder Singh for exposing
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  • The Sikhs have been pioneers in flying ever since, be it in military or civil aviation, as pilots or engineers, virtually from this dawn of flig ...posthumously awarded the PVC. (PVC is the highest wartime award in Indian military)
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  • ...were maintained by his grandfather, Guru Hargobind. He always boosted the military spirit of the Sikhs, but he never himself indulged in any direct political
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  • ...d". After the war he was head of the Imperial General Staff, Britain’s top military post, from 1948 to 1952, and was governor general of Australia from 1952 to ...ppeared in the battle line in Mespotamia a year later. There he gained his Military Cross for gallantry in action. When the war ended it was by a toss of the c
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  • ...of the [[Sikh Confederacy]]. He was democratically elected as the supreme military commander of the [[Sikh Confederacy]] on [[March 29]], [[1748]] - on [[Bais
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  • ...ved of their positions. In addition to this, a ban was placed on civil and military recruitment of Sikhs which, however, was subsequently withdrawn. Jagjit Sin
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  • ...towards one aim i.e. identifying ourselves with the great movement, as its military wing. If anybody has misunderstood me let him amend his ideas”. (emphasis Let alone the other newspapers, even the Civil and Military Gazette wrote a leading article on the hunger-strike reporting particulary
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  • ...l as for arts and intellectual activities. At the time it seemed safe from military interference and disturbances. The Sikhs had experienced Mughal invasions a
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  • ...2003 - It was reported that the Shrine in Baghdad had been damaged in the military hostilities of Iraq.
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  • ...and commentators. After all, they said, freedom fighters in Kashmir attack military targets, not innocent civilians. And besides, they never move in such large ...Jammu and Kashmir. To make the journey is to observe something akin to the military occupation of paradise. Moghul emperors in the 17th century thought these c
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  • ...mpting to take out Baba Jarnail Singh Bindrenwala & men in a controversial military operation known as [[Operation Bluestar]].
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  • ...illing of hundreds of unarmed, defenceless [[Indian]]s by a senior British military officer (Brigadier-General R.E.H. Dyer), which took place on '''13 April 19
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  • ...95 that the district of Hoshiarpur also became the centre of religious and military activities. Guru Hargobind is regarded as the first champion in arms who co
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  • ...d near Ropar and may again go to Sadhaura. Therefore the Emperor devised a military strategy according to which the Rajas were asked to station their forces at
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  • ...ed him as his military lieutenant and invested him with full political and military authority as his deputy to lead the campaign in the [[Punjab]] against the ...to consolidate his material and territorial gains. He also wanted to study military resources of Sarhind. He was anxious to see what steps government will take
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  • ...the tenth Guru. After [[Guru Gobind Singh]] the Lobanas gave financial and military support to Banda Bahadur on his arrival in the [[Punjab]]. They joined Band
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  • ...mana sage of the Vasishtha lineage. Rsi Vasishtha skillfully solicited the military support of the frontier Punjabi warriors consisting of eastern Iranians—t ...Ghazni. He expanded his father's kingdom far to the west and east through military conquest. He invaded the Punjab and northern India seventeen times during h
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  • ...r Cemetery in Italy for an inauguration ceremony to reveal the first Sikh military monument dedicated to the Sikh warriors who laid their lives in World War
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  • ...religious bodies, no more than scientists hold themselves responsible for military or commercial use of their research.”
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  • ...the Muslim National Guards was raided by the Punjab police, a good deal of Military equipment including steel helmets ant badges were recovered. The National ...njab and elsewhere. So the Muslims had a widespread and well-trained semi-military organization to back up its programme and policy.
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  • 1923: Subedar Amar Singh of Dhaliwal, a military pensioner and a member of the SGPC was arrested.
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  • ...Shakti. Guru Tegh Bahadur, therefore, besides remembrance of God received military training. After he was elevated to guruship, he travelled widely and in cou
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  • ...o companies) at Palali air fields in Sri Lanka, was tasked to capture LTTE military headquarters at Jaffna University. At midnight the first Mi-8 helicopter of
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  • *"Operation Bluestar" the Government's term, connoting a necessary military operation to flush out terrorists and recover arms from the Golden Temple, ...akht. We were not shown these bodies but were led to our residences by the military. The head priests who also came there were informed that the bodies of Sant
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  • ...the process of his dreams: to convert Punjab from being a mere supplier of military canon-fodder to the nation to an industrial and economic power-house.
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  • ...a vicious insurgency across Punjab that was eventually stamped out by the military around 1993, although not without widespread human rights abuses.
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  • ...hula Singh, who had fought as a loyal soldier in several of the Maharaja's military campaigns. In spite of its supremacy in the matter of enforcing religious d ...hula Singh, who had fought as a loyal soldier in several of the Maharaja's military campaigns. In spite of its supremacy in the matter of enforcing religious d
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  • ...o the traditional power enjoyed by kings and rulers where the might of the military results in the power and ability to rule or influence the people.
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  • ...ts of their homes and face hardships in jungles, hills and deserts. Moving military columns were sent to hunt them down. Rewards were announced for those who b
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  • After establishing Damdama Sahib at the site of his military victory, the Guru returned to his civic planning. He said to his Sikhs, "Cr
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  • ...ion of Gurdwaras, cities, tanks and the maintenance of a Sikh Risaldari or military force, ect.)
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  • ...but there were some significant differences. First of all, it had it’s own military law. Secondly, in the British Indian Army a regiment equals a battalion, al ...British Indian Labour Corps active in the Flanders Westhoek. They were not military, but civilians working for the British army. The labour they did was repair
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  • ...nts, the Dal is also referred to as Akali Fauj (army) which "functioned on military lines, marched in fours, wore badges, carried flags and organised camps." T
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  • ...Indian princes. It was feared that the object of such recruits was to get military training and then return to the Punjab to raise a tumuli against the Britis
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  • ...tly held by the sovereign and not farmed out to landlords on conditions of military service and of making over to the State a share of the produce. In the term
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  • ...at Lokpal was enlarged still further in June of 1988 with the help of the military. )
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  • ...and commentators. After all, they said, freedom fighters in Kashmir attack military targets, not innocent civilians. And besides, they never move in such large ...Jammu and Kashmir. To make the journey is to observe something akin to the military occupation of paradise. Moghul emperors in the 17th century thought these c
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  • ...o serve his government by joining the [[Wikipedia:Soviet military | Soviet military]]'s psychic research program in [[Wikipedia:Tashkent | Tashkent]] or leave
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  • ...nd historical evidence supports it. Guru Gobind Singh assigned the overall military command to a former Bairagi assisted by a council of five, selected irrespe
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  • ...Asia, Iran or Arabia were employed in higher positions of bureaucracy and military. However, local administration and revenue collection remained in the hands
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  • ...rovinces granted to Muslims, AngloIndians, and Europeans; contributions to military service; proportion of Punjab revenue paid; and the historical role of Sikh
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  • ...orderliness, a hard working nature and fighting tenacity. Horsemanship and military strategy are also traits long associated with the Rajput. The British recru
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  • ...rely religious, into a militant order and nation of soldiers, tenancies of military might and norms no less than of creed and faith."22 ...lsa endowed with special virtues, symbols and sacraments. 24 "tenacious of military might and norms no less than of creed and faith", exemplifying thereby in l
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  • ...and thirty-four men were wounded. Second-Lieutenant Savory was awarded the Military Cross for carrying ammunition up to the forward troops under heavy fire whe ...rivedone under Major Earle, one from the 87th Punjabis, one from the Burma Military Police, and a second double company of Patiala Imperial Service Infantry.
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  • ...as for arts and intellectual activities. At the time it seemed safe from military interference and disturbances. The Sikhs had experienced Mughal invasions a
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  • ...ikh Air Chief Marshal, Arjan Singh, made devastating strikes and surprised military experts the world over by decisively outpacing a far superior, i.e. better
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  • ...ni's secretary, in the Tarikh-i-Yamini document several episodes of bloody military campaigns.<ref name="history of india">{{cite book |url=http://www.archive. ...ey paid the ''[[jizya]]'' (poll tax). They ruled from urban centres, while military camps and trading posts provided the nuclei for towns that sprang up in the
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  • ...al motives and interests, and not by religion. That is why many of his top military officers were Hindus. Likewise, it is wrong to say that the Sikh community
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  • ...iers carry swords on ceremonial occasions? Because it is symbolic of their military tradition and heritage. In the same way Sikhs carry the Kirpan at all times
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  • ...ab boiled, back in the 1980s and early 1990s, under the yoke of police and military oppression.
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  • ...were maintained by his grandfather, Guru Hargobind. He always boosted the military spirit of the Sikhs, but he never himself indulged in any direct political
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  • (f) The recruitment, training equipment and organisation on a military pattern of Muslim League National Guards points again to the existence of a (f) The recruitment, training, equiping of and organisation along military lines of Muslim League National Guards pointed again to the existence of a
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  • ==Education was compulsory, military was optional == ...etry contests. The military training was entrusted to some of the greatest military geniuses of the time. Among them were Guru Gobind Singh's maternal uncle Ki
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  • ...oogle.com/article/ALeqM5iAaUDweFGxVeuulrY4j9iyblEihQ France, India fire up military cooperation, nuclear energy ties] Jan 24, 2008
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  • He was awarded the Param Vir Chakra, the highest military award in India, for exemplary courage and heroism in the Indo-Pakistani War * [http://www.sikh-history.com/sikhhist/personalities/military/sekhon.html At Sikh History]
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  • Political acumen, military skill and aptitude for business management too were shared by all Sikhs irr
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  • ...orism was used by the Indian Police, Para Military force and Regular Armed Military Force. The Sikhs all over the World are deeply affected by this well organi ...volutionary) of Canada and America (1914) who left for India and started a military struggle to liberate India and were killed and hanged by the British. Then,
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  • ...he found that lots of people were standing outside the Gurudwara and para military personnel were also present. He tried to find out from various persons in t ...uncle stopped firing. Inspite of that there was firing from outside by the military and the police. The police and the army stopped firing after sometime and t
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  • ...es Sikh valor and pays a poetic tribute to "Baba Banda Singh Bahadur", the military commander of Guru Gobind Singh. The famous Punjabi artist Sir Sobha Singh (
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  • ...ns (Sahibzada Ajit Singh Ji & Sahibzada Jujhar Singh Ji) of the Guru Ji in military training.
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  • military successes, Banda aspired to become Guru and a sovereign. military orientation of the Khalsa should be viewed in this perspective.
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  • ...y as well as the caravan routes into the hinterland. After which, the Sikh military contact and presence intensified with Sikh soldiers being brought to deal w
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  • '''Turban and Sikh Military Life'''
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  • ...t larger gurdwaras, such as the Harmandir Sahib, it takes on the look of a military kitchen with tasks arranged so that teams of sewadars prepare tons of food
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  • ...elf into buildings meant for defense purposes. It assumed the character of military fortification, which was reflected in a number of buildings throughout Punj
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  • ...historical evidence. If the British aimed at stripping the Sikhs of their military might theywould have rather wanted the Sikhs not to read and revere Sri Da
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  • Sikhs continue to rise to the highest ranks in the Indian military forces. However, many Sikhs continue to aspire to have their own independen
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  • The tank battles of 1965 form part of military history as the most intense armored battles between the end of World War II
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  • ...The British, however, refused to offer Indians positions of rank in their military. However, they accepted Gandhi's offer to let a detachment of Indians volun
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  • world with his military might. You are proud of your military might and all the wealth at your disposal.
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  • 1922 Babbar Amar Singh of Dhaliwal, Kapurthala, led the first Jatha of military pensioners furing Guru Ka Bagh morcha. He was arrested on July 22, 1923 and
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  • On retirement from the military, Havaldar Modan Singh dedicated the rest of his life to the service of Sri
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  • ...h forehead in adoration in front of him. Muslim mystics and Muslim & Hindu Military chiefs dissented this new born, and the implementation seem hard to be proj
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  • ...ut they cannot include all the functions of a nation, its history, and its military, worldly and religious units into one. But the word "Khalsa" includes all t
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  • ...neral visited Vancouver, officials invited Sikh veterans to take part in a military review. Bhag Singh and the executive rejected the invitation, but many Sikh
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  • ...ame conquering the country by bits and parts. Eventually they set up their military cantonment at Ludhiana, on the left bank of the Sutlej. Maharaja Ranjit Sin
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  • ...s one of Avtar Singh's friends. He was a teacher in the King George Indian Military School in Ludhianaa and was selected as Second Lieutenant in the British Ar
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  • The event marked the festival of [[Hola Mahalla]], when Sikhs practise military exercises and stage mock battles to emphasise their warrior credentials.
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  • ...put into his eyes. This was confirmed by the postmortem report. Later, the military authorities declared that he had been killed in a brawl by one of his colle
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  • LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY - Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen
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