text: 1. DAL SINGAR
  ... Gobind Singh as a present. The Guru assigned it to his personal stables and named it Dal Singar. References: 1. Santokh Sirigh, Bhai, Sri Gur Pratap Suraj Granth. Amritsar, 1926-37 2. Kahn Sirigh, ...
  2. RAM SINGH BEDI, BABA
  ... always carrying on his person a quintet of weapons, he became a legendary hero in the region. At the end of November 1796, Shah Zaman, grandson of Ahmad Shah Durrani, invaded India at the head of a host ...
  3. SOBHA SINGH
  ... of contemporary personalities that of Norah Richards, the matriarch of Punjabi theatre, was done with a rare delicacy and feeling. Murals by him embellish the art gallery of Parliament House in New ...
  5. ABBOTT, SIR JAMES
  ... set up a jihad, crusade, against the Sikhs. His acts provoked the Hazara revolt which culminated in the second Anglo-Sikh war. James Abbott wrote The Narrative: An Account of Personal Sendees at Hazara, ...
  6. ADVENTURES OF AN OFFICER IN THE PUNJAUB
  ... Punjab, Patiala. The book which is a rambling account, half fact half fiction, of the author`s adventures, provides information about the rise of the Sikhs and about the person and government of Maharaja ...
  7. AGHORl
  ... believe that everything is good for a good person. Distinction between the pure and the impure is irrelevant from their standpoint. Their way of life is absolutely unconventional and the people in general ...
  8. AHANKAR
  ... When all peaceful methods for such resistance are exhausted, the use of sword, so says Guru Gobind Singh, is lawful (Zafarnamah, verse 22). The use of sword, however, is not for any personal gain or advancement; ...
  ... had then become. With the restoration of normal conditions, however, the population began to increase.The number recorded during 1991 Census was 7,09,456 including persons living in the cantonment area. ...
  11. AHMAD SHAH DURRANI
  ... the position of a personal attendant to the command of Nadir's Abdali contingent in which capacity he accompanied the Persian conqueror on his Indian expedition in 1739. In June 1747, Nadir Shah was assassinated ...
  ... Rai's work furnishes considerable information on the early history of the Sikhs though it is not exempt from inaccuracies or personal prejudices. The account of Sikhs` rise to power is however factual ...
  13. AJIT SINGH PALIT
  ... Shah came to the Punjab in 1710 personally to handle the situation created by the exploits of Banda Singh, he ordered Raja Chhatrasal Bundela to bring Ajit Singh to his court. Ajit Singh appeared in the ...
  14. AKAL
  ... occurrence. It is the `personality` of the Supreme, the chit or consciousness of satchitanand. The other, transcendent aspect, is the Eternal, the Beyond, the Inexpressible, the Fathomless, Nirguna Brahman, ...
  15. AKALI
  ... only 1,376 persons were returned as "Sikh Akalis or Nihangs," and in 1901 this number further came down to a bare 431, besides 136 who registered themselves as Akalis by caste.Of these 457 were males and ...
  16. AKALI SAHAYAK BUREAU
  ... position as head of the Department of History at Aligarh Muslim University to take to politics and journalism. Panikkar was for this position the personal choice of Mahatma Gandhi who, though impressed ...
  17. AKAL-PURAKH
  AKALPURAKH stands in Sikh religious literature for the Divine Being, i.e. God. Like Akal, Murati, it is composed of two units, viz. akal (non temporal) and purakh (person). The latter figures in Mul Mantra, ...
  ... copy of the Dasam Granth. The main theme of the poem is praise of the Timeless Eternal Being. In the opening invocation, God is addressed as Timeless Being, All steel, "the personification and source of ...
  19. AKAL TAKHT
  ... on any point of Sikh doctrine or practice referred to it, may lay under penance personages charged with violation of religious discipline or with activity prejudicial to Sikh interests or solidarity and ...
  20. AKHBARAT-I.DEORH!-I-MAHARAJA RANJFT SINGH BAHADUR,
  ... person should not be appointed subahdar of any province. The Maharaja on hearing it sends a parwana with a khillat and a pair of gold bracelets to Hazari Madan Singh appointing him subahdar of Multan, ...