Pratap Singh Giani [SEP] date of death
Pratap Singh Giani
Pratap Singh Giani (also Partap Singh Gyani, 1855–1920) was a Sikh academician, scholar and calligraphist.
He was born in 1855, the son of Bhai Bhag Singh Giani of Lahore. As a young boy, Partap Singh learnt Punjabi, Urdu and Sanskrit and studied Sikh scriptures. In 1884, he accompanied Thakur Singh Sandhanvalia to England to read the Guru Granth Sahib to the deposed Sikh ruler of the Punjab, Maharaja Duleep Singh and to re-convert him to Sikhism. Partap Singh remained in
of the holy scriptures. Spiritually, a true gyani is called a Brahm gyani.
Gyani or Giani is also an academic degree in Punjabi literature.
Notable people with Giani.
- Giani sant singh maskeen, Sikh Ratan
- Pratap Singh Giani
- Giani Chet Singh
- Giani Zail Singh, President of India
- Giani Gurmukh Singh Musafir, first Chief Minister of Punjab
- Giani Pritam Singh Dhillon, freedom fighter and prominent member of the Ghadar Party
See also.
- Sikh titles