RAM SINGH, CAPTAIN (1864-1949), soldier and Akali politician, was born the son of Nattha Singh of Sunam, now in Sarigrur district of the Punjab. His father had served in the army of the Sikh rulers of Lahore and later in the British Indian army. Born in 1864, Ram Singh spent

BIBHAUR, village close to Naya Nangal in Ropar district of the Punjab, is sacred to Guru Gobind Singh who resided here for some time in 1700-01 at the invitation of the Rao (chief) of Bibhaur. The commemorative Sikh shrine here is called Gurdwara Bibhaur Sahib. The present complex was

KHUSHAL SINGH, BHAI (1889-1921), one of the Nankana Sahib martyrs, was born on 5 Chet 1945 Bk/17 March 1889, the son of Bhai Buddh Singh. He learnt to read Gurmukhi in the village Gurudwara and received the rites of Khalsa initiation. He was one of the 15 Akali volunteers

RAMPURA KALAN, a village in Lahore district of Pakistan hardly 1.5 km from the Indo Pakistan border, had a historical Gurdwara commemorating the visit of Guru Hargobind (1595-1644), who once halted here during one of his journeys between Amritsar and Lahore. The shrine which had been looked after by a

BILASPUR, a small town 16 km from Jagadhri (30°10`N, 77°18`E) in Ambala district of Haryana, is close to Kapal Mochan, a well known place of Hindu pilgrimage. Guru Gobind Singh is said to have sojourned at Kapal Mochan for 52 days in 1688. During this period, he made a

LAKHAN MAJRA, a village in Rohtak district of Haryana, has a historical shrine, Gurdwara Sri Manji Sahib, commemorating the visit of Guru Tegh Bahadur who, halted here while travelling from Jind to Delhi. A single roomed shrine marked the site until after 1947 when immigrants from Pakistan to Delhi

SARB HIND SIKH MISSION set up by the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee in 1936 for the propagation of Sikh faith. The immediate cause for the establishment of the Mission was a declaration made in 1935 by Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar, leader of the socalled untouchable and depressed classes, that

DHILVAN, village 25 km from Barnala (30° 23`N, 75° 34`E), is sacred to Guru Tegh Bahadur, who, according to local tradition, stayed here for several months in the course of one of his journeys across the Malva country. Large numbers of people in the area were converted to his

LAMBVALI, village 11 km northeast of Jaito (30°26°N, 74°53°E) in Faridkot dislrici of the Punjab, claims a historical gurudwara established in honour of Guru Gobind Sihgh who made a brief halt here sojourning in these pans towards the close of 1705. Tradition persists in the village about visits by Guru

SATBIR SINGH (1932-1994) was born on 1 March 1932 at Jehlum (now in Pakistan). Father : Bhai Harnam Singh, mother: Ranjit Kaur. Professor Satbir Singh`s tally of more than 70 titles covering a life span of 62 years makes a formidable catalogue. Among it are works of minute research,

DUSANJH KHURD, village 3 km south of Banga (31° ll`N, 76°E) in Jalandhar district of the Punjab, has a historical shrine called Gurdwara Guru Har Rai Sahib Patshahi Satviri (seventh) dedicated to the Seventh Guru, Guru Har Rai. In 1940, the local sangat raised a new building on the

MAHRON, village 7 km southeast of Moga (30°48\'N, 75°10\'E) in Moga district, has a historical shrine, Gurdwara Guru Sar, in memory of Guru Hargobind who, according to the local tradition, stopped here on 18 Savan 1674 Bk/17July 1617 on his way from Kaonke and Maddoke to Darauli. The Gurdwara