Discover the inspiring journey of Pandit Sadhu Singh, a distinguished Nirmala scholar and Shri Mahant of the Nirmal Pahchayati Akhara.
BUDDHA SINGH (b. 1891), a Ghadr revolutionary, was son of Ishar Singh of the village of Sursingh, now in Amritsar district. He served in the Mule Battery at Bareilly but deserted and went to Shanghai, where he became a night watchman. He returned to India to take part in the armed revolution planned by the Ghadr Party and arrived in Calcutta aboard the S.S. Namsang on 13 October 1914.
Discover Jivan Singh Chhachhi's fearless leadership along the northwestern frontier. Learn about his role in Anglo-Sikh wars and service under Maharaja Ranjit Singh.
Explore the legacy of Shamsher Singh, a notable soldier from the Punjab region who held significant civil and military roles in the mid-1800s.
In Punjabi Letters this term is not current. There is a long tradition of tikas, meaning compositions in which a poetic text is published with every line followed by its meaning in prose, including a brief comment wherever considered necessary by the tikakar.
Explore Shah Mohammad's Jangnama, capturing Punjab's 19th-century identity crisis & decline post-Maharaja Ranjit Singh, depicting the first Anglo-Sikh War.
Explore the Sikh Gurdwaras Act of 1925, a significant legislation ending priest control and ensuring better gurdwara management in Punjab.
CHALITARJOTlJOTI SAMAVANE KE, one of a collection of seven unpublished Punjabi manuscripts held in the Khalsa College at Amritsar under catalogue No. 1579E. Comprising a bare three folios (3063-08), it is divided into two sections. The first part (ft. 3063-07) entitled "Verva Guriai ka Likhia," lit. details recorded of the guruship, gives the duration for which each of the ten Gurus occupied the holy seat, followed by a vague remark that 24 years and 3 months have elapsed since he passed away, implying thereby that the writing took place 24 years and 3 months after the death (in 1708) of the tenth and last of the Gurus, Guru Gobind Singh, which takes the date of the compilation of the manuscript to 1732.
Explore the life of Kesari Chand, ally of Raja Bhim Chand, as he faces Guru Gobind Singh and joins historic battles in the Sivalik foothills.
