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		<title>Sikh Reference Library to get new lease of life</title>
		<link>http://news.ukpha.org/2010/07/sikh-reference-library-to-get-new-lease-of-life/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 06:31:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Irked over the Centre’s dilly-dallying attitude over returning books and other valuable treasures of the Sikh Reference Library to the SGPC for more than 25 years , the apex Sikh body has finally undertaken the onerous task of resurrecting the library on its own. The Army is yet to return valuable items like manuscripts, paintings, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rare collection of hand written manuscripts in Punjab under threat</title>
		<link>http://news.ukpha.org/2010/06/rare-collection-of-hand-written-manuscripts-in-punjab-under-threat/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 08:41:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[AMRITSAR : A  rare collection of  hand-written manuscripts of Hindu, Sikh and Muslim religion along with outstanding relics of European Renaissance, collected by a Sikh scholar in Punjab village are in state of gross neglect. A Sikh scholar Dalip Singh of remore village Mallu Nangal on Indo-Pak border in this district who owns the collection [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Diyal Singh library’s rare books need urgent digitalising</title>
		<link>http://news.ukpha.org/2010/01/diyal-singh-library%e2%80%99s-rare-books-need-urgent-digitalising/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 18:49:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite enjoying a lot of funds and working under the Evacuee Property Trust Board (EPTB), Diyal Singh Trust Library (DSTL) has still not started digitalising its collection of rare books, periodicals and manuscripts. However, due to its importance in history and its vast collection of books, the DSTL is tremendously popular among local as well [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Udham Singh’s ‘Heer’ on display</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:17:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The original copy of the “Heer”, owned by Shaheed Udham Singh, was put on display at Ghadari Museum of Desh Bhagat Yaadgar Hall &#8211; the torchbearer of the Ghadar movement and its ideologies. A rare possession, the book has been displayed in a glass box for the public ahead of the 18th Gadhari Mela, beginning [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Digital library on Sikhs launched</title>
		<link>http://news.ukpha.org/2009/08/digital-library-on-sikhs-launched/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 13:35:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pages of rare manuscripts, books, magazines , newspapers and photographs on the Sikhs and Punjab will be available at www.PanjabDigiLib. org on the Internet at Panjab Digital Library launched by the Nanakshahi Trust and the Research Institue ( SikhRi) today. Since 2003 PDL has been selecting , collecting, preserving digitising texts regardless of script , [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Exhibition of rare Guru Granth Sahib Birs</title>
		<link>http://news.ukpha.org/2009/06/exhibition-of-rare-guru-granth-sahib-birs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 22:51:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The smallest Guru Granth Sahib Bir which will be on display at the Guru Granth Sahib Resource Centre in Bhai Vir Singh Sahitya Sadan in New Delhi. The newly set up Guru Granth Sahib Resource Centre in Bhai Vir Singh Sahitya Sadan in the Capital is holding a unique exhibition of some rare Guru Granth [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Historian claims rare possessions were returned</title>
		<link>http://news.ukpha.org/2009/05/historian-claims-rare-possessions-were-returned/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2009 21:49:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The two letters of Dr Anurag Singh, former Director, Research, sent to Avtar Singh, president, SGPC, revealing that the Army/CBI had returned rare books/ artifacts of Sikh Reference Library, taken out after Operation Bluestar in June 1984 in seven instalments, may put the SGPC in a piquant situation. The SGPC has been taking up the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No Sikh reference books with us: Antony</title>
		<link>http://news.ukpha.org/2009/05/no-sikh-reference-books-with-us-antony/</link>
		<comments>http://news.ukpha.org/2009/05/no-sikh-reference-books-with-us-antony/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 22:30:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amandeep Madra</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Ministry of Defence has closed the chapter of the rare books of Sikh Reference Library of the Golden Temple taken away by the Army after Operation Blue Star in 1984, saying that the Army had returned the entire material to the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC). In reply to a question of Tarlochan Singh, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A historical analysis of the combined recensions of the Guru Granth Sahib and the Sri Dasam Granth.</title>
		<link>http://news.ukpha.org/2009/05/a-historical-analysis-of-the-combined-recensions-of-the-guru-granth-sahib-and-the-sri-dasam-granth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 13:19:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amandeep Madra</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The banis (compositions) of the Guru Granth Sahib and the Sri Dasam Granth have played an important part in Sikh ceremonies and the development of the Khalsa. The use of these compositions in Sikh rituals and the Khalsa ceremonies has come down from the Gurus themselves. They have played a part in the inception of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rare books at Punjab University rotting</title>
		<link>http://news.ukpha.org/2009/03/rare-books-at-pu-dying-a-rotten-death/</link>
		<comments>http://news.ukpha.org/2009/03/rare-books-at-pu-dying-a-rotten-death/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:13:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A rare heritage in the form of century-old books might soon be lost forever if left unattended to rot on the shelves of the Panjab University library. If quick and appropriate steps are not taken on a priority basis, the books might take along with them several treasures and gems of knowledge. Though university officials [...]]]></description>
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