By admin on August 20, 2009
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.
Posted in Cultural, Manuscripts, Uncategorized | Tagged Digitisation, Sikh
By admin on August 20, 2009
At a time when a new row is emerging in Sikh circles over whether or not the Akal Takht should be convening a Sarv Dharam Sammelan (an all religion conclave) and allegations are flying thick about the motive behind the kar sewa of Darshani Deodhi, the larger issue of getting from the UNESCO the World [...]
Posted in Cultural, Material, Uncategorized | Tagged Amritsar, Harimandir Sahib, Sikh, UNESCO
By admin on August 20, 2009
For years, the 17-century monument has been in dire need of proper upkeep. There was once a plan to reactivate the gardens’ hydraulic system which pumps water to the dozens of fountains, but then the perennial paucity of funds scuttled it.
Posted in Architectural, Uncategorized | Tagged Lahore, Mughal, Pakistan, Ranjit Singh
By admin on August 17, 2009
An Indian-origin writer has made the startling claim that Queen Victoria forbade the wife of the only married grandson of Maharaja Ranjit Singh from having children so that the British Raj could tighten its grip on Punjab.
Posted in Reviews, Uncategorized | Tagged Duleep Singh
By admin on August 9, 2009
Suave, handsome, charming and a truly multi-faceted personality, Patwant Singh was the polished face of the Sikhs in the later decades of his life. He had, by that time, already earned a formidable reputation by writing on international affairs, the environment, the arts, and as a TV and radio commentator as well as a magazine [...]
Posted in Reviews, Uncategorized | Tagged Obituary
By admin on June 30, 2009
The fading sheen of priceless Belgium glass Bohemian chandeliers of 19th century, a huge silver chariot and other priceless relics, like dagger of Guru Gobind Singh, might have been bemusing people on their “sojourn into history” for decades.
Posted in Architectural, Uncategorized
By admin on March 2, 2009
It’s a call for using history as a guide for our future, an attempt to recall our roots, a mission to bring history and culture together, and a trail to highlight the marginalized topic of shared heritage between Britain and the Sikh community.
Posted in Uncategorized
By admin on December 30, 2008
Defences erected by the Sikh army during the First Anglo Sikh wars have been discovered by UK based historian Amarpal Singh Sidhu . The defences, built for the battle of Sabraon in 1846, remarkably still survive albeit in a badly faded state.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Anglo Sikh War, battlefield
By admin on November 7, 2008
Kashmir Sikhs who lived here have sought the intervention of Prime Mister Dr. Manmohan Singh to initiate diplomatic efforts with Pakistan government for the reconstruction of the historic Gurdwara of sixth Sikh Guru Shri Hargobind Ji at village 'Naloochhi' near Muzaffarabad which has been converted in to the police lines in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK).
Posted in Uncategorized
By Amandeep Madra on November 4, 2008
How would you like the details of 2000 years of Punjabi and Sikh history at your fingertips? Today, UKPHA launches www.punjabhistory.org – a new Punjab History timeline resource on the internet.
When Alexander the Great burst through the Himalayan ranges and into the Punjab in 326 B.C., he was an early proponent of what ….
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged UKPHA
