If we look at his family background, he was born in 1957 in the city of Jagadhri. His father was Sardar Pratap Singh and his mother was Bibi Jaswant Kaur. Impressed by the Naam Bani and Kirtan of Bhai Fauja Singh, he joined the Akhand Kirtani Jatha. He regularly joined the Waheer of the Akhand…
Forty Sikhs. A two-storey mud fortress. And an army that historical sources describe as numbering in the hundreds of thousands.
Banda Singh Bahadur is one of the most remarkable figures in Sikh history — a man who changed everything.
It is a great tragedy of history that when many sources are read to prepare a topic, the date, name, and incident of any source are not found same among the sources. There are four main things to present history: The Place (where the event occurred), The Person (with whom the event occurred), The Witness…
Social media often sees non-Sikhs taunt the Sikh community with the “12 o’clock” joke. Sikh scholars answer boldly: Turks and Mughals kidnapped women — Sikhs hunted them down and stopped them. Under cover of night, Sikhs hunted down the kidnappers and brought every woman safely home. This response directly and appropriately addresses the spirit of…
This story comes from the time when Ahmad Shah Abdali, one of the most powerful military commanders in Asia, was left astonished by the bravery of the Sikhs. Deeply curious, he turned to his Subedar with a series of questions about this remarkable community. The great conqueror Ahmad Shah Abdali asked the Subedar of Lahore:…
Bhagat Dhanna Ji was from Jatt category. Bhagat Dhanna Ji also known as Dhanna Bhagat, Dhanna Jatt, Dhanna Jat, Saint Dhanna, and Dhanna Bairagi. He was a disciple of Ramanand Ji. Often, when we do not examine the interpretation systems of Gurbani, we are making a mess of meaning. Dhanna Bhagat ji’s chanted words are…
At the place of heaven, almost 18,500 Sikhs killed in Kashmir from 21 oct to 28 oct. Unfortunately, not any single seminar has held in memory of that martyrdom of Kashmir. ‘Sardar Ganga Singh Rains’ was from village ‘Vaampura’. When the tribals surrounded the entire village, Sardar Ganga Singh Rains went into the forest and…
To know more about ‘Bhai Maharaj Singh Ji‘, we have to research further. ‘Sewa Singh’ was a chief in the army of ‘Shere Punjab Maharaja Ranjit Singh’, who was martyred during the battle of ‘Jamrud’. After that his son Bir Singh joined the Khalsa army. He fought many wars. He became a Saint from a…
To know the history of Baaz Singh, we would be see some past inscription. In the ‘Bangash’ area (today is ‘Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’) a state was established by ‘Sardar Bhagwant Singh Bangashi’. Firstly the name that was using for them was ‘Bhagu Niwana’ and ‘Bhagu Wanjara’. Because, that time they were not baptized. The book was…
