1. Cassino Memorial, Italy
(Sikh History/Historical Events)

... War Cremation Memorial, and Sangro River War Cremation Memorial. Common Wealth War Graves Commission Register has recorded 5727 causalties of WW-2 in Italy of which the British Indian forces in Cemeteries ...

2. Aziz Ud-Din, Faqir
(Sikh History/Historical Events)

... by which 'Aziz ud-Din was known, the prefix Faqir appearing for the first time in the official British correspondence only after 1826. Faqir, Persian for a mendicant or dervish, was adopted by Aziz ud-Din ...

3. Afghans - Afghan-Sikh relations
(Sikh History/Historical Events)

... of which Shah Shuja' was reinstalled on the throne of Kabul in August 1889 with British help. Dost Muhammad Khan was exiled to Calcutta in November 1839, but was restored to his former position after the ...

4. A Case-Study of the Crisis in Punjab
(Sikh History/Operation Bluestar)

The Rise of an Illiberal Democracy in India A Case-Study of the Crisis in Punjab Sikh Genocide Project India became the world’s largest democracy in 1947 with the end of British colonialism.  ...

5. Faridkot District
(Punjab/Punjab Districts)

... province under British rule , but now it is a district in Punjab in independent India. The ancestor of the Faridkot principality, Bhallan was an ardent follower of Guru Har Gobind. He helped the Guru ...

6. Bhatra or Bhattra
(Sikh Way of Life/Sects and Cults)

... salesmen, most leaving their families in the Punjab to begin with. By the time of the Second World War there were a few hundred Sikhs clustered in British seaports like Cardiff, Bristol, and Southampton. ...

7. Khalsa Diwan Society
(Gurudwaras/World Gurudwaras)

... first site and gurdwara was built in 1908 at 1866 West 2nd Avenue. It was inaugurated on January 19th, 1908. The financial structure of the society was based on how many Sikhs were living in British Columbia. ...

8. Prachin Panth Prakash
(Scriptures/Scriptures)

... Amritsar, is owed to the Britishers' curiosity about the Sikhs and about their emergence as a political power. Captain Murray, then stationed on the AngloSikh frontier at Ludhiana, had been charged with ...

9. Sikh Temple Landia, Kenya
(Gurudwaras/World Gurudwaras)

... Nairobi. It was built by the pioneering Sikhs who had worked on the East-African Railway Line during Kenya's colonization by the British. At that time the entire area around the Gurdwara was occupied by ...

10. Siri Guru Singh Sabha: Nairobi, Kenya
(Gurudwaras/World Gurudwaras)

... educational programmes and other matters. It must also be remembered that the British had much respect for the Sikhs, for their character, bravery on the battlefield and the religious traditions they followed. ...