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

... their capital at Mukhlispur, which was renamed Lohgarh (“the Steel Fort”) and Sikh coins were struck with the following legend on them: The sword of the central Doctrine of Nanak destroys the evil ...

2. Bandai Sikhs
(Sikh Way of Life/Sects and Cults)

... - Deg wa teg wa fatih nusrat be drang Yaft az Nanak Guru Govind Singh. "Guru Govind Singh received from Nanak, The Sword, the Bowl and Victory unfailing". This inscription adhered to in the main by later ...

3. Akalis/Nihangs Doctrines
(Sikh Way of Life/Sects and Cults)

... wear weapons most notably the sword and the steel quoits around their blue turbans. Their overall dress colour is blue, with a long blue shirt (chola). The style of their turbans is also quite unique. ...

4. Bhai Bidhi Chand
(Scriptures/JanamSakhis)

... Arjan Dev, his son Guru Har Gobind put on two swords, representing miri and piri. This was a signal to the government that Sikhs would protect their human rights of worship if need be with the sword. Guru ...

5. Bhai Tota Mahita
(Biographies/Early Gursikhs)

... handling musket, sword and javelin. Bhai Tota Mahita and Bhai Tiloka fell fighting in the battle of Amritsar in May 1629. Bhai Gurdas, in one of his stanzas, describes Bhai Tota Mahita as "a man of ...

6. Bhai Tota
(Biographies/Early Gursikhs)

  Bhai Tota Bhai Tota, received initiation at the hands of Guru Arjan. He was trained in the martial art in the time of Guru Hargobind and became a skilled swordsman. He laid down his life in ...

7. Bhai Tiloka
(Biographies/Early Gursikhs)

... movements. Bhai Tiloka was filled with remorse and took a vow never to kill again. He started wearing a sword with a wooden blade, but a proper hilt for show. A complaint reached the ears of the governor, ...

8. Babar Vani
(Scriptures/Scriptures)

... 15 km southeast of Gujranwala in Pakistan) which suffered the worst fury of the invading host. The town was taken by assault, the garrison put to the sword and the inhabitants carried into captivity. During ...

9. Amarnama
(Scriptures/Scriptures)

... Singh with five Sikhs to the Punjab. Among Guru Gobind Singh's precepts recorded in the text, primacy attaches to Sikhs receiving the rites of amrit, i.e. baptism of the double edged sword, disregarding ...

10. Baba Gurditta
(Biographies/Gurus Family Members)

... with his sword but the Guru, shielding himself, paid him back in the same coin after accepting his challenge. The Guru is said to have wept to see him breathing his last. Baba Gurdita took defensive action ...