| 1921 |
SGPC asks government
to safeguard Sikh institution of Nankana Sahib.
==>NANAKANA SAHIB: also known as "Nanakiyana", is
the residence of Guru Nanak Dev Patshah. It is 48 miles south of
Lahore in Saekhuyana district and was known as Raipur. Later, its
name changed to "Talwandi RaiBhoe Di" and subsequently
to Nanakiyana. In sunmat 1526, Guru Nanak Patshah's prakash initially
appeared at this place. The prakash place is marked with a beautiful
Gurudwara that accompanies Guru's place of residence. This Gurudwara
has extensive jagir associated with it.
Other Gurudwaras nearby include:
- Kiyara Sahib:
east of the city, the place where the fields grazed by GuruSahib's
cattle were returned to their original condition.
- Tanbhu Sahib:
north of the city, the place where Guru Nanak rested under a tree
after transacting "Sacha Sauda".
- Patti Sahib:
the place where Guru Nanak preached to his own teacher and turned
him into a disciple.
- BalLilla:
the place where Guru Nanak Dev Patshah used to play as a child.
Nearby is the pool of water that was dug especially for Guru nanak
Dev Patshah, by orders of RaiBhular.
- Maal Ji Sahib:
the place where Guru Sahib used to graze his cattle. This the
is same place where once Guru Sahib was resting under the shade
of the tree. As the shade moved as a result of changing sunlight,
GuruSahib was always under the shade of created by a snake's fins.
- Gurudwaras
marking the visits of Guru Arjun Dev Patshah and Guru Gobind Singh
Patshah. Guru Arjun Dev Patshah visit this place during his travels
of religious places. While Guru Gobind Singh Patshah visited this
place in Jaeth 11th. GurSikhs have established an annual maela
on this day.
- Guru Nanak
Dev's gurudwara near Sangrur, which is one mile north of village
Mangwal. Guru Nanak Dev stayed here for 15 days. Guru Har Gobind
Patshah also visited this place. The gurudwara and nearby tank
of water were constructed by Raja Raghibir Singh Jind.
- Guru Nanak
Dev's gurudwara, south of village Dipalpur in district Mantgumari.
When Guru Sahib visited this place and rested under a dried "Piple"
tree, it came alive and turned healthy green. Nearby is the place
where Guru Nanak Patshah cured Noranga named individual.
-Ref. Mahan
Kosh |
| 1926 |
Kahan Singh Nahba's
monumental work, "Mahan Kosh", Encyclopedia of Sikh Religion
was published.
==>KAHAN SINGH: is among the noted learned Sikh scholars. He
was born on Bhado Wadi 10th sunmat 1918 (1861) in village Sabaj
Banaera, Patiala, to father Bhai Narayan Singh and mother Mata Har
Kaur Ji. As a child Kahan Singh was very active and thereby extremely
close to his parents. He learned Gurmukhi from Bhai Bhup Singh.
He was initiated to read Sri Guru Granth Sahib at the age of five
by his father. At seven years of age, he was fluent in reciting
Sri Guru Granth Sahib. Subsequently, Kahan Singh was sent to Delhi
for Sanskrit education. He studies initially from Bawa Kalyan Das
then Pandit Sri Dhar, Bansi Dhar, Bhai Vir Singh, Bhai Ram Singh,
and Bawa Parmanand. He studied poetry from Bhai Bhagwan Singh Dughu.
Subsequently, he learned music from Mahant of Gurusar Maharaj, Gaja
Singh. At 20 yrs. he started learning Pharsi and english. By the
age of 22, Bhai Kahan Singh had accomplished the basic necessary
for understanding and analyzing Sikh literature.
His knowledge of Sikh scriptures and history is most profound and
unrivalled. Beside being trained in the old school of sikh scholarship
wherein depth of knowledge and mastery of detail was more emphasized,
he has also cultivated the variety and vastness of view which is
characteristic of western learning. He not only possesses an intimate
knowledge of the most obvious and the most distant facts, but he
also knows how to marshall them and use them to some purpose.
Belonged to the earliest batch of the Singh Sabha reformers, Kahan
Singh greatly influenced the formation of the modern opinion about
Sikhism. Mr. M.A. Macauliffe, the author of the Sikh Religion, found
in him a guide, philosopher, and friend. If Bhai Dit Singh and others
were responsible for the social and religious reforms, Bhai Kahan
Singh has worked for the whole movement as a writer, articulating
its principles in works.
His work Mahan Kosh, is a unique reference and probably the only
one of a kind available to sikh preachers. It is a dictionary and
an encyclopedia combined of sikh literature. It contains words occurring
in the original Sikh scriptures as well as in other allied books.
Mahan Kosh, today is not only an all-inclusive work for ready reference,
but contains solid articles on great and intricate topics connected
with the Sikh history and religion. It represents a whole library
of literature on Sikhism.
Kahan Singh Nabha passed away on Nov. 23, 1938.
-Ref. Mahan Kosh
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