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In the times of Gurus [1469 - 1708], The establishment of the Khalsa Panth [1699], Sikh Confederacies [1708 - 1769], Sikh struggle against Mughal empire [1708 - 1799], The Sikh Empire [1799 - 1839], The British and Sikhs [1849 - 1947], The Modern History of Sikhs [1947 - present]
 
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Historical Events in Sikh History/The British and Sikhs [1849 - 1947]
JACQUEMONTS JOURNAL is an account of the travels of Victor Jacquemont who had been sent out by the French Natural History Museum on the recommendation of Cuvier whose pupil he had been "to study the botany and geology of India, together with liberty ...
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Historical Events in Sikh History/Sikh Confederacies [1708 - 1769]
JAGIRDARI, a feudal system of political and revenue administration based on jagir, lit. fief or grant of land received from the sovereign or a vassal owing fealty and obedience to him. Sikhs who, after the fall of Sirhind in early 1764, started occup...
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Historical Events in Sikh History/The British and Sikhs [1849 - 1947]
JAITO MORCHA, the name given to the Akali agitation for the restoration to his throne of Maharaja Ripudaman Singh of Nabha, a Sikh princely state in the Punjab. The Maharaja had strong proAkali sympathies and had overtly supported the Guru ka Bagh Mo...
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Historical Events in Sikh History/The British and Sikhs [1849 - 1947]
JALLIANVALA BAGH MASSACRE, involving the killing of hundreds of unarmed, defenceless Indians by a senior British military officer, took place on 13 April 1919 in the heart ofAmritsar, the holiest city of the Sikhs, on a day sacred to them as the birt...
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Historical Events in Sikh History/Sikh struggle against Mughal empire [1708 - 1799]
JANGNAMA, by Qazi Nur Muhammad, is an eyewitness account in Persian verse ofAhmad Shah Durrani`s seventh invasion of India, 176465, for which it is the only major source of information. A copy of the manuscript in the hand of one Khair Muhammad of Gu...
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