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Sikh Scriptures and Literature/Nineteenth century Literature
VACHAN GOBIND LOKA KE ( Sayings of the Saintly People) is a didactic work in Punjabi prose by Bhai Addan Shah, a Sevapanthi saint. Completed in 1904 Bk/AD 1847 and written in the hand of one Khivan Singh, the work comprises 147 folios with 9+9 lines ...
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Sikh Scriptures and Literature/Sri Guru Granth Sahib and Guru Gobind Singh's Bani
VADAHANS KI VAR, in the Guru Granth Sahib, is by Guru Ram Das. He has composed the largest number of Vars, eight out of the twentytwo included in the Guru Granth Sahib. The poetic stanza used is the usual paun. There are 21 pauns in all, interspersed...
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Other Historical Places/Punjab
VADALI GURU, village 7 km west of Amritsar (3P38N, 74°53`E), is sacred to Guru Arjan and Guru Hargobind. The former, according to Gurbilas Chhevm Patshahl, stayed here for about three years during 159497, and the latter was born here on 19 June 1595...
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Biographical/Hindu bhagats and poets, and Punjabi officials
VADBHAG SINGH, SODHl (1716-61), a lineal descendant of Guru Hargobind (1595-1644) through the latter`s son, Baba Gurditta, and grandson, Dhir Mall, was born the son ofSodhi Ram Singh on 13 August 1716 at Kartarpur, in presentday Jalandhar district of...
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Historical Events in Sikh History/Sikh struggle against Mughal empire [1708 - 1799]
VADDA GHALLUGHARA, lit. major holocaust or carnage, so called to distinguish it from another similar disaster, Chhota (minor) Ghallughara that took place in 1746, is how a oneday battle between the Dal Khalsa and Ahmad Shah Durrani fought on 5 Februa...
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