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AKAL BUNGA
Tags: akal, takht, amritsar, sirigh, sahib, patiala, bunga, sukhdial, 1977, giani, gian, twarikh
AKAL BUNGA, lit. the abode of the Timeless One, is the building that houses the Akal Takht in the precincts of the Darbar Sahib at Amritsar. The term is also used sometimes synonymously with Akal Takht. Strictly speaking, while Akal Takht is the...
ANARKALI
Tags: allard, anarkali, tomb, ventura, residence, headquarters, singh, faujikhas, general, mughal, lahore, french
ANARKALI, the oldest Mughal tomb in Lahore, was built between 1605 and 1615 by Emperor Jahangir for his former favourite dancing girl Anarkali. The tomb was surrounded by extensive gardens enclosed within a high protective wall, and several...
BAOLI
Tags: water, baolis, masonry, introduced, developed, baoli, steps, importance, system, sikh, daily, stressed
BAOLI or bavali is a masonry well with steps leading down to water level. This is perhaps the oldest type of well introduced when man had discovered the existence of subsoil water and also the means to reach it, but had not yet invented mechanical...
BUNGAS
Tags: buriga, singh, bungas, akhara, bunga, amritsar, sikh, bhai, sardars, harimandar, giani, guru
BUNGAS The word bunga is derived from the Persian bungah meaning a hospice, or a dwelling place. In the Sikh tradition, the word specifically refers to the dwelling places and mansions which grew up around the Harimandar at Amritsar and at other...
CASTLE HILL
Tags: singh, estate, duleep, hill, castle, maharaja, city, summer, rani, 1853, property, government
CASTLE HILL, an 182acre estate in Mussoorie, a hill city in the Himalayas, which was the summer residence for a short period of Maharaja Duleep Singh, the last Sikh sovereign of the Punjab who after the annexation of his dominions was exiled by the...
GHARIBDASIAS
Tags: sect, form, worship, gharibdas, gharib, castes, village, tribes, census, saints, gharibdasias, sikhs
GHARIBDAS IAS, followers of` Sant Gharibdas (1717-78), also known as Satsahibias for their peculiar form of greeting which is `Sat Sahib,` i.e. eternally existent (satya) is the Lord (sahib). The founder of the sect, Gharib Das was born in 1717 in...
GOBINDGARH
Tags: fort, singh, maharaja, ranjit, years, detention, prisoners, silver, retained, political, indian, defence
GOBINDGARH FORT, raised in the lime of Maharaja Ranjit Singh on the ruins of an old fortress built at Amritsar by Guj[jar Singh (d. 1788) of the Bharigi clan, was named in honour of Guru Gobind Singh. The Fort took four years, 1805-09, to build....
HARIMANDAR
Tags: singh, guru, bhai, amritsar, sahib, harimandar, sardar, darbar, temple, sikhs, holy, months
HARIMANDAR (lit. the House of God; hari = Visnu, or God; mandar = temple, house), Golden Temple to the English speaking world, is the Sikhs` most famous sacred shrine. Also called Sri Darbar Sahib (the Exalted Holy Court), it lies in the heart of...
MUKHLISGARH FORT
Tags: singh, banda, fort, bahadur, mukhlisgarh, amritsar, 1710, emperor, mughal, sirhind, sadhaura, reduced
MUKHLISGARH FORT on the lower slopes of the Sivalak foothills in Sadhaura parganah of Sirhind sarkar was, established by Mukhlis Khan, a minor chief during the reign of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan (1628-58). Banda Smgh Bahadur (1670-1716), after...
QILA GUJJAR SINGH
Tags: lahore, singh, area, gujjar, sardar, city, bharigi, muhammad, qila, remained, police
QILA GUJJAR SINGH, a residential area within the limits of Lahore, was designated a "fort" when in April 1765 the city was parcelled out among the three Bharigi Sardars, Gujjar Singh, Lahina Singh and Sobha Singh. The area outside the walled city...

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