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AGYA KAUR. BIBI
Tags: kaur, school, singh, agya, 1918, bhai, takht, mahavidyala, bibi, died, sikh, 1910
AGYA KAUR. BIBI (d. 1918), wife of Bhai Takht Singh and his helpmate in promoting women's education among Sikhs to which cause he was passionately devoted, was the daughter of Sardar Tek Singh of the village of Sultanpur, near Rahim Yar Khan railway...
AMARO, BIBI,
Tags: guru, amaro, amar, bibi, amritsar, basarke, angad, singh, successor, nanak, died, left
AMARO, BIBI, elder daughter of Guru Angad and Mata Khivi, is especially remembered in the Sikh tradition for introducing (Guru) Amar Das to Guru Angad whose disciple, and eventually successor in the holy office, he became. She was born in c. 1526 at...
AMRITA SHER-GIL
Tags: amrita, india, colour, indian, paintings, shergil, painting, school, paris, paint, khandalavala, punjab
AMRITA SHERGIL (1913-1941), colourful and innovative painter of modern India, was born on 30 January 1913 in Budapest, Hungary. Her father, Umrao Singh Sher Gil, scholar and savant, learned in Sanskrit as well as in Persian, came of an old Sikh...
ANANTI, MATA,
Tags: mata, natti, sirigh, bhai, bassi, santokh, pratap, 1926, amritsar, granth, kaur, suraj
ANANTI, MATA, wife of Baba Gurditta and mother of Guru Har Rai, Nanak VII. She was popularly known as Mata Natti. Some chroniclers have also used for her the names of Nihal Kaur and Bassi. See NATTi, MATA
ANOKHI, BIBI,
Tags: guru, singh, sakhian, giani, kian, gobind, sarup, patiala, mata, khalsa, [reprint], twarikh
ANOKHI, BIBI, born, according to Kesar Singh Chhibbar, Bansavalinama Dasan Patshahian Ka, in the Bikrami year 1592/AD 1535. She was the third child and the younger of the two daughters of Guru Arigad and(Mata) Khivi. M.G.S. ANUPDEI, MATA, mother of...
AS KAUR,
Tags: patiala, singh, 1821, retired, estate, sanaur, government, chiefs, neighbouring, warmly, praised, british
AS KAUR, daughter of Gurdas Singh, was married to Raja Sahib Singh (1773-1813) of Patiala in 1792 and, in 1798, she bore him a son and heir who was named Karam Singh. She was a woman of great ability and her wise administration of the Patiala state...
BAKHT KAUR, MATA
Tags: guru, singh, kesar, dasan, born, bansavalinama, patshahian, lakkho, amar, mata, gian, giani
BAKHT KAUR, MATA, also called Lakhmi or Lakkho, was the mother of Guru Amar Das (1479-1574). Mata Lakkho is the name mentioned by Kesar Singh Chibbar, Bansavalinama Dasan Patshahian Ka. Born in a Duggal Khatri family, she was married to Baba Tej...
BANARASI, MATA,
Tags: shiv, amritsar, singh, sakhi, bhai, mother, baba, kalu, chandigarh, 1975, bala, 1982
BANARASI, MATA, grandmother of Guru Nanak and mother of Baba Kalu or Kalian Rai, was the wife of Shiv Ram, resident of Talvandi Rai Bhoi Ki, now called Nankana Sahib. She was the mother of two sons, Kalu and Lalu. See SHIV RAM, BABA
BHAGO, MAI
Tags: singh, guru, gobind, bhago, sikhs, converted, jinvara, amritsar, nanded, patiala, sikh, bhai
BHAGO, MAI, the sole survivor of the battle of Khidrana, i.e. Muktsar (29 December 1705), was a descendant of Pero Shah, the younger brother of Bhai Langah, a Dhillon Jatt who had converted a Sikh during the time of Guru Arjan. Born at her ancestral...
BHANI, BIBI
Tags: guru, bhani, bibi, goindval, amar, hand, patiala, bhaijetha, singh, amritsar, born, arjan
BHANI, BIBI (1535-1598), daughter of Guru Amar Das, consort of Guru Ram Das and mother of Guru Arjan Dev, was born to Mata Mansa Devi on 21 Magh 1591 Bk/19 January 1535 at Basarke Gillan, a village near Amritsar. She was married on 18 February 1554...

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