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Hindu bhagats and poets, and Punjabi officials
ADHARKA
Tags: guru, nanak, sikh, master, bhai, singh, bala, janam, sakhi, sirigh, gian, twarikh
ADHARKA, according to Bhai Bala Janam Sakhi, visited Guru Nanak in the train of his master, Salas Rai, the jeweller. Both master and servant turned disciples and set up a Sikh sangat, fellowship or centre, in their native town, Bishambharpur.
ADIT
Tags: guru, feet, adit, fighting, oppressed, weak, protect, righteous, remember, fight, true, loyal
ADIT, a professional soldier of Soini clan, came to take refuge at the feet of Guru Arjan. He supplicated the Guru thus: "We soldiers bear arms and live by fighting. How shall we be saved?" The Guru, according to Bhai Mani Singh, Sikhan di Bhagat...
AJMER CHAND
Tags: singh, chand, guru, gobind, ajmer, anandpur, bhim, states, hill, hutchinson, 1968, patiala
AJMER CHAND, ruler of Kahlur (Bilaspur), one of the princely states in the Sivaliks. He succeeded his father. Raja Bhim Chand, who had retired in his favour. Bhim Chand had led battles against Guru Gobind Singh, and his son, Ajmer Chand, continued...
AJUDHIA PARSHAD, DIWAN
Tags: diwan, parshad, ajudhia, suri, punjab, lahore, received, british, title, 1846, anglosikh, faujikhas
AJUDHIA PARSHAD, DIWAN (1799-1870), soldier and civil administrator in Sikh times, was the adopted son of Diwan Ganga Ram. Maharaja Ranjit Singh first employed Ajudhia Parshad in 1819 to serve in the military office in Kashmir. Three years later, he...
AKAL, BHAI
Tags: guru, bhai, hargobind, arjan, devotion, served, piety, patiala, 1970, patshahr, caheviri, gurbijas
AKAL, BHAI, a carpenter resident of Vadda Ghar in present day Fandkot district of the Punjab and, according to Gurbilas Chhevin Patshahi, maternal grandfather of the celebrated Bhai Rup Chand, became a devotee of Guru Ram Das. He also served Guru...
AKIL DAS
Tags: singh, sikhs, taru, akil, nawab, bhai, haribhagat, khalsa, head, panth, food, prachin
AKIL DAS, an eighteenth century head of the Handali sect of Jandiala in Amritsar district of the Punjab, also known as Haribhagat Niranjania, was an inveterate enemy of the Sikhs. Giani Gian Singh, Shamsher Khalsa, describes him as "Akul Das who...
AKUL, BHAI,
Tags: bhai, guru, akul, village, sikhan, mani, mala, singh, bhagat, virtuous, association, concentration
AKUL, BHAI, a resident of Sultan pur Lodhi in present day Kapurthala district of the Punjab, embraced the Sikh faith in the time of Guru Amar Das. Bhai Gurdas in his Varan praises his sincerity and devotion to the Guru. Once Bhai Akul, along with...
ALAM CHAND
Tags: singh, bhai, mani, bhagat, amritsar, mala, offerings, sikhan, lahore, guru, chand, soul
ALAM CHAND was a masand or parish leader at Lahore in Guru Arjan's time. He was known for his pious and honest ways. He brought to the Guru regularly offerings collected from the Lahore sangat. His favourite maxim, tells Bhai Mani Singh in the...
ALLARD, BANNOU PAN DEI
Tags: allard, children, tropez, saint, family, bannou, france, died, 1835, paintings, married, french
ALLARD, BANNOU PAN DEI (1814-1884), born of Raja Menga Ram of Chamba and Banni Panje Dei at Chamba on 25 January 1814, married Jean Francois Allard, one of Maharaja Ranjit Singh's French generals, in March 1826, and bore him seven children, two of...
AMAR NATH, DIWAN
Tags: singh, nath, amar, ranjit, maharaja, raja, father, lahore, government, hira, sikh, diwan
AMAR NATH, DIWAN (1822-1867), bakhshi or paymaster of the irregular forces of the Sikh army who distinguished himself also as a historian, was born in 1822 the son of Raja Dina Nath, finance minister of Maharaja Ranjit Singh. During the prime...

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