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Modern Scholars of Sikhism
AVTAR SINGH VAHIRIA,
Tags: singh, khalsa, avtar, rawalpindi, sabha, diwan, sikh, amritsar, khem, baba, secretary, bedi
AVTAR SINGH VAHIRIA, polemicist and scholar of Sikh texts, was born on 12 June 1848 at Thoha Khalsa, a village in Rawalpindi district, now in Pakistan. As a small boy, he learnt to recite the Sikh psalms from his mother and maternal uncle, Prem...
BASANT SINGH, BHAI
Tags: singh, sabha, lahore, bhai, diwan, khalsa, guru, amritsar, basant, secretary, hitkarni, vicepresident
BASANT SINGH, BHAI (d. 1900), one of the founder members of Sri Guru Singh Sabha, Lahore, established on 2 November 1879, worked as its accountant and later became its vice president. Differences between Bhai Basant Singh and other leaders of the...
BHAGVANT SINGH HARIJI, BHAI
Tags: singh, bhagvant, father, dasam, bhai, granth, punjabi, kosh, book, mahan, amritsar, university
BHAGVANT SINGH HARIJI, BHAI (1892-1968), a lover of game, horticulturist and scholar, was born on 15 February 1892 to the erudition of his celebrated father, Bhai Kahn Singh, of Nabha, the creator of the immortal Gurushabad Ratnakar Mahan Kosh....
BIKRAMA SINGH, KANVAR
Tags: singh, sabha, bikrama, khalsa, kanvar, bhai, gurmukh, kapurthala, lahore, helped, sardar, ditt
BIKRAMA SINGH, KANVAR (1835-1887), one of the pioneers of the Singh Sabha movement, was born in 1835. He was the son of Raja Nihal Singh of Kapurthala. As he grew up, he developed interest in classical learning and music. He received several honours...
BISHAN SINGH, GIANI
Tags: singh, bishan, giani, sikh, khalsa, college, tika, amritsar, bhai, granth, satik, sahib
BISHAN SINGH, GIANI (1875-1966), cleric and exegete, was a granthi or priest at the Khalsa College at Amritsar for 30 years. The Khalsa College was then a premier Sikh college excelling in research and publication in the field of Sikh studies. Four...
CHELLARAM, BHAl
Tags: chellaram, dada, sikh, guru, sahib, delhi, service, karachi, family, religious, granth, institution
CHELLARAM, BHAl (1904-1964), a well known Sahajdhari Sikh of modern times who sang and preached gurbani, the Guru`s inspired word, with a rare love and devotion, was born in a Sindhi family of Hyderabad (Sindh) on 3 May 1904, the son of Dr Tekchand...
CHARAN SINGH, DR
Tags: singh, guru, charan, granth, kaur, sahib, amritsar, punjabi, medicine, compositions, life, sanskrit
CHARAN SINGH, DR (1853-1908), poet and musicologist, was born at Amritsar in 1853 (father: Kahn Singh ; mother Rup Kaur) and was seventh in descent from Diwan Kaura Mail, an influential eighteenth century Sahajdhari Sikh. Kahn Singh (1788-1878) who...
DITT SINGH, GIANI
Tags: singh, ditt, giani, lahore, khalsa, bhai, sikh, sabha, gurmukh, arya, samaj, prabodh
DITT SINGH, GIANI (1853-1901), scholar, poet and journalist, was an eminent Singh Sabha reformer and editor. He was born on 21 April 1853 at Kalaur, a village in Patiala district of the Punjab. His ancestral village was Jhalliari, near Chamkaur...
GANESHA SINGH, BHAI
Tags: singh, bhai, diwan, ganesha, khand, khalsa, amritsar, secretary, chief, mahan, gurmukh, lahore
GANESHA SINGH, BHAI (d. 1888), assistant chief secretary of the Khalsa Diwan, initially called Singh Sabha General, which was established in 1880 to coordinate the activities of the Singh Sabhas at Lahore and Amritsar, was employed in the Amritsar...
GULAB SINGH GHOLIA, SANT
Tags: singh, district, manuke, gulab, village, gurdwara, knowledge, sikh, gholia, years, 1936, sarigrur
GULAB SINGH GHOLIA, SANT (1853-1936), Sikh saint and scholar, was born in 1853 to Bhai Dal Singh and Dharam Kaur of Bhattivala, a village 6 km south of Bhavamgarh, in the present Sarigrur district of the Punjab. He received his early education in...

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