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Literature in the Singh Sabha movement
LABH SINGH. BABU
Tags: akali, singh, jalandhar, district, sikh, march, shiromani, lahir, protest, released, arrested, delhi
LABH SINGH. BABU (1895-1947), Akali politician, was born in 1895 at the village of Lasara, in Jalandhar district, the son of Dula Singh. He spent his early youth at Quetta and passed his Matriculation examination from the high school there. In 1914,...
LACHHMAN SINGH
Tags: singh, lachhman, gurdwara, mahant, sahib, village, jhabbar, kartar, nankana, asthan, february, committee
LACHHMAN SINGH (1885-1921), one of the Nankana Sahib martyrs, was the leader of the jatha of more than one hundred Sikhs who were attacked in Gurdwara Janam Asthan (birthplace of Guru Nanak) by the custodian of the shrine, Mahant Narain Das, and his...
LACHHMAN SINGH GILL
Tags: singh, lachhman, gill, punjab, 1967, shiromani, ministry, punjabi, akali, committee, member, congress
LACHHMAN SINGH GILL (1917-1969), Akali politician and chief minister of the Punjab for a brief term, was born at Jagraon in Ludhiana district. He started life in 1937 as a government contractor. He entered politics via the Shiromani Akali Dal of...
LACHHMAN SINGH GRANTHI, BHAI
Tags: singh, lachhman, sahib, bhai, gurdwara, army, shrines, sikh, registered, akali, attained, volunteer
LACHHMAN SINGH GRANTHI, BHAI (1867-1921), one of the martyrs of Nankana Sahib, was born in 1867, the son of Bhai Nanak and Mai Gariga Dei. His original name was Lachhman. As he grew up, he enlisted in the army as a cook. There he underwent the rites...
LACHHMi, RANI
Tags: singh, maharaja, ranjit, lahore, sohan, suri, umdat, 1939, centenary, memorial, volume, amritsar
LACHHMI, RANI, daughter of Desa Singh Vadpagga, a Sandhu Sikh of the village of Jogki Khan, in Gujranwala district, now in Pakistan, was married to Maharaja Ranjit Singh, in 1820. She survived the Maharaja and received from the British a pension of...
LADDHA, BHAI
Tags: bhai, guru, laddha, singh, satta, balvand, arjan, santokh, face, granth, agreed, pratap
LADDHA, BHAI, a Sikh widely respected for his piety, compassion and selfless service, lived in Lahore during the time of Guru Arjan. When Bhai Buddhu, as says Bhai Mani Singh, Sikhan di Bhagat Mala, solicited Guru Arjan`s blessing to cancel Bhai...
LAHILI KALAN
Tags: guru, jand, gurdwara, singh, sanctum, metres, visit, lending, believed, topped, final, shaped
LAHILI KALAN, village 15 km southeast of Hoshiarpur (31°32`N, 75°55`E) in the Punjab, has an historical shrine, Gurudwara Jand Sahib Patshahl VII, raised in honour of Guru Har Rai, who visited the site during a journey from Kiratpur to...
LAHINA SINGH
Tags: singh, lahina, lahore, shah, durrani, sikhs, ahmad, history, death, messenger, note, punjab
LAHINA SINGH (d. 1797), one of the triumvirate who ruled over Lahore for more than 30 years before its occupation by Ranjit Singh, was the son of Dargaha and was adopted by Gurbakhsh Singh Roranvala, a Sikh chief of note belonging to the Bhangi...
LAHINA SINGH MAJITHIA
Tags: singh, lahina, lahore, punjab, sikh, court, maharaja, banaras, invented, wazir, family, father
LAHINA SINGH MAJITHIA (d. 1854), son of Desa Singh Majithia, was commander, civil and military administrator, and one of the principal sardars of the Sikh court. Of all the Majithias associated with the ruling family of Lahore, Lahina Singh was the...
LAHINA SINGH SANDHANVALIA
Tags: singh, lahina, sandhanvalia, ajit, lahore, maharaja, september, sher, british, kanvar, prince, sikhs
LAHINA SINGH SANDHANVALIA (d. 1843), son of Amir Singh Sandhanvalia, enjoyed at the court of Ranjit Singh the title of "Ujjal Didar, Nirmal Buddh, Sardar i-ba-Waqar (Resplendent presence, pure of intellect, the Sardar with prestige marked) Sardar...

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