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BUNGA
Tags: pilgrims, saran, sahib, guru, darbar, sikh, hostel, amritsar, built, place, named, rest
BUNGA: A place of residence for the Sikhs or the place for rest for the pilgrims. There were at least 69 Bungas at Amritsar in the nineteenth century, some of them are still in existence. Another term for the resting hostel for the Sikh pilgrims is...
DARBAR,
Tags: guru, court, darbar, called, holy, sahib, gurdwara, patisahu, shrine, raised, meaning, audience
DARBAR, a Perisan word meaning "a house, dwelling; court, area; court or levee of a prince; audience chamber," is commonly used in Punjabi to signify a royal, princely or any high ranking officer`s court (as distinguished from courts of justice)...
DAROGA,
Tags: police, station, charge, daroga, officer, official, responsible, government, short, subinspector, terminology, house
DAROGA, from Persian daroghah, lit. "head man of an office, prefect of a town or village, overseer, or superintendent of any department," is a term usually applied to a police officer in charge of a thana (police station) exercising jurisdication...
LAHORE DARBAR
Tags: singh, darbar, lahore, maharaja, court, ranjit, foreign, status, military, sardars, royal, officers
LAHORE DARBAR, i.e. the Sikh Court at Lahore, denoted the government of Maharaja Ranjit Singh and his successors (1799-1849). However, the Persian chroniclers refer to this government as Sarkar Khalsaji, and the term "Lahore Darbar" is not used even...
MORCHA
Tags: morcha, political, singh, morchd, delhi, movement, gurdwara, akali, historical, agitation, hindi, assert
MORCHA, in Persian murchah or murchal meaning entrenchments, fortification or battlefront, has, apart from its usage in military strategy, entered Indian political vocabulary via the Gurdwara Reform or Akali movement of the early 1920`s. In that...
PANTH
Tags: panth, sikh, religious, singh, path, prakdsh, faith, body, sikhs, sikhism, guru, sense
PANTH, from Sanskrit patha, pathin, or pantham, means literally a way, passage or path and, figuratively, away of life, religious creed or cult. In Sikh terminology, the word panth stands for the Sikh faith as well as for the Sikh people as a whole....
RAJ KAREGA KHALSA
Tags: guru, khalsa, singh, sikhs, granth, panth, sikh, rule, couplets, religious, anthem, gobind
RAJ KAREGA KHALSA, lit. "the Khalsa shall rule," a phrase expressive of the will of the Sikh people to sovereignty, is part of the anthem which follows the litany or ardas recited at the end of every religious service of the Sikhs. While the ardas...
RANJIT NAGARA
Tags: singh, guru, gobind, kettledrum, ranjit, nagara, drum, anandpur, raja, chand, mother, called
RANJIT NAGARA, lit. the drum of victory in battlefield, was the name given the kettledrum installed by Guru Gobind Singh at Anandpur in 1684. Nagdrd, Punjabi for the Persian naqqdrah meaning a kettledrum, was a symbol of royalty. As well as...
SARBATT KHALSA
Tags: khalsa, sarbatt, singh, sikhs, guru, sikh, chiefs, panth, institution, granth, sense, sahib
SARBATT KHALSA (sarbatt from Sanskrit sarva/ sarvatas meaning the whole or entire) is a term with a dual connotation. It is a concept as well as an institution. In the conceptual sense, KhaJsa is the extension of sarig"at, holycongregation, an...
SIKH ARMY PANCHAYATS
Tags: singh, panchayats, khalsa, army, sher, sikh, soldiers, sarbatt, power, british, maharaja, called
SIKH ARMY PANCHAYATS, or regimental committees, were a singularly characteristic phenomenon of the post Ranjit Singh period of Sikh rule in the Punjab. Based on the Sikh principle of equality as well as of the supremacy of sangat or the sarbatt...

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