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AKALI, THE
Tags: akali, singh, pradesi, amritsar, punjabi, published, paper, massacre, sikhs, master, sikh, guru
AKALI, THE, a Punjabi daily newspaper which became the central organ of the Shiromani Akali Dal, then engaged in a fierce struggle for the reformation of the management of the Sikh gurdwaras and a vehicle for the expression of nationalist political...
AKALI SAHAYAK BUREAU
Tags: akali, congress, akalis, gandhi, panikkar, indian, sikh, british, shiromani, singh, bureau, mahatma
AKALI SAHAYAK BUREAU, lit. a bureau to help (sahayak, from Skt. sahaya, one who lends one company or support) the Akalis, then engaged in a bitter struggle for the reformation of the management of their places of worship, was a small office set up...
AKALI TE PRADESi
Tags: akali, pradesi
AKALI TE PRADESi. See AKALI, THE
BAKAPUR DIVAN,
Tags: singh, sikh, sabha, divan, bakapur, bhasaur, bhai, teja, bakhsh, sikhs, khalsa, guru
BAKAPUR DIVAN, a largely attended religious assembly (divan) of the Sikhs, held on 1314June 1903 at Bakapur, a small village 3 km from Phillaur railway station in the Punjab, marked a high point in Singh Sabha resurgence, The occasion was the...
DECCAN KHALSA DIWAN,
Tags: army, singh, india, bombay, joined, diwan, burma, general, state, european, colonel, adventurers
DECCAN KHALSA DIWAN, a philanthropic organization of the Sikhs, now nonexistent, was formed in Bombay on the eve of Indian Independence (August 1947), with Partap Singh as president and Hari Singh Shergill as general secretary. The DIwan`s main...
GUR SEVAK SABHA
Tags: singh, sabha, sevak, sikh, professor, khalsa, harkishan, bava, college, amritsar, groups, guru
GUR SEVAK SABHA, a society formed at Amritsar on 29 December 1933 by some Sikh intellectuals and educationists to restate Sikh moral and religious values and have these reinstated in the public life of the Panth,` then severely riven by rivalries...
KALGIDHAR DlWAN MALAYA
Tags: diwan, khalsa, malaya, kalgidhar, sikh, sikhs, guru, body, punjabi, educational, india, religious
KALGIDHAR DlWAN MALAYA, a socioreligious body of the Sikhs in Malaya (Malaysia), and an offshoot of Khalsa Diwan Malaya, was first formed in January 1918 as Khalsa Diwan, Sclangor (3"20`N, 101°15`E), by those elements of the Khalsa Diwan Malaya...
KHALSA BARADARI
Tags: singh, sikhs, khalsa, baradari, bhat, tlie, mahitab, sahib, members, classes, amritsar, darbar
KHALSA BARADARI, a social organization of Sikhs belonging to backward classes, founded in 1914. The moving spirit behind it was BhaT Mahitab Sirigli Bir, whose father, Maulawi Karim Bakhsh had, along with his children, embraced Sikhism in June 1903...
KHALSA DIWAN MALAYA
Tags: diwan, khalsa, sikh, malaya, executive, chief, religious, held, jointly, diwans, conference, annual
KHALSA DIWAN MALAYA, a religious organization of Sikhs in Malaysia, was established on 27 December 1903 at Taiping (4"51`N, 100"44`E) at a divan at the gurdwara of the Malaya State Guides celebrating the birth anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh. The...
KHALSA DlWAN SOCIETY
Tags: immigrants, society, sikh, gurudwaras, published, life, legislation, rights, indian, agreement, canadian, newspaper
KHALSA DlWAN SOCIETY, at Vancouver in Canada, formed on 13 March 1909, with Seva Singh as president, was incorporated on 23 February 1915 under the Societies Act, with the primary object of promoting Sikh teaching and way of life, establishing and...

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