BATHINDA
BATHINDA (30° 14`N, 74° 59`E), an old town in the Punjab, was called Vikramgarh during the preMuhammadan period. Tradition ascribes...
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BATHINDA
History The district derives its name from the district headquarters town of Bathinda, which is of great antiquity. According to...
BATHU,
BATHU, village in Una district of Himachal Pradesh and 15 km west of Nangal along the Nangal Garhshankar road, has...
BATTHA, BHAI,
BATTHA, BHAI, was a masand or local leader heading the Sikh congregation at Pattan Shaikh Farid, better known as Pakpattan,...
BATTICE,
BATTICE, an Italian, who joined the Sikh service in 1843. He was employed in the ordnance factory at Lahore for...
BAURAN KALAN,
BAURAN KALAN, commonly called RamgarhBauran, a village 5 km southwest of Nabha (30° 22`N, 76° 9`E), in Patiala district, is...
BAVAN AKHARI
BAVAN AKHARI, a poem constructed upon 52 (bavan) letters (akhar) of the alphabet. In this form of poetry each verse...
BAVANJA KAVI
BAVANJA KAVI, lit. fifty-two poets, is how the galaxy of poets and scholars who attended on Guru Gobind Singh (1666-1708)...
BAWANA (VAMANA INCARNATION)
BAWANA (VAMANA INCARNATION) Vishnu, who had assumed the form of Bawana (Vamana-dwarf), asked for two and a half steps...
BAZIDPUR,
BAZIDPUR, village 7 km southeast of Firozpur Cantonment (31° 55`N, 74° 36`E) along the FirozpurLudhiana highway, is sacred to Guru...
BAZIGARS
BAZIGARS or acrobats, a counterpart of nats outside the Punjab, are a nomadic people travelling from one place to the...
BECHINT SINGH, BHAI
BECHINT SINGH, BHAI (1872-1921), one of the Nankana Sahib martyrs, was the son of Bhai Sundar Singh and Mat Sahib...
