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Letter D

Here you'll find entries that start with the letter D, spanning a range of topics from different domains. Discover in-depth discussions on democracy, dive into the wonders of design, and explore the developments in diseases and healthcare. This section offers a comprehensive guide to subjects that influence our world in dynamic and significant ways.

DABISTAN-I-MAZAHIB

DABISTANIMAZAHIB, a seventeenth century work in Persian, is a unique study of different religious creeds and systems, including early Sikhism....

DADU DIAL

DADU DIAL (1544-1603), ascetic and mystic, was in the line of the saints of medieval India. In his career and...

DAGGO, BHAI

DAGGO, BHAI. a rich landlord of Dhamtan, now in Jind district of Haryana, was a masand having jurisdiction over the...

DAHSIRA

  Sita was (forcibly) taken away by Dahsira (Ravana). (Shalok Varan Te Vadhik, M. l, p. 1412) The word Dahsira...

DAKHANE

  DAKHANE, title of sixty-nine slokas by Guru Arjan, incorporated in his var in the measure Maru, three each with...

DAKKHANI RAI

DAKKHANI RAI (d. 1815), a sixth generation descendant of Baba Prithi Chand, the elder brother of Guru Arjan, who had...

DAKKHANI SIKHS

DAKKHANI SIKHS or Sikhs of the Deccan, a distinctive ethnic community scattered in parts of Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Karnataka,...

DAKNO, RANI,

DAKNO, RANI, who came of a Rajput family of Kangra district, was married to Maharaja Sher Singh in 1842. Reputed...

DAL KHALSA

DAL KHALSA is the term used to describe the militia which came into being during the turbulent period of the...

DAL SINGAR

DAL SINGAR, lit. ornament or embellishment (singar) of the army (dal), was the name of one of Guru Gobind Singh`s...

DAL SINGH

DAL SINGH (d. 1845), son of Santokh Singh, a follower of Kanhaiya misi under Jai Singh, and of village Talvandi...

DAL SINGH, BHAI

DAL SINGH, BHAI (1885-1921), one of the Nankana Sahib martyrs, was born on 8 Assu 1942 Bk / 23 September...

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