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Letter R

This section is home to entries beginning with the letter R, covering themes like revolutionary movements, remarkable discoveries in research, and the beauty of renaissance art. Whether you're interested in reading about global religions or the structure of governmental regimes, this part of the index has it all.

RANJODH SINGH MAJITHIA

RANJODH SINGH MAJITHIA (d. 1872). military commander and jagirdar of the Sikh Darbar was the son of Desa Singh Majithia...

RANVAN

RANVAN, village in Fatehgarh Sahib district, 15 km east of Samrala (30° 48`N, 76°12`E) in Ludhiana district, is celebrated for...

RAQBA

RAQBA, village 18 km east of Jagraon (30° 47`N, 75° 28`E) in Ludhiana district, has a historical shrine in memory...

RARA

RARA, village 16 km from Doraha (30° 48`N, 76° 2`E) in Ludhiana district, is sacred to Guru Hargobind. According to...

RATAN CHAND

  RATAN CHAND (d. 1629), son of Bhagvan Das Gherar who had been killed in a skirmish with the Sikhs...

RATAN DAM

RATAN DAM by Tahkan, a translation and adaptation into Braj of Acharya Amar Singh`s Amar Kosh, the famous Sanskrit lexicon....

RATAN KAUR, RANI

RATAN KAUR, RANI, widow of Sahib Singh, the Bharigi chief of Gujrat, was in 1811 taken by Maharaja Ranjit Singh...

RATAN SINGH MAN

RATAN SINGH MAN (d. 1857), a general in the Sikh army, was the son of Nahar Singh of Mughal Chakk,...

RATAN SINGH, BHAI

RATAN SINGH, BHAI (d. 1943), alias Santa Singh, alias Ishar Singh, son of Nihal Singh, of Raipur Doaba, in Jalandhar...

RATTRAY

RATTRAY alias LESLIE, an English soldier of fortune who served in Lahore during 1834-36 as one of the commandants of...

RAU, BHAI

RAU, BHAI, a Kamboj Sikh and masand or the collector assigned to Dipalpur, was among those of his class summoned...

RAUNI

RAUNI, village 22 km southwest of Khanna (30°42`N, 76° 13`E) in Ludhiana district of the Punjab, has a historical shrine,...

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