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In the times of Gurus [1469 - 1708]

In the times of Gurus [1469 - 1708]

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The establishment of the Khalsa Panth [1699]

The establishment of the Khalsa Panth [1699]

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Sikh Confederacies [1708 - 1769]

Sikh Confederacies [1708 - 1769]

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Sikh struggle against Mughal empire [1708 - 1799]

Sikh struggle against Mughal empire [1708 - 1799]

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The Sikh Empire [1799 - 1839]

The Sikh Empire [1799 - 1839]

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The British and Sikhs [1849 - 1947]

The British and Sikhs [1849 - 1947]

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The Modern History of Sikhs [1947 - present]

The Modern History of Sikhs [1947 - present]

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MISLDARI OR MISALDARI

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MISLDARI OR MISALDARI, a system of political relationship as well as of land tenure which came into being with the rise of Sikh power in the eighteenth century Punjab. The Sikh warriors who, since the execution of Banda Singh Bahadur in 1716, had lived precariously as small guerilla bands, had…
Sikh Confederacies [1708 - 1769]
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MARATHA-SIKH RELATIONS

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MARATHASIKH RELATIONS spanning a period of half a century from 1758 to 1806 alternated between friendly cooperation and mistrust born out of rivalry of political and military ambition. Although Shivaji (1627-80), the founder of Maratha power, and Guru Gobind Singh (1666-1708), the creator of the Khalsa, both rose against the…
The Sikh Empire [1799 - 1839]
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LUDHIANA POLITICAL AGENCY

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LUDHIANA POLITICAL AGENCY, renamed North-West Frontier Agency in 1835, was established in 1810 as tlie main official channel of Anglo-Sikh political and diplomatic communications. When, in February 1809, Lt. Col David Ochlerlony established a British military post at Ludhiana during Charles Metcalfe`s negotiations with Maharaja Ranjit Singh, the town belonged…
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LAHORE POLITICAL DIARIES

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LAHORE POLITICAL DIARIES is how volumes III to VI of the Records of the Punjab Government arc collectively referred to. Comprising a part of the British Government records published in nine volumes during the early years of the twentieth century, these four volumes deal with the regency period, 1846-49. They…
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KOMAGATA MARU

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KOMAGATA MARU, a Japanese tramp steamer, renamed Guru Nanak Jahaz, launched from Hong Kong by Baba Gurdit Singh (1860-1954), an adventurous Sikh businessman, to take a batch of Indian emigrants to Canada. This was done to circumvent the new Canadian Immigration Ordinances which, aiming to stop the influx of Indians,…
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KIRPAN MORCHA

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KIRPAN MORCHA, campaign started by the Sikhs to assert their right to keep and carry kirpan, i.e. sword, religiously obligatory for them, which was denied to them under the Indian Arms Act (XI) of 1878. Under this Act, no person could go armed or carry arms, except under special exemption…
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