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Explore the history of Gurmukhi, a key script for Punjabi, shaped by Guru Angad and rooted in the ancient Brahmi family.

Explore the rich history of Hukamnamas, letters of command from Sikh Gurus. Uncover their role and legacy in maintaining spiritual connection.

Explore Patti hymns in the Guru Granth Sahib, revealing profound insights into God, ego, and karma. Uncover the spiritual teachings of Guru Nanak and Guru Amar Das.

UDHAM SINGH (1899-1940), a militant nationalist, was born Sher Singh on 26 December 1899, at Sunam, in the then princely state of Patiala. His father, Tahal Singh, was at that time working as a watchman on a railway crossing in the neighbouring village of Upali. Sher Singh lost his parents before he was seven years and was admitted along with his brother Mukta Singh to the Central Khalsa Orphanage at Amritsar on 24 October 1907. As both brothers were administered the Sikh initiatory rites at the Orphanage, they received new names, Sher Singh becoming Udham Singh and Mukta Singh Sadhu Singh. In 1917, Udham Singh`s brother also died, leaving him alone in the world.

Explore unique Persian manuscripts offering glimpses into Maharaja Ranjit Singh's court dynamics and governance during 1810-1817.

Explore Amir Ulimla, a rare manuscript of 247 Persian letters from Sikh chiefs of Punjab, highlighting power struggles and alliances. Only at British Library.

ALPHABET (GURMUKHI) Punjabi alphabet is known as Gurmukhi. Since its characters were used for writing and transcribing the biography and hymns of Guru Nanak, it was given this name by the second Sikh Guru, Guru An gad Dev. It is a misnomer to call the Guru as the inventor of its characters, because before the advent of Guru Nanak, their usage had been prevalent according to in a tablet found at A thur in Ludhiana district. Even Guru Nanak himself based one of his poems entitled \'patti\' on its characters. This Alphabet is also called \'Paint is Akhri\' because it contains thirty-five letters.

BENGAL AND INDIA SECRET LETTERS, also known as Letters received from India and Bengal or merely Secret Letters to the Secret Committee, preserved at the India Office Library, London. This correspondence is arranged in two series: the first covers the period 1778-1859 and the second 1817-1857. Relevant Enclosures to Secret Letters on the events and matters of India policy, from 1778 to 1859, are huge in bulk over 20,000 bound volumes. Some of these Secret Letters have been printed in the Blue Books, presented to British Parliament, viz.

Dive into the Bhandari Papers, a vast archive of 4103 documents at Punjab State Archives, Patiala, unveiling Sikh-British relations and historical insights.

DIWAN KHANA GURUDWARA, LAHORE:This Gurdwara is situated near Chuni Mandi chowk, close to the birth place of Guru Ram Das ji. The Guru\'s ancestors belonged to Lahore. At the time of the marriage of one the sons his elder brother, Sahari Mal, the Guru asked his son (Guru) Arjan Dev to attend the cere money, as he himself was unable to attend the same.

Baba Kalu, the father of Guru Nanak, had worldly ambitions for his only son and wished that he should learn how to read and write and one day take his own place as the revenue superintendent of the village. So when Nanak was seven he was led to Gopal, the pdndhd, who felt happy to have with him a pupil so well spoken of in the village. He gave Nanak a place among his other pupils seated in a row reverentially on the ground in front of him. On a wooden slate he wrote down the first few letters of the alphabet of Sidhongdid or Sindhangdid script then in vogue among the commercial class, and gave it to Nanak to learn from.