The Sikh Encyclopedia
  • Home
  • Encyclopedia Categories
    • Arts and Heritage
    • Biographical
    • Historical Events in Sikh History
    • Philosophy, Spirituality and Ethics
    • Sikh Scriptures and Literature
    • Social Institutions and Movements
    • Gurudwaras
    • Other Historical Places
  • Blog
  • Random Post
  • Contact Us
  • Home
  • Encyclopedia Categories
    • Arts and Heritage
    • Biographical
    • Historical Events in Sikh History
    • Philosophy, Spirituality and Ethics
    • Sikh Scriptures and Literature
    • Social Institutions and Movements
    • Gurudwaras
    • Other Historical Places
  • Blog
  • Random Post
  • Contact Us
Ads
The Sikh Encyclopedia
The Sikh Encyclopedia
  • Home
  • Encyclopedia Categories
    • Arts and Heritage
    • Biographical
    • Historical Events in Sikh History
    • Philosophy, Spirituality and Ethics
    • Sikh Scriptures and Literature
    • Social Institutions and Movements
    • Gurudwaras
    • Other Historical Places
  • Blog
  • Random Post
  • Contact Us
    Login or Sign Up
    thakur
    NIHAL SINGH THAKUR

    NIHAL SINGH THAKUR (1808-1895), Sikh theologian and musician, was born at Amritsar on 7 Phagun 1864 Bk/17 February 1808 to Bhai Mahal Singh and Mata Basi. Bhai Mahal Singh lived in the village of Sayyid ki Sarai in Gujjarkhan tahsil of Rawalpindi district, now in Pakistan, and had come to

    • Maninder S Gujral
    Read More
    BUDDH SINGH BAVA,

    BUDDH SINGH BAVA, an associate of Thakur Singh Sandhanvalia, who served as a link between him and his contacts in Punchh and Kashmir. He was the son of Faujdar Singh, a Khatri of Batala, in Gurdaspur district. He was first employed as a Sardar in Kashmir irregular force and

    • Maninder S Gujral
    Read More
    DULEEP SINGH, MAHARAJA

    DULEEP SINGH, MAHARAJA (1838-1893), the last Sikh sovereign of the Punjab, was born at Lahore on 6 September 1838, the youngest son of Maharaja Ranjit Singh. On 18 September 1843, at the age of five, he was, after the murder of Maharaja Sher Singh, proclaimed Maharaja of the Punjab

    • Maninder S Gujral
    Read More
    GURBACHAN SINGH SANDHANVAUA

    GURBACHAN SINGH SANDHANVAUA (b. 1855), the eldest of the four sons of Thakur Singh Sandharivalia, the prime minister of the emigre government of Maharaja Duleep Singh at Pondicherry, was born in 1855 and was adopted by his uncle Partap Singh Sandharivalia. Gurbachan Singh was nominated to the Statutory Civil

    • Maninder S Gujral
    Read More
    GURDIT SINGH SANDHANVALJA

    GURDIT SINGH SANDHANVALJA, the youngest of the four sons of Thakur Singh Sandharivalia, who led the campaign for the restoration of Maharaja Duleep Singh to the throne of the Punjab and who was prime minister of the Maharaja`s emigre government set up in Pondicherry, was barely in his teens

    • Maninder S Gujral
    Read More
    KISHAN KAUR

    KISHAN KAUR or Kanval Kaur, the widow of Raja Dharam Singh, was the mother in law of Thakur Singh Sandhanvalia, prime minister in Maharaja Duleep Singh`s emigre government at Pondicherry. Her son Nahar Singh, alias Nihal Singh, Raja of Ballabgarh since 1829, was implicated in the 1857 uprising and

    • Maninder S Gujral
    Read More
    NARENDRA SINGH SANDHANVALIA

    NARENDRA SINGH SANDHANVALIA (b. 1868), third son of Thakur Singh Sandharivalia who was prime minister of Maharaja Duleep Singh`s emigre government in Pondicherry. Born in 1868, he was 18 years old when he accompanied his father to that French territory to the south of Madras. Narendra Singh was betrothed

    • Maninder S Gujral
    Read More
    PARTAP SINGH. GIANI

    PARTAP SINGH. GIANI (1855-1920), Sikh school-man and calligraphist, was born in 1855, the son of Bhai Bhag Singh Giani of Lahore. As a young boy, Partap Singh learnt Punjabi, Urdu and Sanskrit and studied Sikh Scriptures. In 1884, he accompanied Thakur Singh Sandhanvalia to England to read the Guru Granth

    • Maninder S Gujral
    Read More
    POHLO MALL

    POHLO MALL, a goldsmith by caste and resident of Raja Sarisi in present day Amritsar district, was a mukhtdrkdr, i.e. attorney, in the service of Thakur Singh Sandharivalia and later, when the Sardar`s estate was placed under a court of wards, a clerk of the court. He kept in

    • Maninder S Gujral
    Read More
    SOHAN LAL

    SOHAN LAL (d. 1888), son of Chhaiju, the goldsmith, of Charkhi Dadri in the princely state of JJnd, was the steward of the estates of Thakur Singh Sandhanvalia`s mother in law, Rani Kishan Kaur of Ballabgarh. Thakur Singh, who liad set up an emigre government in Pondicherry in behalf

    • Maninder S Gujral
    Read More
    THAKUR SINGH

    THAKUR SINGH, a kahar or waterman of village Jagatpur, in Amritsar district, was the son of Ratan Singh, one of Maharaja Ranjit Singh`s personal attendants. Ratan Singh was a great favourite and had had jagirs of over one lakh rupees granted to him. His son Thakur Singh had in

    • Maninder S Gujral
    Read More
    THAKUR SINGH SANDHANVALIA

    THAKUR SINGH SANDHANVALIA (1837-1887), one of the founders of the Singh Sabha and a scion of the Sandharivalia family, who masterminded the campaign for the restoration of Maharaja Duleep Singh to the throne of the Punjab, was son of Lahina Singh, who in the reign of Maharaja Ranjit Singhenjoyed

    • Maninder S Gujral
    Read More
    Categories
    • Home
    • All About Sikhs
    • World Gurudwaras
    • Search Gurbani
    • Contact Us
    • Privacy Policy

    The Sikh Encyclopedia

    © 2021 - All rights reserved -Gateway to Sikhism

    Login
    Lost Password? Create an Account


    Loading...

    Register

    New membership are not allowed.