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Holocaust deniers are people who contend that the Holocaust - the attempt by Nazi Germany to annihilate European Jewry during World War Two - never happened. Deniers dismiss all assertions that the Holocaust took place as conscious fabrications, or as psychotic delusions. Some even claim that...

The story is not new, but the article gives a good wrap up into the current political situation to date. A temple and the burden of history Chander Suta Dogra http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/a-temple-and-the-burden-of-history/article4733602.ece A memorial to Bhindranwale exposes...

Saudi woman makes history by reaching Everest summit http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-22580140 Saudi woman has made history by reaching the summit of the world's highest mountain. It took a lot of persuading before Raha Moharrak's Saudi family agreed to let her climb. Raha...

By Gurcharan Singh, Kuala Lumpur-London It is often said Malaya was the "first foreign country the Sikhs went to from Punjab". This is, oh so very wrong! The very first foreign country the Sikhs went to was Afghanistan.But, in addition to the later migrants, there were already Sikh...

Warriors' martial history explored in new book By Divya Talwar http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-22402367 Images The Lion of Punjab Maharaja Ranjit Singh, leader of the Sikh kingdom Veteran Akali-Nihang armed with bow and arrows Veteran Akali-Nihang armed with bow and arrows...

Hi everyone, I've made this website for learning some Sikh history trivia. The questions were created for use at the Sterling Heights Gurdwara (MI) Punjabi class. Here is the link: http://michigangurudwara.com/sikhhistoryquestions/ All the code is posted on Github here...

History of Sikh Gurus - in ਪੰਜਾਬੀ Start here and watch all 11 videos in Punjabi Shri Guru Gobind singh Ji - YouTube

This thread is inspired by a related thread at http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/general-discussion/40208-gurdwara-management-seva-election-majority-vote.html#post180380 The related thread concerns the value of consensus over election methods when selecting gurdwara management. In that thread a...

Here is a great book on Sikh History available free in pdf format for everyone. A simple and easy to understand history covering the Guruic period and rise of the sikh power to Sikhs under british rule and to modern day. I hope everyone will read and enjoy it. Click on the caption below to...

An Indian Air Force (IAF) AN-32 aircraft which took off from air force station Vadodara today, proceeded to create history of sorts, as it was flown by a father and son team of IAF pilots. The sortie was flown by Air Commodore R S Sodhi, who is Air Officer Commanding at Air Force Station...

I want to inform all SPNers that SIKH HISTORY in brief is posted on a website "pothi.com" the title of which is "A GLIMPSE INTO THE HISTORY OF THE SIKHS". It is available free as E BOOK and print book is available for Rs.200/- plus postal charges. Further I want to inform also that there is a...

The Malaysian Sikh Community has the distinction of being a progressive and dynamic community which within one generation was transformed from predominantly being one of policemen, bullock carters, watchmen, dairymen and mining labourers into doctors, lawyers, teachers and other professionals...

Goettingen: The song that made history By Stephen Evans http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21126353 Göttingen -Barbara- Subtitulada - YouTube The post-war reconciliation between France and Germany was enshrined in a treaty signed 50 years ago. But many believe a song recorded the following...

SGPC panel of historians to rewrite Sikh history By Daily Post India, 1/10/2013 http://www.dailypostindia.com/news/42630-sgpc-panel-of-historians-to-rewrite-sikh-history.html Gur Kirpal Singh Ashk Fatehgarh Sahib The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has...

Was this a sikh debate, or hindus? Here is a link you may want to include in your original post, it is from the mouth of the authentic Singhs of the Khalsa fauj themselves, for myself there is nothing better than that to reinforce the non vegeterian stance...

History carries a country, a nation, a race, a community,into the future in fact the very future of any community, country, race and nation is tracked and judge by how they look after their history from past, presently , for the future. Anyone, that is not well conversant with their own...

Sikh Martyrs:Sahibzada Ajit Singh Ji & Jujhar Singh jihttp://www.sikhphilosophy.net/history-of-sikhism/39643-december-25-sikh-history-mata-gurji.html#post177470 The eldest of the four sons of Guru Gobind Singh, Sahibzada Ajit Singh was born at Paunta sahib on 7th january 1687 A.D...

http://www.thesikhencyclopedia.com/scriptures/sri-guru-granth-sahib-and-guru-gobind-singhs-bani/faridkot-tika FARIDKOT TIKA, the earliest full scale exegesis or annotated version of the Guru Granth Sahib, was prepared under the patronage of the princely rulers of the state of Faridkot. Hence...

Florida has a proposal on the ballot to undo its Blain Amendment. Blain Amendments were done in the 19th century by 30+ states. I think it ironic, and almost funny, that today's conservative Christians have forgotten US history, and are undoing what their forebears enacted. Here is a link to a...

Rejoicing in 408 Years of History! On this day 408 years ago, Guru Arjan Sahib, the Fifth Nanak, installed the original (Adi) Guru Granth Sahib-- known until then as Pothi Sahib-- at a ceremony in Harmandar Sahib, Amritsar. Guru Arjan had the Granth compiled by Bhai Gurdas and when...