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It took Sikh historian Dr Harjinder Singh Dilgeer 12 years, including umpteen visits to the National Archives of India in New Delhi and the India Office Records housed in the British Library, London to put together his biggest project ever. Dilgeer, who is often regarded as an institution in...

Aug 24, 2010 James Ellsworth The Tamil ship, MV Sun Sea, is the latest in a series of incidents in Canadian history concerning immigration, from Sikhs, to Jews, and now Sri Lankans. Migrants wanting to settle in Canada, often as refugees, have been coming by ship for centuries. The most...

Date: Friday Aug. 13, 2010 7:43 AM PT A cargo ship off British Columbia is carrying hundreds of migrants seeking refuge in Canada. Here are some past instances of refugees and migrants coming to Canada in boats: June 2010: Border officials in Nova Scotia spot a 13-metre sailboat approaching...

Sunday, August 8, 2010 Leaf from history Reviewed by J. S. Grewal The Makers of Modern Punjab By Kirpal Singh and Prithipal Singh Kapur. Singh Brothers, Amritsar. Pages xvi + 174. Rs 225. IN a recent international seminar on "History and Memory" organised by the Indian Institute...

CHANDIGARH: The glory of Sikh history, which depicted the sacrifices made by warriors during Mughal rule, radiated through a light-and-sound show at Punjab Kala Bhawan on Saturday. The two-and-a-half-hour play, ‘Singh Soorme’, produced and directed by Jarnail Singh Gogi in association with Panj...

Lending an ear to Gurmukh Singh Lalli's collection of long-playing (LP) records is nothing less than a historical milestone. If you're curious to know what Mahatma Gandhi felt about Kashmir just 75 days after Independence or listen to the famous 'Tryst with Destiny' speech delivered by...

By Bikram Singh & Daljit Singh Sikhs primarily hail from the Panjab, The Land of Five Rivers in Northern India. Sikhs are one of the most visible minorities in the world. With their beards and turbans, a Sikh can be easily identified in a crowd. Still they are perhaps the least understood...

HELP MAKE POVERTY HISTORY at the ARTISTS’ REVOLUTION PARTY 21st June 2010, London, UK Music is of the soul. It can communicate profound messages about who we are and who we want to be; this is something that the first Sikh Guru, Guru Nanak Sahib Ji, and his constant companion...

] Recent Sikh history: An inside story (IANS Book Review) '1984: Lessons From History', Author: Harminder Kaur; Publisher: Corporate Vision, Price: Rs.595; Pages: 245 India witnessed a spate of inter-linked tragic events in the year 1984 - Operation Bluestar and the assassination of...

Soweto: The day that changed a nation's history If one day can change the course of a nation's history, then this was such a day. The unrest that exploded in Soweto on 16 June 1976 spread like a wildfire across South Africa - and sealed the fate of the apartheid regime. On the 30th anniversary...

Fordlandia: novelistic history of Henry Ford's doomed midwestern town in the Amazon jungle Cory Doctorow at 4:39 AM Wednesday, Jun 2, 2010 Greg Grandin's Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City is the best kind of historical nonfiction: a...

Hunza lake: history may repeat itself Hunza lake: history may repeat itself Monday, May 24, 2010 PESHAWAR: The risk of flood in Hunza, Gilgit and the...

Sikh history book back to haunt SGPC Sikh history book back to haunt SGPC A controversial history book, Sikh Itihaas (Hindi edition), published by the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) a few years ago is back to haunt the religious body. A delegation of Shiromani Akali Dal...

Sikh history to be rewritten: SGPC chief fullstory STAFF WRITER 20:43 HRS ISTPatiala, May 10 (PTI) In view of doubts raised by some scholars, the Shiromani Gurudwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) today said the entire Sikh history would be reviewed and rewritten. A history...

Bunga Ramgarhia to be made museum of Sikh history Bunga Ramgarhia, the three-storeyed marvel of the Sikh school of architecture, standing tall in the vicinity of the Golden Temple, will, as a museum of Sikh history, showcase the important historical events that occurred between 1708 AD and 1800...

The Dasam Granth Exposed Part XVII: History Of The Profane Book The Dasam Granth Exposed Part XVII: History Of The Profane Book | Sikh Archives By Principal Harbhajan Singh 
Dasam Granth: A Historical Perspective Introductory It is admitted by all historians that in the lifetime of Guru...

A Sikh Face in Ireland: Photographic and Life History Project A Sikh Face in Ireland exhibition opens. In association with FOMACS (Forum on Migration & Communications, DIT) and Irish Sikh Council. Photographic and life history project, A Sikh Face in Ireland, will be on view at the...

The Coalition's summer internship program allows students to further the mission and vision of the Sikh Coalition by helping to achieve legal victories, as well as educating and empowering the Sikh community. Our interns have the opportunity to gain hands on experience with a non-profit...

source: http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Bhai_Kanhaiya 　 A Portrait of Sewa & Simran - History of Bhai Kanhaiya Ji Long before Florence Nightingale, Clara Barton (pioneers in nursing wounded soldiers) and before Henry Dunant chanced upon the battlefield of Solferino, where 34,000 men of...

A History of the Mythology of God By Dr S. S. Dhillon The question of God is a difficult one. There is no clear definition and many threads get woven into the search of God. However, it is important to go over brief history of mythology of God, the religious influence, and now scientific...