jyoti

Notice to forum members who may think there is a discrepancy. The jyoti jot, martyrdom day, of Guru Arjan Dev ji will be remembered on June 16 2013 as per the 2003 Nanakshai Calendar (SGPC/Purewal). Apologies to any of you who were expecting a remembrance thread for June 12. Stay tuned. Thank...

http://www.sikh-history.com/sikhhist/gurus/nanak6.html Background in the martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev - Read first While in prison, before his execution at Lahore, Guru Arjun had sent a message to his son, Guru Hargobind, then aged only eleven, that he should henceforth maintain an army. At the...

[Guru Arjan Dev Martyrdom Overview Read the entire story at this link http://www.sikh-history.com/sikhhist/gurus/nanak5.html Owing to the growing religious and political influence of the Gurus, the Sikhs had got a clear consciousness of their religious and sociopolitical identity...

Guru Gobind Singh (1666-1708) Gurgaddi November 24 Sabh thaa-ee(n) hoe sahaa-ay.Dasve paat-shaha, shaha Shri Guru Gobind Singh Ji maharaj, sabh thaa-ee(n) hoe sahaa-ay." Brief Overview Guru Gobind Singh, 1666-1708 Guru Gobind Singh was the last of the ten Gurus, the one who...

Jyoti Basu: Sikhs Remember and Honour a Friend by KINSUK BASU, SUBHAJOY ROY & POULOMI BANERJEE Jyoti Basu (July 8, 1914 - January 17, 2010) was the Chief Minister of West Bengal, India from 1977 to 2000. He passed away at the age of 95 in Calcutta last Sunday. Our deepest condolences to...

Kolkata/New Delhi: Veteran Marxist leader Jyoti Basu died in a Kolkata hospital on Sunday. He was 95. "I have to give you a sad news that Jyoti babu is no longer with us," Biman Bose, chairperson of the Left Front coordination committee, announced to reporters a little around 1230 hrs...