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NEWSLETTER 14Th December 2016 Welcome Back Donations for the We Would Like to Welcome Back Amrita Kaur (Office Manager), from Maternity Leave
Khalsa VA Primary School NEWSLETTER 14th December 2016 Welcome back Donations for the We would like to welcome back Amrita Kaur (office manager), from maternity leave. homeless The Sikh Welfare and Awareness Team (SWAT) Chaar Sahibzaade Shaheedi are collecting items to give to the homeless this Christmas and we would like your help! If you Purab could kindly donate items from the wish list This week we will be commemorating the Shaheedi (posters are around the school and on the of the four Sahibzade; Ajit Singh, Jujhar Singh, parent’s notice board) and put them in boxes Fateh Singh and Zorawar Singh. During the week next to the Christmas tree, by Friday 16th children will be learning about the Sahibzade and December. their Shaheedi. End of term parties Parents’ meetings End of term parties will take place on Monday th We would like to thank all parents/carers for 19 December. May we remind parents to attending parents’ meetings last week. We hope provide small amounts of snacks for the children that you were able to discuss fully your child’s to share with others in their class. Please consult progress with the class teacher and were pleased with staff before bringing anything in. with the progress made. If you have not yet seen your child’s class teacher, please make an Christmas jumpers On Monday 19th December, the children are appointment as soon as possible. allowed to wear a Christmas jumper with normal Guru Gobind Singh Ji’s uniform. It would be great if parents/carers can also join us and wear a special jumper. -
(1469-1539) (Ii) Guru Angad Dev Ji (1504-1552) (Iii
13. Who is the spiritual father of the Khalsa? 1. Name the ten Gurus of the Sikhs in the right order. Guru Gobind Singh Ji (i) Guru Nanak Dev Ji (1469-1539) 14. Who is the spiritual mother of the Khalsa? (ii) Guru Angad Dev Ji (1504-1552) Mata Sahib Kaur Ji (iii) Guru Amardas Ji (1479-1574) 15. What is the birth place of the Khalsa? (iv) Guru Ramdas Ji (1534-1581) Anandpur Sahib (v) Guru Arjan Dev Ji (1563-1606) 16. What is the Sikh Salutation? (vi) Guru Hargobind Ji (1595-1644) Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa (vii) Guru Har Rai Ji (1630-1661) Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh! (viii) Guru Harkrishan Ji (1656-1664) 17. What is the Sikh Jaikara? (ix) Guru Teg Bahadur Ji (1621-1675) Boley So Nihaal (x) Guru Gobind Singh Ji (1666-1708) Sat Sri Akaal! 2. Name the present Guru of the Sikhs. 18. What is the literal meaning of the word ‘Sikh’? Guru Granth Sahib Ji and Guru Panth Khalsa Disciple 3. Who were the four Sahibzade? 19. What is the literal meaning of the word ‘Singh’? They were the sons of Guru Gobind Singh Ji. Lion 4. Name the four Sahibzade. 20. What is the literal meaning of the word ‘Kaur’? 1. Baba Ajit Singh Ji (1687-1704) Princess 2. Baba Jujhar Singh Ji (1689-1704) 21. Name the five prayers that comprise Nitnem, the daily prayer 3. Baba Zorawar Singh Ji (1696-1704) of the Sikhs (according to the SGPC Rehat Maryada) 4. Baba Fateh Singh Ji (1698-1704) • Morning (Dawn - Amrit Vela) 5. -
Annexure: Gurmat Curriculum of the Sikh Kanya Mahavidyalaya: 1916 and 1929
Annexure: Gurmat Curriculum of the Sikh Kanya Mahavidyalaya: 1916 and 1929 © Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021 167 T. Bassi, A Study of the Sikh Kanya Mahavidyalaya, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-3219-8 168 Annexure: Gurmat Curriculum of the Sikh Kanya Mahavidyalaya: 1916 … 1916 1929 First class Committing to memory—the main hymn (Mul Mantra) and Bani Kanth (committing to memory): Mul Mantra and two Shabads: Memorization of Bani (Bani Kanth) Shabads: (1) Ucchh aadhar beant swami and (2) Tera kita How to respect, and bow to, Sri Guru Granth Sahib, to keep jato nahi quiet and stand with clasped hands, when praying or Maryada (modesty)—To treat Sri Guru Granth Sahib with reciting Shabads, to sit by squatting in congregation, to take respect and bow down, read Shabads, avoid gossip during the Parshad (sacramental food) with both hands opened, to Ardasa, be seated in cross-legged posture during address all persons respectfully and to say Fateh with hands congregations, accept consecrated food with folded hands, to clasped address everybody with ‘ji’ and to utter Fateh with folded Shabads 2: (1) Uch apar beant Swami; (2) Tera kita jato hands nahin First class senior (Pakki) Committing to memory—First five Pauris (stanzas) of Japji Bani Kanth (committing to memory): Five stanzas of Japuji Sahib and names of Ten Gurus, five Pyaras (disciples) and Sahib and three Shabads—(1) Tu Thakur tum peh ardas; (2) the four Sahibzadas (princes) He Govind he Gopal he dayal lal; and (3) Thir ghar baiso har Shabads—Three (1) Santa de karaj; (2) Rate -
Sources for the Study of Gurū Gobind Singh's Life and Times
G.S. Mann: Sources for Study 229 Sources for the Study of Guru Gobind Singh's Life and Times Gurinder Singh Mann University of California, Santa Barbara ___________________________________________________________ This essay surveys the sites, artifacts, and literary texts associated with Guru Gobind Singh's period (1675-1708). In the process, it introduces a set of sources of information as well as attempts at reorientation of the context that produced them. In a brief conclusion, the essay highlights the need for expanding and revising the current understanding of the Guru's life. ___________________________________________________________ The present day understanding of Guru Gobind Singh's life is constructed around three landmarks: his birth in Patna in eastern India, in 1666; his creation of the Khalsa ("Community of the Pure") at Anandpur, in the Punjab hills, in 1699; and his replacement of the office of the personal Guru with the Granth, the Sikh scripture, thereby elevating it to the position of the Guru Granth ("Book manifested as the Guru") at the time of his death, in Nanderh in south India, in 1708.1 The details that fill in the forty-two years of the Guru's life are culled from a variety of texts, which begin with the Dasam Granth ("the tenth book" or "book of the tenth [Guru]"), an anthology of poetry created largely between 1685 to 1698, and Sri Gur Sobha ("Praise of the Guru"), a poetic history of the period presently dated in 1711, and include eighteenth and nineteenth century writings culminating in Giani Gian Singh's synthetic narrative, Tvarikh Guru Khalsa ("History of the Guru Community"), completed in 1891.2 (For a brief review of this chronology of events see Appendix). -
Singapore's Early Sikh Pioneers
SINGAPORE’S EARLY SIKH PIONEERS Origins, Settlement, Contributions and Institutions RISHPAL SINGH SIDHU CENTRAL SIKH GURDWARA BOARD SINGAPORE Singapore’s Early Sikh Pioneers: Origins, Settlement, Contributions and Institutions Rishpal Singh Sidhu Compiler & Editor CENTRAL SIKH GURDWARA BOARD SINGAPORE Front Cover Photo: A collage of the seven Sikh Gurdwaras and Singapore Khalsa Association in Singapore Back Cover Photo: A collage of some of Singapore’s Early Sikh Pioneers Copyright, Central Sikh Gurdwara Board, Singapore, 2017 ISBN: 978-981-09-4437-7 Printed by: Khalsa Printers Pte Ltd, Singapore DEDICATION Dedicated to Sikh youth in Singapore in the fervent belief they will build on the achievements and contributions of their forebears for a better and brighter tomorrow. OUR SPONSOR Central Sikh Gurdwara Board would like to express their heartfelt thanks to our Patron, S. Naranjan Singh Brahmpura for sponsoring the cost of publishing this book. Naranjan Singh Brahmpura Patron Central Sikh Gurdwara Board Singapore Khalsa Association Trustee Singapore Sikh Education Foundation Sikh Welfare Council Past President Central Sikh Gurdwara Board Sri Guru Singh Sabha CONTENTS Foreword 6 Preface 7 Acknowledgements 8 Fast forward 9 1 Introduction 11 2 Singapore’s first Sikh 15 3 Sikh migration to Singapore: Phases and patterns 21 4 Early Sikh settlers in Singapore 31 5 Sikhs in the British Naval Base 39 6 Establishment of Gurdwaras, Sikh Advisory Board and other Sikh institutions 43 7 Sikh soldiers involvement in the defense of Singapore in World War II and civilian life during the Japanese Occupation 97 8 Early Sikh pioneers and their contributions to nation building 109 9 Colonial Singapore’s first Sikh politician 155 10. -
Gaining Authority and Legitimacy: Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee and the Golden Temple C. 1920–2000 by Gurveen Kaur K
Gaining Authority and Legitimacy: Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee and the Golden Temple c. 1920–2000 by Gurveen Kaur Khurana A dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Anthropology and History) in The University of Michigan 2019 Doctoral Committee: Associate Professor Farina Mir, Co-Chair Professor Mrinalini Sinha, Co-Chair Associate Professor William Glover Professor Paul C. Johnson Professor Webb Keane Gurveen Kaur Khurana [email protected] ORCID iD: 0000-0002-5452-9968 © Gurveen Kaur Khurana 2019 DEDICATION To Samarth, Ozzie and Papa ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This dissertation is only a part of the journey that began more than ten years ago, and there are many that have made it possible for me to get here. I would like to take this opportunity to thank them for their support along the way. My greatest debt is to my dissertation advisors Mrinalini Sinha and Farina Mir. Mrinalini has supported me through out and has always been a source of intellectual support and more. She has allowed me the freedom to grow and gain from her vast knowledge, while being patient with me finding my way. There are no words that can express my gratitude to her for all that she has done. Farina Mir’s rigor sets high standards for us all and will guide my way over the years. The rest of my committee, Webb Keane, William Glover and Paul Johnson have all been wonderful with their time and support through this dissertation writing. My deepest thanks also to Dilip Menon, Shahid Amin, Sunil Kumar and Neeladri Bhattacharya for the early intellectual training in historical thinking and methodology. -
The Sikh Struggle for Khalistan: Refocusing on the Punjabi Suba
2021 Ali, Chawla & Ahmad. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons‐ Attribution‐Noncommercial‐Share Alike License 4.0 International (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc- sa/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly attributed, not used for commercial purposes, and, if transformed, the resulting work is redistributed under the same or similar license to this one. Journal of Political Studies Vol. 28, No. 1, January–June, Summer 2021, pp.01– 09 The Sikh Struggle for Khalistan: Refocusing on the Punjabi Suba (Province) Movement in India Amir Ali PhD Scholar, Department of History & Pakistan Studies, University of the Punjab, Lahore. Muhammad Iqbal Chawla Former Dean Arts & Humanities, Former Chairman, Department of History & Pakistan Studies, University of the Punjab, Lahore. Correspondence: [email protected] Dr Muhammad Abrar Ahmad, HOD, History Department, Education University, Lahore ABSTRACT This study problematizes the Sikh’s demand for Khalistan, a separate country of their own. To begin with, they demanded a greater degree of political autonomy within the domains of India. During the colonial period the Sikhs supported the Indian National Congress’s demand for the division of Punjab and inclusion of the East Punjab into Bharat. But soon after the creation of Bharat(India), `the Sikhs realized that they were betrayed and they started to vow for more autonomy. Initially, they felt that PEPSU was a step towards their aspirations but later they felt that they had missed the train and moved for Punjabi Province. After much deliberation and delaying tactics, finally the Punjab emerged on the Indian Territory in the form that always proved a nightmare for the Sikh community. -
Camp Gurmat 2017 Booklet
Table of Contents Table of Contents Mission and Vision ........................................................................................ 2 Welcome ....................................................................................................... 3 Infographic ....................................................................................................... 4 Rules ............................................................................................................. 5 Objectives and Goals .................................................................................... 6 Teachers Profile ............................................................................................ 7 Lesson Plans .................................................................................................. 9 Theme Shabad .............................................................................................. 11 Group Schedule ............................................................................................ 12 Kaur Bungas ................................................................................................... 16 Singh Bungas ................................................................................................. 20 Sewa Jathas ................................................................................................... 25 Sewa Jathas Schedule .................................................................................... 26 List of Campers .............................................................................................. -
Sikh Womens Rights
Sikh Womens Rights Rights of Sikh Women.................................... 2 The Importance of Kaur.................................. 5 Sikh Women in State Affairs .......................... 6 Women strive for success in the future........... 7 Sikhism & the Status of Women..................... 8 Gender Equality .............................................. 9 Chastity. .......................................................... 9 Status of women in general elevated ............ 10 Sikh Women in History ................................ 11 To All The Beautiful Sikh Women............... 13 Rights of Sikh Women ZLWKIRXOWKLQNLQJILOOVWKHPLQG *XUX*UDQWK6DKLE $QJ 1. What rights do I have as a Sikh woman? A Sikh woman has equal rights to a Sikh man. The Gurus had also made a firm stand against the Unlike Christianity, no post in Sikhism is reserved wearing of the veil, which is so popular amongst solely for men. Unlike Islam, a woman is not Muslims and Hindus. Even Christian nuns are made considered subordinate to a man. Sikh baptism to cover themselves more than Christian priests. (Amrit ceremony) is open to both sexes. The Khalsa Guru Amar Das refused to allow a Hindustani nation is made up equally of men and women. A Queen from entering the sangat until she had Sikh woman has the right to become a Granthi, removed her veil. In the Guru Granth Sahib, the veil Ragi, one of the Panj Pyare (5 beloved), etc. is compared to suppression. 2. Is God considered a Male or Female? )DOVHPRGHVW\WKDWVXSSUHVVHGLV The Guru Granth Sahib contains many Names for HQGHG God, both masculine and feminine. These are all used to describe God. Ultimately, the Gurus do not 1RZZLWKYHLOFDVWRIIDP,VWDUWHGRQ consider God to be male or female. The Mul Mantra WKHZD\RIGHYRWLRQ states that God is 'Ajuni' - Unborn. -
Mata Gujri Ji
Mata Gujri Ji Mata Gujri ji, wife of the 9thSikh Guru, Guru Tegh Bahadurji, and mother of the 10th Sikh Guru, Guru Gobind Singh ji, is an inspirational figure in the Sikh history who faced many challenging circumstances. Mata Gujri was the daughter of Bhailal Chand Subulikka and BishanKaur, a pious couple of Kartarpur.She married (Guru) Tegh Bahadur on February 4th1633.After Tegh BahadurJi was installed as Guru in 1664, he went with his mother Nanaki, and his wife Gujri to Patna. Mata Gujri gave birth to a son on December 22nd 1666 in Patna. The child was named GobindRai, the illustrious Guru Gobind Singh. Guru TeghBahadur returned to Patna in 1670 for a brief stay before he left for Delhi, instructing the family to proceed to Lakhnaur, now in Haryana. July 11th, 1675 was a momentous day in Sikh history when Guru Tegh Bahadur left for Delhi prepared to make the supreme sacrifice. Mata Gujri showed courage at the time of parting and bore the ultimate trial with fortitude. Guru Tegh Bahadur was executed in Delhi on November 11th1675. Guru Gobind Singh was young. The responsibility of managing the affairs at Chakk Nanaki, initially, fell on Mata Gujri. When in face of a prolonged siege by hostile hill rajas and Mughal troops,Guru Gobind Singh had to evacuate Chakk Nanaki (Anandpur) on the night of December 5-6th,1705.Mata Gujri with her grandsons, Zorawar Singh and Fateh Singh, aged nine and seven years respectively, were separated from the main group while crossing the rivulet Sarsa. Mata Gujri and her grandsons were arrested on December 8th, and confined in Sirhind Fort in what is referred to in Sikh chronicles as ThandaBurj, the cold tower. -
Role of European Military Officers in the Army of Ranjit Singh: a Case Study of Its Training and Expeditions
Case Report Ann Soc Sci Manage Stud Volume 1 Issue 3 - September 2018 Copyright © All rights are reserved by Ahmad Ali DOI: 10.19080/ASM.2018.01.555565 Role of European Military Officers in the Army of Ranjit Singh: A Case Study of Its Training and Expeditions Ahmad Ali1*, Mazher Hussain2, Muhammad Akbar3 and Khizar Hayat4 1Lecturer in History Govt. Degree College Mailsi and Ph.D. Scholar in History, Pakistan 2Assistant Professor in History Department at IUB Bahawalpur, Pakistan 3Senior Subject Specialist in History and Ph.D. Scholar, Pakistan 4Ph.D Scholar and PST, Pakistan Submission: April 19, 2018; Published: September 04, 2018 *Corresponding author: Ahmad Ali, Lecturer in History Govt. Degree College Mailsi and Ph.D. Scholar in History, Pakistan, Email: Abstract kingdom and the Khalsa.In 1707, when Aurangzeb inhaled his last, the Mughal Empire had stretched out from Kabul to Dhaka and from Deccan to Kashmir.In the After eighteenth his demise, century, his sons, Northern to hold India the Delhi had turnedthrone, intoadopted the phasethe pattern of the of conflict wars to ofdefeat o extraordinary one another. andThe notablenobles also powers, favouredthis the Mughal and separated their own pound of tissue from defeaters and the defeated. These wars partitioned the graciousness and annihilated the consistency of focal power. The nobles, who were the focal bureaucracy, disregarded the real repetitive task of the State. The principal treasury got no normal income. There was no cash to pay the troops or frivolous authorities. What was going on in Delhi was being revised in the smaller States too. The Kingdom, due to inward issues of party politics and the shortcomings of the Mughal Emperor, had turned into a community with Nadir Shah’s invasion in 1739. -
THE GLOBALIZATION of IDENTITY POLITICS : the SIKH EXPERIENCE1 Laurent GAYER2 England Has Always Been a Breeding Ground for Our R
THE GLOBALIZATION OF IDENTITY POLITICS : THE SIKH EXPERIENCE1 Laurent GAYER2 England has always been a breeding ground for our revolutionists (…) What would Pandit Nehru have been without Harrow ? Or Ghandiji without his formative experiences here ? Even the Pakistan idea was dreamt up by young radicals at college in what we then were asked to think of as the Mother Country. Now that England’s status has declined, I suppose it is logical that the quality of the revolutionists she breeds has likewise fallen. The Kashmiris ! Not a hope in hell. And as for these Khalistan types, let them not think that their evil deed has brought their dream a day closer. Salman Rushdie, “Chekov and Zulu”, in East, West3. 1 This paper is the result of a field work of two weeks in the UK (Southall and London) and one month in Canada (Toronto, Ottawa and Vancouver), during which I interviewed extensively thirty individuals. The two thirds of my interlocutors were political activists involved in the Khalistan Council, the Khalistan Commando Force (KCF), the Dal Khalsa, the World Sikh Organization (WSO) and the International Sikh Youth Federation (ISYF). My other interviewees were involved in anti-racist groups (Southall Monitoring Group), community newspapers (Desh Pardesh in Southall, Punjabi Times in Surrey, B.C.), religious organizations (the Khalsa Diwan Society, managing the prestigious Ross Street gurdwara in Vancouver; the Sikh Missionary Society and the Trust in charge of the Sri Guru Singh Sabha Gurdwara, in Southall) and youth groups (Ontario Sikh Students Association, in Mississauga, Ontario). I also interviewed the most popular Sikh lawyer of Canada (Palbinder Kaur Shergill) and three young Sikh students who had just taken part in a charity bike ride from Birmingham to London.