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Arjan Singh’s biography released

Singh Is King — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 11:43:30 +0000

The Icon, a biography of Marshal of the Indian Air Force Arjan Singh, was released on his 91st birthday on Wednesday, even as a demand was made to confer the Bharat Ratna, India’s highest civilian award, on him. The former IAF chief had played a stellar role in India’s decisive victory in the 1965 war against [...]

Vaisakhi – Khalsa Saajna Divas Celeb. 2009

Singh Is King — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 06:05:40 +0000

This is for your kind information that VAISAKHI- KHALSA SAAJNA DIVAS will be celebrated today 14th April 2009 at Indian Community School for girls (Senior) School, Salmiya, from 6.00 pm to 8.30 pm. Kirtan Program by Children : 6.00pm to 7.30pm. Kirtan by Bhai Chamanjeet Singh Lal : 7.30pm to 8.30pm. Posted in Gurpurabs, News [...]

A Shoe did a great job – Tytler, Kumar not to contest polls

Singh Is King — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 16:22:20 +0000

Just now a good news came that Jagdish Tytler and Sajjan Kumar will not contest the polls for Lok Sabah. It is due to the heroic effort of protest by Jarnail Singh and the efforts of all the sikh brother and sisters protesting in Delhi against the co-accused of 1984 anti-sikh riots and mass murdering [...]

Alarm Grows as More Sikh Youths Give Up Turbans

Singh Is King — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 12:47:10 +0000

Amandeep Singh Saini, in white, cut his hair and discarded his turban, the most visible symbol of Sikh identity, at 14. CHANDIGARH, India — Text messaging with one hand and holding a cup of milky tea in the other, spiky-haired Amandeep Singh Saini, 27, recalled the year-long battle he waged against his traditional Sikh parents to [...]

A Illustrious Sikh

Singh Is King — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 12:28:06 +0000

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36th SIKHS (19th century photo)

Singh Is King — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 12:04:32 +0000

Fort Gulistan. Another fort, another action in the NWFP Rising of 1897-98. Pictured here are the survivors of a Gulistan sortie party, with Afridi tribesmen they captured during their attack. Gort Gulistan stood in the Samana range of hills, south of the Khyber Pass. The forts here were held by the 36th Sikhs and this [...]

WARRIOR SAINTS….. that is SIKHS.. a TRUE STORY of BRAVERY and SACRIFICE

Singh Is King — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 12:00:19 +0000

BATTLE OF SARAGARHI (An unparalleled act of Bravery) September 12,1997 is the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Saragarhi- one of the “ten most famous battles ” of the world. On this day, exactly 100 years ago, a handful of Sikh soldiers- 21 to be exact – of the 4th Battalion of the Sikh Regiment (then XXXVI Sikh) [...]

45th SIKHS (19th century) bravery in blood

Singh Is King — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 11:56:55 +0000

British officers and Sikh soldiers of the 45th Sikhs, pose for a photograph after the relief of Chakdara Fort. Circa 1897. Defence of Chakdara Fort by six British officers and 240 Indian soldiers of the 45th Sikhs and 11th Bengal Lancers against 14,000 Pathan tribesmen, must rank as one of the greatest feats of arms [...]

Sikh bravery on display in Malaysia

Singh Is King — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 11:52:34 +0000

THEY looked in silent admiration at each of the rare photographs displaying Sikh soldiers’ bravery in war. Others snapped photographs at an exhibition of over 200 black and white photographs of the soldiers who had served in the British Indian army during World War I and II. Amarjit Singh, who was busy clicking away with his camera, [...]

Afghan Sikh Anarkali Kaur makes Sikhs proud

Singh Is King — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 11:48:25 +0000

Kabul, Afghanistan: The beleaguered Sikh community in Afghanistan could not have had a better role model. At 25, Anarkali Kaur Honaryar is a doctor, an activist, a Radio presenter and a member of the independent Afghan Human Rights Committee and the official Constitution Committee. With the dupatta decently covering her head, she presents an image [...]

Sikh Style in Germany

Singh Is King — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 11:20:56 +0000

Hamburg, Germany: In a first of its kind, a turbaned Sikh American Sonny Caberwal has become the international face of the prestigious German men’s magazine GQ. Turbans, even if worn as symbol of Sikh religion Sikhism. Sonny, 30-year-old Sikh has been featured in GQ’s style Germany Spring Summer-2009. He will go down as a “footnote in history [...]

50 firefighters battling to save East End’s major Sikh Gurdwara Sahib

Singh Is King — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 11:40:07 +0000

United Kingdom: Shocked worshippers have been arriving from all over London to witness the tragic blaze that is sweeping through a major Sikh temple in the East End. Many have been close to tears watching the flames sweep through the upper floor of the ornately decorated Gudwara Sikh Sangat with its classical pillared entrance. More than [...]

SGPC passes budget in un-democratic style

Singh Is King — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 11:22:22 +0000

Jagdish Singh Jhinda, president of the HGPC (Ad hoc), walks out of a meeting of the SGPC to pass the annual budget in Amritsar. Amritsar, Punjab: The general house of the SGPC today passed its Rs 449-crore annual budget even as Jagdish Singh Jhinda, president of the Haryana Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (Ad hoc), and Gurwinder Singh [...]

Banjara Sikhs offer prayers at Golden Temple

Singh Is King — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 10:34:16 +0000

Amritsar, Punjab: A 56-member delegation of Banjara Sikhs, including Sikligars and Lobanas of Maharashtra and Gujarat, on a two-day visit to the city, offered prayers at the Golden Temple here yesterday. The tour programme was organised by the trust for the welfare of Banjaras and other weaker sections. While talking to The Tribune, trust secretary Mohinder Singh [...]

Academic session starts at 9 new schools run by SGPC

Singh Is King — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 10:31:16 +0000

Patiala, Punjab: To curb the Dera Sacha Sauda effect in Malwa belt of Punjab SGPC has started new schools and academic session began in seven out of total nine new schools affiliated with central Board of secondary education (CBSE). According to sources SGPC has been concentrating on Malwa to down the effect of dera and to [...]

Blood donation: Sikh bodies break world record

Singh Is King — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 06:59:36 +0000

Anandpur Sahib, Punjab: The Sikh bodies have finally managed to break the world record of Dera Sacha Sauda by collecting 18,207 units of blood in 16 hours during its massive blood donation camp held here on the occasion of Hola Mohalla. Camp started at 7:25 pm on March 10 at local Khalsa College and ended at [...]

Waiting for next Sikh PM

Singh Is King — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 06:57:41 +0000

Seventy plus Manmohan Singh, with his light blue turban, almost as a brand of his middle of the road political management approach, looks destined to [...]

Assamese Sikhs in search of roots reach Amritsar

Singh Is King — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 06:54:35 +0000

Assamese Sikhs visit Punjab for the first time to pay obeisance at the Golden Temple in Amritsar. Amritsar, Punjab: Assamese Sikhs, who do not know a word of Punjabi, today visited Punjab for the first time in search of their roots to pay obeisance at the Golden Temple here. Most of them even boarded train for [...]

Japji Sahib – New Mp3 Download Link

Singh Is King — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 06:41:15 +0000

Bhai Daljit Singh Jee – Sri JapJi Sahib File Size – 15.3 MB Duration - 16m : 46s Posted in Gurbani

Sikh students labelled terrorists in New Zealand

Singh Is King — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 14:23:15 +0000

New Zealand: Some Sikh men studying in Invercargill have been repeatedly labelled terrorists and racially abused to the point where one student went against his religious beliefs to protect his safety. Five students out of a group of 25 who arrived in Invercargill this month to study at the Southern Institute of Technology said they have [...]