Kamboja Gaudapatis a dynasty of rulers known to have ruled parts of western and northern Bengal sometime towards the end of the 10th century AD, before the accession of the Pala king Mahipala I (c 995-1043 AD) or during the early part of his reign. The most important information provided by Mahipala’s copperplates...
SUNAM: While Punjab government failed to remember martyr Udham Singh on his 114th birth anniversary on Wednesday, neighbouring Haryana issued advertisements in various newspapers saluting the revolutionary for supreme sacrifice. This indifference has upset many socio-cultural organizations. According to them, on the one...
According to a report in the Tribune newspaper, before Shaheed Udham Singh – who had changed his name to Ram Mohammed Singh Azaad – killed Michael O’Dwyer by firing six shots at Caxton Hall in Westminster in London on March 13 in 1940, he worked in two English movies " Elephant Boy (1937) and The Four...
Gandhara means ‘perfumed’ in Sanskrit and ‘waihind’ in Persian was one of the most famous ancient Indian Kingdoms. The extremities of Gandhara varied from time to time and extended from northern Pakistan to east of Afghanistan. The kingdom was settled in the valley of Peshawar, plateau of Potohar...
Bhai Aghar Singh (d. 1764) was, according to Giani Gian Singh, Panth Prakash, one of the seven sons of Bhai Nagahia, belongs to Kamboj Sikh lineage of Laungoval, in present day Sangrur district of the Punjab. He received amrit, the Khalsa rites of initiation, from his uncle Bhai Mani Singh, then Jathtedar of the Harmandar...
Bhai Mani Singh (Hindi: ??? ??? ?????, Punjabi: ??? ??? ???) was a great Sikh personality of eighteenth century and occupies a very esteemed position in Sikh history. He assumed the control and steered the course of the Sikh destiny at a very critical stage in their history. A great scholar, a devoted Sikh and a courageous...
