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  • Bhai Mani Singh and His Caste
  • Bhai Mani Singh and His Caste


    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...



  • Etymology of Kamboh
  • Etymology of Kamboh


    The word Kamboh is a derived from the combination of two terms Kai & Amboh. Amboh means 'a following' 'a family', or 'large gathering'. Kai was a royal dynasty of Persian traditions. Thus Kai plus Amboh =Kaimboh=Kamboh means the royal family of Kai kings. Thus the Kambohs claim to have descended from the kings of line...


  • Etymology of Kamboja
  • Etymology of Kamboja


    Kamboja was the ancient name of a country, and the Indo-Iranian warrior tribe, the Kambojas, settled therein. The country is listed as one of the sixteen Mahajanapadas or great nations in ancient Buddhist texts and was located in the Uttarapatha in the extreme north-west of the Indian sub-continent, contiguous...


  • Etymology of Kamboj
  • Etymology of Kamboj


     কম্বওজ্) is frequently used as surname or last name by many Kambojs, currently living in India. Their Muslim counter-parts living in Pakistan mostly use Kamboh instead. The Kambojs/Kambohs are the modern reprentatives of ancient Kambojas, a well known Kshatriya clan of Indo...