History

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From The Pages Of History:
Sikh-Briton Busmen Win Battle To Wear Turbans by MARTIN WOOLLACOTT

"Your consciences should have told you that you were doing wrong."

Sikh-Aussie Pooran Singh: Take Me Home by MANPREET KAUR SINGH

Alice Guyett is keen to fulfil his last wishes and take his ashes on their final journey back to Punjab.

Harvard Law School Re-enacts Landmark Case: U.S. vs. Bhagat Singh Thind by NAVNEET KAUR THIND

Dr. Bhagat Singh Thind was recruited by the U.S. Government to serve in the military during World War I in 1918.

This is Sikhi - Let The World Learn by KHUSHWANT SINGH (Delhi)

There should be special showings for the destroyers of the Babri Masjid ... and all those who share their venomous views. 

Remembering Sikh Heroes of First World War by POONAM TANEJA

The location is Neuve-Chapelle. A gathering of Sikhs surrounds a stone podium as prayers are recited in Punjabi.

What Shall I Call Thee? by BHUPINDER SINGH MAHAL

The urge to appropriate a name to differentiate oneself by occupation or place runs contrary to the raison d'etre of being a Khalsa.

The Battle of Malaya by HARCHAND SINGH BEDI

There were 89,895 troops in the Allied Army in Malaya. 2/3 of the total force were Indian soldiers. More than 60% of them were Sikhs.  

The Sikhs of Sint-Truiden, Belgium by FLANDERS TODAY

There are currently about 8000 Sikh-Belgians in Flanders, with a particular concentration in the Limburg town of Sint-Truiden.

New Museum in Bunga Ramgarhia NEWS REPORTS

It will showcase Sikh history of the 18th century, AD, culminating with the ascent of Ranjit Singh as Maharaja of Punjab.

Mother of the Khalsa Nation by SUKHMANDIR KAUR

At the First Vaisakhi, she added sweet-cakes to the Amrit, declaring that the Khalsa were to be sweet and compassionate ...