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Sikh soldiers died or were wounded for the freedom of Britain and the world and during shell fire. At offset of World War I, Sikh military personnel numbered around 35,000 men of the 161,000 troops, which is around 22% of the British Armed Forces, [215] yet the Sikhs only made up less than 2% of the total population in India. Sikhs were known ...
Sikh Domination of the Mughal Empire. (2000, 2nd ed. ISBN 81-215-0213-6) The Sikh Commonwealth or Rise and Fall of Sikh Misls. (2001, revised ed. ISBN 81-215-0165-2) Maharaja Ranjit Singh, Lord of the Five Rivers, By Jean-Marie Lafont. (Oxford University Press. 2002, ISBN 0-19-566111-7) History of Panjab, By L. M. Joshi and Fauja Singh [ISBN ...
Sikh victory: Siege of Mankera (1821–1822) Sikh Empire: Kingdom of Mankera: Sikh victory: Battle of Taragarh (1822) Sikh Empire: Afghan tribesmen Sikh victory: Battle of Nowshera (1823) Sikh Empire: Coalition of Azim Khan Sikh victory: Battle of Akora Khattak (1826) Sikh Empire: Mujahideen: Mujahideen victory: Battle of Saidu (1827) Sikh ...
The Sikh gurus (Punjabi: ਸਿੱਖ ਗੁਰੂ; Hindi: सिख गुरु) are the spiritual masters of Sikhism, who established the religion over the course of about two and a half centuries, beginning in 1469. [2] The year 1469 marks the birth of Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism.
Detail of a depiction of a Misl-era Sikh cavalry warrior from a map of the Lahore Subah commissioned by Jean Baptiste Joseph Gentil, ca.1770. Fauja Singh considers the Sikh misls to be guerrilla armies, although he notes that the Sikh misls generally had greater numbers and a larger number of artillery pieces than a guerrilla army would. [36]
A free community event that explores Sikh cultural heritage is returning to a city later. Sikh History on the Streets of Oxford is a four-hour walking tour focusing on Sikh and related Indian ...
The Mughal–Sikh wars were a series of conflicts that took place between the Mughal Empire and the Sikhs states of Punjab from 1621 (Battle of Rohilla) to 1783 (Battle of Delhi). [ citation needed ] Background
The idea of creating an online Sikh encyclopedia is attributed to Ash Singh after he had a television interview where the importance of documenting Sikh history, from both the distant past and present, was discussed. [2] Ash Singh partnered with Gurumustuk Singh Khalsa, then webmaster of SikhNet, to create SikhiWiki. [2]