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Maharaja Ranjit Singh was asked why he has no throne "My sword" he said, "procures me all the distinction I desire"

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A sword of Guru Gobind Singh Ji in the collection of the Dalla family near Takht Damdama Sahib

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Rest in peace Milkha Singh (1929-2021) Also known as “The Flying Sikh” Milkha Singh won several gold medals for track in both the Asian and Commonwealth Games Milkha Singh also represented India in 3 different Olympics A monumental legacy that will never be forgotten

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Saif (straight sword) of Imam Ali, son-in-law of Prophet Muhammad Gifted to Guru Gobind Singh Ji by Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Anandpur, c. 1975

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Cloudy day scenes throughout the city of Amritsar Punjab, 1963

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A group of children catching a ride to school Amritsar, 1997

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Rare footage of Gurdwara Panja Sahib from half a century ago Pakistan, 1971

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Gurdwara Bhai Banno Built by Maharaja Ranjit Singh in 1802 and covered in beautiful frescoes both inside and outside of the building Mangat, Punjab, Pakistan

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A saying in Kenya "Why are you driving fast like Joginder?" Joginder Singh was a Kenyan Sikh whose legacy in rally car racing is still felt today Him and his brother Jaswant Singh in 1965 would become the first ever fully non-European team to win an international rally

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India won their Women’s Quarterfinal field hockey match against Australia 1-0 to qualify for the semifinals Gurjit Kaur (below) from Amritsar, Punjab scored the lone goal of the game

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Body armour worn by Guru Gobind Singh Ji in the battle of Bhangani, 1688 Called a Charaina which translates to “four mirrors”, it has verses from Guru Granth Sahib and Dasam Granth Sahib on each plate Collection of the Patiala royal family

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Photograph taken at a railroad station in Amritsar of women and children refugees arriving from West Punjab All the husbands and fathers aboard the train were killed Punjab, India, 1947

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A letter sent from the King of France, Louis-Philippe to Maharaja Ranjit Singh Ranjit Singh is addressed as “Rendjit Sing Bahador - Padichah du Pendjab” Dated 27 October, 1835

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Maharani Mohinder Kaur She was the last Maharani of the Sikh princely state of Patiala Punjab, c. 1940s

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Sikh soldiers listening to Gurbani being read from Guru Granth Sahib Ji in the middle of a desert during World War 1 Mesopotamia (1918)

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Kenyan Sikhs in Nairobi, 1930

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A young Punjabi woman wearing heavy jewelry and ornaments India, c. 1920s-40s

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Unique view of Darbar Sahib from the second floor of Darshani Deori Punjab, 1957

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A portrait of Guru Gobind Singh Ji that is said to have been commissioned by Mata Sundri Found in a puratan Dasam Granth manuscript

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The Indian field hockey team beat Great Britain 3-1 to qualify for the semifinals All 3 goals scored today were by Punjabi Sikhs This is the farthest the team has reached in the Olympics since 1980

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Sword of Maharaja Ranjit Singh inside the Wallace Collection Westminster, London

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A couple of Sikh Soldiers pose for a photograph while one of their colleagues practices his gymnastics in the background India, 1910

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Sri Harmandir Sahib, 1963

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India’s field hockey team comes back from down 3-1 against Germany to win 5-4 and win their first medal in 41 years The 5 goals were all scored by Punjabi Sikhs Simranjeet Singh (2), Jalandhar Rupinder Pal Singh, Faridkot Harmanpreet Singh, Amritsar Hardik Singh, Jalandhar

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Frescoes inside of Sri Darbar Sahib Amritsar

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The Khalsa Diwan Society of Sikhs in front of the Sikh Temple at 2nd Avenue in Vancouver, 1910

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Frescoes inside of Gurdwara Sri Darbar Sahib Tarn Taran The city was founded by Guru Arjan Dev Ji and the foundation stone for the gurdwara was laid by Baba Budha Ji Tarn Taran, Punjab

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Sikh Kingdom display at the Asian Art Museum Khalsa Battle Standard San Francisco, 2022

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26 January 2021 1 year ago today

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A Sikh soldier receives a garland of flowers from a nurse after the end of World War 2 India, 1946

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The poster for Amrinder Gill’s new movie was inspired by this photograph of Sikh sawmill workers from the early 1900s Barnet, British Columbia

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Before Partition every year on the Shaheedi Dihara of Sri Guru Arjan Dev Ji there was a mela in Lahore In the first photograph you see Gurdwara Dehra Sahib and the Samadhi of Maharaja Ranjit Singh and in the second photo a view of the mela facing the River Ravi Punjab, pre-1947

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One of the most expensive Sikh artifacts ever sold at an auction is this portrait bust of Maharaja Duleep Singh It was made in Rome, Italy in 1859-60 during his trip there with the Prince of Wales Sold for £ 1,700,000

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“Men of the 15th Sikhs singing religious chants in a French barn during WW1” France, 1915

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Gurdwara Singh Shaheedan Sohana Its darbar hall is reminiscient of the floral and gold work seen throughout Gurdwaras in the 19th century (Harmandir Sahib and Darbar Sahib Tarn Taran) But unlike those this Gurdwara building was only constructed less than 5 years ago

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Haveli of Nau Nihal Singh Built by Maharaja Ranjit Singh in the early 19th century for his grandson Nau Nihal Singh Lahore, Punjab

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"A Sikh pilgrim washing his feet before entering the Golden Temple, the most sacred shrine of the Sikhs, in Amritsar, India" c. April 1964

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A large dog greets a Sikh veterinarian Royal Veterinary College, London, 1932

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As Banda Singh and other Sikhs were paraded through Delhi, verbal abuses were hurled at them by the citizens who watched, the Sikhs however were unfazed Here is a small dialogue from one such instance “Now you will be killed” Sikh: “Kill us. When were we afraid of death…”

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A magazine cover from WW2 which shows Santa Singh, a Sikh sepoy on the battlefront in Italy March 11, 1944

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“A savage warrior from the Patiala state” - Delhi Durbar 1903

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The original Gurdwara building of Sri Guru Singh Sabha Southall London c. 1975

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A intricately detailed pre-partition Gurdwara that was built in 1937 Gurdwara Sri Guru Singh Sabha Mansehra Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

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Weapons of Gurūs and Martyrs Displayed in Akāl Takht, 1975

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A Sikh teaches George Harrison of The Beatles how to play the Sitar New Delhi, 1966

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A couple of Sikh students in their high school chemistry class Haldwani, Uttarakhand, India (circa early 20th century)

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A Sikh soldier bowing his head to Guru Granth Sahib Ji before he enters into battle during the second Indo-Pakistani War Northeastern Front, India (1971)

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Khalsa Gurdwara, Shorbazar, Kabul, Afghanistan After the fall of the government in 1992 and the beginning of the Afghan civil war, this Gurdwara was taken from the Sikhs and used as a hideout and was bombed frequently Afghan Sikhs were able to reconstruct the Gurdwara in 2012

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A painting of a Sikh couple from Southern India Tanjore Company School, Tamil Nadu, 1805

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The story of how two Udasi Sikhs one from Amritsar and the other from Jhang traveled from Punjab to St. Petersburg, Russia in the late 1850s While in St. Petersburg their appearance caught the attention of Czar Alexander II Udasis at Sri Harimandir Sahib, 1903 Czar Alexander II

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The five original weapons related to Guru Gobind Singh Ji at Sri Kesgarh Sahib as recorded by Kahn Singh Nabha in Mahan Kosh 1. ਨਾਗਣੀ (nagni barcha) 2. ਭਾਲਾ (bala) 3. ਸੈਫ਼ (saif) 4. ਖੰਡਾ ਦੁਧਾਰਾ (khanda) 5. ਕਟਾਰ (katar) Photograph from Anandpur Sahib c. 1925, Toor Collection

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3 unique scenes from 1960s Amritsar, Punjab

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Sri Harmandir Sahib, c. 1978

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One of the first photographs ever taken of a Sikh or Indian “Sikh Sardar” by John McCosh India c. 1848-9

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Walking through the streets of Amritsar in 1978

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An eyewitness account of Sirhind after it had been ravaged by the Khalsa army "The whole city lay in ruins; no man, not even a bird was to be seen there except the owl" Jangnama, Qazi Nur Muhammad (1764)

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Life sized oil painting of Maharaja Yadavindra Singh of Patiala He was 6’5

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81 years ago today Shaheed Udham Singh was hung by the British government After he learned of his death sentence he said: “I am not scared of death. I am dying for my country. What greater honour could be bestowed upon me than death for the sake of my motherland?”

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Shiromani Panth Akali Budha Dal Sri Akal Takht Sahib, Amritsar 2021

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Two rare photographs where you can see the palace of Maharaja Ranjit Singh You can see a part of it in the background of the first image and the full structure in the second image The palace was destroyed by the British in the 1860s Amritsar, (1857-1861)

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Sikh sangat of Macao with Chinese wives and children “ਏ ਤਸਵੀਰ ਮਕਓ ਦੀ ਸੰਗਤ ਦੀ ਹੈ” Khalsa Diwan Macau, 27th of March 1927

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A young Sikh doctor standing in the corridors of a hospital in Patiala Punjab, 1955

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A lone Indian Army Sikh soldier guards a supply group trekking across the mountains of Kashmir against militants India, 1995

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Sunrise at Sri Harimandir Sahib Amritsar, 2019

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Sikh soldiers in the trenches during World War 1 Gallipoli Peninsula (modern Turkey), 1915

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A gold locket which once opened reveals a small Pothi Sahib inside In the second picture a verse from Dasam Granth and more specifically from Chandi Charitar can be seen Punjab (c. late 19th century)

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An Akhara in Amritsar with beautiful frescoes around the inner walls Akharas were spiritual and educational centers run by Udasis and Nirmalas and can be found throughout India There are 12 Akharas in Amritsar, most of which are no longer functional

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Raja Ranbir Singh of Jind, 1903 The Raja showed a keen interest to help modernize medicine in the state of Jind He would lay the foundation stone of the Civil Hospital, Sangrur in 1889 The Raja would also pay for food expenses and amenities for patients who could not afford it

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Raja Balbir Singh son of Maharaja Bikram Singh of Faridkot, 1887 A patron of Sikh literature and who would bring a unique type of Gothic architecture to the city of Faridkot

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Inner walls of main entrance gate of Takht Sachkhand Shri Hazur Abchalnagar Sahib Nanded, Maharashtra, India

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The haveli of Sardar Jassa Singh Alhuwalia in Kapurthala, 1910

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A Sikh traffic warden ticketing a Rolls Royce for being illegally parked Notting Hill, London (1978)

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The restored frescoes of Darshani Deori Sri Harmandir Sahib, Amritsar

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Some of the original clips from Sidhu Moosewala’s new music video ‘SYL’ Protests following Operation Bluestar, 1984

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A group of students working out at the gym inside Khalsa College Amritsar Punjab, 1935

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Painting by William Carpenter, inscribed on reverse: "Two Sikhs reading the Grunth at the tank." Amritsar, 1854

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A Gothic Church built in the 1880s that after becoming vacant was used by the Sikh community of Leeds as a Gurdwara A photograph of the building recently in 2011 which is no longer in use A wedding procession at the Gurdwara in 1971 Chapeltown Road, Leeds, England

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Gurudwara Yaadgaar Shaheedaan, Darbar Sahib, Sri Amritsar

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Gathering of Afghan Sikh & Hindu Doctors during a Homeopathic Association meeting The population of Sikhs and Hindus in Afghanistan was estimated to be more than 150,000 in the 1970s Kaja (Khogyani), Afghanistan, 1965

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View from the top of Ramgarhia bunga which shows Sri Harmandir Sahib and the city of Amritsar Punjab (c. 1870s)

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Golden throne of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, currently on display at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London Painting of Ranjit Singh on his throne, Punjab Hill States c. 1830

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Maharaja Ranjit Singh holding a hammerlock gun, c. 1840s-50s

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The fake saints of Varanasi and how they were able to fool the Maharaja of Patiala In the last couple months of his life Maharaja Bhupinder Singh was desperate to find a cure for his illness, after exhausting all European modes of medicine he longed for more traditional remedies

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Sikh man holds a hatchet whilst attending a rally protesting irrigation measures in his district Amritsar, 1946

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Excerpt from Sri Nanak Prakash: ਸ੍ਰੀ ਨਾਨਕ ਪੁਰੁਸ਼ੋਤਮੰ ਪਰਮ ਪਰਾਵਰ ਨਾਥ ॥ ਯੁਗਲ ਚਰਨ ਮਮ ਬੰਦਨਾ ਧਰ ਪਰ ਧਰਿਕਰਿ ਮਾਥ ॥੫॥ Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji is the highest of all exalted Beings, Master of Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva. I repeatedly bow my head at Your two feet. Happy Gurpurab to all

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The earliest color photographs taken of Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s samadhi Taken using autochrome technology which became popular in the early 1900s Lahore, 1914

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101st Anniversary of Saka Nankana Sahib today, Sardar Amar Singh who was part of the enquiry and saw the immediate aftermath: “Numbers of half burnt bodies and corpses are still lying. No Sikh found was spared. Burning continued from 7:30 A.M. till 4:30 in the evening”

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Punjabi Bride by S. G. Thakur Singh, 1971 S. G. Thakur Singh was a renowned Sikh artist whose works today can be found around the world Born in Amritsar and he would return later in his life to open the Indian Academy of Fine Arts to help elevate the artistic levels of Punjab

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A shield that is believed to have belonged to Maharaja Ranjit Singh In the center ring is the Maharaja and others On the outer ring are very unique scenes, in one you can see a lion and a dragon in combat, in another there is Mahadevi slaying Mahishasura Amritsar, 19th century

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ਹਰ ਕੀ ਪੌੜੀ | Steps of God

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High fashion of Sikh men in Amritsar (c. 1940s) By this time Amritsar was known internationally for its textile industry and trade In this photo you can see a couple of Sikhs wearing unique designs and patterns

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Akali Nihang Singhs during Hola Mohalla at Sri Anandpur Sahib Punjab, c. late 90s/ early 2000s

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Restoration of Sikh heritage Frescoes on the upper half of Darshani Deori The original frescoes were lost after Operation Bluestar and have recently been restored Amritsar

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Malika Da Butt - Statue of the Queen This statue of Queen Victoria in Amritsar was taken down in the 1980s and was replaced by a statue of Maharaja Ranjit Singh in 2016

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Photograph of Katra Ahluwalia, developed by Sardar Jassa Singh Ahluwalia as a residential locality near Harmandir Sahib During Ranjit Singh's reign he invited wealthy Marwari merchants from Rajasthan to settle here and turned Amritsar into an economic hub Amritsar, 1858-59

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Journey to Hemkunt Sahib, 1977

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Gurdwara Shaheed Baba Nihal Singh Ji Talhan, Jalandhar

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