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th birth anniversary of Guru Tegh Bahadur, the 9
th Guru (Teacher) who was born on April 18, 1621 and martyred on November 24, 1675. Guru Tegh Bahadur composed 116
Shabads (Hymns) in
15 Ragas in
Aad Guru Granth Sahib, the Holy Book of Sikhs. He was the Champion of Human Rights. Because of his teachings which included “Fear Not and Frighten Not” he became a socio-political challenge to the Muslim rule and then Moslem Emperor of India Aurangzeb.
Aurangzeb had started a campaign of forcibly converting Hindus to Islam and demolishing Hindu temples. Those who refused were killed. Threatened with conversion or death, the Pandits of Kasmir came in a delegation to Guru Tegh Bahadur for help and intercession. At the behest of his 9 year old son who later became 10
Why muhindi with kilemba and thick beard is called ‘Kalasinga’ 1 month ago
1965 Joginder and Jaswant Singh celebrating their win in the East African Safari surrounded by fans and family [Photo: File]
Kenya boasts of famous Kalasingas like the late Safari Rally icon, Joginder Singh, often co-driven by his brother, Jaswant Singh. They were known as the ‘Flying Sikhs.’
Joginder Singh’s love for rallying leads us to another area the turban sporting Sikhs are famed for: crankshaft grinding and other engineering related hands-on businesses, as Gurmukh Singh notes in his 2003 book,
Global Indians: The Rise of Sikhs Abroad, where we’re informed that the Kalasingas came down these shores in the 1890s as labourers during the construction of the Uganda Railway and as cops for the Imperial British East Africa Company, the caretakers of Kenya on behalf of the British Crown. In fact, Kapur Singh became the first Indian Inspector of Police in 1895.
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Download File NEW DELHI - Along a highway on the outskirts of New Delhi where thousands of protesting farmers have been camping for three weeks, scores of volunteers roll out Indian bread called “rotis,” stir vegetables in gigantic pots, brew tea and fry savories.
All through the day, makeshift kitchens that have sprung up on the roadside dish out hot meals to farmers who are demanding the roll back of new laws that liberalize rules for sale of farm produce to private companies.