Browsing Tag: British Raj

Sikh Historian Gurinder Singh Mann, discusses the relatively unknown Charter Act which introduced the Christian missionary movement into India.

It is pertinent to note that young Duleep Singh was not blessed with the protection, love and care of his parents, and was literally in the imprisonment of aliens, but he still realized his glorious past and the heritage of the Gurus and came back to the Guru’s path.

The Rightful Owner is a saga of sacrifice, selfless love, greed and patriotism. It has in it the elements of mystery, suspense and drama.

He will be going through rare documents, manuscripts and historical images showing how the earliest English translations of Sikh/Punjabi texts came about. The presentation revolves around one Dr John Leyden from Scotland who went to India and translated Punjabi/Sikh texts into English.

Listen my friends and you shall hear, The story of a battle in the North West Frontier, On the twelfth of September, in ninety seven; Few men alive have any notion Of that famous day and year.

Saragarhi, in comparison is a greater feat of bravery considering the odds ……one Sikh to a thousand tribals. Unfortunately, human memory is short and today nothing is known about their descendants…….an outright disgrace. Tracing their descendants should not be difficult as 113 years is but a flash of time where history is concerned.

Bhai Maharaj Singh, the spiritual leader and fervent Sikh nationalist, is the first freedom fighter of India of note who took up weapons against the British rule in 1847