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Sikh royal's haveli converted into vegetable market as historian brands it 'a...
The haveli of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, founder of the Sikh empire, has become a picture of neglect due to the indifferent attitude of the Pakistani Waqf Board, an Amritsar-based historian has claimed....
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Old manuscript of Guru Granth Sahib get viewing on Guru Nanak Gurpurb (Nepal)
Guru Granth Sahib at Gurudwara MathSikh pilgrims visiting Kathmandu, Nepal on the occasion of birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev had darshan of handwritten sarup of Sri Guru Granth Sahib, informed SPS...
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Restoration of Golden Temple’s interiors to begin soon
A portion of the damaged gold-plating inside the shrineThe SGPC is likely to launch restoration work of the interiors of Sri Harmandar Sahib soon and has roped in a private firm with expertise in the...
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Bhai Nand Lal Library at Sri Guru Granth Sahib University inaugurated
Bhai Nand Lal Library at Sri Guru Granth Sahib University inauguratedBhai Nand Lal Library was inaugurated by Darshan Singh Dhaliwal, non-resident Indian (NRI) from the United States of America (USA),...
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Guru Granth Sahib in Persian script
Above picture pothi with transliteration of Japji Sahib. A rare version of Guru Granth Sahib written in Persian has been presented by eminent Sikh scholar Jasbir Singh Sabar to vice-chancellor of Sri...
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Sikh Pioneers - soldiers of fortitude
Emblem of the 23rd Sikh pioneersPunjab has always been a region of warriors though soldiering was only open to certain castes. The ascent of Sikhism and its bringing into being an order of...
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Sikhs in the British Army meet Schoolchildren at Saragarhi Book Launch
Sikhs at Sandhurst with Jay Singh-SohalThe Royal Military Academy Sandhurst hosted a unique event last week (20th November) as serving Sikh soldiers joined Sikh schoolchildren at a book launch which...
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The fake Maharaja Ranjit Singh photo still baffles many
Editors note: SikhNugget has been aware for many years that the above photo was not genuine. British Library identifies the people in the picture as (sitting L to R) Maj (later Maj Gen Sir) Frederick...
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A Lone Texas Horse Woman Races Marwari Horse in a Boisterous Sikh Ride in the...
American Sikh Rides to Raise Awareness of Oppression of Some Indian WomenFrom childhood, Houstonian Harsangat Raj Kaur took pleasure in mounting the back of a wild horse and riding off on it‒guiding it...
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Sikh Heritage of Pakistan presentation at Kuch Khaas
In an attempt to encapsulate the essence of Sikh culture and heritage in the country, a multimedia presentation of rare photographs was screened at Kuch Khaas on Thursday.The photographs offered...
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A soldier remembers: Memoir of WW II veteran released
Memoir of WW-II Sikh veteran releasedThe memoir of a prominent Sikh World War II veteran, who fought against racism by the Newton Legion, was released in Surrey on Saturday afternoon. Authored by...
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Panjabi now on Google translate
Google Translate has added support for Punjabi language as part of nine new languages which includes Nepali, Mongolian, Maori and African languages Somali, Zulu and others.With this, Google Translate...
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High court directs Punjab to find gurdwaras to display relics of Sikh gurus
CHANDIGARH: The Punjab and Haryana high court on Wednesday directed the Punjab government to find two gurdwaras, run by Shiromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC), in Nabha where 12 relics of Guru...
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‘Reconstruction of Chamkaur Di Garhi will be completed within one year’
Rupnagar, Punjab: Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) president Avtar Singh Makkar on Tuesday said the reconstruction of Chamkaur di Garhi, the site related to Guru Gobind Singh and the...
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'Twin the two cities of General Paolo Avitabile' says Sikh documentary maker
Bobby Singh Bansall with the letter from NaplesPESHAWAR: Agerola, a commune in the Naples province of Italy and the ancestral town of Peshawar’s Italian governor under Sikh rule General Paolo...
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Kush: film about 1984 Sikh riots nominated for Oscar
Director Subhashish Bhutiani’s short film ‘Kush’ based on the 1984 anti-Sikh pogrom has been short listed for nominations in the best live action film category at the 86th Academy Awards.The movie,...
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General Allards Tomb: Remnants of a forgotten past
Tracing the footstep to the historical ‘Kuri ala Bagh’ in LahoreAfter Napoleon lost the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 and was sent packing to Saint Helena, his army of mercenaries was in disarray. Though...
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SGPC calls for action against author long dead
The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) on Wednesday demanded legal action against the author of ‘The History of Sikhs’ without realising that author William Lewis M’Gregor had died around...
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Sikh Research Conference 2014
The annual international Sikh Research Conference (SRC) has been established because there has been a serious neglect of Sikh Studies in the UK. Whilst there are many Sikh scholars studying and...
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Rare documents show British collusion in 1984 attacks
This morning it has been learned that the British Government played a part in the attack in 1984 on the Golden Temple. It was brought to our attention by Dr Kamalroop Singh on his facebook page.Newly...
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