Bookmark?Remove? Sir Ganga Ram -financial wizard and philanthropist of the Punjab Published 7y ago - Gurpreet Singh Anand Sir Ganga Ram Agarwal was the father of modern Lahore. A financially rich man, an architect, designer and manager par excellence. His works stand tall even today in Lahore and each monument speaks for his meticulousness and eye for detail. The author, who is a... More »
Bookmark?Remove? WWI 100 Years and 100,000 sacrifices on, Sikhs still denied recognition Published 7y ago - Jagdeesh Singh UK official commemorations are a cruel discrimination and sham, the Sikh acclaim cosmetic, too little too late. When the new Smethwick memorial was vandalised, British Sikhs felt fed up, emotionally tortured and bruised, adding to the continuous exclusion from... More »
Bookmark?Remove? Smethwick Sikh Soldier Statue celebrates forgotten lions of World Wars Published 7y ago - Jagdeesh Singh As a proud descendant of a family of Sikh soldiers who served in the British Indian army during the World Wars, Jagdeesh Singh expresses his joy at the unveiling of the statue at Smethwick, but at the same time urges the debate to go beyond memorials and look ... More »
Bookmark?Remove? Harjinder Singh Kukreja pays homage to WWI Sikh soldiers in Gallipoli, Turkey Published 8y ago - Jagmohan Singh Harjinder Singh Kukreja takes his travelling to a new height when he reaches Gallipoli in Çanakkale province of Turkey to pay homage to the Sikh soldiers killed during World War I, as part of the four-year-long worldwide commemoration of their martyrdom. He u... More »
Bookmark?Remove? “10 Sikh Supermen” die in Battle of Festubert, 19 May 1915 Published 8y ago - Bhupinder Singh Holland 100 years ago, during the month of May 1915, Sikh soldiers and officers, participating in the famous Battle of Festubert in France laid down their lives and won proficiency medals. The author has doggedly worked over the last decades to chronicle the contribut... More »
Bookmark?Remove? 2017 Year of Sikh Diaspora and Sikh Newsmakers Published 8y ago - Jagmohan Singh As the New Year races on, World Sikh News reflects on the year gone by and calls 2017 Year of the Sikh Diaspora. WSN also lists Sikh Newsmakers of 2017 who have been the talk of the Sikh world and who have made a mark in their fields of endeavour. 2017 -Year o... More »
Bookmark?Remove? #WeWillRememberThem -Sign for Sikh War Memorial in central London Published 8y ago - Jagmohan Singh World Sikh News invites readers to join the campaign of British MP Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi for a National Sikh War Memorial in central London; sign and share on Facebook, Twitter and email the online petition #WeWillRememberThem. #WeWillRememberThem. Spare a fe... More »
Bookmark?Remove? ਦੂਜੀ ਵਿਸ਼ਵ ਜੰਗ ਦੌਰਾਨ ਇਟਲੀ ਲਈ ਸ਼ਹੀਦ ਸਿੱਖ ਫੌਜੀ ਸਾਡਾ ਮਾਣ Published 8y ago - Bhupinder Singh Holland ਸ੍. ਬਲਵਿੰਦਰ ਸਿੰਘ ਚਾਹਲ ਵੱਲੋ ਕੀਤੀ ਹੋਈ ਅਣਥੱਕ ਮਿਹਨਤ ਦ੍ਰਿੜਤਾ ਅਤੇ ਲਗਨ ਨਾਲ ਲਿਖੀ ਹੋਈ ਇਹ ਇਤਿਹਾਸਕ ਤੱਥਾਂ ਦੇ ਅਧਾਰ `ਤੇ ਇਹ ਕਿਤਾਬ ਪੜ੍ ਕੇ ਬਹੁਤ-ਬਹੁਤ ਮੁਬਾਰਕਵਾਦ ਪੇਸ਼ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ ਅਤੇ ਸਾਰੀ ਸਿੱਖ ਕੌਮ ਨੂੰ ਵਧਾਈਆਂ ਅਰਜ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। ਲੇਖਕ ਨੂੰ ਵਧਾਈਆਂ ਦਿੰਦੇ ਹੋਏ ਮੈ ਆਸ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ ਕਿ ਸਿੱਖ ਵਡੀ ਗਿਣਤੀ ਵਿਚ... More »
Bookmark?Remove? ਸਿੱਖ ਫ਼ੌਜੀਆਂ ਦੀ ਬਹਾਦਰੀ ਦਾ ਦਸਤਾਵੇਜ: ਇਟਲੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਸਿੱਖ ਫ਼ੌਜੀ ਪੁਸਤਕ Published 8y ago - Ujagar Singh ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਦੇ ਸਾਹਿਤਕਾਰ ਬਲਵਿੰਦਰ ਸਿੰਘ ਚਾਹਲ ਨੇ ਦੂਜੇ ਵਿਸ਼ਵ ਯੁੱਧ ਵਿਚ ਇਟਲੀ ਵਿਚ ਸਿੱਖ ਫ਼ੌਜੀ ਪੁਸਤਕ ਲਿਖਕੇ ਆਪਣੀ ਵਿਰਾਸਤ ਦੀ ਸਫਲਤਾ ਦੀ ਕਹਾਣੀ ਲਿਖੀ ਹੈ। ਸਿੱਖਾਂ ਦੀ ਬਹਾਦਰੀ ਦੀਆਂ ਧੁੰਮਾਂ ਸੰਸਾਰ ਵਿਚ ਪਈਆਂ ਹੋਈਆਂ ਹਨ ਕਿਉਂਕਿ ਸਿੱਖਾਂ ਦੀ ਵਿਰਾਸਤ ਬਹੁਤ ਹੀ ਅਮੀਰ ਹੈ। ਲੇਖਕ ਨੇ ਇਸ ਪੁਸਤਕ ਨੂੰ 6 ਸਾਲਾਂ ਦੀ ਘਾਲਣ... More »
Bookmark?Remove? World War I and II British Indian soldiers’ sacrifice is exemplary Published 8y ago - Bhupinder Singh Holland The author shares his journey of generating interest about Sikh soldiers’ sacrifice after taking part in the launch of an exhibition of Indian soldiers, which was on display at the Manekshaw Centre in the Delhi Cantonment early November, commemorating a hundre... More »
Bookmark?Remove? World Traveller Guru Nanak Sahib at Omkareshwar in Madhya Pradesh Published 8y ago - Col Dr Dalvinder Singh Grewal Guru Nanak Sahib 548th Birth Anniversary Special: The best way to know the work of Guru Nanak is to be a traveller as He was. The learned author travels to the farthest corner of Central India in Omkareshwar, Madhya Pradesh, tracing the footsteps of Guru Nanak... More »
Bookmark?Remove? The Sikh-Dr Ambedkar connection Published 9y ago - Prabhdial Singh Saini This lesser known aspect of contemporary Sikh history needs to be retold more than ever before as the Sikhs struggle to come to terms with growing casteism and Brahmanical rites in their way of life. Social large-heartedness and not political short-sightedness... More »