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PDL plans to establish a library of books related to Panjab's art, culture, and history. Rare manuscripts and old magazines will also become part of it. Amongst all these, newspapers will be kept in a big way. About 15 titles from 1960 onwards will be part of the library.
'We are not Hindus'), also spelled as Hum Hindu Nahin, is a 19th-century Punjabi book by Kahn Singh Nabha, [1] [2] [3] on the distinction of the Sikhism and identity. [4] First published in 1898, [ 5 ] the book was registered under this title in the Punjab Gazette on June 30, 1899, at number 447.
[171] [172] The history of the Sikh faith is closely associated with the history of Punjab and the socio-political situation in the north-west of the Indian subcontinent in the 17th century. The hymns composed by Guru Nanak were later collected in the Guru Granth Sahib , the central religious scripture of the Sikhs.
In the Indian state of Punjab, Punjabi Hindus make up approximately 38.5% of the state's population; numbering 10.7 million and are a majority in the Doaba region. Punjabi Hindus form a majority in five districts of Punjab, namely, Pathankot, Jalandhar, Hoshiarpur, Fazilka and Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar districts. [38]
The first book cover was a representation of the Phulkari embroidery. In the past two decades, covers have been designed by the artist R. M. Singh It is a recommended text for the Masters classes in Punjabi literature by various universities. The book is known as the dictionary of the cultural legacy of the Punjab. [4]
Sohan Singh Seetal (1909-1998) Poet, Novelist, historian, Authored more than 60 books; Santokh Singh Dhir (1920–2010) Giani Sant Singh Maskeen (1934–2005) Sharif Kunjahi (1915–2007) Shah Mohammad (1780–1862) Shiv Kumar Batalvi (1937–1973) Sujan Singh (1909–1993) Sultan Bahu (1628–1691) Surjit Paatar (1945–) Shardha Ram Phillauri ...
"The Rise of the Honorable Guru Panth/Sikh Community"), [1] is a historical text about Sikh history in the 1700s by Rattan Singh Bhangu and was completed in the early 1810s. [ note 1 ] [ 2 ] The text's opening foundation briefly covers the lives of the ten Sikh Gurus, then traces the accomplishments of the Sikh community from 1708 to the ...
[13]: 78–85 One of the earliest commercial Punjabi books on record is an 1851 edition of Waris Shah's Heer Ranjha version produced by the Chashm-i-Nur Press of Lahore. [13]: 78–85 Not much is known about Punjabi books before 1867, the year the administration began compiling reports on vernacular publishing.