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A district of the Punjab state of India is an administrative geographical unit, headed by a District Magistrate or Deputy Commissioner, an officer belonging to the Indian Administrative Service. The District Magistrate or the Deputy Commissioner is assisted by a number of officers belonging to Punjab Civil Service and other state services.
Singh (IPA: / ˈ s ɪ ŋ / SING) is a title, middle name, or surname that means "lion" in various South Asian and Southeast Asian communities. Traditionally used by the Hindu Kshatriya community, [1] it was later mandated in the late 17th century by Guru Gobind Singh (born Gobind Das) for all male Sikhs as well, in part as a rejection of caste-based prejudice [2] and to emulate Rajput naming ...
People belonging to a particular gotra may not be of the same caste (as there are many gotras which are part of different castes) in the Hindu social system. However, there is a notable exception among matrilineal Tulu speakers, for whom the lineages are the same across the castes. People of the same gotra are generally not allowed to marry.
Banda Singh Bahadur, [50] [51] was a Sikh military commander of Khalsa army who assembled a fighting force and led the rebellion against the Mughals to establish Khalsa rule in Punjab [52] [53] [54] Jai Singh II, King of Amber and founder of its capital city Jaipur [55] Sansar Chand, King of Kangra, patron of Kangra paintings [56] [57]
Toba Tek Singh Chak 217 GB: Village: Faisalabad Chak 720 GB: Village: Toba Tek Singh Chak 38 3R: Village: Bahawalnagar Chak 44/12.L: Village: Sahiwal Chak 40 GB: Village: Sahiwal Chak 667/8 GB: Village: Toba Tek Singh Chak Fourteen MB: Village: Khushab Chak Jamal: Village: Jhelum Chak Jani: Town: Jhelum Chak Khasa: Village: Jhelum Chak Malook ...
Kapurthala State, was a kingdom and later Princely state of the Punjab Province of India. Ruled by Ahluwalia Sikh rulers, spread across 510 square miles (1,300 km 2 ). According to the 1901 census the state had a population of 314,341 and contained two towns and 167 villages. [ 1 ]
Amarinder Singh (born 1942), Chief Minister of Punjab (from 2017) Amarjit Singh (born 1970), British former wrestler; Amit Singh (cricketer) (born 1981), Indian first-class cricketer; Amitabha Singh, Indian cinematographer and film producer; Amitoze Singh (born 1989), Indian first-class cricketer; Amjyot Singh (born 1992), Indian basketball player
Ranjit Singh was born in a Sandhawalia Jat Sikh family on 13 November 1780 to Maha Singh and Raj Kaur in Gujranwala, Punjab region (present-day Punjab, Pakistan). His mother Raj Kaur was the daughter of Sidhu Jat Sikh ruler Raja Gajpat Singh of Jind .