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Sikhs have a given name and one or both of a surname and a Khalsa name. The surname may be a family name (based on the name of the ancestral village) or a caste name. Different castes still exist today in some aspects of Punjabi culture; similarly to the Hindu caste system, this system is based on employment [citation needed] (ex. jatt signifies the farming caste).
Punjabi Sikh soldiers constituted a significant chunk of the British Indian Army due to their distinguished service in action. [14] [15] Despite being only around 2% of India's population, Punjabi Sikhs constitute around 20% of the Indian Armed Forces, with the Punjab province being the 2nd largest contributor for manpower after Uttar Pradesh ...
Bhai Taru Singh was a prominent Sikh martyr known for sacrificing his life, in the name of protecting Sikh values, by having had his head scalped rather than Cutting his hair and converting to Islam. Kartar Singh Sarabha was an Indian revolutionary; Bhagat Singh Lahore 1931; Udham Singh Barnsbury, England, 1940; Fauja Singh Amritsar, 1979
Bob Singh Dhillon, Sikh Punjabi Indian-Canadian property businessman; Brijmohan Lall Munjal, was an Indian entrepreneur and the founder of Hero Group; Dharampal Gulati, founder of MDH; F. C. Kohli, regarded as the "father" of the Indian software industry, founder of TCS; Gulshan Kumar, T Series music label
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 ...
"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 ...
He, alongside Bhai Daya Singh, were the two Sikhs entrusted with delivering the Guru's Zafarnama letter to Mughal emperor Aurangzeb. [3] [4] They were dispatched from either Kangar village, Bathinda or Dina village, Moga, for this purpose. [3] [4] He was seen as the reincarnation of Bhagat Dhanna in early Sikh literature. [5] [6]
In 1930, a Sikh Research Centre was founded within the college of Ganda Singh, who headed it until 1947. [2] The Sikh Research Centre of Khalsa College has since grown to encompass a library and art galleries, containing thousands of artefacts, books, manuscripts, and paintings related to Sikhs and Sikhism. [2]