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The Battle of Saragarhi, 12 September 1897, Tirah, North-West Frontier Province, British India (modern day Pakistan). 21 Sikhs of the British Indian Army, against 10,000 Afghan Pashtun’s. Yea, Sikh’s, total badasses that most of our idiot countrymen often confuse for Muslims. Shut up and listen.

The Battle of Saragarhi was fought before the Tirah Campaign on 12 September 1897 between 21 Sikhs of the 36th Sikhs (now the 4th Battalion of the Sikh Regiment) of British India, defending an army post against 10,000 Afghan and Orakzai tribesmen, other estimates put the opposition force above 13,500+. The 21 Sikhs defending against a massive border incursion while positioned in sentry defense of the foremost positioned tiny garrison on the line.

At 0900 on 12 September, the 10,000 Afghan’s under cover of pre-dawn darkness initiated their attack against the Sikh held garrison. The defending Sikh’s relay a message to their British higher headquarters and inform them a massed attack is underway. The British Army replies, indicating they cannot form a reinforcement and essentially communicate the 21 Sikh’s are on their own against 10,000 scream and attacking Pashtun commanders and fighters armed with heavy artillery and rifles.

The initial Pashtun assault commences with heavy, accurate artillery strikes to prominent fortifications. The following events are taken as verbatim accounts of the battle’s development as they were in real time personally communicated via signals chronologically by the Sikh warrior and one of the 21, Gurmukh Singh who fought in, observed, coordinated and reported the play by play of the battle throughout the day. At 0930 the initial Pashtun assault is driven back violently by Sikh rifleman positioned upon the fort walls who kicked over Pashtun assaulter ladders and drove cyclical murderous rifle fire within the dense hoard below them targeting the tops of heads. Over 3,500 Pashtun’s are driven back while the Sikh’s reportedly killed so many bodies, in many places they fell upon each other measuring over 10 feet in height.

At roughly 1015, the Pashtun’s end the attack and dispatch a herald before the fort’s defensive walls under white flag of truce and begin to communicate conditions to include acceptance of surrender would come with safe passage and a reward or riches. This gesture is promptly rejected via intensive Sikh fires targeting not the only heralding messenger but effectively the distant Pashtun line inciting them to fight which they do, and are promptly again driven to a forced retreat after losing considerable numbers in open ground by effective devastating Sikh bolt action rifle fires. The Pashtun’s respond with a 90 minute barrage of artillery fires, destroying two observation towers and within this time around mid afternoon encircle the cubical fortification and begin setting fires to wooden reinforced entry portals and sally ports.

By 1500 hours a breach had occurred, allowing the Afghan’s to flood the inner quadrangle and allowed surviving Sikh defenders to leap upon them screaming, shirtless and knives drawn from the height of the fort’s inner perimeter catwalks and a lengthy cataclysmic orgy of primitive and profound hand to hand combat ensued. The Sikh’s slashed throats and stabbed vital organs of their attackers, commandeered the rifles of the dead and unloaded into the teeth of the assaulting Pashtun’s. Gurmukh Singh, who communicated the battle in it’s entirety by signal with nearby British Col. Haughton, who was without sufficient reinforcements and unable to assist, was the FINAL Sikh defender. He is stated to have killed 20 Afghans, the Pashtuns having to set fire to the observation post to kill him. He lept while burning, knife drawn and fell into the writhing mass of Pashtun’s. As he was dying he was said to have yelled repeatedly the Sikh battle-cry “Bole So Nihal, Sat Sri Akal” (Shout Aloud in Ecstasy! True is the Great Timeless One). “Akal,” meaning Immortal, beyond death, the Supreme Creator God unbound by time and non-temporal.

The following day when thousands of British Army reinforcements arrived and successfully repelled the Afghan’s, exactly 21 Sikh MEN were found, most shirtless, all knives drawn from hip sheaths, and covered in blood surrounded by over 600 dead Afghan fighters. Not a single, not ONE SINGLE ROUND remaining was discovered in any Sikh ammo carrier, magazine, nor rifle itself. All munitions, including the reserves were categorically expended during the battle in it’s entirety per each Sikh Warrior to the last, fucking MAN.

All of the 21 Sikh non-commissioned officers and soldiers of other ranks who laid down their lives in the Battle of Saragarhi were posthumously awarded the Indian Order of Merit, the highest gallantry award of that time, which an Indian soldier could receive by the hands of the British crown, the corresponding gallantry award being Victoria Cross. This award is equivalent to today’s Param Vir Chakra awarded by the President of India.

They the 21 were ALL born in Majha region of Punjab. The names of the 21 recipients of the gallantry award are as follows:

Havildar Ishar Singh (Regimental number 165)
Naik Lal Singh (332)
Naik Chanda Singh (546)
Lance Naik Sundar Singh (1321)
Lance Naik Ram Singh (287)
Lance Naik Uttar Singh (492)
Lance Naik Sahib Singh (182)
Sepoy Hira Singh (359)
Sepoy Daya Singh (687)
Sepoy Jivan Singh (760)
Sepoy Bhola Singh (791)
Sepoy Narayan Singh (834)
Sepoy Gurmukh Singh (814)
Sepoy Jivan Singh (871)
Sepoy Gurmukh Singh (1733)
Sepoy Ram Singh (163)
Sepoy Bhagwan Singh (1257)
Sepoy Bhagwan Singh (1265)
Sepoy Buta Singh (1556)
Sepoy Jivan Singh (1651)
Sepoy Nand Singh (1221)

WARRIORS, which most of you are not.

~ Source: Ericgkirsch.com

ERIC KIRSCH is a former Captain in the United States Marine Corps who served multiple combat deployments in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. Commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant after graduating with honors from The Citadel in 2004, Kirsch served in Iraq as Human Intelligence Exploitation Team (HET) Officer in Charge before being selected for further training at the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) Joint Counter Intelligence Training Academy (JCITA), earning the title of Special Agent with the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) in 2009. Since his honourable discharge in 2012, Kirsch has served as an Offensive Counter Intelligence Operations instructor at JCITA; as a civilian Special Agent with NCIS; and as a civilian Advisor to the American Government and the Kurdish Regional Government in Iraqi Kurdistan. He is the founder and CEO of Torchlight USA.

Ladies in china cried reading the Guru Granth sahib. After decades of communism and atheism the need to experience spirituality is so strong that emotions overflow.

Now, at Ajai Alai Center, prakash of the Guru is done every morning and sukhasan every evening.
Also, the prashad recipe is now part of the new born 3HO Chinese community.

Satmukh Singh is the one who started all this process in China six years ago must be honored for the mission.

These are few comments of some of the Chinese ladies who participated to the Akhandh Path.

Saibhang Kaur : “Reading the Guru was indescribable, and sometimes feeling taken over”

Ramdev Kaur : “It felt like a new beginning, an opening and I am honor to be here for the first of what may be many to come”.

Devinder Kaur : “A Divine and Miraculous experience. I feel really close to God.”

Ajeet Dev Kaur : “Moving. When you make some mistakes, you feel guilty but someone didn’t judge you and saw the good part of you and treated you gently, just like the Guru’s love.”

Sukh Meher Kaur : “Amazing experience. When I was reading the book, I entered a space where I was worry free, care free. I could leave everything behind. I felt protected. I got much deeper understanding about the Sikh religion. In that space, I feel very comfortable, I just wanted to stay by the Guru. Also, one time, reading the Guru, I was crying.”

How it was achieved ?

Here in China we are having the Chinese Yoga Festival. The Yoga Festival was organized by Satmukh Singh, from France, in the Ajai Alai Yoga Center in Shenzhen and Satmukh Singh wanted to have an Akhandh Path.
So Karta Singh from France gave to the new Gurdwara a Guru in one volume (made by binding the 4 volume translation together.)

Atma Singh (myself) gave the Victory and Virtues (Sikh Dharma ceremonies) book. Sat Siri Singh, from London, was our Minister for the whole process.

We just finished the Akandh Path this morning at 4:30. 29 different people read it for 110.5 hours. We started on May 1st, at 14h.

The experience was very inspiring and also fun: at the beginning, all the Chinese, with great devotion, did multiple bows, like the Muslims are doing, in front of the pictures of the Gurus on the wall. We educated them to bow in front of the Guru Granth Sahib only.

Source : sarnasolitaires.wordpress

Guru Ramdas Langar Hall at Sri Harmandir Sahib (popularly known as the Golden Temple) – one of the world’s largest community kitchens, will soon be serving organic food. A kitchen that feeds 100,000 people daily .

A kitchen that will be open for 24 hours a day and 7 days a week for free. It is ready to raise the bar even further and set a benchmark for others to follow.

Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), which administers the gurdwaras across the country, has decided to adopt organic farming – a decision that is sure to delight pilgrims and conservationists alike. Organic farming is the practice of growing crops without the use of chemical pesticides, herbicides and fertilisers. Instead, it emphasises on crop rotation, organic fertilisers, and plant-based pesticides and herbicides to maintain soil productivity.

“Organic farming is the new mission of SGPC to inspire farmers to cut down on the use of chemicals and pesticides and switch to sustainable agricultural practices,” an SGPC official said.

Grains, fruits and vegetables like carrot, reddish, cauliflower, spinach and fenugreek (popularly known as ‘methi’) are now being grown at farms in Patiala and Gurdwara Gurusar Satlani Sahib near Amritsar, the official said, adding that they have now started receiving supply of 10 quintals of organic produce every 1-2 days which is being used to prepare nourishing vegetarian meals for the pilgrims.

While applauding this landmark decision, Dr Rajwant Singh, founder and president of EcoSikh, a non-profit organisation is working to raise awareness about environmental issues and inspiring farmers to focus on producing food through organic means, said that they are now hoping that around 25,000-30,000 gurdwaras in Punjab will follow suit.

“We need to respects the natural resources… the gifts given by our creator,” he said. “Just imagine, if all the gurdwaras, temples and mosques switch to organic food in consumption and distribution – the farmers will then see that there’s set market and they can start producing food for which they will not have to use chemicals and pesticides,” said Dr Singh.

Organic farming also got a fillip in Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s Union Budget this year. Under the Parmparagat Krishi Vikas scheme launched by the government – the aim is to increase the area under organic farming in the country to five lakh acres in the next three years. The government has also allocated Rs. 412 crore to organic farming in the Budget.

“Everyone today is aware of how badly chemically-grown food affects their lives and the environment”, Dr Singh told NDTV, adding that a clear message from the precincts of Sri Harmandir Sahib will certainly be an inspiration for all faiths to promote organic farming and take good care of Mother Earth.

Source : Dailysikhupdates

It was Guru Gobind Singh Ji’s Divaan and Guru Sahib asked Bhai Daya Singh Ji to take the chaur sahib away from the Singh .

The singh was really upset that Guru Sahib had taken his seva away so he said to Guru Ji “Why did u take the seva away from me, I’m heart broken?”

Guru Sahib said you have broken ‘my’ heart by taking away what I blessed you with. On reflection, that morning the Singh had seen a white hair in his beard and plucked it out because he didn’t want people to see it.

If Guru Sahib loves ‘1’ hair that much, imagine how he must feel when his beloved Sikhs do Kes beadbi.
Vaheguroo!

Source : Kaur’s Corner FB Page

ਤਪਤ ਕੜਾਹਾ ਬੁਝ ਗਿਆ
ਗੁਰ ਸੀਤਲ ਨਾਮ ਦੀਆ

ਗੁਰੂ ਜੀ ਨੇ ਮਰਦਾਨੇ ਦੀ ਸਹਾਇਤਾ ਕੀਤੀ
ਤੇ ਕੋਡੇ ਰਾਖਸਿ ਨੂੰ ਦਰਸ਼ਨ ਦੇ ਕੇ ਉਧਾਰ ਕੀਤਾ

Guru Nanak Dev Ji traveled to the wilderness of Assam with his companions, Bala and Mardana. During the journey, Mardana was very hungry and tired, so they sat under a tree. Later, Mardana went to get something to eat. On his way he met Kauda, the cannibal. Kauda took Mardana by surprise and bounded his hand and foot by a ropeand then carried him to the spot where he had kept a big pan full of oil for frying the flesh of his victims. Kauda started to lighten fire under the pan. When Mardana saw Kauda preparing to butcher him, he was very frightened and prayed to Guru Ji to come to his rescue. The all-knowing Guru realized what was happening to Mardana. He started walking towards Kauda’s place in order to rescue Mardana.

Kauda was trying to light the fire when Guru ji appeared. Kauda was completely bewildered. He went towards the Guru and tied him as well. He lit the fire and within minutes the oil was burning hot. Guru Nanak Dev Ji said that he wants be the first one to be fried. Kauda was astonished and surprise. He had never seen anyone like Guru Nanak before. Kauda carried on his routine and lifted Guru Ji to be put him in the big pan.

When the Guru’s feet touched the hot oil, it became cold as ice. Kauda then knew that Guru Nanak Dev Ji was not an ordinary person. Guru Ji looked at Kauda with compassion and graciously and said, “Kauda! You do not realize what you are doing. Would you cast yourself in the burning fire of hell?” Kauda, whose conscience was dead with heinous crimes, suddenly came to realization and was overwhelmed with repentance. The very gracious and holy sight of the divine Guru made him realize his guilt and he fell at Guru’s feet and begged for mercy. The gracious Guru blessed him with Naam, the meditation on the Name of God. Kauda changed entirely and thereafter lived as a devout disciple of Guru Nanak Dev Ji. He became an honest person and a devotee of God.

~ Source: Real Sikhism Website

धन गुरु गोबिंद सिंह
धन धन गुरु गोबिंद सिंह
माँ गुजरी के लाल गुरु गोबिंद सिंह
दुष्ट जन के काल गुरु गोबिंद सिंह
खालसा के सृष्टा गुरु गोबिंद सिंह
नवयुग के दृष्टा गुरु गोबिंद सिंह
वारे चारों लाल गुरु गोबिंद सिंह
हर हाल में खुश हाल गुरु गोबिंद सिंह
धर्म के रक्षक गुरु गोबिंद सिंह
पापी के भक्षक गुरु गोबिंद सिंह
धरम के सरताज गुरु गोबिंद सिंह
योग में योगी गुरु गोबिंद सिंह
लेखनी के धनी गुरु गोबिंद सिंह
युग प्रवर्तक संत गुरु गोबिंद सिंह
रचे धर्म ग्रन्थ गुरु गोबिंद सिंह
हे पिता दशमेश गुरु गोबिंद सिंह
संत सिपाही वेष गुरु गोबिंद सिंह
धन गुरु गोबिंद सिंह
धन धन गुरु गोबिंद सिंह

By. Rajiv Jayaswal

18 Mar 2016 — Each one of you deserves to be congratulated!

New Delhi, March 17: The Supreme Court today indicated that it might ban “Santa Banta” jokes from being circulated for “commercial” motives on the Internet and other media “if the entire (Sikh) community is being aggrieved by it”.

Such a ban will apply to all publications and broadcasters but not to jokes told during private conversations.

“Tell us the directions that can be given. If it is done with a commercial angle, we will certainly stop it,” a bench headed by Chief Justice T.S. Thakur told Satwinder Singh Gulati, counsel for petitioner Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee.

The SGPC is the highest temporal body of Sikhs and manages the affairs of gurdwaras worldwide. It had filed a writ petition on the subject after a woman Sikh advocate moved the apex court seeking a ban on the circulation of Sikh jokes.

In its petition, the SGPC said it had received complaints from Sikhs and Sikh organisations against the circulation of jokes at the expense of the community on the Internet.

It urged the court to determine whether the circulation of these jokes violated Sikhs’ fundamental right to live with dignity under Article 21 of the Constitution, their right of equality under Article 14, and their right to profess and propagate their religion, as enshrined in Article 25.

It asked the court to decide whether “Internet websites circulating and selling Sikh jokes have unrestricted rights under Article 19 of the Constitution to do business, where the business being done by them hurts the sentiments, self-respect of a minority community”.

“It is further submitted that if this circulation of Sardar jokes be allowed to continue, depicting Sikhs as naïve, inept, etc. etc. then, since it creates a stereotype image of Sikhs, it is also leading to undermine the contributions made by Sikhs for the independence of India, such as sacrifices by Sikh Gurus, sacrifice of Sikh soldiers to protect the frontiers of this country and Punjab as an agriculture storehouse feeding the entire nation, apart from the above, the Sikhs have made contributions in all spheres of life, be it science, engineering, administration, bureaucracy, literature, medicines etc. etc,” the petition said.

The SGPC says it had approached several government authorities, including ministers, against the circulation of such jokes but no action had followed.

Earlier, advocate Harvinder Chowdhury had urged the apex court to ban the 5,000-odd websites circulating jokes projecting Sikhs as “unintelligent”, “stupid”, “idiot”, “foolish”, “naïve”, “inept” and as lacking proficiency in English.

Harvinder, a Sikh married to a Hindu, told the court through counsel Ashish Pandey that such jokes violated the community’s fundamental right to life and to live with dignity, guaranteed under Article 21.

She urged a ban on these websites and prosecution of their owners under penal code sections 153A (promoting enmity between communities, punishable by up to a year in jail), 153B (imputations prejudicial to national integration, carrying up to a five-year term) and 268 (public nuisance, entailing six months’ jail).

source : The Telegraph

Beginning in the 2015-16 NHL season, arenas were instructed to introduce airport-style security screening of guests, including walk-through metal detectors. The WSO began working with arenas across Canada on creating a suitable accommodation for Sikh guests that would balance security with freedom of religion and the Sikhs’ obligation to wear the kirpan.

The World Sikh Organization of Canada has worked with NHL hockey arenas across Canada to implement kirpan accommodation procedures for Sikh guests. According to the policy adopted across Canada, Sikh guests wearing the kirpan should inform a member of the event service team at the security gate. The guest wearing the kirpan must be wearing all the other Sikh articles of faith. The total maximum length of a kirpan can be 7.5 inches, with a blade of no more than 4 inches in length and it should be worn underneath the clothing. In accordance with the Sikh tradition, the kirpan should be worn in a fabric belt (gatra) and secured into its sheath.

WSO President Mukhbir Singh said, “Hockey is Canada’s national sport and unites us across all of our differences. It was important that we proactively ensured that Sikh guests would not run into issues with the new security measures at arenas. Our discussions with the arenas have been very positive and they recognized the importance of welcoming Sikh guests and accommodating the kirpan. We believe that the kirpan accommodation policy now in place at these arenas is an effective balance of security and the right of Canadian Sikhs to freely practice their faith.” WSO had pioneered a kirpan accommodation policy for the guests at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics which has served as a precedent for the accommodation of the kirpan not just in Canada but across the world.

The World Sikh Organization of Canada (WSO) is a non-profit organization with a mandate to promote and protect the interests of Canadian Sikhs, as well as to promote and advocate for the protection of human rights for all individuals, irrespective of race, religion, gender, ethnicity, and social and economic status

~ Source : worldsikh.org