The Guru’s warrior scriptureA portrait of the Tenth Guru hunting from the ‘Anandpuri’ recension of Dasam Granth from 1696 AD. © Joginder Singh AhluwaliaPublished on the Oxford University Press blog January 2016. The scripture known as the Dasam Granth Sahib or the ‘Scripture of the Tenth King,’ has traditionally…
A memorial in honour of Sikh soldiers who fought during World War One has been unveiled at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire.The national WW1 Sikh Memorial statue commemorates the 130,000 Sikh men who took part in the war. More than 150 people pledged over £22,000 to pay…
A meeting of Sikh academics and scholars which took place at SOAS (School of Oriental and Asian Studies) on 09/10/2015.Discussions are taking place around creating a Sikh/Punjab(I) centre in the UK.
There has been a long history linking the Sikhs to the British since the eighteenth century. This history is relatively unknown and requires an initiative to bring closer introspection and investigation. As a result the Sikh Museum Initiative (SMI) will focus on locating and uncovering relics and artefacts…
Sikh Army Identity in World War 1Alternative Stories from the trenchesCommemorations of Indian soldiers in World War 1Concurrences in postcolonial research- perspectives, methodologies, engagements Linnaeus University, Kalmar, Sweden, 20-23 August 2015Gurinder Singh Mann, Independent ResearcherIt was during the Anglo-Sikh Wars of (1845–1846) and (1848–1849) where the British witnessed…
Gurinder Singh Mann and Taranjit SinghSikh Museum InitiativeSikh Studies ConferenceImperial CollegeLondonAugust 1st 2015Ranjit Singh on his conquest of becoming Maharaja of the Punjab absorbed the Misls or Confederacies of the Sikhs. As a result the riches and bounties were deposited into his newly built Sikh treasuries. Over time…
The Granth of Guru Gobind Singh: Essays Lectures and Translations(Oxford University Press). 2015 With Kamalroop Singh.In the Granth of Guru Gobind Singh, the authors offer new insights into the Sikh scripture Dasam Patshah Ka Granth, or the Dasam Granth, which has traditionally been attributed to Guru Gobind Singh.While…
International Sikh Research Conference 2015University of Warwick, UK. Sunday 28th June 2015. Sikh Museum Initiative: Documenting Sikh Relics and Artefacts in the UK. AbstractThere has been a long history linking the Sikhs to the British since the eighteenth century. This history is relatively unknown and requires an initiative to bring closer…
The Hindustan Times in India (Patiala pages) printed an article related to my thoughts on Sikh Relics. 30/04/2015
Coverage of the lecture Sikh Artifacts and Relics in the UK. In Punjabi Newspapers.