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Sikhs caught up in France's battle to stay secular By Abhik Chanda (AFP) http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gvpHOc3xQ4lvz_DpQqm-61wW4lSw?docId=f543e88e-2876-47fc-9c79-70a1a51c1137 PARIS — France's Sikh community is ramping up a campaign for the turban to be allowed in...

September 12 is celebrated every year around the world as Saragarhi Day by all the battalions of the elite Sikh Regiment. UNESCO has recognized this battle as one of the eight great battles of the world known for collective bravery. On receiving the news shortly after the Battle in 1897, it...

Australia and Japan in Court Battle over Whaling THE HAGUE (Reuters) - By Thomas Escritt Australia accused Japan of carrying out commercial whaling under the guise of scientific research on the first day of court hearings between the two nations that campaigners say could lead to an end...

The following are excerpts from a neutral source- "The Battle of Chillianwala fought on 13 January 1849 is, however, one odd exception and stands out as a battle in which the British failed to defeat their opponents despite having the advantages of weight of numbers, ideal weather and terrain...

Army chief loses age battle in SC; relief would have opened a Pandora's Box Nipun Sehgal and Ankit Gupta, Star News Correspondents Friday, 10 February 2012 13:53 Army chief General VK Singh. Photo: PTI. New Delhi: The Army Chief General Vijay Kumar Singh's fight for his correct date...

The Battle of Saragarhi - The Last Stand of the 36th Sikh Regiment - YouTube http://www.sikhcomics.com publication. September 12, 1897, twenty-one soldiers of the 36th Sikh Regiment, including their commander, Havildar Ishar Singh, faced impossible odds. Over ten thousand Pathans and...

Comic book on the Battle of Saragarhi is due to be released on Nov 30, 2011 Battle of Saragarhi, The Last Stand of The 36th Sikh Regiment Script: Daljeet Singh Sidhu, Art: Amarjit Virdi From the back cover: September 12, 1897, 21 soldiers of the 36th Sikh Regiment, including their...

(Reuters) - UK anti-poverty charity War on Want appealed on Monday for a new food system which favours small growers in the struggle against world hunger. In a report entitled "Food Sovereignty: Reclaiming the global food system", it said it had formed partnerships with farmers' groups across...

In December 2009, writer-director Rohit Jugraj officially announced his next film, titled 21, based on that one day in the 1897 battle of Saragarhi, when 21 young Sikh soldiers guarded their post against an army of over 10,000 Afridi Pathans. While Jugraj got busy writing the screenplay for...

August 27, 2011 We have won only half the battle: Anna Hazare Agencies | Aug 27, 2011, 09.47PM IST NEW DELHI: Anna Hazare declared on Saturday that the nation's people had won a great victory as he announced he would end his fast at 10am on Sunday. Hazare thanked people for their...

by Terry Moran It's not your ordinary Sunday service. In a small church just outside Buffalo, N.Y., people are retching and coughing up into paper bags. A few are incessantly, forcefully, weirdly yawning. An 8-year-old boy is tackled and pinned to the ground as he yells out, "Get off of...

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Forwarded by SPN mentor Gyani Jarnail Singh "Arshi" NRI Uday Singh was the first Sikh to die in battle of Iraq as a U.S. soldier His headstone displays the first Khanda to appear as an official emblem of belief for government headstones and markers Arlington, Virginia, July 07...

Feb 16, 2011 Madan Singh Jamrud is an important place at the mouth of the Khyber Pass. It was the scene of a glorious battle between the Sikhs and the Afghans Jamrud is a fort about 10 miles off Peshawar. Located at the opening of the Khyber Pass, it formed the outermost limit of the Sikh...

Battle of Multan-A Tribute to Sikh Arms Jan 19, 2011 Madan Singh The city of Multan was captured by the Sikh army in 1818.It was a significant victory, as it was the first time an Indian Army had moved westward. Multan is a major town of Pakistan on the banks of the River Indus. A major...

Sikh Soldier: Battle Honours, Gallantry Awards A Book Review by T. SHER SINGH The two volumes of "Sikh Soldier", by Narindar Singh Dhesi, have been collectively chosen as the sikhchic.com "Book of the Month" for Septenmber, 2010. SIKH SOLDIER: BATTLE HONOURS [Volume One], by Narindar Singh...

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A SCHOOL that fought a legal battle to force a Sikh pupil to remove a religious bracelet spent at least £170,000 on the lost case, it emerged yesterday. And an MP last night accused the school of using technicalities to avoid divulging how much money it actually spent, fearing it could...

WOLVERHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY The Sikh employees of Wolverhampton Transport Committee have won their battle to wear their turbans while working on the town's buses. The committee decided today to lift its ban after a last-minute intervention by the Department of Employment and Productivity...

The Battle of Malaya by HARCHAND SINGH BEDI When the history of this titanic struggle comes to be written in mature perspective, none of its many sides will, we believe, excite more wonderment and more ungrudging admiration than the part the Sikhs soldiers have played in it...