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Gurbani (14-53)
Ashtpadiyan (53-71)
Gurbani (71-74)
Pahre (74-78)
Chhant (78-81)
Vanjara (81-82)
Vaar Siri Raag (83-91)
Bhagat Bani (91-93)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਝ | Raag Maajh
Gurbani (94-109)
Ashtpadi (109)
Ashtpadiyan (110-129)
Ashtpadi (129-130)
Ashtpadiyan (130-133)
Bara Maha (133-136)
Din Raen (136-137)
Vaar Maajh Ki (137-150)
ਰਾਗੁ ਗਉੜੀ | Raag Gauree
Gurbani (151-185)
Quartets/Couplets (185-220)
Ashtpadiyan (220-234)
Karhalei (234-235)
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Thintteen (343-344)
Vaar Kabir (344-345)
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ਰਾਗੁ ਆਸਾ | Raag Aasaa
Gurbani (347-348)
Chaupaday (348-364)
Panchpadde (364-365)
Kaafee (365-409)
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Chhant (435-462)
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ਰਾਗੁ ਗੂਜਰੀ | Raag Goojaree
Gurbani (489-503)
Ashtpadiyan (503-508)
Vaar Gujari (508-517)
Vaar Gujari (517-526)
ਰਾਗੁ ਦੇਵਗੰਧਾਰੀ | Raag Dayv-Gandhaaree
Gurbani (527-536)
ਰਾਗੁ ਬਿਹਾਗੜਾ | Raag Bihaagraa
Gurbani (537-556)
Chhant (538-548)
Vaar Bihaagraa (548-556)
ਰਾਗੁ ਵਡਹੰਸ | Raag Wadhans
Gurbani (557-564)
Ashtpadiyan (564-565)
Chhant (565-575)
Ghoriaan (575-578)
Alaahaniiaa (578-582)
Vaar Wadhans (582-594)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸੋਰਠਿ | Raag Sorath
Gurbani (595-634)
Asatpadhiya (634-642)
Vaar Sorath (642-659)
ਰਾਗੁ ਧਨਾਸਰੀ | Raag Dhanasaree
Gurbani (660-685)
Astpadhiya (685-687)
Chhant (687-691)
Bhagat Bani (691-695)
ਰਾਗੁ ਜੈਤਸਰੀ | Raag Jaitsree
Gurbani (696-703)
Chhant (703-705)
Vaar Jaitsaree (705-710)
Bhagat Bani (710)
ਰਾਗੁ ਟੋਡੀ | Raag Todee
ਰਾਗੁ ਬੈਰਾੜੀ | Raag Bairaaree
ਰਾਗੁ ਤਿਲੰਗ | Raag Tilang
Gurbani (721-727)
Bhagat Bani (727)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸੂਹੀ | Raag Suhi
Gurbani (728-750)
Ashtpadiyan (750-761)
Kaafee (761-762)
Suchajee (762)
Gunvantee (763)
Chhant (763-785)
Vaar Soohee (785-792)
Bhagat Bani (792-794)
ਰਾਗੁ ਬਿਲਾਵਲੁ | Raag Bilaaval
Gurbani (795-831)
Ashtpadiyan (831-838)
Thitteen (838-840)
Vaar Sat (841-843)
Chhant (843-848)
Vaar Bilaaval (849-855)
Bhagat Bani (855-858)
ਰਾਗੁ ਗੋਂਡ | Raag Gond
Gurbani (859-869)
Ashtpadiyan (869)
Bhagat Bani (870-875)
ਰਾਗੁ ਰਾਮਕਲੀ | Raag Ramkalee
Ashtpadiyan (902-916)
Gurbani (876-902)
Anand (917-922)
Sadd (923-924)
Chhant (924-929)
Dakhnee (929-938)
Sidh Gosat (938-946)
Vaar Ramkalee (947-968)
ਰਾਗੁ ਨਟ ਨਾਰਾਇਨ | Raag Nat Narayan
Gurbani (975-980)
Ashtpadiyan (980-983)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਲੀ ਗਉੜਾ | Raag Maalee Gauraa
Gurbani (984-988)
Bhagat Bani (988)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਰੂ | Raag Maaroo
Gurbani (889-1008)
Ashtpadiyan (1008-1014)
Kaafee (1014-1016)
Ashtpadiyan (1016-1019)
Anjulian (1019-1020)
Solhe (1020-1033)
Dakhni (1033-1043)
ਰਾਗੁ ਤੁਖਾਰੀ | Raag Tukhaari
Bara Maha (1107-1110)
Chhant (1110-1117)
ਰਾਗੁ ਕੇਦਾਰਾ | Raag Kedara
Gurbani (1118-1123)
Bhagat Bani (1123-1124)
ਰਾਗੁ ਭੈਰਉ | Raag Bhairo
Gurbani (1125-1152)
Partaal (1153)
Ashtpadiyan (1153-1167)
ਰਾਗੁ ਬਸੰਤੁ | Raag Basant
Gurbani (1168-1187)
Ashtpadiyan (1187-1193)
Vaar Basant (1193-1196)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸਾਰਗ | Raag Saarag
Gurbani (1197-1200)
Partaal (1200-1231)
Ashtpadiyan (1232-1236)
Chhant (1236-1237)
Vaar Saarang (1237-1253)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਲਾਰ | Raag Malaar
Gurbani (1254-1293)
Partaal (1265-1273)
Ashtpadiyan (1273-1278)
Chhant (1278)
Vaar Malaar (1278-91)
Bhagat Bani (1292-93)
ਰਾਗੁ ਕਾਨੜਾ | Raag Kaanraa
Gurbani (1294-96)
Partaal (1296-1318)
Ashtpadiyan (1308-1312)
Chhant (1312)
Vaar Kaanraa
Bhagat Bani (1318)
ਰਾਗੁ ਕਲਿਆਨ | Raag Kalyaan
Gurbani (1319-23)
Ashtpadiyan (1323-26)
ਰਾਗੁ ਪ੍ਰਭਾਤੀ | Raag Prabhaatee
Gurbani (1327-1341)
Ashtpadiyan (1342-51)
ਰਾਗੁ ਜੈਜਾਵੰਤੀ | Raag Jaijaiwanti
Gurbani (1352-53)
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Sehskritee Mahala 1
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Shaloks Bhagat Kabir
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Swaiyyae Mahala 5
Swaiyyae in Praise of Gurus
Shaloks in Addition To Vaars
Shalok Ninth Mehl
Mundavanee Mehl 5
ਰਾਗ ਮਾਲਾ, Raag Maalaa
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<blockquote data-quote="Archived_Member16" data-source="post: 62328" data-attributes="member: 884"><p><span style="color: #000000">[FONT=Arial, Helvetica,sans-serif]<span style="color: #000000"><strong><a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-2528443,prtpage-1.cms" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #810081"><u>http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-2528443,prtpage-1.cms</u></span></span></a></strong></span>[/FONT]</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000000">[FONT=Arial, Helvetica,sans-serif]<span style="color: #000000"><strong><span style="color: navy">US Congress honours Indian-American member</span></strong></span>[/FONT]</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">[FONT=Arial, Helvetica,sans-serif]<span style="color: navy">8 Nov 2007</span>[/FONT]</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">[FONT=Arial, Helvetica,sans-serif]<span style="color: navy"><img src="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/images/spacer.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> </span>[/FONT]</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">[FONT=Arial, Helvetica,sans-serif]<span style="color: navy">WASHINGTON: Dilip Singh Saund, the first Indian-American to be elected to the US Congress nearly 50 years before Louisiana governor elect Bobby Jindal, has been honoured with a portrait in the complex. </span>[/FONT]</span></p><p> <span style="color: #000000"></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">[FONT=Arial, Helvetica,sans-serif]<span style="color: navy">Saund, who represented the 29th congressional district of California in the US House of Representatives from 1957 until 1963, is the seventh person to be so honoured. </span>[/FONT]</span></p><p> <span style="color: #000000"></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">[FONT=Arial, Helvetica,sans-serif]<span style="color: navy">The portrait unveiled on Wednesday, forms part of the House Fine Arts Board's programme to enhance the fine arts collection of the US Congress to include historically important members of the House. </span>[/FONT]</span></p><p> <span style="color: #000000"></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">[FONT=Arial, Helvetica,sans-serif]<span style="color: navy">Born Sep 20, 1899, to a Sikh family in Chhajulwadi, Punjab, Saund came to the US in 1920 to attend the University of California at Berkeley. In 1924 he graduated and earned MA and PhD degrees in mathematics. He thereafter remained in the US, becoming a successful farmer. </span>[/FONT]</span></p><p> <span style="color: #000000"></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">[FONT=Arial, Helvetica,sans-serif]<span style="color: navy">Subject to prejudice and discrimination, prohibited for owning land he farmed, his American wife having been stripped of her citizenship for marrying an "alien" man, Saund, however, did not waiver in his pursuit of the American dream. </span>[/FONT]</span></p><p> <span style="color: #000000"></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">[FONT=Arial, Helvetica,sans-serif]<span style="color: navy">He became a founding member and the first president of the India Association of America. The primary task of the association was to secure citizenship rights for Indians. </span>[/FONT]</span></p><p> <span style="color: #000000"></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">[FONT=Arial, Helvetica,sans-serif]<span style="color: navy">He ran for election in 1950 as a Justice of the Peace for Westmoreland township, California, and won the election, but his election was thrown out as he had been a citizen for less than a year. He later ran again for the same post and won. </span>[/FONT]</span></p><p> <span style="color: #000000"></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">[FONT=Arial, Helvetica,sans-serif]<span style="color: navy">In November 1955, he announced his campaign to run for the United States House of Representatives as a Democrat and won an election for an open seat against a Republican aviator, Jacqueline Cochran. </span>[/FONT]</span></p><p> <span style="color: #000000"></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">[FONT=Arial, Helvetica,sans-serif]<span style="color: navy">He was re-elected twice, becoming the first Asian American and Indian American member of Congress. In May 1962, he suffered a severe stroke, which left him unable to speak at all, or walk without assistance, thus ending his congressional career. </span>[/FONT]</span></p><p> <span style="color: #000000"></span></p><p> <span style="color: #000000"></span></p><p> <span style="color: #000000"></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">[FONT=Arial, Helvetica,sans-serif]<span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #ff0000"><strong>Dalip Singh Saund</strong> (September 20, 1899–April 22, 1973)</span></span>[/FONT]</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Archived_Member16, post: 62328, member: 884"] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial, Helvetica,sans-serif][COLOR=#000000][B][URL="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-2528443,prtpage-1.cms"][SIZE=2][COLOR=#810081][U]http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-2528443,prtpage-1.cms[/U][/COLOR][/SIZE][/URL][/B][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial, Helvetica,sans-serif][COLOR=#000000][B][COLOR=navy]US Congress honours Indian-American member[/COLOR][/B][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica,sans-serif][COLOR=navy]8 Nov 2007[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica,sans-serif][COLOR=navy][IMG]http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/images/spacer.gif[/IMG] [/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica,sans-serif][COLOR=navy]WASHINGTON: Dilip Singh Saund, the first Indian-American to be elected to the US Congress nearly 50 years before Louisiana governor elect Bobby Jindal, has been honoured with a portrait in the complex. [/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica,sans-serif][COLOR=navy]Saund, who represented the 29th congressional district of California in the US House of Representatives from 1957 until 1963, is the seventh person to be so honoured. [/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica,sans-serif][COLOR=navy]The portrait unveiled on Wednesday, forms part of the House Fine Arts Board's programme to enhance the fine arts collection of the US Congress to include historically important members of the House. [/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica,sans-serif][COLOR=navy]Born Sep 20, 1899, to a Sikh family in Chhajulwadi, Punjab, Saund came to the US in 1920 to attend the University of California at Berkeley. In 1924 he graduated and earned MA and PhD degrees in mathematics. He thereafter remained in the US, becoming a successful farmer. [/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica,sans-serif][COLOR=navy]Subject to prejudice and discrimination, prohibited for owning land he farmed, his American wife having been stripped of her citizenship for marrying an "alien" man, Saund, however, did not waiver in his pursuit of the American dream. [/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica,sans-serif][COLOR=navy]He became a founding member and the first president of the India Association of America. The primary task of the association was to secure citizenship rights for Indians. [/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica,sans-serif][COLOR=navy]He ran for election in 1950 as a Justice of the Peace for Westmoreland township, California, and won the election, but his election was thrown out as he had been a citizen for less than a year. He later ran again for the same post and won. [/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica,sans-serif][COLOR=navy]In November 1955, he announced his campaign to run for the United States House of Representatives as a Democrat and won an election for an open seat against a Republican aviator, Jacqueline Cochran. [/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica,sans-serif][COLOR=navy]He was re-elected twice, becoming the first Asian American and Indian American member of Congress. In May 1962, he suffered a severe stroke, which left him unable to speak at all, or walk without assistance, thus ending his congressional career. [/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica,sans-serif][SIZE=3][COLOR=#ff0000][B]Dalip Singh Saund[/B] (September 20, 1899–April 22, 1973)[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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