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ਜਪੁ | Jup
ਸੋ ਦਰੁ | So Dar
ਸੋਹਿਲਾ | Sohilaa
ਰਾਗੁ ਸਿਰੀਰਾਗੁ | Raag Siree-Raag
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)
Ashtpadiyan (235-242)
Chhant (242-249)
Baavan Akhari (250-262)
Sukhmani (262-296)
Thittee (296-300)
Gauree kii Vaar (300-323)
Gurbani (323-330)
Ashtpadiyan (330-340)
Baavan Akhari (340-343)
Thintteen (343-344)
Vaar Kabir (344-345)
Bhagat Bani (345-346)
ਰਾਗੁ ਆਸਾ | Raag Aasaa
Gurbani (347-348)
Chaupaday (348-364)
Panchpadde (364-365)
Kaafee (365-409)
Aasaavaree (409-411)
Ashtpadiyan (411-432)
Patee (432-435)
Chhant (435-462)
Vaar Aasaa (462-475)
Bhagat Bani (475-488)
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)
Salok | Gatha | Phunahe | Chaubole | Swayiye
Sehskritee Mahala 1
Sehskritee Mahala 5
Gaathaa Mahala 5
Phunhay Mahala 5
Chaubolae Mahala 5
Shaloks Bhagat Kabir
Shaloks Sheikh Farid
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: 72825" data-attributes="member: 884"><p><strong><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: #000080">SOURCE:</span> <a href="http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23441707-details/Routine+test+reveals+white+debt+collector+from+Halifax+is+secret+great-great-grandson+of+last+king+of+the+Sikhs/article.do" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #810081">http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23441707-details/Routine+test+reveals+white+debt+collector+from+Halifax+is+secret+great-great-grandson+of+last+king+of+the+Sikhs/article.do</span></u></a></span></strong></p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="color: #000080"><span style="font-size: 18px">Routine test reveals white debt collector from Halifax is secret great-great-grandson of last king of the Sikhs</span> </span></strong></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">Last updated at 15:37pm on 26.02.08 </span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">For more than six decades, Bob Goddard's only link to India was his fondness for a curry.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">But after a routine test, he has discovered the subcontinent runs in his blood. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">The 64-year-old's rare combination of blood groups has revealed he could be related to the last Sikh royal family, who once owned the Koh-i-noor diamond.</span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080"><img src="http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/02_04/sikhsplitDM2502_468x402.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">Family: Bob Goddard (left) is apparently directly descended from Maharajah Duleep Singh, 'the last king of the Sikhs'</span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">Further research into Mr Goddard's family tree has shown that his great grandfather may have been Prince Freddy, second son of Maharajah Duleep Singh, known as the "last king of the Sikhs". </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">Mr Goddard, a retired debt recovery officer from Halifax, has been a regular blood donor for years and has the most common type of blood, O-positive.</span></p><p><span style="color: #000080">Tests by the National Blood Service revealed, however, that he also has an unusual combination of minor blood groups, found only in ethnic populations, including Asians and Afro-Caribbeans.</span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">Mr Goddard was unable to explain the discovery until a chance conversation with a cousin gave him the answer.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">"I've always been a regular blood donor," he said.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">"They check your blood for compatibility with things like transfusions and so they always look at minor blood groupings.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">"A doctor telephoned me and told me my blood group was very unusual with factors not seen in white northern Europeans.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">"I was subsequently talking to a cousin researching the family tree who told me that there's a bit of a mystery about who our grandfather's parents were."</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">Mr Goddard said he discovered that his grandfather, Charlie Goddard, who was born in 1888, was the illegitimate son of an unmarried serving maid at Breckles Hall in Norfolk. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">"She would never reveal the father's identity, but it was rumoured he was an Indian prince who stayed there," he added.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">The story of Mr Goddard's blue bloodline begins with Duleep Singh, who was born in 1838 and proclaimed Maharajah on his fifth birthday.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">Unwittingly at the centre of a fierce struggle for control of the Punjab, he lost his kingdom at the age of 11 to the British. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">Under the terms of the agreement, he was also forced to surrender ownership of the Sikh religion's most treasured relic, the Koh-i-noor diamond.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">One of the world's most famous gems, it was given to Queen Victoria and eventually set in the late Queen Mother's crown. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">The Black Prince set up residence in Elveden Hall in Suffolk and in 1864 married the daughter of a German missionary. She bore him three sons and three daughters - none of whom officially had children. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">Although Mr Goddard said it was not impossible Duleep Singh is his great-grandfather, the evidence points to his second son Frederick.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">Like his father, Freddy was a bachelor and a renowned ladies' man, who lived at Breckles Hall when Charlie was born.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">From then on, the Goddard family tree has continued in less colourful fashion.</span></p><p><span style="color: #000080">Mr Goddard was born in Harrow in 1944 and is now a father-of-two. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">Asked about his possible links to Indian royalty, he said: "It's interesting, but it doesn't have a real effect on me."</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">Amy Lansdown-Nasson, of the National Blood Service, said: "We are delighted to have played a part in uncovering Bob's unusual family history and hope his story will inspire more people to become donors."</span></p><p> </p><p><img src="http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/02_04/sikhgraphicDM2502_228x452.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000080">Royal bloodline: From Maharajah Duleep Singh to Bob Goddard</span></strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Archived_Member16, post: 72825, member: 884"] [B][SIZE=1][COLOR=#000080]SOURCE:[/COLOR] [URL="http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23441707-details/Routine+test+reveals+white+debt+collector+from+Halifax+is+secret+great-great-grandson+of+last+king+of+the+Sikhs/article.do"][U][COLOR=#810081]http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23441707-details/Routine+test+reveals+white+debt+collector+from+Halifax+is+secret+great-great-grandson+of+last+king+of+the+Sikhs/article.do[/COLOR][/U][/URL][/SIZE][/B] [B][COLOR=#000080][SIZE=5]Routine test reveals white debt collector from Halifax is secret great-great-grandson of last king of the Sikhs[/SIZE] [/COLOR][/B] [COLOR=#000080]Last updated at 15:37pm on 26.02.08 [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]For more than six decades, Bob Goddard's only link to India was his fondness for a curry.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]But after a routine test, he has discovered the subcontinent runs in his blood. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]The 64-year-old's rare combination of blood groups has revealed he could be related to the last Sikh royal family, who once owned the Koh-i-noor diamond.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080][IMG]http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/02_04/sikhsplitDM2502_468x402.jpg[/IMG] [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]Family: Bob Goddard (left) is apparently directly descended from Maharajah Duleep Singh, 'the last king of the Sikhs'[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]Further research into Mr Goddard's family tree has shown that his great grandfather may have been Prince Freddy, second son of Maharajah Duleep Singh, known as the "last king of the Sikhs". [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]Mr Goddard, a retired debt recovery officer from Halifax, has been a regular blood donor for years and has the most common type of blood, O-positive.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]Tests by the National Blood Service revealed, however, that he also has an unusual combination of minor blood groups, found only in ethnic populations, including Asians and Afro-Caribbeans.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]Mr Goddard was unable to explain the discovery until a chance conversation with a cousin gave him the answer.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]"I've always been a regular blood donor," he said.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]"They check your blood for compatibility with things like transfusions and so they always look at minor blood groupings.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]"A doctor telephoned me and told me my blood group was very unusual with factors not seen in white northern Europeans.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]"I was subsequently talking to a cousin researching the family tree who told me that there's a bit of a mystery about who our grandfather's parents were."[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]Mr Goddard said he discovered that his grandfather, Charlie Goddard, who was born in 1888, was the illegitimate son of an unmarried serving maid at Breckles Hall in Norfolk. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]"She would never reveal the father's identity, but it was rumoured he was an Indian prince who stayed there," he added.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]The story of Mr Goddard's blue bloodline begins with Duleep Singh, who was born in 1838 and proclaimed Maharajah on his fifth birthday.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]Unwittingly at the centre of a fierce struggle for control of the Punjab, he lost his kingdom at the age of 11 to the British. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]Under the terms of the agreement, he was also forced to surrender ownership of the Sikh religion's most treasured relic, the Koh-i-noor diamond.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]One of the world's most famous gems, it was given to Queen Victoria and eventually set in the late Queen Mother's crown. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]The Black Prince set up residence in Elveden Hall in Suffolk and in 1864 married the daughter of a German missionary. She bore him three sons and three daughters - none of whom officially had children. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]Although Mr Goddard said it was not impossible Duleep Singh is his great-grandfather, the evidence points to his second son Frederick.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]Like his father, Freddy was a bachelor and a renowned ladies' man, who lived at Breckles Hall when Charlie was born.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]From then on, the Goddard family tree has continued in less colourful fashion.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]Mr Goddard was born in Harrow in 1944 and is now a father-of-two. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]Asked about his possible links to Indian royalty, he said: "It's interesting, but it doesn't have a real effect on me."[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]Amy Lansdown-Nasson, of the National Blood Service, said: "We are delighted to have played a part in uncovering Bob's unusual family history and hope his story will inspire more people to become donors."[/COLOR] [IMG]http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/02_04/sikhgraphicDM2502_228x452.jpg[/IMG] [B][COLOR=#000080]Royal bloodline: From Maharajah Duleep Singh to Bob Goddard[/COLOR][/B] [/QUOTE]
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