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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="spnadmin" data-source="post: 130116" data-attributes="member: 35"><p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left">The Punjab state government in India is seeking close to $150-million from Canada for turning back a shipload of South Asians, mostly Sikhs, from Vancouver nearly a century ago.</p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left">During the 1914 incident, more than 350 passengers from India — Sikhs, Muslims and Hindus — were not allowed to disembark from the Komagata Maru ship and sent back to Kolkata.</p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left">Punjab Minister for Tourism and Cultural Affairs Hira Singh Gabria has told the Hindustan Times that Sikhs aboard the ship were made to deposit $15,000 as “entry tax” in 1914 — part of Canada’s racist immigration exclusion laws at the time.</p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left">Despite the deposits, the Sikhs were not allowed to enter Canada.</p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left">The 376 Indian immigrants, mostly Sikhs, sat for two months in the Vancouver Harbour before being turned back. </p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left">When they returned to India, they were stopped by British forces. Twenty were killed and others were injured when gunfire broke out.</p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left">Now an 11-member team of Sikh scholars and legal experts in Punjab has been entrusted with the task of “researching and studying” the subject so that the state government can initiate legal and diplomatic proceedings to get back the amount, which is now believed to have swelled to a whopping $143-million, The Hindustan Times reported.</p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left">The team is led by Kirpal Singh Badungar, the former chief of Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, which is the Sikh parliament responsible for the upkeep of Sikh places of worship.</p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left">The committee has also been told to trace descendants of all passengers who were subjected to torture and brutality before they were sent back to the Kolkata harbour.</p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left">In 2008, the B.C. legislature apologized unanimously for the incident.</p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left">Prime Minister Stephen Harper also tendered a public apology for the incident, but some segments of the Sikh community in Canada felt it was not enough as it was not made on the floor of the House of Commons.</p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left">The Punjab minister for tourism and cultural affairs told The Hindustan Times that the state government took the decision to undertake the “treasure hunt” after a delegation comprising kin of Sikhs on the Komagata Maru who were gunned down after being sent back to India, met the Punjab Chief Minister recently.</p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left">The delegation had told the Punjab government that the money deposited as entry tax was still lying unused in Canada.</p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left">“The committee will initiate the process for recovery of the money, which, once obtained, would be utilized to fund Komagata Maru memorials in Punjab and Kolkata,” said Gabria.</p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left">Gabria said the committee had been given a month’s time to wrap up its preliminary findings.</p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left">“Once the findings establish the facts, the state government will raise the issue with [Indian] Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh to press him to use diplomatic channels with his Canadian counterpart.”</p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left">The bid for the money follows recognition by The World Sikh Organization of Canada for NDP leader Jack Layton, who recently presented a petition in the House of Commons calling on the federal government to officially apologize for the 1914 Komagata Maru tragedy.</p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left">The Canadian government has spent $243,625 of tax dollars to educate Canadians about the Komagata Maru incident.</p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left"><a href="http://immigrationcaqc.blogspot.com/2010/07/india-seeks-143m-over-immigrant-ship.html" target="_blank">http://immigrationcaqc.blogspot.com/2010/07/india-seeks-143m-over-immigrant-ship.html</a></p> <p style="text-align: left"></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="spnadmin, post: 130116, member: 35"] [LEFT] The Punjab state government in India is seeking close to $150-million from Canada for turning back a shipload of South Asians, mostly Sikhs, from Vancouver nearly a century ago. During the 1914 incident, more than 350 passengers from India — Sikhs, Muslims and Hindus — were not allowed to disembark from the Komagata Maru ship and sent back to Kolkata. Punjab Minister for Tourism and Cultural Affairs Hira Singh Gabria has told the Hindustan Times that Sikhs aboard the ship were made to deposit $15,000 as “entry tax” in 1914 — part of Canada’s racist immigration exclusion laws at the time. Despite the deposits, the Sikhs were not allowed to enter Canada. The 376 Indian immigrants, mostly Sikhs, sat for two months in the Vancouver Harbour before being turned back. When they returned to India, they were stopped by British forces. Twenty were killed and others were injured when gunfire broke out. Now an 11-member team of Sikh scholars and legal experts in Punjab has been entrusted with the task of “researching and studying” the subject so that the state government can initiate legal and diplomatic proceedings to get back the amount, which is now believed to have swelled to a whopping $143-million, The Hindustan Times reported. The team is led by Kirpal Singh Badungar, the former chief of Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, which is the Sikh parliament responsible for the upkeep of Sikh places of worship. The committee has also been told to trace descendants of all passengers who were subjected to torture and brutality before they were sent back to the Kolkata harbour. In 2008, the B.C. legislature apologized unanimously for the incident. Prime Minister Stephen Harper also tendered a public apology for the incident, but some segments of the Sikh community in Canada felt it was not enough as it was not made on the floor of the House of Commons. The Punjab minister for tourism and cultural affairs told The Hindustan Times that the state government took the decision to undertake the “treasure hunt” after a delegation comprising kin of Sikhs on the Komagata Maru who were gunned down after being sent back to India, met the Punjab Chief Minister recently. The delegation had told the Punjab government that the money deposited as entry tax was still lying unused in Canada. “The committee will initiate the process for recovery of the money, which, once obtained, would be utilized to fund Komagata Maru memorials in Punjab and Kolkata,” said Gabria. Gabria said the committee had been given a month’s time to wrap up its preliminary findings. “Once the findings establish the facts, the state government will raise the issue with [Indian] Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh to press him to use diplomatic channels with his Canadian counterpart.” The bid for the money follows recognition by The World Sikh Organization of Canada for NDP leader Jack Layton, who recently presented a petition in the House of Commons calling on the federal government to officially apologize for the 1914 Komagata Maru tragedy. The Canadian government has spent $243,625 of tax dollars to educate Canadians about the Komagata Maru incident. [url]http://immigrationcaqc.blogspot.com/2010/07/india-seeks-143m-over-immigrant-ship.html[/url] [/LEFT] [/QUOTE]
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