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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)
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Chhant (242-249)
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Sukhmani (262-296)
Thittee (296-300)
Gauree kii Vaar (300-323)
Gurbani (323-330)
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Baavan Akhari (340-343)
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)
Aasaavaree (409-411)
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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
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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="drkhalsa" data-source="post: 6232" data-attributes="member: 384"><p style="text-align: center"> <strong> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 15px">Rawalpindi’s Muslim tenant remembers his</span></span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 15px">pre-Partition Sikh landlord</span></span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 15px"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Varinder Walia</span></span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"> </span></span></strong><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong>Tribune News Service</strong></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong></strong></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong></strong> </span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: right"> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"> <p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050120/asr11.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"> <strong><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 9px">Bhupinder Singh</span></span></strong></p></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></p></p> <p style="text-align: right"> </span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"> </span></span> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Sometimes, human sentiments transcend the regional and the temporal barriers. And this has been the case with a Muslim tenant of the pre-Partition days. The original rent deed, signed between a Sikh landlord and his Muslim tenant at Rawalpindi, a few days before the Partition, is now the prized possession of the UK-born Bhupinder Singh, who was in the city recently. </span></span></span></span></p><p></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">It was a chance meeting with Muslim brethren in one the busiest Sardaran Wala Bagh Chowk at Rawalpindi that Mr Bhupinder Singh came across this instance of human sentiments at their best. One of the men, Mohammad Hassan, who had been a tenant of Sikh landlord at Rawalpindi, told Mr Bhupinder Singh that he had been waiting for a Sikh to take away the original rent deed, which he had preserved since the time of the Partition. "This is my way of paying the debt to the Sikhs," the erstwhile tenant said.</span></span></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"> </span></span></span></span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: right"> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"> <p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050120/asr10.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"> <strong><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 9px">The rent deed</span></span></strong></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></p></p> <p style="text-align: right"> </span></span></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"> </span></span></span></span></span></span> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">He added that he was "under debt"; he could not pay the rent mentioned in the deed, signed in 1947. "Sardarji never came back after the signing of the deed and I don't know what to do about the rent I owe him," he explained. The entire area, which is still called Sardaranwala Bagh (now converted into a big shopping complex) belonged to two brothers - Mohan Singh and Sohan Singh, he said.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">As per the rent deed, written in Persian script, the shop was rented out on Rs 7 per month to Mohammad Hassan. As an advance amount, Rs 35 had been taken. Two witnesses had also signed on the rent deed. Mohammad Hassan told Mr Bhupinder Singh that Sardaran Wala Bagh and Krishan Pura areas were dominated by Sikhs and Hindus those days. However, the Partition had compelled them to leave Rawalpindi. </span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">During his visit to Pakistan, Mr Bhupinder Singh also visited the Pakistani hill station Murri. "Unlike India, colonial buildings and scenic beauty of the hills and other parts of Pakistan have been preserved," says Mr Bhupinder Singh. </span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">He gives another interesting account of his visit to the office of the deputy commissioner, Shekhupura, near Nankana Sahib. "The deputy commissioner of Shekhupura was holding an open-darbar outside his office. Under the huge portrait of Mohammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan, it was written - Nobody in the holy land of Guru Nanak tells a lie; they always speak the truth." </span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">He adds that he was impressed with the preservation of Sikh art and heritage in the fort of Maharaja Ranjit Singh.</span></span> </span></span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="drkhalsa, post: 6232, member: 384"] [center] [b] [font=Verdana][size=4]Rawalpindi’s Muslim tenant remembers his pre-Partition Sikh landlord [/size][/font][font=Verdana][size=2]Varinder Walia [/size][/font][/b][font=Verdana][size=2][b]Tribune News Service [/b] [/size][/font] [/center] [right] [font=Verdana][size=2] [center][img]http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050120/asr11.jpg[/img] [b][font=Verdana][size=1]Bhupinder Singh[/size][/font][/b] [/center] [/size][/font][/right] [font=Verdana][size=2] [font=Verdana][size=2] [/size][/font][/size][/font] [font=Verdana][size=2][font=Verdana][size=2]Sometimes, human sentiments transcend the regional and the temporal barriers. And this has been the case with a Muslim tenant of the pre-Partition days. The original rent deed, signed between a Sikh landlord and his Muslim tenant at Rawalpindi, a few days before the Partition, is now the prized possession of the UK-born Bhupinder Singh, who was in the city recently. [/size][/font][/size][/font] [font=Verdana][size=2][font=Verdana][size=2]It was a chance meeting with Muslim brethren in one the busiest Sardaran Wala Bagh Chowk at Rawalpindi that Mr Bhupinder Singh came across this instance of human sentiments at their best. One of the men, Mohammad Hassan, who had been a tenant of Sikh landlord at Rawalpindi, told Mr Bhupinder Singh that he had been waiting for a Sikh to take away the original rent deed, which he had preserved since the time of the Partition. "This is my way of paying the debt to the Sikhs," the erstwhile tenant said. [/size][/font][/size][/font] [right] [font=Verdana][size=2][font=Verdana][size=2] [center][img]http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050120/asr10.jpg[/img] [b][font=Verdana][size=1]The rent deed[/size][/font][/b] [/center] [/size][/font][/size][/font][/right] [font=Verdana][size=2][font=Verdana][size=2] [font=Verdana][size=2] [/size][/font][/size][/font][/size][/font] [font=Verdana][size=2][font=Verdana][size=2][font=Verdana][size=2]He added that he was "under debt"; he could not pay the rent mentioned in the deed, signed in 1947. "Sardarji never came back after the signing of the deed and I don't know what to do about the rent I owe him," he explained. The entire area, which is still called Sardaranwala Bagh (now converted into a big shopping complex) belonged to two brothers - Mohan Singh and Sohan Singh, he said.[/size][/font][/size][/font][/size][/font] [font=Verdana][size=2][font=Verdana][size=2][font=Verdana][size=2]As per the rent deed, written in Persian script, the shop was rented out on Rs 7 per month to Mohammad Hassan. As an advance amount, Rs 35 had been taken. Two witnesses had also signed on the rent deed. Mohammad Hassan told Mr Bhupinder Singh that Sardaran Wala Bagh and Krishan Pura areas were dominated by Sikhs and Hindus those days. However, the Partition had compelled them to leave Rawalpindi. [/size][/font][/size][/font][/size][/font] [font=Verdana][size=2][font=Verdana][size=2][font=Verdana][size=2]During his visit to Pakistan, Mr Bhupinder Singh also visited the Pakistani hill station Murri. "Unlike India, colonial buildings and scenic beauty of the hills and other parts of Pakistan have been preserved," says Mr Bhupinder Singh. [/size][/font][/size][/font][/size][/font] [font=Verdana][size=2][font=Verdana][size=2][font=Verdana][size=2]He gives another interesting account of his visit to the office of the deputy commissioner, Shekhupura, near Nankana Sahib. "The deputy commissioner of Shekhupura was holding an open-darbar outside his office. Under the huge portrait of Mohammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan, it was written - Nobody in the holy land of Guru Nanak tells a lie; they always speak the truth." [/size][/font][/size][/font][/size][/font] [font=Verdana][size=2][font=Verdana][size=2][font=Verdana][size=2]He adds that he was impressed with the preservation of Sikh art and heritage in the fort of Maharaja Ranjit Singh.[/size][/font] [/size][/font][/size][/font] [/QUOTE]
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