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	Sikh Wars - LoveToKnow 1911 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		SIKH WARS, two Indian campaigns fought between the Sikhs and the British, which resulted in the conquest and annexation of the Punjab (see Punjab).
		The first Sikh War was brought about by the insubordination of the Sikh army, which after the death of Ranjit Singh became uncontrollable and on the 11th of December 1845 crossed the Sutlej, and virtually declared war upon the British.
		An attack upon the Sikh left near the village of Aliwal gave Sir Harry the key of the position, and a brilliant charge by the 16th Lancers, which broke a Sikh square, completed their demoralization.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Sikh_Wars (1778 words)

	Sikh Wars — FactMonster.com
		By a treaty with the British in 1809, the Sikh ruler of the Punjab,
		Lord Dalhousie, the governor-general, annexed all the Sikh territory on Mar. 30.
		Ranjit Singh - Ranjit Singh Ranjit Singh, 1780–1839, Indian maharaja, ruler of the Sikhs.
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/history/A0845211.html (317 words)

	Sikhism - Crystalinks
		It was the absorption of the misls under Ranjit Singh (1780-1839) that led to the formation of the Sikh state of the early 19th century.
		Violence consequently erupted between Sikh extremists and the Indian government, climaxing in the assault by the Indian army on the Harimandir (Golden Temple) of Amritsar, the Sikhs' holiest shrine (June 1984), and the Sikhs' assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi (October 1984).
		Sikhs keep the Hindu festivals by performing ceremonies in the gurdwaras, and they also celebrate festivals on their own holy days (e.g., the birthdays of some of the Gurus) by taking the Granth in procession through the streets.
	www.crystalinks.com /sikhism.html (847 words)

	Khalsa - Anglo Sikh Wars
		The Sikhs lost the precious initial advantage when their treacherous generals refused to attack British installations until 'General Gough himself entered the battle.' When the restless army finally attacked, they mauled the British in the early days of the first battle.
		When the treaty of surrender was signed on March 11 1846, nearly half of the Sikh kingdom was taken over by the British and a British Resident was installed in the capital with a small army.
		Sikh and Briton now lay side by side in the calm repose of death.
	www.searchsikhism.com /anglo.html (1826 words)

	Great Sikh warriors at www.sikh-history.com
		The crossing over the Sutlej by Sikhs was made a pretext by the British for opening hostilities and on 13 December Governor-General Lord Hardinge issued a proclamation announcing war on the Sikhs.
		Sikh sardar, Ranjodh Singh Majlthia, crossed the Sutlej in force and was joined by Ajit Singh, of Ladva, from the other side of the river.
		To check the enemy advance on Lahore, a large portion of the Sikh army was entrenched in a horse-shoe curve on the Sutlej near the village of Sabhraon, under the command of Tej Singh while the cavalry battalions and the dreaded ghorcharas under Lal Singh were a little higher up the river.
	www.sikh-history.com /sikhhist/events/anglosikhwars.html (2612 words)

	Worcestershire Regiment(29th/36th of Foot) Web site
		The British had foreseen the impending conflict with the Sikhs and so it was in 1843 the British made preparations for a war when the new governor-general, Lord Ellenborough (1842-44), discussed with the Home government the possibilities of a military occupation of the Punjab.
		Although the Sikhs fought bravely once again they were betrayed by their general Tej Singh, who all of a sudden left the field of battle.
		Sikh cavalry were now seen moving up but checked their pace within 200 yards of the 29th.
	www.worcestershireregiment.com /wr.php?main=inc/h_sikh_wars (2354 words)

	Welcome to The Institute of Sikh Studies-->Publications
		An important implication of the Sikh theory of evolution is, that the Gurus attribute faults and evil in the society, to the imperfections of man. They repudiate the concept of a Fall, Satan or Devil.
		Importance of History in Sikh Hermeneutics, and Unity of Perception, Ideology and Deed: For the proper understanding of a religious system, and in appreciating its different doctrines in their proper perspective, it is essential to bear the unity of perception, ideology and activities in mind.
		This is evident from the fact that, in the Anglo-Sikh wars, the Muslim soldiers fought with the same loyalty, zeal and valour as did the Sikhs.
	www.sikhstudies.org /Periodicals.asp?TtlCod=1303 (12252 words)

	SikhLionz.com: Sikh History of the British Raaj (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Brasyer's Sikhs were on the left flank and threw back a large force of the enemy, entrenched in the bank of a nullah, at the point of the bayonet and captured his guns.
		Sikhs now serving in the British army see their sons left in their native villages, far from the tide of civilization, which is being taken at the flood by the rising generation of other communities.
		Baba Ram Singh, born at Bhaini, in Ludhiana district in 1816, was a soldier in the Sikh army.
	rajkaregakhalsa.net /sikhlionz/historyofbritishraaj.htm (9913 words)

	.:: SikhPride.com ::.
		Sikhs first arrived in United States was about 100 years ago and also were the first South Asians to migrate to states.
		Some Sikh engineers were brought to US by government for the construction of railroads mainly in North-west and Panama Canal in late 1900's.
		Sikhs were one of the few Asian immigrant communities who were loyal members of the British Empire.
	www.sikhpride.com /world.htm (673 words)

	SIKH WARS - Online Information article about SIKH WARS
		The Sikhs, with the river behind them, suffered terrible carnage, and are computed to have lost mo,000 men and 67 guns.
		In the meantime the Sikhs had withdrawn from their strong intrenchments at Russool, owing to want of provisions, and marched to Gujrat, which Lord Gough considered a favourable position for attacking them.
		On the 12th of March the Sikh leaders surrendered at discretion, and the Punjab was annexed to British India.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /SHA_SIV/SIKH_WARS.html (2323 words)

	Sikh Wars - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		SIKH WARS [Sikh Wars] (1845-49), two conflicts preceding the British annexation of the Punjab.
		By a treaty with the British in 1809, the Sikh ruler of the Punjab, Ranjit Singh, had accepted the Sutlej River as the southern boundary of his domain.
		By the Treaty of Lahore (Mar., 1846), the Sikhs were forced to cede Kashmir and to pay an indemnity of 55 million rupees.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-sikhw1ars.html (386 words)

	The Anglo- Sikh Wars (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The crossing over the Sutlej by Sikhs was made a pretext by the British for opening hostilities and on 13 December Governor-General Lord Hardinge issued a proclamation announcing war on the Sikhs.
		According to the peace settlement of March 1846, at the end of Anglo-Sikh war I, the British force in Lahore was to be withdrawn at the end of the year, but a severer treaty was imposed on the Sikhs before the expiry of that date.
		The Sikh army 12,000 strong was drawn in battle array in the dense jungle in front, their heavy guns bearing upon Chillianwala, on the River Jehlum.
	kabira.freeservers.com /anglosikhwars.html (5498 words)

	Manas: Religions paths of India
		During the 1857-58 rebellion, otherwise known as the Sepoy Mutiny, the British were able to enlist the Sikhs to their cause in suppressing the rebellion, and thereafter the Sikhs, considered one of the primary "martial races", were inducted into the Indian army in numbers much larger than their share of the population.
		Sikhs who have abandoned the most overt marks of their faith, such as unshorn hair, can scarcely be distinguished from Hindus, and it is not in the least incorrect to suggest that the wrath of orthodox Sikhs is directed at least as much at moderate Sikhs as at Hindus.
		At one time the Sikhs were entirely confined entirely to India, and it is in the nineteenth century that some began to go overseas, such as those who were taken as a laboring force to build railroads in Uganda.
	www.sscnet.ucla.edu /southasia/Religions/paths/Sikhism.html (876 words)

	Sikh Empire - Indian History
		The difference proceeded almost to the point of war; but at the last moment Ranjit Singh gave way, and for the future faith-fully observed his engagements with the British, whose rising power he was wise enough to gauge.
		At this period a band of Sikh fanatics called " akalis," attacked Sir Charles Metcalfe's escort, and the steadiness with which the disciplined sepoys repulsed them, so impressed the maharaja that he decided to change the strength of his army from cavalry to infantry.
		His power was military aristocracy resting on the personal qualities of its founder, and after his death the Sikh confederacy gradually crumbled and fell to pieces through sheer want of leadership; and the rule of the Sikhs in the Punjab passed away completely as soon as it incurred the hostility of the British.
	www.gloriousindia.com /history/sikh_empire.html (640 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Sikh Wars (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Sikh Wars SIKH WARS [Sikh Wars] (1845-49), two conflicts preceding the British annexation of the Punjab.
		Ranjit Singh RANJIT SINGH [Ranjit Singh], 1780-1839, Indian maharaja, ruler of the Sikhs.
		He served in the Peninsular War and in the War of 1812 and was a brigade major at the battle of Waterloo.
	www.encyclopedia.com /articles/11875.html (695 words)

	Mutiny of 1857
		An important and the main factor was that the Sikhs had nursed a serious grudge against the Purbias who, despite the Sikhs having never given them any cause for offence, had by their betrayal and other overt and covert acts, helped the British during the Anglo-Sikh wars and later in the annexation of Punjab.
		It was reported that a large number of Sikhs gathered at Ropar and declared the Khalsa Raj for which the leader of the band was immediately put to death.
		Sikhs started enlisting with British forces and were thus back to the profession of their liking, the military services.
	www.sikh-history.com /sikhhist/events/mutiny1857.html (863 words)

	SikhSpectrum.com Monthly. Sikh Soldiers In World Wars
		Since Sikh soldiers were known for their bravery, the British employed all their battalions, except the 35th Sikhs, for fighting at such far-away places like Egypt, Palestine, Mesopotamia, Gallipoli and France.
		The ends of the enemy’s trenches were found to be blocked with the bodies of Sikhs and of the enemy who died fighting at close quarters, and the glacis slope was thickly dotted with the bodies of these fine soldiers all lying on their faces as they fell in their steady advance on the enemy.
		The history of Sikhs affords many instances of their value as soldiers, but it may be safely asserted that nothing finer than the grim valor and steady discipline displayed by them on the 4th June has ever been done by soldiers of the Khalsa.
	www.sikhspectrum.com /122002/soldiers_ww.htm (2491 words)

	Sikh Art & History - Victoria and Albert Museum
		By the 18th century, Sikhs had formed twelve loose groups, or misls, to protect themselves and their territories.
		Europeans were visitors and residents at the Sikh court. Artists from both sides recorded their impressions, showing that the appreciation of exoticism was mutual.
		After the turmoil of annexation, peace gradually returned to the Panjab and the arts were able to flourish at their traditional centres, particularly in the smaller Sikh kingdoms that remained.
	www.vam.ac.uk /collections/asia/sikhism/art/index.html (402 words)

	A Trail Of Anglo-Sikh Heritage Around London - London City Guide city trails
		Sikhs have resided in the U.K in small numbers for centuries, some communities settled here between the 1920s and 1940s; other individuals such as Maharajah Duleep Singh famously arrived here in the 19th century in the aftermath of the Anglo-Sikh Wars
		Perhaps the most poignant vestige of the Anglo Sikh Wars was the subsequent assimilation of Duleep Singh into British life and at the Tower of London a lasting reminder of this can be viewed.
		In the aftermath of the Anglo-Sikh Wars the boy Maharajah Duleep Singh was brought to Britain.
	www.24hourmuseum.org.uk /london/trails/TRA25902.html?ixsid=q48VDbalM36 (2196 words)

	Sikh History:
		Inspite of his rooted distrust of the Sikhs, General Pollock felt that the support of the Sikh Government was indispensable, "Firstly because we wanted all the soldiers we could bring in the field; and secondly, because it was of vital consequence to show our enemies in Afghanistan that Sikhs were with us".
		The Sikh contingent consisting of ten regiments under General Avitabile, left an hour later and proceeded by the 14 mile route known as the Jubla Ka which converged with the other at Ali Masjid.
		The Sikhs had to fight all the way and thus drew away a large number of the enemy from the other route.
	allaboutsikhs.com /events/britmass.htm (1490 words)

	Lion's Teeth: The Artillery of Maharaja Ranjit Singh
		This was the Maharaja’s military legacy that faced the EIC in the two Sikh Wars.
		The earliest dated Sikh howitzer was produced in 1835, predating a presentation of two EIC 9pr howitzers by 3 years, suggesting that Sikh engineers not only appreciated the importance of this weapon, but were also rapidly closing the developmental gap.
		By the Sikh wars, two thirds of the howitzer types captured were of the modern long barreled type then in use with the Company.
	www.sikhspectrum.com /112005/artillery_maharaja_ranjit_singh.htm (2790 words)

	Sikh Information Guru Nanak Gobind Singh
		Detailed history of the Sikhs from Guru Nanak Dev Ji to the present.
		Sikhs show their mettle in battle and win the greatest honour
		The 12 Misls or confederacies that shaped the Sikhs in the 18th century.
	www.info-sikh.com (521 words)

	Gyani Ditt Singh and The Great Revival@
		They centered on psychological and cultural conversion of Punjabis; specially the Sikhs whose distinct identity was an impediment to their scheme of colonialism.
		The inherent weakness of the Sikh body politic, the activities of Christian Missions, the proselytisation by a new Hindu organization known as Arya Samaj and the rationalism that came with the introduction of scientific concepts caused a body blow to Sikhism.
		Sikh preachers talked to the boys and prevented them from abandoning their ancestral faith.
	www.sikhreview.org /november2001/heritage.htm (3143 words)

	Sikh Turbans (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		In the Sikh vocabulary Hair is called Kais, connoting unshorn hair, and is one of the five Ks that manifest unique Sikh religious identity.
		With time the Turban has come to be ingrained in the Sikh psyche not only as a traditional but an integral part of dress code for a Sikh.
		The Sikhs have always worn turbans in the civil, police, paramilitary and military services in India and abroad.
	www.sikhsundesh.net /turbans.htm (344 words)

	Chillianwala Ango Sikh Wars
		Subsequently when the Sikhs were defeated at Battle of Gujerat (21 February 1849) British military historians rationalised their defeat at Chillianwala by laying the blame on “Bad Terrain” “Lack of Artillery” “Cowardice of the Native Troops” etc. Chillianwala was forgotten and Gough again became a hero.
		Soon however some Sikh Army deserters who were mostly Muslim arrived and informed the British through the political agent Major Mackeson that the Sikhs were occupying the villages of Mujianwala and Chillianwala on the left of the British in strength.
		The Sikh artillery whose overall commander was Illahi Baksh a Punjabi Muslim functioned admirably and as soon as 24 Foot came within round shot range of 800 yards, it was effectively engaged by Sikh artillery, and men starting falling.
	www.info-sikh.com /PageChilli.html (5217 words)

	Sikh Wars
		By a treaty with the British in 1809, the Sikh ruler of the Punjab,
		Ranjit Singh - Ranjit Singh, 1780–1839, Indian maharaja, ruler of the Sikhs.
		Ethnic group recruitment in the Indian army: The contrasting cases of Sikhs, Muslims, Gurkhas and others (1).(Statistical Data Included)...
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/history/A0845211.html (361 words)

	Unity: A New Dawn of Realism
		Inspite of all this, the Sikhs, in the words of Ariel Sharon, have had not one normal day since independence, and find themselves besieged and face to face with their scriptures, identity, history, culture, institutions and ethos being ruthlessly trampled upon by the new rulers and the so-called Sikh leadership lying prostrate in utter helplessness.
		Another crop of 2,00,000 Sikhs perished at the altar of their faith against the dark communal state forces (Inderjit Singh Jaiji, Politics of Genocide).
		Several Sikh institutions in India and abroad have been clamouring for the same ends since long.
	www.sikhreview.org /february2001/current.htm (872 words)

	Historical Sikh Events at Gateway to Sikhism:The Sepoy Mutiny 1857
		Anglo Sikh Wars brought an end to the Khalsa rule in Punjab.
		This mutiny led British to recruit for their armed forces heavily among the communities which had been neutral to this rebellion.
		The Sikh Regiment - Lieutenant-Colonel P.G. Bamford, D.S.O
	allaboutsikhs.com /events/mutiny.htm (5681 words)

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		I am a Sikh artist who has been painting the history and cultural traditions of my people in an effort to preserve them for the coming generations.
		He is also known as the founder Artist of the Central Sikh Museum at Golden Temple Amritsar, Guru Tegh Bahadur Museum Anandpur Sahib, and Anglo Sikh Wars Memorial, Ferozeshah Punjab and S. Baghel Singh Museum, Gurdwara Bangla Sahib New Delhi in India.
		This is first time the Sikh history is painted in mural form in the great tradition of biblical paintings done by Michelangelo in Sistine Chapel in Rome.
	www.sikhfoundation.org /comprof1103.asp (931 words)

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