khalsa fauj

Lights Camera Action...'Reel' Sikhs. Next up is a Sikh army officer from The English Patient. This highly acclaimed movie tells the stories of four individuals who come together at the end of World War II in an abandoned Italian monastery. One of them is Kirpal 'Kip' Singh (played by Naveen Andrews), a Sikh sapper or expert bomb disposal officer in the British Army. Kirpal's character plays a minor part in the on-screen version in contrast to the original novel written by the Sri Lankan-born Canadian author

What makes this cemetery unique is the reflection of what once was a community of people who came, lived and subsequently died and laid to rest in this grounds. The memories, stories and impact they left behind is something cannot be duplicated anywhere else. The fusion of styles adopted as a result of socialization with the other races they meet in their daily lives and adoption of various Asian and western influences with their own Chinese customs and beliefs, thoroughly makes this place a one-of-a kind heritage cemetery and the last in Singapore. I would like to call this a Heritage Park.

                  very old movie of darbaar sahib sri Amritsar

Waheguru ji ke khalsa, waheguru ji ke fateh Pyare jio, Many of us come together to celebrate the occasion of vaisakhi, but what actually happened on this Glorious day. The message of Sahib Siri Guru Nanak Dev Ji had been culminated by Sahib Siri Guru Gobind Singh Ji to create the ideal human being, “A Khalsa”, The Legion of the Pure. A human who lives free from lust, anger, attachment, greed and ego. One who dedicates their existence to serving humanity, and spreading the message of God. Many people have commented on the events of that day. However below

Carry on Nurse. A Sikh soldier receiving a garland of flowers from a nurse, 1946. During the Second World war the Indian Army expanded to over two million troops, 300,000 of whom were Sikhs. This was probably the largest volunteer army in history. Indian troops served in Western Europe, East and North Africa, the Middle East, Italy and the Far East. They played a decisive role in winning the war. One of 233 official photographs collected by Captain Roy Wiltshire in his capacity as Editor of the Indian Army Review. Source: National Army Museum

ਬਰਸੈ ਅਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਧਾਰ ਬੂੰਦ ਸੁਹਾਵਣੀ ॥ ਸਾਜਨ ਮਿਲੇ ਸਹਿਜ ਸੁਭਾਇ ਹਿਰ ਸਿਉ ਪ੍ਰੀਤ ਬਣੀ ॥ The Ambrosial Nectar rains down on us! Its drops are so delightful! Meeting the Guru, the Best Friend, with intuitive ease, the mortal falls in love with the Lord.    

    The British dispatched Sikh regiments to China leading up towards the Opium War, which ended with the Treaty of Nanking in 1842 and the opening up of Chinese ports to the British. After China’s defeat at the hands of the British in the First Opium War (1839-42), the Treaty of Nanking, signed on 29th August 1842, formed the basis for the country’s relations with the West for almost a century. As imperial powers carved out the history of Shanghai after the Opium Wars of China in the 1850s, a sizeable part of that history was played out by the Sikh community here.