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Sardar Gurbachan Singh (Template:Lang-pa (Gurmukhi); 1911–1986) was a Sikh scholar, professor, and author. He was born in Moonak, Sangrur district. He was a lecturer at the Sikh National College at Lahore. At the Banaras Hindu University he held the Guru Nanak Chair of Sikh Studies. He received the Padma Bhushan in 1985.[1] He received in 1985 the National fellowship by the Indian Council of Historical Research, New Delhi.

Bibliography[2]

  • The idea of Sikh State ( 1946)
  • Anapachhate Rah (1952)
  • Adhunik Punjabi Sahit (Punjabi Kav) (1955)
  • Pavittar Jivan Kathavan (1971)
  • Baba Shaikh Farid (1975)
  • Muslim League Attack on the Sikhs and Hindus in Punjab, 1947 (1950) It was first published in 1950 by the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC).[3] This book details the witness accounts of the Hindus and Sikhs who fled their homes in the West Punjab,[4] the North-West Frontier Province, Sindh and parts of Jammu & Kashmir.
  • The Impact of Guru Gobind Singh on Indian Society (1966),
  • Guru Nanak: His Personality and Vision (1969)
  • Bhai Vir Singh: Life, Times and Works (1973)
  • Baba Sheikh Farid (1974)
  • Guru Tegh Bahadur: Background and Supreme Sacrifice (1976)
  • Japuji: The immortal Prayer-chant (1977); and his classical
  • Translation in English of the Guru Granth Sahib (Four Volumes)

References

  1. Padma Awards. Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India(2015). Retrieved July 21, 2015.
  2. The Sikh reference book{{#if:Dilagīra|, Dilagīra}. Edmonton, Alb., Canada : Sikh Educational Trust for Sikh University Centre, Denmark ; Amritsar : Available from Singh Bros.(1997). ISBN 978-0-9695964-2-4
  3. Remembering Partition: Violence, Nationalism and History in India{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Cambridge University Press(22 November 2001). ISBN 978-0-521-00250-9
  4. Purifying the Land of the Pure: A History of Pakistan's Religious Minorities{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Oxford University Press(2017). ISBN 978-0-19-062165-0
  • Encyclopedia of Sikhism by Harbans Singh ji. Published by Punjabi university, Patiala

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