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Chief Khalsa Diwan, the Glossary

The Chief Khalsa Diwan (C.K.D.) or Chief Khalsa Diwan Charitable Society (C.K.D.C.S.) is a Sikh organisation that is the central organization of various Singh Sabhas spread across Punjab, India.^[1]

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1903 establishments in India
Amritsar
Sikh organisations

Agra

Agra is a city on the banks of the Yamuna river in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, about south-east of the national capital Delhi and 330 km west of the state capital Lucknow.

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All India Muhammadan Educational Conference

The All India Muhammadan Educational Conference was an organisation promoting modern, liberal education for the Muslim community in India.

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Amrit Sanskar

Amrit Sanskar (translit, pronunciation:, lit. ‘nectar ceremony’) also called Amrit Parchar, Amrit Sanchar, Khande di Pahul, or Khande Batte di Pahul is one of the four Sikh Sanskaars.

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Amritsar

Amritsar (ISO: Amr̥tasara), historically also known as Rāmdāspur and colloquially as Ambarsar, is the second-largest city in the Indian state of Punjab, after Ludhiana.

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Ardās

The Ardās (ਅਰਦਾਸ, pronunciation) is a set prayer in Sikhism.

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Bhasaur

The village of Bhasaur is situated on state Highway No.

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The Bombay Presidency or Bombay Province, also called Bombay and Sind (1843–1936), was an administrative subdivision (province) of British India and later the Dominion of India, with its capital in the city that came up over the seven islands of Bombay.

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British Raj

The British Raj (from Hindustani, 'reign', 'rule' or 'government') was the rule of the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent,.

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Central Khalsa Orphanage

The Central Khalsa Orphanage, also known as the Central Khalsa Yatimkhana, is an orphanage for boys in Amritsar, India, established in 1904 by the Chief Khalsa Diwan.

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Central Sikh League

Central Sikh League was a political party of the Sikhs.

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Chandigarh

Chandigarh is a city and union territory in northern India, serving as the shared capital of the states of Punjab and Haryana.

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Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst

Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst, (20 June 1858 – 2 August 1944) was a British diplomat and statesman who served as Viceroy and Governor-General of India from 1910 to 1916.

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Dakha (Ludhiana West)

Dakha is a village located in the Ludhiana West tehsil, of Ludhiana District, Punjab.

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Dasvandh

Dasvandh (lit, also transcribed as daswandh) is the one tenth part (or 10%) of one's income that one should donate, both financially (as a tithe) and directly in the form of seva, according to Sikh principles.

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Delhi Durbar

The Delhi Durbar (lit. "Court of Delhi") was an Indian imperial-style mass assembly organized by the British at Coronation Park, Delhi, India, to mark the succession of an Emperor or Empress of India.

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Golden Temple

The Golden Temple (also known as the Harmandir Sahib, or the Darbār Sahib, (or Suvaran Mandir) is a gurdwara located in the city of Amritsar, Punjab, India. It is the pre-eminent spiritual site of Sikhism. It is one of the holiest sites in Sikhism, alongside the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur in Kartarpur, and Gurdwara Janam Asthan in Nankana Sahib.

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Governor-General of India

The governor-general of India (1833 to 1950, from 1858 to 1947 the viceroy and governor-general of India, commonly shortened to viceroy of India) was the representative of the monarch of the United Kingdom in their capacity as the Emperor/Empress of India and after Indian independence in 1947, the representative of the Monarch of India.

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Granthi

A Granthi (ਗ੍ਰੰਥੀ) is a person, female or male, of the Sikh religion who is a ceremonial reader of the Guru Granth Sahib, which is the holy book in Sikhism, often read to worshipers at Sikh temples called a Gurdwara.

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Gurdwara

A gurdwara or gurudwara (Punjabi: ਗੁਰਦੁਆਰਾ gurdu'ārā, literally "Door of the Guru") is a place of assembly and worship for Sikhs but its normal meaning is place of guru or "Home of guru".

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Gurmukhi

Gurmukhī (ਗੁਰਮੁਖੀ,, Shahmukhi: گُرمُکھی|rtl.

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Guru Granth Sahib

The Guru Granth Sahib (ਗੁਰੂ ਗ੍ਰੰਥ ਸਾਹਿਬ) is the central holy religious scripture of Sikhism, regarded by Sikhs as the final, sovereign and eternal Guru following the lineage of the ten human gurus of the religion.

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Guru Nanak

Gurū Nānak (15 April 1469 – 22 September 1539; Gurmukhi: ਗੁਰੂ ਨਾਨਕ; pronunciation), also known as ('Father Nānak'), was the founder of Sikhism and is the first of the ten Sikh Gurus.

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History of Sikhism

Guru Nanak founded the Sikh religion in the Punjab region of the northern part of the Indian subcontinent in the 15th century and opposed many traditional practices like fasting, Upanayana, idolatry, caste system, ascetism, azan, economic materialism, and gender discrimination.

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Imperial Legislative Council

The Imperial Legislative Council (ILC) was the legislature of British India from 1861 to 1947.

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Inderbir Singh Nijjar

Inderbir Singh Nijjar is an Indian politician and the MLA from Amritsar South Assembly constituency.

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Indian Civil Service

The Indian Civil Service (ICS), officially known as the Imperial Civil Service, was the higher civil service of the British Empire in India during British rule in the period between 1858 and 1947.

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Japji Sahib

Japji Sahib (ਜਪੁਜੀ ਸਾਹਿਬ, pronunciation) is the Sikh thesis, that appears at the beginning of the Guru Granth Sahib – the scripture of the Sikhs.

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Kairon

Kairon, is a small historical Indian village of the historical places like Gurudwara Jhar Sahib.

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Kanpur

Kanpur, formerly anglicized as Cawnpore, is a large industrial city located in the central-western part of the state of Uttar Pradesh, India.

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Khalsa

Khalsa (ਖ਼ਾਲਸਾ) refers to both a community that considers Sikhism as its faith,, Encyclopaedia Britannica as well as a special group of initiated Sikhs.

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Kirpan

The kirpan (pronunciation: kɪɾpaːn) is a curved, single-edged blade that Khalsa Sikhs are required to wear as part of their religious uniform, as prescribed by the Sikh Code of Conduct.

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Kirtan

Indian harmoniums and ''tabla'' drums (a common and popular pairing), in Kenya (1960s) Kirtana (कीर्तन), also rendered as Kirtan or Keertan, is a Sanskrit word that means "narrating, reciting, telling, describing" of an idea or story, specifically in Indian religions.

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Ludhiana

Ludhiana is the most populous and the largest city in the Indian state of Punjab.

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Message of the Guru Granth Sahib

The Guru Granth Sahib, a Sikh religious text, promotes a moral teaching that Guru Sahib explains is about living a life of truth, belief in one God (creator of the universe), respect for others and high moral standards.

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Montagu–Chelmsford Reforms

The Montagu–Chelmsford Reforms or more briefly known as the Mont–Ford Reforms, were introduced by the colonial government to introduce self-governing institutions gradually in British India.

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Multan

Multan is a city in Punjab, Pakistan, located on the bank of river Chenab.

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Mumbai

Mumbai (ISO:; formerly known as Bombay) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra.

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Murti

In the Hindu tradition, a murti (mūrti) is a devotional image, such as a statue or icon, of a deity or saint used during puja and/or in other customary forms of actively expressing devotion or reverence - whether at Hindu temples or shrines.

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Nabha State

Nabha State, with its capital at Nabha, was one of the Phulkian princely states of Punjab during the British Raj in India.

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New Delhi

New Delhi (ISO: Naī Dillī), is the capital of India and a part of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT).

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North-West Frontier Province

The North-West Frontier Province (NWFP; شمال لویدیځ سرحدي ولایت) was a province of British India from 1901 to 1947, of the Dominion of Pakistan from 1947 to 1955, and of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan from 1970 to 2010.

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Opposition to the Partition of India

Opposition to the Partition of India was widespread in British India in the 20th century and it continues to remain a talking point in South Asian politics.

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Orthopraxy

In the study of religion, orthopraxy is correct conduct, both ethical and liturgical, as opposed to faith or grace.

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Panj Takht

A takht, or taḵẖat (ਤਖ਼ਤ), literally means a throne or seat of authority and is a spiritual and temporal centre of Sikhism.

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Parikrama

Parikrama or Pradakshina is clockwise circumambulation of sacred entities, and the path along which this is performed, as practiced in the Indic religions – Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism and Jainism.

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Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn

Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (Arthur William Patrick Albert; 1 May 185016 January 1942) was the seventh child and third son of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.

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Princely state

A princely state (also called native state or Indian state) was a nominally sovereign entity of the British Indian Empire that was not directly governed by the British, but rather by an Indian ruler under a form of indirect rule, subject to a subsidiary alliance and the suzerainty or paramountcy of the British crown.

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Punjab Province (British India)

The Punjab Province was a province of British India.

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Punjab, India

Punjab (Also and other variants) is a state in northwestern India.

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Ragi (Sikhism)

A Ragi (rāgī) is a Sikh musician who plays hymns (shabads) in different ragas as prescribed in the Sri Guru Granth Sahib.

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Rawalpindi

Rawalpindi (Punjabi) is the third-largest city in the Pakistani province of Punjab.

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Rehat

Rehat (Punjabi: ਰਹਿਤ, alternatively transliterated as Rehit, Rahit, or Rahat) refers to the rules and traditions which govern the unique Sikh lifestyle and determines correct Sikh orthodoxy and orthopraxy.

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Ripudaman Singh

Maharaja Ripudaman Singh (4 March 1883 – 12 December 1942), later known as Sardar Gurcharan Singh, was the Maharaja of Nabha State from 1911 to 1928, when he was deposed by the British.

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Shiromani Akali Dal

The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) (translation: Supreme Eternal Party) is a centre-right Sikh-centric state political party in Punjab, India.

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Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee

The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC; Supreme Gurdwara Management Committee) is an organization in India responsible for the management of gurdwaras, Sikh places of worship, in the states of Punjab and Himachal Pradesh and the union territory of Chandigarh. Chief Khalsa Diwan and Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee are Amritsar and Sikh organisations.

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Sikh Gurdwaras Act, 1925

The Sikh Gurdwaras Act, 1925 was a piece of legislation in British India which legally defined Sikh identity and brought Sikh gurdwaras (houses of worship) under the control of an elected body of orthodox Sikhs.

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Singh Sabha Movement

The Singh Sabhā Movement, also known as the Singh Sabhā Lehar, was a Sikh movement that began in Punjab in the 1870s in reaction to the proselytising activities of Christians, Hindu reform movements (Brahmo Samaj, Arya Samaj) and Muslims (Aligarh movement and Ahmadiyah).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_Khalsa_Diwan

, Rawalpindi, Rehat, Ripudaman Singh, Shiromani Akali Dal, Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, Sikh Gurdwaras Act, 1925, Singh Sabha Movement, Societies Registration Act, 1860, Sundar Singh Majithia, Tarn Taran Sahib, Temple tank, The Khalsa Advocate, Vir Singh (writer).

Chief Khalsa Diwan, the Glossary

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1903 establishments in India

Amritsar

Sikh organisations

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