• The Sikh Reference Library was a repository of an estimated 20,000 literary works located in the Darbar Sahib (Golden Temple) at Amritsar, Punjab which...
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    principal Sikh scripture is the Adi Granth (First Scripture), more commonly called the Guru Granth Sahib. The second most important scripture of the Sikhs is...
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  • the Sikh Reference Library. The library contained numerous artifacts and hundreds of original manuscripts, including letters signed by the Sikh gurus...
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    Assassination of Indira Gandhi (category 1984 anti-Sikh riots)
    Takht and the destruction of the Sikh Reference Library. Gandhi's assassination by her Sikh bodyguards led to the 1984 Sikh massacres which were instigated...
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    The 1984 anti-Sikh riots, also known as the 1984 Sikh massacre, were a series of organised pogroms against Sikhs in India following the assassination of...
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    including Bhindranwale. It also resulted in the destruction of the Sikh Reference Library, which was considered a national treasure that contained over a...
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    The Wisconsin Sikh temple shooting was a mass shooting that took place at the gurdwara (Sikh temple) in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, on August 5, 2012, when 40-year-old...
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    the Sikh population by the Mughal Empire in 1746. The Mughal Army killed an estimated 7,000 Sikhs in these attacks while an additional 3,000 Sikhs were...
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  • Satnam Trust Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund Sikh Phulwari Sikh Reference Library Thai Sikh International School All India Sikh Students Federation...
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    kəl˨luːkäː˨ɾäː]; alternatively spelt as Wadda Ghalughara) was the mass murder of Sikhs by the Afghan forces of the Durrani Empire during the years of Afghan influence...
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    Hukamnama (category Sikh scripture)
    Mata Sahib Kaur and by his disciple, Banda Singh Bahadur. The Sikh Reference Library located at Amritsar held many authentic hukamnamas. These were lost...
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    Kavi Santokh Singh (category Sikh writers)
    19 October 1843/1844) was a Sikh historian, poet and writer. He was such a prolific writer that the Sikh Reference Library at Darbar Sahib Amritsar was...
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    Within Canada, anti-Sikh sentiment has included hostility, prejudice, or discrimination against Canadian Sikhs as a religious and ethnic group. This form...
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  • Rebellion. The Sikh Reference Library in Amritsar, a collection of rare books, newspapers, manuscripts, and other literary works related to Sikhism and India...
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    weight within the library community. In 1984, during India’s attack at Sikh Golden Temple, Indian forces ransacked the Sikh Reference Library which held invaluable...
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    Nankana massacre (category Persecution of Sikhs)
    of British India, but today in modern-day Pakistan. Between 140 and 260 Sikhs were killed, including children, by the Udasi Custodian Narayan Das and...
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    Amritsar (category Sikh places)
    Sikh Reference Library before burning it down. Four months after the operation, on 31 October 1984, Indira Gandhi was assassinated by two of her Sikh...
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    Public Library (PDF). IFLA. Retrieved 2008-08-30. Brar, Kamaldeep Singh (20 June 2019). "Explained: The mystery of missing articles of Sikh Reference Library"...
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    Bhapa (category Sikh communities)
    (Bhaapa) is a term used in Punjab by the members of the Sikh community in a pejorative sense for Sikhs that migrated from Pakistan after the Partition of India...
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    On 22 February 2010, three Sikh men were said to have been beheaded by the Pakistani Taliban (Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan) in the FATA region of Pakistan...
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    Gurdwara (redirect from Sikh Temple)
    is a place of assembly and worship in Sikhism, but its normal meaning is "place of guru" or "home of guru". Sikhs also refer to gurdwaras as Gurdwara Sahib...
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    Sardarji joke (category Persecution of Sikhs)
    or Sardar jokes are a class of religious jokes based on stereotypes of Sikhs (who use the title of "Sardar", with -ji being an honorific). Although jokes...
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    its destruction, the library was one of the biggest in Asia, containing over 97,000 books and manuscripts. The Sikh Reference Library in Amritsar, a collection...
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    being 80.23% and female literacy 78.36%. Sikhism is the predominant faith in the village. The two-story library was established alongside the newly built...
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    temple. In doing so, it damaged some portions of the Akal Takht, the Sikh Reference Library, and the Golden Temple itself. According to Indian government sources...
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    The Mehjoor Nagar Sikh massacre refers to the fatal shooting of Sikhs on 3 February 2001 in the Srinagar district of Jammu and Kashmir, India. In this...
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    Baba Nanak Shrine (category Sikhism by country)
    Sikh gurdwara in Baghdad, Iraq, which was rediscovered by Sikh soldiers during World War I and was repaired and rebuilt during World War II, by Sikh soldiers...
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  • Chittisinghpura massacre (category Massacres of Sikhs)
    The Chittisinghpura massacre refers to the mass murder of 35 Sikh villagers on 20 March 2000 in the village of Chittisinghpura (also spelled Chittisinghpora)...
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    the Sikh Reference Library. He pushed for a Truth and Reconciliation Commission for the events that happened in 1984. He spoke against the Sikh community...
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  • Sikh art, also known as the Sikh School, is the artwork created by or associated with Sikhs and Sikhism. Sikh artwork exists in many forms, such as miniature...
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