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Tarkhan (Punjab)
The Tarkhan is a caste found in the Punjab region of India and Pakistan. They are traditionally carpenters by occupation. The Hindu members of this clan are generally identified as Khatis, Suthars or Lohars following the Vishwakarma community of India. Whereas, Tarkhan Sikhs are among those groups who are identified as Ramgarhias, after the Misl leader Jassa Singh Ramgarhia. Despite Sikhism generally rejecting the caste system, it does have its own very similar socio-economic hierarchy and in that the Ramgarhias, of which the Tarkhans are a part, now rank second only to the Jat Sikhs, thanks to significant economic and social power that elevated this middle class group from its lower caste confines. According to the 1921 census of India, which may not be reliable, some Tarkhan Sikhs owned large areas of land and, in some cases, whole villages. In 2001, the Punjab Government included Ramgarhia, Tarkhan and Dhiman in the list of Other Backward Classes (OBC) to improve t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hindi
Modern Standard Hindi (, ), commonly referred to as Hindi, is the Standard language, standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in the Devanagari script. It is an official language of India, official language of the Government of India, alongside English language, English, and is the ''lingua franca'' of North India. Hindi is considered a Sanskritisation (linguistics), Sanskritised Register (sociolinguistics), register of Hindustani. Hindustani itself developed from Old Hindi and was spoken in Delhi and neighbouring areas. It incorporated a significant number of Persian language, Persian loanwords. Hindi is an Languages with official status in India, official language in twelve states (Bihar, Gujarat , Mizoram , Maharashtra ,Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand), and six Union territory, union territories (Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Delhi, Chandigarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jat Sikh
Jat Sikh or Jatt Sikh (Gurmukhi: ਜੱਟ ਸਿੱਖ) is an ethnoreligious group, a subgroup of the Jat people whose traditional religion is Sikhism, originating from the Indian subcontinent. They are one of the dominant communities in Punjab, India, owing to their large land holdings. They form an estimated 20–25% of the population of the Indian state of Punjab. They form at least half of the Sikh population in Punjab, with some sources estimating them to be about 60–66% of the Sikh population.Taylor, S., Singh, M., Booth, D. (2007) Migration, development and inequality: Eastern Punjabi transnationalism. School of Social Sciences and Law, University of Teesside, Middlesbrough, UK; Department of Sociology, Punjab University, Chandigarh, India. Other scholars estimate they make-up around 33% of the Sikh population. Etymology The Jatt word is derived from Persian form of the ancient term '' Jit'' is '' Jatt'' (जट्ट) with short vowel and double short 't'. Hist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Punjabi Tribes
This is a list of Punjabi people, Punjabi tribes. More specifically, these are tribes (mostly in Pakistan) and Caste system in India, castes (mostly in India) located within the Punjab region of South Asia, including those that may not be officially recognized by state governments. A * Ad-Dharmi * Agrawal * Heri (caste), Aheri * Ahir * Ahluwalia (caste), Ahluwalia * Arain * Arora * Momin Ansari, Ansari * Abraham B * Brahmin, Brahman * Bagri Kumhars (Khapmarus), Bagri Kumhar (Only of Fazilka District) * Baloch people in Punjab, Baloch * Bazigar * Bhatti C * Chhimba Darzi * Chuhra * Churigar * Chamar D * Dhanial * Dhobi * Dogar * Dogras G * Gabol * Gakhars, Gakhar * Gaur Rajputs * Garha * Gurjar H * Hashmi J * Jat people, Jat * Jatoi (Baloch tribe), Jatoi * Janjua * Jhinwar * Johiya K * Khokhar * Kharal * Khokhar Khanzada * Kalwar (caste), Kalal * Kamboh * Khagga * Khandowa (tribe), Khandowa * Khatri * Kumhar L * Labana * Lohar (caste), Lohar M * Mahtam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
President Of India
The president of India (ISO 15919, ISO: ) is the head of state of the Republic of India. The president is the nominal head of the executive, the first citizen of the country, and the commander-in-chief, supreme commander of the Indian Armed Forces. Droupadi Murmu is the 15th and current president, having taken office on 25 July 2022. The office of president was created when Constitution of India, India's constitution came into force and it became a republic on Republic Day (India), 26 January 1950. The president is indirect election, indirectly elected by an electoral College (India), electoral college comprising both houses of the Parliament of India and the state Legislative Assembly (India), legislative assemblies of each of States and union territories of India, India's states and territories, who themselves are all directly elected by the citizens. s:Constitution of India/Part V#Article 53 %7BExecutive power of the Union%7D, Article 53 of the Constitution of India stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zail Singh
Giani Zail Singh (, born Jarnail Singh; 5 May 1916 – 25 December 1994) was an Indian politician from Punjab who served as the president of India from 1982 to 1987 and chief minister of Punjab. He was the first Sikh to become president. Born in Sandhwan in the princely state of Faridkot, Singh trained to be a granthi and was given the title of giani, meaning a learned man, while training at the Sikh Missionary School in Amritsar. Singh was associated with peasant agitations and the movement seeking a representative government in Faridkot. His political activism in the Praja Mandal, an organisation allied with the Indian National Congress, saw him sentenced to solitary confinement between 1938 and 1943. He led a flag satyagraha and formed a parallel government in Faridkot State which were called off only after the intervention of Jawaharlal Nehru and Vallabhbhai Patel. The stints in jail inspired him to change his name to Zail Singh. After independence, Faridkot was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bhai Lalo
Bhai Lalo was born in 1452 at the village of Saidpur presently known as Eminabad (modern day Pakistan). His father's name was Bhai Jagat Ram Ghataura (ਤਰਖਾਣ)of the Ghataura surname pertaining to the carpenter clan. Bhai Lalo was known for his name in Sikh historic incident with first guru of sikhs Guru Nanak. One day Malik Bhago, a high government official of the city, gave a general feast. He invited Guru Nanak Dev Ji too. Guru ji declined the invitation of Bhago. On being asked a second time, Guru Nanak Dev Ji took Bhai Lalo with him and went to Malik Bhago's house. He is honest man and Guru Nanak Dev Ji praised him Guru Nanak Dev Ji took Bhai Lalo's dry roti in his right hand and Malik Bhago's fried sweet pancake in his left hand. When he squeezed the right hand the people present there saw ''drops of milk dripping from it''. And when he pressed the left hand with the Malik Bhago's fried pancakes, everyone saw ''blood trickling from it''. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramgarhia Misl
Ramgarhia Misl () was a sovereign state (''misl'') in the Sikh Confederacy of Punjab region in present-day India and Pakistan. The misl's name is derived from Qila Ramgarh, a place located in Ramsar, near Amritsar, which was fortified and redesigned by Ramgarhia Misl chief Jassa Singh Ramgarhia. The Ramgarhia Misl was one of the twelve major Sikh misls, and held land near Amritsar. History Jatha The Misl started out as a ''jatha'' (Sikh militia band) founded by a Jats, Jat named Khushal Singh, a native of Guga village near Amritsar, who had undergone the ''Amrit Sanskar, Pahul'' during the era of Banda Singh Bahadur. Khushal Singh fought in the later Mughal-Sikh Wars alongside Banda Singh Bahadur, distinguishing himself in the process. After Khushal, the leadership passed to another Jat named Nand Singh of Sanghani village near Amritsar. Nand Singh helped increase the size of the jatha, with both areas of operation and power expanding. Jassa Singh Ichogillia, who was from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jathedar
A jathedar () is a leader of high regard chosen to head and ensure discipline within a jatha, a troop of Sikhs. In modern-times, the term is used to in-reference to leaders of Sikh spiritual organizations, such as any of the Panj Takhts. History During the early-to-mid 18th century, the term was used to refer to a leader of a Jatha. However, it began to be replaced by titles, such as ''Sardar'', due to Afghan influence from the mid-18th century onwards. The terms "jatha" and "jathedar" were revived during the Singh Sabha Movement to refer to "bands of preachers and choirs", an association which survives until the present-day. However, during the later Gurdwara Reform Movement, the terms began to take on a martial tone once again, resuscitating and harking back to the 18th century's context for the word. Jathedars of the Akal Takht # Gurdas Bhalla Usurped by Minas from 1640 to 1698 # Mani Singh # Darbara Singh # Kapur Singh Virk # Jassa Singh Ahluwalia # Phula S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Government Of Himachal Pradesh
The Government of Himachal Pradesh also known as the State Government of Himachal Pradesh, or locally as State Government, is the supreme governing authority of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. It consists of an executive branch, led by the Governor of Himachal Pradesh, a judiciary and a legislative branch. Like other states in India, the head of state of Himachal Pradesh is the Governor, appointed by the President of India on the advice of the Central government. The post of governor is largely ceremonial. The Chief Minister is the head of government and council of ministers. There exists parliamentary system of government in state with council of ministers responsible to legislative assembly. Shimla is the capital of Himachal Pradesh, and houses the Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) and the secretariat . Dharamshala is the winter capital of the state. The Himachal Pradesh High Court is located in Shimla, which has jurisdiction over the whole of Himachal Pradesh. Stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Government Of Haryana
Government of Haryana, also known as the State Government of Haryana, or locally as the Haryana Government, is the supreme governing authority of the Indian state of Haryana and its 22 districts. It consists of an executive, ceremonially led by the Governor of Haryana and otherwise by the Chief Minister, a judiciary, and a legislative branch. Branches of government Executive The head of state of Haryana is the Governor, appointed by the President of India on the advice of the central government. The Chief Minister of Haryana is the head of Council of Ministers of Haryana and is vested with most of the executive powers to run the 22 districts of Haryana across its six divisions. Legislative Chandigarh is the capital of Haryana and houses the Haryana Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) and the secretariat. The city also serves as the capital of Punjab, and is a union territory of India. The present Legislative Assembly of Haryana is unicameral Unicameralism (from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Census Of India Prior To Independence
Census in British India refers to the census of India prior to independence which was conducted periodically from 1865 to 1941. The censuses were primarily concerned with administration and faced numerous problems in their design and conduct ranging from the absence of house numbering in hamlets to cultural objections on various grounds to dangers posed by wild animals to census personnel. The sociologist Michael Mann called the census exercise "more telling of the administrative needs of the British than of the social reality for the people of British India". The differences in the nature of Indian society during the British Raj from the value system and the societies of the West were highlighted by the inclusion of "caste", "religion", "profession" and "age" in the data to be collected, as the collection and analysis of that information had a considerable impact on the structure and politics of Indian society. Administrative background The first modern census in the United Ki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
