Teja Singh was an Indian
Sikh
Sikhs (singular Sikh: or ; , ) are an ethnoreligious group who adhere to Sikhism, a religion that originated in the late 15th century in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, based on the revelation of Guru Nanak. The term ''Si ...
scholar, teacher, author and translator.
Early life
Teja Singh was born on 2 June 1894, in
Adiala village,
Rawalpindi district
Rawalpindi District (Punjabi language, Punjabi and ) is a Districts of Pakistan, district located in the northernmost part of the Punjab (Pakistan), Punjab province of Pakistan. Parts of the district form part of the Islamabad Rawalpindi metropo ...
,
Punjab Province,
British India
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to parents Bhai Bhalakar Singh and Srusti. He grazed livestock and studied within the village until 1908, then he moved to Rawalpindi city to garner a further and better education.
Books
Books in English
*''Growth of Responsibility in Sikhism'' (1919)
*''The Asa-di-Var'' (1926)
*''Highroads of Sikh History'', in three volumes (1935), published by Orient Longman
*''Sikhism: Its Ideals and Institutions'', published by Orient Longman
*''Punjabi-English Dictionary'', revised and edited for Lahore University
*''English-Punjabi Dictionary'', Vol.1 (Punjabi University Solan).
See also
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Sikhism
Sikhism is an Indian religion and Indian philosophy, philosophy that originated in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent around the end of the 15th century CE. It is one of the most recently founded major religious groups, major religio ...
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Punjab
Punjab (; ; also romanised as Panjāb or Panj-Āb) is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia. It is located in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising areas of modern-day eastern Pakistan and no ...
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1894 births
1958 deaths
Canadian Sikhs
People from Rawalpindi
Indian emigrants to Canada
Indian Sikhs
Scholars of Sikhism
Sikh writers
Writers from Vancouver
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