This article was written for the Sikh Magazine Sant Sipahai and published in March 2010. Historical sources on Guru Granth Sahib and Sri Dasam GranthGurinder Singh Mann, Leicester, UKFor the Sikhs Guru Granth Sahib is the living embodiment of the Ten Gurus. The Granth contains the writings of the…
Sikhs and the British: The Charter Act and the beginnings of the missionary movement. Sikh Historian Gurinder Singh Mann, discusses the relatively unknown Charter Act which introduced the Christian missionary movement into India. In my recent TV interview regarding the British and the Sikhs, I referred to the…
I have decided to rename this site to www.sikhscholar.co.uk, my other work and sites which i have connections with can be seen at wwww.gsmann.com.I was finding that people were getting in contact with me through my various projects so i decided to put the portfolio sites on one…
Panjab Research Group lectures : 29/10/2011. Wolfson College, University of Oxford, Linton Road Oxford OX2 6UDThe Punjab Research Group is a forum for academics in the UK to showcase their research. I was invited to talk about the Dr Leyden project. I explained the purpose and reasons…
The video of my interview on the Sikh Channel regarding various themes of Sikh history.From the Granth of Guru Gobind Singh to how the British colonised the Punjab. See pictures from the Interview hereVisit: the Ekconscious website: http://www.ekconsciousliving.com/
Ramgharia Dynasty: Bhai Hardas and Jassa Singh Ramgharia. From the Tenth Guru to the reign of Maharaja Ranjit Singh. Gurinder Singh Mann Bhai Hardas (Haridas) was a resident of Sur Singh, a large village in the Lahore district (now Taran Taran); he became a close confidant of Guru…
Sir John login and Duleep Singh, lady login with an introduction by colonel G. B. Malleson, c.s.i., London, W. H. Allen & co., 1890. pp, 144-145In a series of letters written by Sir John Login to his wife Lady Login he narrates his role in the Anglo Sikh…
One of the documents I discussed on the Sikh Channel Interview:The following is the treaty between the British and the Lahore Government. Dated 29th March 1849. * It essentially made Duleep Singh a ward of the British.* made the Lahore Government pay the expenses of the Anglo Sikh Wars and all…
Essay written for Sant Sipahi magazine in 2008.Publishing for the first time on the internet due to the discussion of Charles Wilkins visit to the Takht at Patna Sahib on Sikh Channel interview May 2012.Sri Takhat Harimandir Sahib Patna Sahib: A perspective of its History and Maryada
I was on the Sikh Channel discussing the relationship between the British and the Sikhs.Discussion with Rajinder SinghSikh ChannelLondonMay 2012I went through the works of Charles Wilkins, Dr John Leyden and Lt John Malcolm who essentially had a positive view of the Sikhs. I discussed how the views of the British changed after…
