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Khalsa Nama
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 22 ก.ย. 2023
This channel produces documentary films, highlighting the story of the Khalsa from its inception to the 21st century. We hope to provide you with a narrative which you may have never heard before, by covering Sikhi through a wide range of primary and secondary sources.
We hope to cover content pertaining to the evolution of Sikh identity through the many centuries. Our videos look at the role and purpose of the Khalsa within the wider Sikh/Indic universe. We aim to provide you with more knowledge on the most consequential chapters of Sikh history, many of which aren't as well known.
We hope to cover content pertaining to the evolution of Sikh identity through the many centuries. Our videos look at the role and purpose of the Khalsa within the wider Sikh/Indic universe. We aim to provide you with more knowledge on the most consequential chapters of Sikh history, many of which aren't as well known.
Sikhism and British Colonialism
In the late 19th century, prominent commentators speculated that Sikhism was in terminal decline and would soon belong to history. Almost 50 years later the Sikhs emerged with a revived zeal and went on to become a powerful socio-political force in Punjab. What really was the Sikh chapter in the story of the British Raj? Did Sikhs maintain loyalty to the British crown, or did they fight against it? And how did Sikhs engage with Hindus, Muslims, secular Indian nationalists and British officials?
In this episode, we will be looking at this ‘middle period’ of colonial history from 1873 to 1919, which saw a radical transformation of Sikh thought. As society transitioned from feudalism to democracy, new ideologies and institutions gained popularity amongst the Punjabi masses. This was a period when the modern Sikh identity had begun to crystallise and different organisations and leaders competed to become the new guardians and ideological gatekeepers of the faith.
This documentary will also detail how major events in British-Indian history impacted Sikh leadership and politics in the Punjab. The events include: the Bubonic Plague, the Morley Minto Reforms, the First World War, the Komagata Maru incident, the Swadeshi Movement, and the Jalliahwallah Bagh Massacre.
This episode builds upon the Lahore Singh Sabha's triumph by examining the make up of Sikh leadership at the beginning of the 20th century, from the loyalist Sundar Singh Majithia and later the more radical Teja Singh Bhasaur and Master Tara Singh. We will also be looking at the power and the influence of prominent aristocrats like Maharaja Ripudaman Singh of Nabha and also the Maharaja of Patiala Bhupinder Singh.
We also cover the dominant Sikh institutions of this period, by looking at the Chief Khalsa Diwan, the Panch Khalsa Diwan, and how they have left their mark on modern Sikh theology. This includes the origins of the Akhand Kirtani Jatha, and more missionary schools of Sikh theology.
We detail the rise of Punjabi and Sikh political radicalism, with the Ghadar Movement and the Central Sikh League, and how they interacted with the Indian National Congress and the Muslim League.
00:00 Introduction
00:51 Chapter 1: Singh Sabha Lahore vs Singh Sabha Amritsar
16:07 Chapter 2: The Chief Khalsa Diwan
23:26 Chapter 3: The Panch Khalsa Diwan
37:38 Chapter 4: The political field of the early 20th Century
43:19 Chapter 5: The makings of a rebellion
54:24 Chapter 6: The birth of Sikh radicalism
*Sources*
Academic papers:
Prabhjap Singh Jutla - ‘The Chief Khalsa Diwan’
Gerald Barrer - Competing visions of Sikh religion and politics: The chief Khalsa Diwan and the Panch Khalsa Diwan, 1902-1928
Michael Brunner - Education and Modernity in Colonial Punjab Khalsa College, the Sikh Tradition and the Webs of Knowledge, 1880-1947
A History of The Khalsa College Amritsar
K L Tutela - Politicization Of the Sikhs in the Punjab (1919-1925)
Gerald Barrer - Sikh Politics and Religion: The Singh Sabha Bhasaur
Gursharan Singh Dhillon - ‘Character and Impact of the Singh Sabha Movement on the history of the Punjab’ 1973
Joginder Singh - The Sikh Gentry and it’s politics in the post World War 1 period
Ajit Singh - The Bhasaur Movement
Books:
History and culture of Punjab
Gurnam Singh Rekhi - Sir Sardar Sundar Singh Majithia and his relevance in Sikh politics
Ganda Singh - The Singh Sabha and other socio-religious movements in the Punjab [1850-1925]
J S Grewal - Master Tara Singh in Indian History
H S Oberoi - The Construction of Religious Boundaries
Lal Singh - Itihas Panch Khalsa Diwan
J S Grewal - Maharaja Ripudaman Singh
T Singh - The Autobiography of Bhai Randhir Singh
Chhanda Chatterjee - The Sikh Minority and the partition of the Punjab
Mcleod - The Khalsa Rehit
The Sikhs of the Punjab - J S Grewal
In this episode, we will be looking at this ‘middle period’ of colonial history from 1873 to 1919, which saw a radical transformation of Sikh thought. As society transitioned from feudalism to democracy, new ideologies and institutions gained popularity amongst the Punjabi masses. This was a period when the modern Sikh identity had begun to crystallise and different organisations and leaders competed to become the new guardians and ideological gatekeepers of the faith.
This documentary will also detail how major events in British-Indian history impacted Sikh leadership and politics in the Punjab. The events include: the Bubonic Plague, the Morley Minto Reforms, the First World War, the Komagata Maru incident, the Swadeshi Movement, and the Jalliahwallah Bagh Massacre.
This episode builds upon the Lahore Singh Sabha's triumph by examining the make up of Sikh leadership at the beginning of the 20th century, from the loyalist Sundar Singh Majithia and later the more radical Teja Singh Bhasaur and Master Tara Singh. We will also be looking at the power and the influence of prominent aristocrats like Maharaja Ripudaman Singh of Nabha and also the Maharaja of Patiala Bhupinder Singh.
We also cover the dominant Sikh institutions of this period, by looking at the Chief Khalsa Diwan, the Panch Khalsa Diwan, and how they have left their mark on modern Sikh theology. This includes the origins of the Akhand Kirtani Jatha, and more missionary schools of Sikh theology.
We detail the rise of Punjabi and Sikh political radicalism, with the Ghadar Movement and the Central Sikh League, and how they interacted with the Indian National Congress and the Muslim League.
00:00 Introduction
00:51 Chapter 1: Singh Sabha Lahore vs Singh Sabha Amritsar
16:07 Chapter 2: The Chief Khalsa Diwan
23:26 Chapter 3: The Panch Khalsa Diwan
37:38 Chapter 4: The political field of the early 20th Century
43:19 Chapter 5: The makings of a rebellion
54:24 Chapter 6: The birth of Sikh radicalism
*Sources*
Academic papers:
Prabhjap Singh Jutla - ‘The Chief Khalsa Diwan’
Gerald Barrer - Competing visions of Sikh religion and politics: The chief Khalsa Diwan and the Panch Khalsa Diwan, 1902-1928
Michael Brunner - Education and Modernity in Colonial Punjab Khalsa College, the Sikh Tradition and the Webs of Knowledge, 1880-1947
A History of The Khalsa College Amritsar
K L Tutela - Politicization Of the Sikhs in the Punjab (1919-1925)
Gerald Barrer - Sikh Politics and Religion: The Singh Sabha Bhasaur
Gursharan Singh Dhillon - ‘Character and Impact of the Singh Sabha Movement on the history of the Punjab’ 1973
Joginder Singh - The Sikh Gentry and it’s politics in the post World War 1 period
Ajit Singh - The Bhasaur Movement
Books:
History and culture of Punjab
Gurnam Singh Rekhi - Sir Sardar Sundar Singh Majithia and his relevance in Sikh politics
Ganda Singh - The Singh Sabha and other socio-religious movements in the Punjab [1850-1925]
J S Grewal - Master Tara Singh in Indian History
H S Oberoi - The Construction of Religious Boundaries
Lal Singh - Itihas Panch Khalsa Diwan
J S Grewal - Maharaja Ripudaman Singh
T Singh - The Autobiography of Bhai Randhir Singh
Chhanda Chatterjee - The Sikh Minority and the partition of the Punjab
Mcleod - The Khalsa Rehit
The Sikhs of the Punjab - J S Grewal
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Your video provided a clarity on how modern Sikh identity came to be, but also provided crucial information how for the sake of modern Sikh identity other Sikh sect was excluded from Panth , imagine the reach of Sikhism if we were all together as Guru Nanak ji visioned.
another KhalsaNama video, LETS GOOOOO
12:30 All the other writings of Guru Gobind Singh Ji Maharaj have a distinct writng style matching Guru Teg Bahadur Ji but this one is very different and seems like a forgery or modern invention. Can you tell me if this Hukamnama is authentic or is it a forgery?
When is the next video dropping
Very good effort to bring out the real history of the Sikhs !!!! The new generation are falling very easily to the distorted history by the RSS !!!! Need to save guard of real history and then educated
❤❤❤ excellent research done ❤❤❤
I saw people say that Banda Singh Bahadur was the one that started it rather than his followers after his martyrdom.
Use Guru ji thanks
Have watched your videos with interest. Look forward to future videos esp if you’re planning to make one on Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s empire
great video as always. scholarly, researched sikh videos like these are so hard to find. everyone would much rather just listen to their favorite baba than learn actual history.
Thank you for a non opinionated view of the history
Not good. talk about jobs and safety not religion which comes with riots
Interesting video. I do wonder if you'll ever cover how many times our holy texts tell us that we need a living Satguru of the day to authenticate and liberate the soul - period -, but my overarching outlook on spirituality is that more important than the messenger is the message, and that more important than the message is how we live. Look forward to the next video.
Brilliant video, thank you so much for sharing rich knowledge of our history 🙏🏽
nice work plz make vedio on oldkirtan reets and now days light kirtan and rbabi tradition also
at last u should tell about the 5k that nand lal has written about in his rhetnama
Make a dedicated video on Bhai Maharaj Singh ji and why he was compared to 'Jesus' by many
18:46 why use a image of the 3ho cult? And the guy in the front row wearing a Trilby hat.
Excellent! Please do more
thanks for this quality content
Two things - when did we start tying beared ? - when did we start using castes behind our names and it becomes normalizes.
This analytical approach is similar to that Which writers such as Kushwant Singh. It seems to lack the reverence which many Sikhs have and It's not without it's salting of opinion bias which we already have plenty of examples which may be present in varying proportions in this work here. Would be complete if this aspect could be left out. Also should certainly say before finalising any documentary on the DDT or Khalsa Brindrawalé why not go and talk to them first. People do it. They're open to approach whenever you can get to them. When you have the story from their side then you can compare with these other writers like max arther McAuliffe and McLeod, guys who were commissioned to do their works rather than drawn to.
Yes they had nice peaceful discussion with Dhadrianwala.
You are showing sir syed ahmad khan’s picture and saying punjabi Muslims were pushing for urdu. This man was not from Punjab and was not a punjabi.
Singh saba lahore saved us..
would like to know more about the misl period
21:00 So, does that mean the later Sikhs added Kesh (hair) to also include body hair? But it was only meant for beard & top of the head to be kept uncut?
You need to get a Join Button with paid Memberships brother... So that We can support you... You are doing a great job like a Lamp of light challenging the Darkness around it.
This is a false narrative of Sikh history especially chapter 1. The reforms were designed by the British to transform Sikhism through the Lahore faction and Sir Khem Singh Bedi to suit British interests and colonization. This is the same Bedi who used to sit on a special chair next to SGGS in the Durbar Sahib. Sikh believe was manipulated to the extend that today we have such videos that narrate all the wrongs to innocent Sikhs.
Did you even watch the video he literally mentions this in the video
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Amazing work. Please 🙏 continue to make videos like this. Please make one on Kuka Sect as well.
I’m very impressed, thank you for doing this. Could you also make these videos in Punjabi?
Woooow
Please let us know if there are any areas of history you would like us to explore for future episodes!
1700 to 1800
I wonder if you actually made any realistic effort to understand other beliefs or your own where it specifically involved yours. If you are a Sikh You said in intro. Ahmadiya (Qadianis) an Islamic Reformist movement But their Guru Ghulam Qadiani claimed that chola Sahib was given to him and in his publication he drew picture of the Chola sab as well Did you conduct any research and do you need any references? Ghulam Qadiani also claimed he was Krishan Rudargopal and Geeta Revealed on him than claimed he’s King of Aryans. And his Mahema is written in Geeta He also claimed that he is Jesus, Moses. And Mary ( mother of Jesus ) I don’t know if it’s acceptable to honour people who mock your sacred personages in Sikhism but that’s what you have done and Hindus have done the same I didn’t see no publication where a Sikh actually refuted his Claims You need to do alot of work especially on. Marzaee”s their founder Ghulam Qadiani. Even the use of the term Ahmadiya is not allowed for them Also I will be surprised if it’s acceptable for you if someone claims that chola sahib belongs to him and he’s the one mentioned therein. Is it acceptable? A person who used to drink alcohol and before whom a woman would get undressed and who used to stay in Heera Mandi Lahore, who used to call those who reject him as “ Randioyn ki Nasal “. Halal Zada na he “. Was actually a person of a character to claim that chola sab belongs to him Is that not blasphemous? If Sikhs didn’t knew that shows their wisdom and intellect about their own faith and their founder The same principles applies to Hindus they have always protected Qadianis and promoted Qadiani like Tarek Fatah & Tahir Gora while this is what their founder claimed He made very offensive comments about Mary ( Mother of Jesus ) and still lived under the protection of Queen Victoria ( defender of Christianity) They are as good defender of Christianity as you are for Sikhism. Neither they done anything even scholarly to reject his claims nor any sikhs have done so far Similarly now they have Centres in Israel so he also claimed he’s the real Moses, he’s the real Abraham and still his followers are living under the protection of Those who call themselves Jews You got a lot of work to do
@@Sherdil20023 'Reform' in our video is being used as broad term for change from traditions. We didn't say that reformers are accurate/correct (or incorrect) to their faith.
@@KhalsaNama but again you used Islamic reformist Whereas Ghulam Qadiani claimed that He’s Krishan Rudargopal, And Geeta revealed on him. Well let’s say that is not subject of your discussion but you should have knowledge of their founder about His claims regarding Sacred Sikh Personages, and this individual ( Ghulam Qadiani ) founder of Qadianis ( whom you referred to as AhmAdiya ) mocked every single religion. It’s not hard to find the relevant reference
Singh sabhas & eventual SGPC always remained loyal & beholden to British colonialists, ultimately even Culminating in McArthur version of sikhi taking root & become mainstream ( devoid of original dharmic roots of guru' s sikhi )
These videos are misleading for the panth. You disregard the bachans and the partap of Mahapurakhs such as Sant Giani Gurbachan Singh ji Khalsa and Sant Baba Attar Singh Mastuana wale. Not outright, although with a somewhat bibek budhi can be recognised. You have people calling Sikhs today as Brahmins which is again creating division because this statement must be contemplated through Gurbani especially. Bhai Surinder Singh for example will be in the category of Brahmin in your eyes yet Singh's like him were clearly sent by Maharaj and were already mukat and the feats he and the Singh's around him are those of Bhai Mehtab Singh, Bhai Sukha Singh, Baba Phoola Singh etc.
They are not misleading he’s just not saying your opinion is right and you have a problem with that. He is letting the viewer decide themselves with unbiased POINT OF VIEWS something the kaum and panth lacks and has lacked forever. These are the facts from every party make your own mind with the historical facts presented
Going to need to binge all these videos. Been slacking on my Sikh knowledge. Ty bro
Thanks for watching, glad you've enjoyed
Please do make a video on the politics and history after the partition of India focusing on 1984 and all that. Overall this video was a banger!
Thank you for watching!
Interesting to see how hindu arya samaji parasites were against idolatry for hindus but chimped out when sikhs removed 50 idols from dabar sahib. Almost as if they want sikhs to remain docile and go against their own faith whilst being subservient to brahmins. Hindus still do this in punjab today where when sikhs speak out against secular nacharwaad, hindus are the ones to get angry at sikhs for doing so. Sikhs must reject all false idols if they want to combat the eternal bman and sullah.
down with b colonial loot
Akal takht and jatt sikh are the new brahmins.
Very true. They disregard Guru's teaching. I am jatt by the definition but I wish I was only Sikh. I hate my community which led to this.
@@babangill551 i'm a jatt myself, but that doesn't mean i'm responsible for my ancestors actions. These are all just labels, you are you, that's it.
@DefeatLust to this day my family regards themselves as jatts. I cannot, nobody can change it. I hate it. Also Gurudwara saab committees are divided on based of it.
@@babangill551 why hate it lol, there are good and bad people in every sect or cast or whatever you want to call it. Bhai gurmukh singh who was part of the lahore singh sabha was jatt, there are many jatt sikhs who done a lot for the panth. we are not higher than anyone ofc, no matter the caste, we are all guru sahibs children but i dont think you should be ashamed of who your ancestors are just cus of some bad people.
@@NavS170 I hate being identified as jatt and not just Sikh. I think Guru sahab wanted us to identify as Sikh. I don't see that happening.
I’m glad the Lahore Singh Sabha won in the end but it’s a shame they were against Duleep Singh’s return to the Punjab. Also, it is interesting that we can trace many modern/popular Sikh beliefs & practices to the influence of the Bhasaur Singh Sabha, such as women wearing turbans (which was not commonplace in traditional/historical Sikhism).
Dhileep Singh was a puppet of the British crown. He would have made the situation worse
Were Singh Sabha amritsar casteist ?
Clearly if they believed in caste pollution and untouchability...
Singh sabha lahore got sikhi back of 100s of years of colonisation of brahmin.
They also put us back 100 years in Christian colonization
@thesingh588 nah not really. They took out the gund that corrupted sikhi during the time of maharaja ranjit singh. If u look at sources that dated back to the guru Time and sources that dated back to ranjit era. U can tell that the sikh philosophy changed and many people started to remerge in their old habits of Hinduism. Singh sabha lahore just corrected that. For u that colonisation for me that correction. Like it or not that the truth we got carried away with the sikh raj and forget our philosophy. Singh sabha lahore re introduced that philosophy.
@@thesingh588Did you watch the video? It's the exact opposite
@@darakkenwhere does the video say that? They literally stopped Mahraja Duleep Singh
@@thesingh588 watch from 4:18 onwards, basically rewatch the video
Grateful. Any videos about what exactly happened from death of Ranjit Singh to British rule over panjab
Basically political turmoil with ppl getting assassinated in a scramble for power. So it was rlly easy for british to swoop in and fill power void
Brilliant!
Thank you!
Dhanyavad
legend is back
Thank you!
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We believe what the mahapurakhs say, not the researchers like you.
Both are important
what if the mahapurkhas are wrong
When is the next video coming out?
Jattism is the modern reality.