Nankana Sahib is a city and capital of Nankana Sahib District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is named after the first Guru of the Sikhs, Guru Nanak, who was born in the city and first began preaching here. Nankana Sahib is the most important religious site for the Sikh religion. It is located about 91 km (57 mi) west of Lahore and about 75 km (47 mi) east of Faisalabad. According to the census of 2017 the city has a population of 79,540 inhabitants. Until 2005, it was a part of the Sheikhupura District.
Jalandhar is the third most-populous city in the Indian state of Punjab and the largest city in Doaba region. Jalandhar lies alongside the Grand Trunk Road and is a well-connected rail and road junction. Jalandhar is 146 km (91 mi) northwest of the state capital Chandigarh, 83.5 km (51.9 mi) south-east of Amritsar and 61.3 km (38.1 mi) north of Ludhiana. Jalandhar is about 381 km from national capital Delhi. The famous road NH1 crosses from Jalandhar.
The following outline is provides an overview of Sikhism, or Sikhi.
Batala is the eighth largest city in the state of Punjab, India in terms of population after Ludhiana, Amritsar, Jalandhar, Patiala, Bathinda, Mohali and Hoshiarpur. Batala ranks as the second-oldest city after Bathinda. It is a municipal corporation in Gurdaspur district in the Majha region of the state of Punjab, India. It is located about 32 km from Gurdaspur, the headquarters of the district. It is also a Police District. Batala holds the status of the most populated town of the district with 31% of the total population of district. It is the biggest industrial town in the district. Batala is the centre of the Majha region of Punjab.
Punjabi University is a collegiate state public university located in Patiala, Punjab, India. It was established on 30 April 1962 and is only the second university in the world to be named after a language, after Hebrew University of Israel. Originally it was conceived as a unitary multi-faculty teaching and research university, primarily meant for the development and enrichment of the Punjabi language and culture, but alive to the social and education requirements of the state.
The university is Entitled by University Grants Commission to offer higher studies degree courses online. Guru Nanak Dev University's campus is spread over 500 acres (200 ha) near village of Kot Khalsa, nearly eight km (5.0 mi) west of the Amritsar, next to Khalsa College, Amritsar.
Khalsa College is a historic educational institution in the northern Indian city of Amritsar in the state of Punjab, India. Founded in 1892, the sprawling 300-acre (1.2 km2) campus is located about eight kilometers from the city-center on the Amritsar-Lahore highway, adjoining Guru Nanak Dev University campus, to which Khalsa College is academically affiliated.
Guru Nanak Khalsa College is an affiliate college of University of Mumbai in Matunga, Mumbai. It offers undergraduate, Masters and PhD programs in arts, science and commerce disciplines.
Surjit Patar is a Punjabi language writer and poet of Punjab, India. His poems enjoy immense popularity with the general public and have won high acclaim from critics.
Khaira is a Punjabi surname and Jat clan that is not to be confused with Kheirra, also a Jat clan, in Punjab, India & Punjab, Pakistan. The surname is particularly common in the city of Amritsar where majority of the Khairas (Khehras)were settled before the 1947 Partition of India. The majority of Khehras live in Khadur Sahib tehsil of district Tarn Taran in Punjab, India, in villages Odhar, Nagoke, Kotli Saru Khan etc. There are many variations of this surname such as Khara and Khehra. In India, Khehras live in Faridkot, Batala, Kapurthala, Gurdaspur, Jalandhar and Moga etc. in addition to Amritsar. In Punjab, Pakistan Khairas or Khehras live in Harappa (Sahiwal), (Girote) Khushab, Gojra, Kharrian (Gujrat), Dajkot (Faisalabad), Rahim Yar Khan and Lahore etc. Khehras of Pakistani Punjab are mostly migrated in 1947 from Indian Punjab e.g. Khehras of Harappa migrated from Hassan Bhatti near Ferozepur. Kheirras (کھیڑا) live in Multan, Muzaffargarh, Girote and other parts of southern Punjab & in some areas of Sindh, Pakistan.
Punjab has a long history of education.
Sadhu Singh Bhaura was a Sikh missionary who served as the 21st Jathedar of Akal Takht from 1964 to 1980.
The Panjab Digital Library is a voluntary organization digitizing and preserving the cultural heritage of Panjab since 2003. With over 50 million digitized pages, it is the biggest resource of digital material on Panjab. There are many historically significant documents stored and made available online. Its scope covers Sikh and Punjabi culture. The library funded by The Nanakshahi Trust was launched online in August 2009. Its base office is located at Chandigarh, India.
Guru Nanak National College (GNNC) is situated at the by- pass Jalandhar, Punjab, India. Established in 1969, it is one of the oldest educational Institutes in the Doaba region of Punjab.
Waryam Singh Sandhu is an Indian author of short stories. In 2000, he was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award for his short story collection Chauthi koot. Although he writes in Punjabi, his works have been translated into Hindi, Bengali, Urdu and English.
Sardar Surjit Singh Randhawa was an Indian field hockey player, who played for India men's national field hockey team at the 1976 Montreal Olympics. He was a full back and captain of India field hockey team. He got his training from DSP Ajit Singh Ahluwalia.
Harbans Singh was an educationist, administrator, scholar and the editor-in-chief of the Encyclopaedia of Sikhism. He was respected for his contributions to Sikh scholarship and Punjabi literary studies and had a vital and pervasive influence in the field of religious studies, with special reference to Sikhism.
Government Municipal Degree College, Faisalabad,گورنمنٹ میونسپل ڈگری کالج فیصل آباد , previously known as Lyallpur Khalsa College, Faisalabad, is a degree college located in Faisalabad, Pakistan. on Faisalabad-Jaranwala Road near Abdullah pur.
