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The Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee has decided to honour former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh by displaying his portrait in the central sikh museum, Amritsar. This decision acknowledges Dr. Singh's significant contributions to India and the global Sikh community, recognizing his dignity, integrity, and economic leadership.

Mandeep Sidhu, brother of late Deep Sidhu, met Akal Takht jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh on Saturday and requested him to recommend hanging a picture of the farm-stir motivator inside the central sikh museum.

The Akal Takht has asked Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) to expand the central sikh museum and give it a modern look.

Giani Raghbir Singh, jathedar of the Akal Takht, has requested the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) to display portraits of three Khalistani terrorists in the central sikh museum at the Golden Temple complex. The jathedar, a highly esteemed position within the Sikh community, has referred to Hardeep Singh Nijjar, Paramjit Singh Panjwar, and Gajinder Singh as "martyrs" of the Sikh community and has urged the SGPC to honor them accordingly.

A petition has been filed in the Punjab and Haryana high court seeking directions to the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) to disclose whereabouts of manuscripts, religious books and other articles, which were seized during the Operation Blue Star, handed over by the Indian Army and CBI.

AMRITSAR: Chris Moony Singh, an Australian by birth, who converted to Sikhism in 1989, became so fascinated by rabab, a traditional string instrument of the Sikhs, that he chose to dedicate his life to the cause of reviving it.

The youth wing of recently elected Sangrur MP Simranjit Singh Mann’s party, the Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar), has asked the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) to immediately remove the photograph of freedom fighter Bhagat Singh from the central sikh museum (CSM).

Over a century after Ghadar Party member Bhai Mewa Singh Lopoke, one of the founders of Khalsa Diwan Society which built a gurdwara in North America , was hanged in New Westminster, British Columbia, the same city would now observe January 11 as 'Bhai Mewa Singh Day'. Bhai Mewa Singh was hanged on January 11, 1915, and was the first Sikh and Ghadarite to be hanged in Canada.

The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) on Monday put the portraits of seven Sikhs, including the two victims of the Behbal Kalan police firing, on display at its central sikh museum.

Post-9/11, Balbir Singh Sodhi became the first victim of hate crimes in the US. Now, 20 years later, his family wants his picture to be installed at the central sikh museum, Amritsar. They also want more efforts to be made to create awareness of Sikh identity in the US, as well as action against hate messages against the community in India.

When the East India Company started expanding northward, it faced one of its biggest challenges in the battle of Ferozeshah in Ferozepur, nearly losing the fight against the erstwhile Sikh Empire.

A large number of UK-based Sikh bodies have censured SAD (Amritsar) chief Simranjit Singh Mann and his son, Iman Singh Mann, for their remarks on freedom fighter Bhagat Singh.

Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) on Monday installed picture of Muslim chief Rai Kalha, shown receiving Ganga Sagar (pitcher) from 10th Sikh master Guru Gobind Singh at the central sikh museum.

Former deputy speaker of Punjab, Bir Devinder Singh has urged the SGPC to install the portrait of Rai Bular Bhatti, a follower of Guru Nanak Dev, in the central sikh museum. “I wonder why the SGPC is... not installing the portrait of Rai Bular.