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Mai Bhago

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Sikhism is actually considered the first religion to provide equal status to men and women from its inception .Sikh women have a long history of fighting patriarchy, enacting radical change and taking up leadership roles.   1. ' Mai Bhago ' was the first women to fight on the battlefield in Punjab . 2. She was from the village of Jhabal Kalan and grew up with the Sikh faith. 3. While the khalsa army was passing through Muktsar, she met some 40 sikhs who wanted to leave the battle because they were severely outnumbered. 4. She put on the battle outfit that men wore, a radical symbol of what she felt empowered to do and led them back into battle. 5. She had learned gatka , the traditional Sikh martial arts from her father as a child. 6.The khalsa army wasn't similar to the armies of today but was a part of Guru Gobind Singh's army against mughal tyranny. 7. The battle of Muktsar on December 29, 1705 was between 250 khalsa warriors and 20,000 Mughal warriors. 8. She was th

Kartar Singh Sarabha

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  1.  K artar S ingh S arabha was born on 24 May 1896 in ludhiana , punjab India into a Sikh grewal family in sarabha district Ludhiana. 2.His association with Nalanda Club of Indian students at Berkeley aroused his patriotic sentiment's and he felt agitated about the treatment immigrants from India especially manual worker received in the United Nations. 3.Sahan Singh Bhakana founder of Ghadar Party inspired Kartar Singh to revolt against British Colonial India for the sake of independent country . 4.With the start of World War in 1914, the British became thoroughly engrossed in the war effort. Thinking it to be a good opportunity the leaders of ghadar party published the decision of declaration of war against the British in issue of The Ghadar dated 5 August 1914. 5. After the arrival of Rash Behari Bose at Amritsar on 25 January 1915, it was decided in a meeting on 12 February that the uprising should be started on 21 February. 6. It was planned that after capturing the cantonme

Hari Singh Nalwa

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 1. Hari Singh Nalwa was born in 1791 as Harry Singh Uppal , he lost his father at an early age. 2. In 1804 his mother sent him to the court of Maharaja Ranjit Singh where he got a job as a personal attendant. 3. He was involved in or led most of the major battles and he also built a number of forts and even a planned town called Haripur. 4. Hari Singh Nalwa was the commander-in -chief of the Sikh Empire under Maharaja Ranjit Singh. 5. The Times of London wrote an article in 1881, where they not only noted Hari Singh's battlefield power but also his success as an administrator and foresight. 6. As a baptized KHALSA he also built a great number of Gurdwaras.