Dr.Ganda Singh

Ganda Singh (15 November 1900 – 27 December 1987) was an Indian Punjabi and Sikh historian and Padma Bhushan awardee. In addition to scores of research papers, booklets and pamphlets, he published over two dozen full-length volumes of historical value. He was the founding director of the Punjab State Archives under Maharaja Yadvinder Singh of Patiala. He was also the first leader of the Sikh History Research Centre, affiliated with Khalsa College, Amritsar.

Early life Ganda Singh was born on 15 November 1900, at Hariana, a town in Hoshiarpur district of British Punjab to parents Jawala Singh and Hukam Devi.

Research papers, articles, and books in English

Proceedings of The Indian Historical Records Commission The Persian Akhbars in The Alienation Office, Poona (Vol. 16, 1939) Some New Light on the Treaty of Bhyrowal (16 December 1846) thrown by the private letters of Sir Henry Hardinge (Vol. 17, 1940) Nanak Panthis or The Sikhs and Sikhism of the 17th Century (Vol. 19(2); August 1940; pp 195–219) Last Days of Guru Gobind Singh (Vol. 20(1); April 1941; pp 120–32) Akhbarat-I-Lahaur-o-Multan (Vol. 21 December 1944) The Punjab News in the Akhbar-I-Darbar-I-Mualla (Vol. 24, February 1948) The Journal of Indian History Some Correspondence of Maharaja Duleep Singh (Vol. 27(1); April 1949; pp 1–23) The Origin of the Hindu-Sikh Tension in The Punjab (Vol. 39(1); April 1961; pp 119–23) Three Letters of Maharani Jind Kaur (Vol. 42(1); April 1964; pp 265–80) Social and Religious Movements in the Punjab in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries - Dr. S.P. Sen (Ed.) Dr. Ganda Singh (Author) A Brief Account Of The Sikhs, Guru Gobind Singh's Death at Nanded - An Examination Of Succession Theories A Diary Of The Partition Days 1947, The Panjab in 1839–40: Selections from the Punjab Akhbars History of The Gurdwara Shahidganj, Lahore, From its Origin To November 1935 Compiled From Original Sources, Judicial Records and Contemporary Materials Importance Of Hair And Turban To The Sikhs - Dr. Ganda Singh Tract No. 396, Some Confidential Papers of The Akali Movement Life of Banda Singh Bahadur Based on Contemporary and Original Records Maharaja Duleep Singh Correspondence (History of the Freedom Movement in the Punjab Volume III) Punjab Intelligence, etc. preserved in the National Archives of India, New Delhi The Indian Mutiny of 1857 and the Sikhs The Sikhs and Their Religion, Bhagat Lakshman Singh Autobiography - Dr. Ganda Singh (Edited and Annotated), Dr. Ganda Singh Memorial Trust, Gurmat Parkash, SGPC, Amritsar.

Books in Punjabi

Guru Gobind Singh Ji di Bani Vich Karam-Yog; January 1997 Kukian di Vithya Vol.1, Afghanistan da Safar, Amarnama (Pharsi Mool, Panjabi Utara tey Arth) Dr. Ganda Singh (Ed.)

Bibliographies

A Bibliography of Patiala and East Panjab States Union Bibliography Of Sikh Religious And Historical Literature Guru Nanak's Works: A Bibliography The National Bibliography of Indian Literature (1901–1953) Vol. 3 (Panjabi)