Gurpreet bains biography of mahatma gandhi
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Gurpreet Singh: Remembering a Sikh Gandhi—Harchand Singh Longowal
Very few people in the West would be familiar with name of Harchand Singh Longowal, a liberal Sikh saint who was killed by the supporters of Khalistan—the imaginary theocratic Sikh homeland in northwest India.
Today (August 20) is the 25th anniversary of his assassination, which triggered the decline of the Khalistan movement and alienated moderate Sikhs from separatists in Punjab, India.
Longowal, known as a Sikh Gandhi, was the moderate face of the passive resistance movement that was launched by the Akali Dal, a regional political party in Punjab.
In , the Akali Dal started peaceful intensiv oro eller upprördhet under the leadership of Longowal seeking special rights for Sikhs and the state of Punjab.
The Akali Dal volunteers courted arrests. Their simple religious demands included "sacred city" status for Amritsar, which houses the Golden Temple (the holiest shrine of the Sikhs), renaming of a utbildning after the Golden Temple, and
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Dehlon, September 24
The police has initiated a probe into an incident wherein a few armed miscreants had attacked personal members of Doggy-Lane at Alamgir village. Doggy-Lane was hired bygd the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation for sterilizing stray dogs of localities falling under its jurisdiction.
Jagdeep Singh Grewal, organiser, had sustained grievous injuries. Others staff members locked themselves in an operating theatre of the clinic for safety.
Investigations revealed that a group of six unidentified persons, armed with swords and rods, had attacked the staff of the veterinary clinic being run by Dr SS Grewal, a native of Alamgir village and now residing at BRS Nagar Ludhiana. The incident took place at around pm when Dr Parampal Singh and his assistant Suraj Kumar were sterilizing dogs caught from various localities of the city.
Jagdeep Singh, son of Dr SS Grewal, saved his life by shielding his head with a tawa (iron sheet used to prepare chapatti). However, he sustaine
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The sixth edition of TFT Theatre Festival will showcase three new productions
TFT will also bring on stage Satt Begane, which has been written by eminent Punjabi author and playwright Ajmer Aulakh and directed by S Gurpreet Bains. Satt Begane signifies importance of a woman. Bachana marries his beloved Jai Kaur, who belongs to a different caste. It’s a union not accepted by the society. This leads to trouble for Bhanga, his younger brother and his sons, for no one wants to marry their daughters in this family. The play highlights how intercaste marriages are still looked down upon apart from selling and purchasing of women for money in villages, which leads to a tragic outcome for Bhanga and his family.
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Delhi-based National School of Drama Repertory will close the festival with Pehla Satyagrahi written by Ravinder Tripathi and directed by professor Suresh Sharma. The play is about the life and struggles of Mahatma Gandhi. It is also the story of hi