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142 matches to Sikh States
Sikh States, Confederation of. 1764 Independent from Mogul. 1819 + Kashmir. 1834 + Peshawar. 1849 British. 1948 India.
Adi Granth. Sacred Sikh scripture.
Amritsar. 1577 Sikh. 1761 Golden Temple destroyed; rebuilt 1764. 1849 India.
Angad. 1504-52. Sikh Guru. Created Punjab script.
Arjun. 1563-1606. Sikh guru, first martyr.
Colonial Wars. 1834-1902. British wars against Sikhs, Burmese, Crimeans, Boers.
Gujrat, Battle. 1849. British defeat Sikhs, annex Punjab.
Nanak. 1469-1539. Indian Sikh guru. To reduce strife between Hindus and Moslems, founded Sikh religion. -“God is one, whether Allah, Rama, God or Vishnu”.
Pakistan. 25C BC Indus civilization. 15C BC Aryan. 6C Achaemenid. 326 Alexander. 4C BC Maurya Empire. c50 AD Kushan. 4C Gupta. 5C Hun. 8C Moslem. 11C Turks. 1206 Delhi Sultanate. 1526 Mogul. 1780 Sikh. 1840 British India. 1947 Independent. 1956 Islamic Republic. 1971 -Bangladesh.
Punjab. Aryan. c518BC Persia. 326BC Macedonia. c324BC Mauryan. c320 Gupta. 8C Moslem. 1206 Delhi. 16C Mogul. 1764 Sikh. 1849 Britain. 1947 Pakistan(W)/India(E). 1984 Amritsar Assault.
Ranjit Singh. 1780-1839. Maharaja of Punjab. Founded Sikh kingdom in N India.
Sikh Wars. 1845-6 Sikhs invade India, British take Kashmir. 1848-9 Sikh revolt, Britain takes Punjab.
Sikhism. NW India monotheistic religion. Meditation exercises to realize God. Nanak.
Tegh Bahadur. 1621-75. 2nd Sikh martyr.
Aetolian League. 4-2C BC. Confederation of Greek city states, led by Thebes.
American Revolution. 1775-1783. Independence won from Britain, United States of America formed.
Arab League. 1945. Non-aggression and cooperation treaty of Arab states. Collective Treaty of Defence, 1950, to defend against Israeli aggression.
Arai Hakuseki. 1657-1725. Japanese Confucian philosopher, statesman, historian.
Arcadian League. 370-362BC. Union of states vs Sparta.
Baltic States. Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania.
Baltic Wars of Liberation. 1918-20. Established independent states of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania.
Bancroft, George. 1800-91. “Father of American history”. History of United States 1834-74.
Baruch, Bernard. 1870-1965. US financier/elder statesman; adviser to US presidents, Churchill.
Bevin, Ernest. 1881-1951. British labour leader, statesman. TUC. Initiated Colombo Plan.
Borgia, Cesare. 1476-1507. Ruthless Italian Machiavellian statesman. Son of Pope Alexander VI.