Sher-e-Panjab Maharaja Ranjit Singh is named as the “Greatest Leader of All Time” in a poll conducted by BBC World Histories Magazine. The nominations for the contest were recommended by famous historians and over 5000 readers of the magazine voted in the poll.
After an SGPC official lodged a complaint against Punjabi poet Surjit Singh Gagg for hurting religious sentiments with his poem, Maite Nanak
As per the media reports the Indian government has here today stopped the jatha of around 350 Sikhs having a valid visa from crossing over to Pakistan.
London, UK (August 22, 2013): As per media reports some rare documents of history related to the Sikhs were recently auctioned in the UK. As per information a 204 years old copy of the 'Treaty of Amritsar' was sold on August 21, 2013 for over four times its estimate at an auction of rare historical documents.
Amritsar, Punjab (January 10, 2011): As per certain media reports a Heritage Haweli related to Sher-e-Punjab Maharaja Ranjeet Singh located in Gujranwala (West Punjab) in Pakistan was today destroyed by a certain groups of persons, who want to built a commercial shopping mall at that place,