Bathindaest une ville situé dans l’État du Pendjab en Inde. Elle est le chef-lieu du district de Bathinda. La ville abrite le Qila Mubârak, un palais dont les briques remontent à l'Empire kouchan ( — ), le premier pays bouddhiste. Le Takht Sri Damdama Sahib est un lieu sacré du sikhisme. Le est un important temple hindouiste consacré au divinités Dourga et Jwala Ji, situé à 28 km du centre-ville. En 2011, sa population était de . La ville comporte l'importante , classé de catégorie A en Inde.
KhatriKhatri is a caste/clan of the Indian subcontinent that is predominantly found in India, but also in Pakistan and Afghanistan. In the subcontinent, they were mostly engaged in mercantilistic professions such as banking and trade. They were the dominant commercial and financial administration class of Late-Medieval India, some in Punjab often belonged to hereditary agriculturalist land-holding lineages, while others were engaged in artisanal occupations such as silk production and weaving and some were scribes learned in Sanskrit or Persian.
District de GurdaspurGurdaspur district is a district in the Majha region of the state of Punjab, India. Gurdaspur is the district headquarters. It internationally borders Narowal District of Pakistani Punjab, and the districts of Amritsar, Pathankot, Kapurthala and Hoshiarpur. Two main rivers Beas and Ravi passes through the district. The Mughal emperor Akbar is said to have been enthroned in a garden near Kalanaur, a historically important town in the district. The district is at the foothills of the Himalayas.
FaridkotFaridkot is a city in the South-western part of state of Punjab, India. It serves as the headquarters for both, the Faridkot district. as well as the Faridkot Division. The division was established in 1995 at Faridkot which includes Faridkot, Bathinda, and Mansa districts. The city is named in the honor of Baba Farid, a revered 13th century Sufi saint whose shrine is located in Pakpattan, Pakistan. The town of Faridkot was founded during this century as Mokalhar by Raja Mokalsi, the grandson of Rai Munj, a Bhatti Chief of Bhatnair, Rajasthan.
Jat SikhJat Sikh (also known by the more conventional endonym Jatt Sikh) are an ethnoreligious group and a subgroup of the Jat people and the Sikh religious group from the Indian subcontinent. They are one of the dominant communities in the Punjab, owing to their large land holdings. They form an estimated 20%–25% of the population of the Indian state of Punjab. They form at least half of the Sikh population in Punjab, with some sources estimating them to be about 60% to 66% of the Sikh population.
Principauté de KapurthalaLa Principauté du Kapurthala, avec sa capitale à Kapurthala, était un ancien État princier de la province du Pendjab en Inde. Dirigé par les sikhs Ahluwalia, il s'étendait sur 510 miles carrés (1 300 km2). Selon le recensement de 1901, l'État comptait et comprenait deux villes et 167 villages. En 1930, Kapurthala a été intégré à l'Agence des États du Pendjab et a adhéré à l'Union indienne en 1947. Dans l'Inde coloniale, l'État de Kapurthala était connu pour son harmonie communautaire, son souverain sikh Jagatjit Singh ayant construit la Mosquée maure pour ses sujets musulmans.
Gill (name)Gill may be a surname or given name, derived from a number of unrelated sources. In Europe, various cultures use the name, examples being: the Dutch form of the given name Giles in English, Gill may be a hypocorism of a number of given names, including Giles, Julian, William (Guillaume), Gillian, Gilbert in Northern English, Scots and Norwegian, it may be a topographic name, ultimately derived from Old Norse gil 'ravine'; for example: Lord Gill as a surname, an anglicization of the Scottish or Irish patronymic McGill (or Mac Gille, Mac An Ghoill and variants), also derived from the origins of the same English name.
District de Tarn TaranTarn Taran district is one of the districts in the Majha region of Punjab, India. The main cities are Tarn Taran Sahib, Bhikhiwind, Khadur Sahib and Patti. The City of Tarn Taran Sahib is a holy place for Sikhs. Tarn Taran district was formed in 2006 out of Amritsar District. The declaration to this effect was made by Captain Amarinder Singh, Chief Minister of Punjab, during the celebrations marking the martyrdom day of Sri Guru Arjan Dev Ji. With this, it became the 19th district of Punjab.
RajasansiRajasansi is a town, near Amritsar city and a nagar panchayat in Amritsar district in the Indian state of Punjab. Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport (Amritsar International Airport) is located in Rajasansi village on Ajnala-Rajasansi Road. Raja Sansi Assembly Constituency is also an assembly segment in the Punjab Legislative Assembly, which is currently represented by Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria. India census, Rajasansi had a population of 12,131. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%.
