| 词条 | Karam Singh (historian) |
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Karam Singh (1884–1930) was a Sikh historian.He was born in Jhabal a famous town 8km south of Amritsar . His father Jhanda Singh [1]belonged to traditional Sikh family {{Infobox writer| name = Karam Singh (historian) | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1884|03|18}}[1] [2] | birth_place = Jhabal, Punjab, British India | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1930|09|18|1884|03|18}}[1] | death_place = Amritsar, Punjab, India | language = Punjabi | nationality = Sikh | education = F.Sc.[1] | alma_mater = Khalsa School Amritsar&Taran Taran,Khalsa College Amritsar[1] | period = 1899 | genre = | occupation = Historian, essay writer, writer ,State Historian in Patiala State,Agriculturist[1] | subject = | movement = | notableworks = *Banda Bahadur (Punjabi, ਬੰਦਾ ਬਹਾਦਰ)
| Spouse = | children = | relatives = Father Jhanda Singh | awards = | website = |portaldisp = }} EducationHaving studied primary school in Jhabaal, Middle from Khalsa Collegiate School, Amritsar, he attended Khalsa College, Amritsar for higher studies. He had good command in Punjabi, Hindi, Urdu, and English. During his college time while he was nearing to complete his B.A. degree an idea struck him that since aged persons of Maharaja Ranjit Singh times will die soon , why not collect historic narrations from their mouth. He left college to pursue his interest in oral history.[1] After EducationIn year academic year 1904-05 when he left studies against will of his family members and friends , there was no one to support his passion of collecting notes and references. He thought of purchasing daily diaries of Ranjit Singhs’ Darbar available with various sources but no one came to his support . In order to earn livelihood he learned techniques of making blocks and successfully started a poster production business producing pictures of historic heroes and sikh gurus. He also served Patiala State as Historian . In spite of being a Sikh, he undertook a long travel to Baghdad by being dressed as Muslim. His intention was to travel to Mecca and collect some historic evidences for Guru Nanak’s visit there. He was recognised by some of his co travellers and he had to come back from Baghdad. In order to support his expenses he even purchased land and became a successful agriculturist. But simultaneously all along he kept writing articles on Sikh history in Phulwari monthly and published many books of great historic value.[1] ContributionsHe was a prolific author. He wrote extensively and his writings have reached us in the form of numerous notes, diary entries and manuscripts. Some of his published works are as under:[3][4]
Recognition in Society and deathOn 22 December 1929 at a meeting held at AkalTakhat Amritsar, he established Sikh Historical Society of which Karam Singh Historian (an epithet popularly suffixed to him) was made secretary.At the same time management of Khasa College wanted to establish Sikh History Research department under him. But he became terribly ill with attack of pneumonia and died on 18 September 1930.Khalsa College established this department at his blog ceremony later.[3][5] See also
References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 {{cite book|author=Bhupinder Singh Grover|title=Karam Singh Historian Jiwan Te Rachna|year=1986|publisher=Punjabi University Patiala|place=Patiala}} 2. ^{{cite web|title=Karam Singh Historian|url=https://m.facebook.com/KaramSinghHistorian/about/}} 3. ^1 http://www.sikhcybermuseum.org.uk/People/KaramSinghhistorian.htm 4. ^(Punjabi) ਸਿੱਖ ਧਰਮ ਦੇ ਮਹਾਨ ਵਿਦਵਾਨ, Sikh Missionary College (Regd.), Ludhiana 5. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Karam_Singh_Historian|title=Karam Singh Historian - SikhiWiki, free Sikh encyclopedia.|website=www.sikhiwiki.org|access-date=2019-03-11}} Further reading
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