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Some vintage photographs and paintings of Punjabis and Sikhs 

A Nihang bodyguard serving in the Nizam of Hyderabad's irregular Sikh army

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A Sikh woman, Punjab 1870s 

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Men of the 2nd Regiment of Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force, later 52nd Sikhs (Frontier Force) circa 1890simage.png.092fdc3893acddada43fec70dac587f6.png

 

A Sikh Couple circa 1805, 19th century

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A Muslim Arain from Jullunder (Jalandhar) with his wife. Painted mid 19th century. 

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A Nihang with his wife and child, circa 1840

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Darbar Sahib 1907 

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A Sikh woman looks herself up in the mirror, painting inside the Khem Singh Bedi Haveli, Rawalpindi Pakistan 1860s 

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Sikh scripture teacher, Amritsar 1888

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Sikh women, 1945

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Sikh women lobbying for a Punjabi speaking state during the Punjabi Subha Morcha, 1955

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Sikhs migrate to India after the 1947 Partition of Punjab

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“Punjabi Mussalmans” A 1920s British cigarette card showing the ‘types of Indian women’

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Postcard of a Punjabi woman, 1908 

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22 hours ago, Guest Guest said:

Some vintage photographs and paintings of Punjabis and Sikhs 

A Nihang bodyguard serving in the Nizam of Hyderabad's irregular Sikh army

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A Sikh woman, Punjab 1870s 

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Men of the 2nd Regiment of Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force, later 52nd Sikhs (Frontier Force) circa 1890simage.png.092fdc3893acddada43fec70dac587f6.png

 

A Sikh Couple circa 1805, 19th century

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A Muslim Arain from Jullunder (Jalandhar) with his wife. Painted mid 19th century. 

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A Nihang with his wife and child, circa 1840

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Darbar Sahib 1907 

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A Sikh woman looks herself up in the mirror, painting inside the Khem Singh Bedi Haveli, Rawalpindi Pakistan 1860s 

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Sikh scripture teacher, Amritsar 1888

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Sikh women, 1945

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Sikh women lobbying for a Punjabi speaking state during the Punjabi Subha Morcha, 1955

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Sikhs migrate to India after the 1947 Partition of Punjab

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“Punjabi Mussalmans” A 1920s British cigarette card showing the ‘types of Indian women’

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Postcard of a Punjabi woman, 1908 

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10 hours ago, Jacfsing2 said:

Did Kaurs not wear keski back then, in the 1800s?

I don't think the vast majority wore a Keski. They tied up their hair in high and low buns or a plait with a Chuni covering it.

"Royal Procession of Maharaja Sher Singh and His Sons" c 1870

A Sikh couple, Tanjore school 19th century.

1870's painting of a Sikh woman

Akali-Nihang with wife and child, c.1870

 

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On 12/21/2021 at 12:53 PM, Jacfsing2 said:

Did Kaurs not wear keski back then, in the 1800s?

I hear that Teja Singh used to force the students to wear keski at the girls' school he opened, so maybe there are 1800s pics from there ? , of course that is if he did manage to open the school in the 1800s.

 

 

Panch Khalsa Diwan - SikhiWiki, free Sikh encyclopedia.

Some of his proposed changes however did appeal to the Tat Khalsa Singh Sabhias. For instance Teja Singh Bhasauria advocated:

1. Only Khalsa Sikhs should be considered Sikhs.
2. Non-Khalsa Sikhs were not Sikhs.
3. All Khalsa Sikhs should adopt cast designations of ‘Got’ (clan name) and adopt as surname ‘Singh’ for males and ‘Kaur’ for females.
4. Females should be equally initiated into the Khalsa - a belief contrary to ancient Sikh Rehitnamas such as of Chaupa Singh.
5. Khalsa women were ‘equal’ to male Khalsa and thus could participate as the Panj Piyareh (the 5 Beloved Ones who may initiate new Khalsa Sikhs)
6. 5k’s should be made compulsory for all Khalsa

However, Teja Singh Bhasauria also proposed more radical changes, which did not sit well with his counterparts of the Tat Khalsa Singh Sabhia such as:

1. All women should wear a ‘Keski’ (small turban)
2. In addition to the 4 major taboos of the Khalsa, Teja Singh advocated a fifth - non-Khalsa Sikhs may not eat alongside Khalsa Sikhs
3. Dasam Guru Durbar was not Sikh scripture
4. Teja Singh altered the Sikh ‘Ardas’ (formal invocation) and wished to replace the phrase ‘Prathm Bhagauti Simar Keh’ for he believed ‘Bhagauti’ referred to the Hindu Goddess of the same name, rather than the double-edged sword
5. All non-Sikh/Hindu festivals, such as ‘Lohri’, ‘Rakhsha Bandan’, ‘Dussera’, ‘Navratri’, etc., should be excluded from Sikh celebrations
6. The removal of the ‘Raagmala’ (last page of Adi Guru Durbar), non-Sikh Gurbani of Bhagats (saints) and ‘Bhatts’ (bards), from Adi Guru Durbar.

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Some more:

https://kaurlife.org/2016/10/05/peering-into-the-past/

Not much smiling in some photos !

 

Peering into the Past

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To know who we are as a people, we look to our ancestors who carved out new lives and upheld old traditions. Kaur Life strives to share as many vintage photos of Sikh women with the community. This way, when think about Sikh history, we no longer have blank minds, but rather a rich bank of images to recall. Here are photos of Sikh women spanning from 1911 to 1966. If you have old or vintage photos of Sikh women, we would love to share them! Submit them to info(at)kaurlife.org. See our entire collection of vintage photos here.


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A woman her baby taken by an English eye surgeon stationed in Amritsar, 1911. Credit: courtesy of Sukhbir Singh Kainth. Source: www.sikhnet.com/news/breaking-glass-ceiling-then-and-now

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Harnam Singh Hari’s family in Calgary, Canada in the early 1900s. Source: www.sikhnet.com/news/harnam-singh-hari-life-story

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Stockton Gurdwara in California. Photo taken sometime between 1912 and 1929. Source: http://punjabipioneers.com/

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A Punjabi woman in the United States circa 1950. Source: http://punjabipioneers.com/

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An unknown family. Circa 1950s. Source: http://punjabipioneers.com/

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A Punjabi immigrant family in the United States. Unknown year. Source: http://punjabipioneers.com/

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The remodeled Stockton Gurdwara in California. Photo is not older than 1929, possibly from the 1950s or 1960s. Source: http://punjabipioneers.com/

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An unknown Sikh immigrant family in the United States in the early to mid 1900s. Source: http://punjabipioneers.com/

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