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Program dedicated to 150th Birthday of Bhai Kahan Singh Nabha

We are please to inform you that a major literary organisation "Bhai Kahan Singh Nabha Rachna Vichar Manch, Regd." of Nabha, Punjab is organizing a series of program on 150th Birthday of Bhai Kahan Singh Nabha on 30th August, 2011 at Ludhiana, (Amritsar), Chandigarh, Patiala and Delhi with the collaboration of various Organizations.

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Patil, Singh, Ansari Greet Nation on Guru Nanak Jayanti

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President Pratibha Patil, Vice President Hamid Ansari and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today greeted the nation on the eve of Guru Nanak Jayanti asking people to let his teachings enlighten their lives.

"On the occasion of the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Devji, I convey my heartiest greetings to all my fellow citizens. May the great Guru's teachings of peace, harmony and compassion guide us to follow them in our daily lives," Patil said in a message.

In his message on the occasion, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said that Guru Nanakji's life and message of brotherhood and equality remains relevant for mankind even today.

"By following the teachings of Guru Nanakji, the world can overcome differences and work together to fight ignorance, poverty , hunger and disease," he said.

Conveying his greetings to the nation, Ansari said Guru Nanak Devji was an apostle of universal love, piety and spiritual faith.

"His divine teachings guide us on the path of social harmony and unity. On this joyous occasion let us pray that his ideals of humanism and social equality inspire us to move towards a peaceful and just society," Ansari said.

THE GREAT SCHOLAR BHAI KAHAN SINGH NABHA

There have been scholar and annotators who have annotated the human values and mystic principles of Gurbani in sikh religion. But after bhai Gurdas ji,if all sikh scholars and commentators are listed,then the name of Bhai Kahan Singh Nabha, ( the compiler of EncyclopaediaofSikhism ) shines like a moon in the star studded sky. He was supreme amongst the great personalities of his time (1861-1938 A.D). Bhai kahan singh’s ancestral village was ‘pitho’ in district Bathinda and he was ‘Dhillon Jatt. Born on 30th august, 1861 to Mata Har Kaur and father Narain singh , in village Shabaj Banere in the state ofPatiala. Bhai Kahan Singh’s ancestral culture matches with that of Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s assistant, Baba Naudh Singh. He was married to Bibi Basant Kaur, daughter of S.Hardam singh of village Ramgarh (Patiala). He had a son, Bhai Bhagwant Singh(Hari ji) in 1892 A.D form her.

Form literarypoint of view, he was a patriotic person. His published, unpublished compositions countabove three dozens. Indian culture and modernization had same impacton his ideals. His individual efforts surpasses the work of many organizations . He was an eminent scholar, a Gurmat researcher, a learned annotator a scientific lexicographer, a scholiast, a language expert, a great poetand an excellent editorin Punjabi. Bhai Sahib served the Nabha statefrom 1886-1912 A.D & 1917-1923 A.D, being on different posts like private secretary, city magistrate, Nehar Nazim,Nazim (deputy commissioner), foreign minister , judge of high court, member of judicialcouncil of Nabha Stateetc. He workedas a lawyerin the political agencyofPatialaStateform 1915 to 1917. Renownedscholar, Mr. Max Arthur Macauliffe (England ), Maharaja Ripudaman Singh of Nabha state and his wife Maharani Sarojni Devi were prominent followers of Bhai Kahan Singh Nabha.

Bhai Sahib started his literary work in a traditional mode under the influence ofBrij & Devnagarilanguages.Being under the effect of Singh Sabha Lehar, he also preached Gurmat by Sikh principles. Hewas a man ofletter, a prosody and a rhetorician. Encyclopaediaof Sikhism, the only one of its kind, is Bhai Kahan Singh Nabha’s entirelife's hardwork ,it was published by Durbar Patiala on instructions of Maharaja BhupinderaSingh in four magnificent volumes in 1930. It is not only restricted to Gurbani or Sikh literature, but it is a unique literary composition to know Indianculture and traditions. Had it been translated to Devnagri or English language, undoubtedly Bhai Kahan SinghNabha’s popularity would have been amongst the distinguished poets, authors and lexicographers of India because there has been no lexicon of any other Indianlanguage, which is comparable to it.

Bhai Kahan Singh Nabha has put his selfless service and inspiration towards the completion of the world famous book ‘Sikh Religion’ written by famous scholar Mr. Macauliffe (1907-1908). He also contributed in the establishment of Khalsa College, Amritsar .Keeping his political intelligence in view, MaharajaHira Singh affectionately called him 'niti ji' (Diplomat).Due to his all sphere intelligence and multitalented dynamic personality, he is known as ‘Bhai Sahib’, ‘Panth Ratan’ and ‘Sardar Bahadur’ in Sikh Panth.

Among his descendents, his only son Bhai Bhagwant Singh (Hari ji),his daugter -in- law Bibi Harnam Kaur and his grand daughter –in –law Dr. Rachhpal Kaur have also contributed their invaluable services to Punjabi literature. From this learned family ofNabhastate, Major Adarshpal Singh great grand son ofBhai kahan singh and his talented daughter Bibi Roopika also have literary interests. Bhai Kahan Singh Nabha’s viewpoint was universal, idealistic and scientific.In a Lecture at khalsa colleage Amritsar(4April,1931),Bhai Kahan Singh says that "Educated people are honoured in this world,and illiterate ones are disrespected.Their is no power equivalent to knowledge and everyone has to bow before it.As long as india remained a centre of learning,outsiders came here as students to acquire knowldge and regarded India as a teacher,but when it diverted from education,it lost its prestige and became dependent on others." Nucleus of his ideology was social welfare and upliftment of Indian masses. Bhai Sahib passed away on November 23,1938,but his writings are thoughtprovoking and have the power of enlightenment for hundreds of years.

Ravinder Kaur Ravi
Lecturer, Music Department,
Punjabi University, Patiala

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