The Gurus
Panjab Geography
Panjabi/Gurmukhi
History
Just for Fun
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Who is the first Guru in Sikhi?
Guru Nanak Dev Ji
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What does Panjab mean?
Panj means five + Aab means water
The land of five rivers
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How many letters are in the Gurmukhi alphabet?
35 (Painti)
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Who unified and created the Sikh Empire in 1799?
Maharaja Ranjit Singh
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What does SSA stand for?
Sikh Students Association
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What are the names of the 4 Shaheed sons of Guru Gobind Singh Ji?
Baba Ajit Singh Ji, Baba Jujhar Singh Ji, Baba Zorawer Singh Ji, Baba Fateh Singh Ji
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What is the capital of Panjab?
Chandigarh
Bonus: One of the first planned cities in post-independence India and also serves as the capital for Haryana
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How many angs does Guru Granth Sahib Ji have?
Bonus! What does ang mean?
1430 angs
Bonus Answer: ang means "limb"
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What year did the partition of India occur?
1947
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What is an eggplant called in Panjabi?
Baingan
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Who was Guru Arjan Dev Ji's brother and what is he known for?
Prithi Chand was the elder brother and envious of Guru Arjan Dev Ji when he was appointed as Guru
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What are the regions that Panjab is divided into?
Majha, Doaba, Malwa, and Puaadh
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What is the name of the sister script of Gurmukhi used in Punjab, Pakistan?
Shahmukhi
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What was the name of the infamous Morcha launched in Panjab, who launched it, and in what year? Synonomous with 'The Kharku Lehar'
Sant Jarnail Singh Ji Bhindrawale launched the Dharam Yudh Morcha in 1982
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What is a famous type of joke-telling in Punjabi?
Chutkle
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How many contributors/authors are in Guru Granth Sahib Ji?
36
6 Sikh Gurus, 15 Bhagats, 11 Bhatts(Bards), 4 Gursikhs
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What are the Panj Daryaa (five rivers) of Panjab?
he five rivers of Panjab are Sutlej, Beas, Ravi, Chenab, and Jhelum.
However, of these five rivers only three currently flow through Panjab today, Sutlej, Ravi, and Beas. The other two rivers are now in the state of Panjab that is located in Pakistan.
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How many native Panjabi speakers are there?
~125 million making Panjabi the 10th most spoken language in the world
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Where was the first Sikh Students Association/Federation made and who was the President during the Morcha?
It was made in Panjab and was formed in 1943. Shaheed Bhai Amrik Singh Jee was the President of the All India Sikh Students Federation (1978-1984)
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What is a misl?
Misl is a term to describe a unit or brigade of Sikh warriors and the territory acquired by it in the course of its campaign of conquest following the weakening of the Mughal authority in the country. The 'Misldar' was the leader or commander of the 'Misl' or 'army group'.
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What was the name of the river that Guru Amardas Ji walked to to get water for Guru Angad Dev Ji’s bath?
Beas
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What was the size of Panjab under the Sikh Empire at its height? (in km2)
520,000 km2
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What does the word ਰਾਇਸਾ mean? What language does it belong to?
Story; 'Dingal' - Old western Rajasthani
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What were at least 3 aims of the Anandpur Sahib Resolution?
- Reminded of the Federal structure for Punjab,that Punjab should have autonomy to make its own decisions,as promised before the Independence.
- The return of Chandigarh as a part of Punjab, as it was inside Punjab, and was still made a shared capital between Punjab and Haryana.
- To remove casteism from Panjab.
- To help the farmers by restricting the tax strategy
- Punjabi 1st language in Punjab ,and should be given importance in the neighbouring states.
- To recognize Sikhi as a separate faith in the Indian Constitution.
- To help Kashmiri migrants
- To protect the interests of minorities from other states.
- To abolish excise duty from tractors so that the small scale farmers could easily buy and live their earning.
- To setup a system of reasonable minimum wages to the labourers. Those times the rights of Labour class were exploited. So to ensure their living minimum wages which would invoke respectable income for the labourers.
- To establish an audio broadcast system for Sachkhand Sri Harmandir Sahib to the world for which the *Khalsa* would pay.
- Amendments in Hindu succession act which stated a girl after the death of her husband, could not claim the property of in-laws. This point was included to protect the rights of women.
- To exempt the agricultural land totally from tax,as small scale farmers did not have adequate machinery for farming,leading to minimial savings.
- There should be *no reservation* in government jobs and other areas on basis of the caste in any state.
- Water dispute - 75% of the Punjab's water is already given to the other states without any permission of state and the SYL(Satluj Yamuna Link) would divide the rest of water, leading to scarcity of water in Punjab even after having 3 rivers.
- To establish 6 sugar mills and 4 textile mills in Panjab so that the farmer doesn't have to go to other states to sell their products.
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What do you call your wife's sister's husband?
Sandu/Sadu