Shaheed Bilas, Bhai Mani Singh

ਮਾਸ ਮਛੀ ਨਹੀ ਖਾਣ ਬਨ ਗਏ ਵੈਸ਼ਨੋBy stopping (consumption of) Meat and fish, they became Vegetarians (Bandai Khalsa) ਪਯਾ ਵਿਖਾਧਦ ਸੀ ਆਣ, ਮਧ ਇਵ ਖਾਲਸੇ।Thus was created a dispute amongst the Khalsa ਝਟ ਕਰ ਝਟਕਾ ਸੂਰ ਕਾ, ਮਨੀ ਸਿੰਘ ਮੰਗਵਾਇThe Jhatka (meat) of a Jhatka’d a...

Pracheen Panth Prakaash, Rattan Singh Bhangoo

Conversation between Guru Gobind Singh Ji and a devotee named Jait Ram. Jait Ram is the chief of Dera Dadu Dvaar near Jaipur whom Guru Sahib met on the way to Deccan/Dakhan Des. Jait Ram insists that Guru Sahib and His Sikhs set up camp at their Dera for a meal. ਹਮ ਤੇ...

Indian Hemp Commission Report (1893)

The 1893 Indian Hemp Commission reports that charas could be prohibited in India but bhang could not mainly because of how widely it was used in Punjab, and that due to the discontent amongst Nihang Sikhs, it would be dangerous.  Full Extract: 35. The prohibition of...