Teja Singh was an Indian

Sikh Sikhs ( or ; pa, ਸਿੱਖ, ' ) are people who adhere to Sikhism, Sikhism (Sikhi), a Monotheism, monotheistic religion that originated in the late 15th century in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, based on the revelation of Gu ...

scholar, teacher, author and translator.

Early life

Teja Singh was born on June 2, 1894, in Adiala village,

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, Punjab Province,

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to parents Bhai Bhalakar Singh and Srusti. He grazed livestock and studied within the village until 1908, when we moved to

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city to garner a further and better education.

Books

Books in English

*Growth of Responsibility in Sikhism (1919) *The Asa-di-Var (1926) *Highroads of Sikh History, in three volumes (1935), published by Orient Longman *Sikhism: Its Ideals and Institutions, published by Orient Longman *Punjabi-English Dictionary, revised and edited for Lahore University *English-Punjabi Dictionary, Vol.1 (Punjabi University Solan).

References

External links

Teja Singh materials in the South Asian American Digital Archive (SAADA)
1894 births 1958 deaths Canadian Sikhs People from Rawalpindi Indian emigrants to Canada Indian Sikhs Scholars of Sikhism Sikh writers Writers from Vancouver Indian translators {{sikh-bio-stub