Teja Singh

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| birth_place = Adiala village, Rawalpindi district

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Teja Singh was an Indian Sikh scholar, teacher, author and translator.{{cite web|url=http://www.sikh-history.com/sikhhist/personalities/literature/prof_teja_singh.html|title=Professor Teja Singh|publisher=sikh-history.com|accessdate=15 February 2012}}

Early life

Teja Singh was born on 2 June 1894, in Adiala village, Rawalpindi district, Punjab Province, British India to parents Bhai Bhalakar Singh and Srusti. He grazed livestock and studied within the village until 1908, then he moved to Rawalpindi city to garner a further and better education.{{cite web |last=Singh |first=Roopinder |date=28 May 1994 |title=Principal Teja Singh: Teacher, scholar & an institution |url=http://www.roopinder.com/blog/profile-articles-2/master-tara-singh |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100212211617/http://www.roopinder.com/blog/profile-articles-2/master-tara-singh |archive-date=12 February 2010 |access-date=15 February 2012 |website=Roopinder Singh }}

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).

See also

References

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