 Khalsa Akhbar Lahore, 15 May 1893. Digitized by Panjab Digital Library. | |
| Type | Weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Owner(s) | Giani Ditt Singh |
| Founder(s) | Gurmukh Singh |
| Publisher | Lahore Khalsa Diwan |
| Editor | Jhanda Singh Basant Singh Maeeya Singh Ahluwalia |
| Founded | 1883 or 13 June 1886 |
| Ceased publication | 1889 (temporary) 1905 (permanent) |
| Relaunched | 1 May 1893 |
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The Khalsa Akhbar (Punjabi: ਖ਼ਾਲਸਾ ਅਖ਼ਬਾਰ (Gurmukhi), خالصہ اخبار (Shahmukhi)), Lahore, was a weekly newspaper and the organ of the Lahore Khalsa Diwan, a Sikh society.[1][2] Published from Lahore in the Punjabi language (Gurmukhi script), the newspaper was established in 1886 and functioned sporadically till 1905.[3][4] Founded by Bhai Gurmukh Singh, a professor of Punjabi at the Oriental College, Lahore, who also established the Khalsa Press in Lahore, the paper was taken over by Giani Ditt Singh, a scholar and a poet.[5] It was one of the most prominent and influential Sikh periodicals prior to 1920.[6][7]
- ^ Singh, Jagjit (1995). Siṅgh, Harbans (ed.). Khālsā Dīwān Lahore (3rd ed.). Patiala, Punjab, India: Punjab University, Patiala, 2011. pp. 481–482. ISBN 9788173805301. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
- ^ Barrier, N. G. (2004). "Sikh Journalism". In Singh, Harbans (ed.). The Encyclopedia of Sikhism. Vol. 4: S–Z (2nd ed.). Patiala Punjabi University. pp. 161–166. ISBN 817380530X.
- ^ Khalsa Akhbar, Lahore Religion and Nationalism in India: the case of the Punjab, by Harnik Deol. Routledge, 2000, p. 72. ISBN 0-415-20108-X.
- ^ Sikh Journalism:From 1800s to 1900s Archived 19 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine sikhcybermuseum.org.uk.
- ^ History of Punjabi Journalism Archived 19 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine By Harpreet Singh, Daily Excelsior, 20 June 2000.
- ^ Grewal, J. S. (March 2018). "2 - Colonial Rule and the Sikhs: (1849–1919)". Master Tara Singh in Indian History: Colonialism, Nationalism, and the Politics of Sikh Identity (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199089840.
The most important Sikh periodicals were the Khālsā Akhbār in Punjabi and the Khalsa in English, both of which were brought out from Lahore. The Nirguṇiārā and the Khālsā Samāchār in Punjabi and the Khalsa Advocate in English were published from Amritsar.
- ^ Barrier, Norman Gerald (3 January 1992). Jones, Kenneth W. (ed.). Religious Controversy in British India: Dialogues in South Asian Languages. SUNY Series in Religious Studies (Illustrated ed.). SUNY Press. p. 226. ISBN 9780791408285.
Also important in focusing the issues and personalities involved in Sikh pamphleteering are articles and correspondence in the three primary Sikh newspapers prior to 1920, The Khalsa Akhbar (Punjabi, c. 1889–1905), the Khalsa Samachar (Punjabi, 1899 to the present), and the Khalsa Advocate (1903–23, then becoming the Punjabi Khalsa Te Khalsa Advocate).