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The following images are from "Report of the Citizens' commission 1985" (Singh Sabha London East edition)

Tears - *Daily Telegraph Nov 9 1984

Reunion - * Daily Telegraph Nov 7 1984

The Times Saturday Nov 1984

Southall "Celebrations" source The Sun Nov 1 1984

Ordeal * Sunday Telegraph Nov 11 1984

Refugee camp - *The Sunday Times 11 nov 1984

Burned Alive * Daily Mail nov 3 1984

"Angry Hindus attacking a Sikh outside the New Delhi hospital where India's PM, Mrs Gandhi, died yesterday. They pulled off his turban, ripped his clothes and demanded revenge" *source Daily Telegraph Nov 1 1984

Dedicated to all those who gave so much in 1984 -- Lakh Parnam These images haunted my teenage years - and continue to do so We must never Forget. (apologies for quality - a mixture of being old & 80's inky newspapers) Sardar Beant Singh - Body guard of Indira Gandhi (*Source Daily Mail Nov 9 1984)

A fresco panel from the gateway to Gurdwara Sis Ganj Anandpur Sahib (old market street entrance) - depicts the bringing of Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji's 'Sis' from Delhi in a palaquin. Note the musicians on the right . From 'Abode of Bliss - Historiography of Anandpur sahib - Gurmeet Rai -Nishaan Magazine -Premiere issue 1999 - pg 18

Enrapt Mardana listening to Baba Nanak delivering his spiritual song Mughal circa 1740 (collection Bhai Suchet Singh Vill Bhai Rupa, Moga) from Sikh Heritage- Dr Daljeet 2004

Sketch by Kehar Singh 19th century Taken from Marg vol XXX No.3 Homage to Amritsar June 1977 Folk paintings M S Randhawa ------------ Punjabi / Sikh ?? women Wearing Keskis ??? or Saggi phul type adornment ? I'll let you decide --( and avoid any mud slinging !! or accusations of being a revisionist Wahabhi !!!)

Gulgashat-i-punjab clockwise from top left : Guru Arjan, Guru HarGobind, Guru Har Rai, Guru Har Krishan, Guru Tegh Bahadur, Guru Gobind Singh.

Illustrations from the Persian manuscript Gulgashat-i-Punjab. Clockwise from left ; Guru Nanak, Guru Angad, Guru Amar Das, Guru Ram Das. Translation of the text from Persian: " O firmament of love, of knowledge, the guide of ascetics, the manifestation of divine light, the opener of the gates of knowledge, one who has climbed the stages of gnosis. the ascender of the heavenly heights, the revealer of the subtle secrets of the Being, the knower of the mysteries of the visible and invisible worlds, the pilgrim of the world of the angels and spirits, the summit of guidance, the luminous guide of the stars in the sky, one who has crossed the oceans of devotion, the faithful elect of the heavenly court, the beauty spot on the face of the loved one, o epiphany of the divine attributes, shadow of the absolute essence, connoisseur of the realities of the nine celestial thrones, King of the Chosen--- these are the attributes of the Guru Sahib , Guru Nanak." (Taken from The Sikhs- Images of a Heritage - T S Randhawa 2000 Prakash book depot pgs 38-9) -------------------------------- WAHEGURU !! **** SUBLIME !! **************

A photograph revealing the painted wall-surface, under the gold plates, of the Darshani Deorhi, Darbar Sahib Amritsar. Taken from The Sikh Heritage - a search for totality- Dr Daljeet -2004 pg 131.

Woodcut taken from "Pirtan" CS Chan

Portrait taken from - Khalsa Panth - Raghu Rai, Khushwant Singh (Punjabi version) 1984 pg 6

Portrait taken from Pahari paintings & Sikh portraits - F S Aijazuddin 1977 p. 105

Portrait taken from; Pahari Paintings & Sikh Portraits in the Lahore Museum - F S Aijazuddin 1977 pg 103

Portrait from - Sikh Heritage -Dr Daljeet 2004 pg142

portrait taken from Piety and Splendour - Sikh Heritage in Art - B N Goswamy 2000 pg112

Pahari portrait of Guru Nanak Dev - Lahore Museum Maharaja Ranjit Singh - as patron of the arts - Marg Publications 1981

Young Ranjit Singh - Iqbalnama-i-Maharaja Ranjit Singh Ram Bagh Mus. Maharaja Ranjit Singh Jean-Marie Lafont 2002