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News18
5 days ago
- Politics
- News18
Guru Arjan Dev Martyrdom Day 2025: All You Need To Know About The Fifth Sikh Guru
Last Updated: Guru Arjan Dev Martyrdom Day 2025: The fifth Sikh Guru, was martyred on May 30, 1606, by Emperor Jahangir. Guru Arjan Dev Martyrdom Day 2025: Guru Arjan Dev was the fifth Guru of Sikhism. He was born on April 15, 1563, in Goindwal, which is now part of Punjab, India. He is highly regarded for his major contributions to the Sikh faith, including starting the construction of Amritsar's Harmandir Sahib, famously known as the Golden Temple. Guru Arjan took over as the Sikh Guru in 1581, succeeding his father, Guru Ram Das. Building on the foundation laid by his predecessors, he played a vital role in strengthening Sikhism. He is also regarded as the first Sikh Guru to be martyred. Among his key accomplishments was the compilation of the Adi Granth, which eventually became the Guru Granth Sahib, the core scripture of Sikhism. He gathered the writings of the first four Gurus, along with selected hymns from various saints, uniting them in the Adi Granth. Guru Arjan Dev was martyred on May 30, 1606, by the order of the Mughal Emperor Jahangir. While historical records vary, the most widely accepted account describe Guru Arjan's arrest and brutal torture. He was taken to Lahore, where he endured severe torture, including being forced to sit on a heated iron plate while boiling sand was poured over him. Despite the immense pain, Guru Arjan Dev stayed serene and composed, reciting hymns from the Adi Granth throughout his ordeal. According to records, Jahangir viewed Guru Arjan Dev's influence as a threat to imperial rule. The Guru was accused of supporting rebellious activities and aiding Jahangir's eldest son Khusrau Mirza, who had challenged the emperor's authority. Guru Arjan Dev's martyrdom had a profound impact on history and deeply strengthened the determination of the Sikh community. It became a key turning point, inspiring Sikhs to resist persecution and injustice. This struggle eventually led to the Sikh faith becoming more militarised under the leadership of Guru Arjan Dev's son, Guru Hargobind Sahib. Apart from compiling the Adi Granth and starting the construction of Harmandir Sahib, here are some of the most important achievements of Guru Arjan Dev: Guru Arjan Dev devoted great effort to spreading Sikh teachings. He stressed the significance of following the Guru's teachings, maintaining devotion to God, and practicing selfless service. His work helped draw many new followers. Even today, his teachings and writings remain a vital source of guidance for Sikhs worldwide. Guru Arjan Dev promoted social equality and started the tradition of langar, a community kitchen that served free meals to everyone, regardless of caste or social status. This practice encouraged unity and equality. Guru Arjan Dev actively encouraged the growth of arts, literature, and music within the Sikh community. He composed many hymns that are part of the Guru Granth Sahib. Additionally, he inspired and supported prominent musicians and poets of his era, helping to enrich and elevate Sikh cultural and artistic heritage. First Published:
Hamilton Spectator
25-05-2025
- Sport
- Hamilton Spectator
Canada cricketers suffer fifth straight loss, beaten by the U.S. by 88 runs
LAUDERHILL - Shayan Jahangir and Sanjay Krishnamurthi put on a record 139-run partnership Sunday as the United States defeated Canada by 88 runs in ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2 play. The partnership was an American one-day international record for the sixth wicket, surpassing the previous mark of 75. The U.S. won the toss and elected to bat at Central Broward Park & Broward County Stadium, finishing at 286 for nine in their allotted 50 overs. In response, Canada was 198 all out in 46.1 overs. The World League 2 features eight teams — also including Namibia, Nepal, the Netherlands, Scotland and the United Arab Emirates — with each side playing 36 one-day internationals spread across nine triangular series through December 2026. The top four teams move on to a 10-country World Cup Qualifier that will send the final four teams to the 2027 World Cup. The bottom four teams can also progress to the qualifier but will have to get there via the Cricket World Cup Qualifier Playoff which includes the top four teams from the Cricket World Cup Challenge League. Sunday's win moved the U.S. (13-6-0, 26 points) atop the standings, leapfrogging the Netherlands (12-6-0 with two no-results, 26 points). Oman (11-6-0 with two no-results, 24 points) is third and Scotland (9-5-0 with two no-results, 20 points) fourth. Canada (9-9-0 with two no-results, 20 points) stands fifth after its fifth straight loss. Canada is ranked 18th in the world in the ICC ODI (one-day international) rankings, compared to No. 15 for the U.S. and No. 16 for Oman. Jahangir led the U.S. with 89 runs Sunday while Krishnamurthi added 61. The Americans were 103 for five when they started their partnership that ended at 242 for six when Jahangir was caught off a Dilon Heyliger delivery, Shivam Sharma led the Canadian bowlers with four wickets. No. 5 batsman Harsh Thaker was Canada's leading scorer with 66 runs. Opener Pargat Singh added 37 and Nicolas Kirton 32. Canada lost to Oman by 18 runs Friday in a match play called early due to heavy rain. The Canadians were beaten by 15 runs by Oman on May 19 and by 169 runs by the U.S. on May 17. Canada won promotion to World League 2 from the Cricket World Cup Qualifier Playoff. This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 25, 2025.
Winnipeg Free Press
25-05-2025
- Sport
- Winnipeg Free Press
Canada cricketers suffer fifth straight loss, beaten by the U.S. by 88 runs
LAUDERHILL – Shayan Jahangir and Sanjay Krishnamurthi put on a record 139-run partnership Sunday as the United States defeated Canada by 88 runs in ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2 play. The partnership was an American one-day international record for the sixth wicket, surpassing the previous mark of 75. The U.S. won the toss and elected to bat at Central Broward Park & Broward County Stadium, finishing at 286 for nine in their allotted 50 overs. In response, Canada was 198 all out in 46.1 overs. The World League 2 features eight teams — also including Namibia, Nepal, the Netherlands, Scotland and the United Arab Emirates — with each side playing 36 one-day internationals spread across nine triangular series through December 2026. The top four teams move on to a 10-country World Cup Qualifier that will send the final four teams to the 2027 World Cup. The bottom four teams can also progress to the qualifier but will have to get there via the Cricket World Cup Qualifier Playoff which includes the top four teams from the Cricket World Cup Challenge League. Sunday's win moved the U.S. (13-6-0, 26 points) atop the standings, leapfrogging the Netherlands (12-6-0 with two no-results, 26 points). Oman (11-6-0 with two no-results, 24 points) is third and Scotland (9-5-0 with two no-results, 20 points) fourth. Canada (9-9-0 with two no-results, 20 points) stands fifth after its fifth straight loss. Canada is ranked 18th in the world in the ICC ODI (one-day international) rankings, compared to No. 15 for the U.S. and No. 16 for Oman. Jahangir led the U.S. with 89 runs Sunday while Krishnamurthi added 61. The Americans were 103 for five when they started their partnership that ended at 242 for six when Jahangir was caught off a Dilon Heyliger delivery, Shivam Sharma led the Canadian bowlers with four wickets. No. 5 batsman Harsh Thaker was Canada's leading scorer with 66 runs. Opener Pargat Singh added 37 and Nicolas Kirton 32. Canada lost to Oman by 18 runs Friday in a match play called early due to heavy rain. The Canadians were beaten by 15 runs by Oman on May 19 and by 169 runs by the U.S. on May 17. Canada won promotion to World League 2 from the Cricket World Cup Qualifier Playoff. This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 25, 2025.
Time of India
25-05-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Awadh's heritage & French connection
(Left) A portrait of Jahangir (1617) by Abul Hasan; a painting of Akbar from Akbarnama (Source: Victoria & Albert Museum, London) The story of Awadh, and Lucknow in particular, is incomplete without the mention of its French connection. While many see tangible elements like the La Martiniere, only a few know that the French came to Lucknow much before it. Shailvee Sharda explores the bond... Awadh's heritage & French connection The beginning Lucknow's French connection owes its genesis to the times of Mughal Emperor Jahangir (1605-27). References from the 'Akbarnama' – the chronicles of the reign of Akbar penned by one of his 'Navratnas' Abul Fazl – are often cited to suggest that Jahangir came to Lucknow during the lifetime of his father and founded Mirza Mandi to the west of Machhi Bhavan. In his Latin book 'De Imperio Magni Mogolis Sive India Vera Commentarius'. Dutch geographer and director of the Dutch west India Company Joannes De-Laet is also said to have described Lucknow as a 'thriving centre of trade'. It is believed that during those days, the French merchant obtained a permit for one year to conduct commercial trade in the region. The merchant made great fortunes in the city and spent a good part of it in building a mansion described as Franc's Quarter near the Machhi Bhavan. However, when he did not pay taxes to the Mughal court, the permit was cancelled, and the trader was deported. The mansion was confiscated and given the name of Farangi Mahal as it was built by foreigners. During the reign of Aurangzeb, the Farangi Mahal was given to Mulla Qutubuddin, a scholar who developed the place as a seat of Islamic teachings. His successors still have a copy of Aurangzeb's 'farman' (dated Apr 9, 1694). 'It says 'yak haveli faranki' (one Frenchman/foreigner's home) in Awadh's Lucknow is to be handed over to Sheikh Mohammad and Mohammad Saeed (sons of Mulla Qutubuddin). Mulla had taken a representation to Aurangzeb entailing the martyrdom of their father and the family losing a roof over their head,' says Adnan Abdul Wali Farangi Mahali, whose mother's ancestor was Saeed. Adnan says that the story is mentioned in 'Baniy-e-dars-e-Nizami', a biography of their family member Mulla Nizamuddin by Mufti Mohammad Raza Ansari Farangi Mahali. The incident finds mention in Meer Sher Ali Jafri's book 'Aaraish-e-Mehfil'. Frenchmen in the court The third Nawab of Awadh Shuja-ud-Daulah was grand wazir of Mughal emperor Shah Alam II who participated in the Battle of Buxar (Oct 1764 alongside Mir Qasim, the Nawab of Bengal). After the fall of the French in Pondicherry in 1761, French Army officer Jean Baptiste Gentil managed to make it to the court of Mir Qasim. After the debacle in the Battle of Buxar, Gentil offered his services to Shuja-ud-Daulah. In her book, 'The Lion and the Lily – The rise and fall of Avadh', author Ira Mukhoty indicates that Gentil could speak Urdu fluently. She also notes that 'he was instrumental in brokering peace for Shuja… and returned to Faizabad where he was a steadfast and loyal presence and a generous friend to needy Frenchman wandering the country'. She says that the Nawab encouraged Gentil to create a corps of French soldiers. Gentil also set up an art atelier that produced some of the very first examples of European influence that later became 'Company Paintings'. Another Frenchman close to Nawab Shuja-ud-Daulah was architect Charles Emmanuel Canaple who helped the Nawab strengthen his artillery. In the five years in which Canaple worked for the Nawab, he built 36,000 guns, established a large cannon foundry and cast 74 pieces of cannons of different sizes. He also built a huge star-shaped fort in which 30,000 men worked daily and it was seen as a rival to Calcutta's Fort William. By 1773, the outer wall and covered path remained to be completed and according to Gentil, the English were furious that construction of such a fort had been allowed. They returned to their native places in France after the treaty of 1775, clause three of which compelled Shuja's successor Asaf to dismiss all Frenchmen from his service. Another Frenchman in the Court of Awadh was Colonel Antoine-Louis Henri de Polier. He was an adventurer, an art collector, military engineer and British Army soldier who worked under Robert Clive. His French origin impeded his growth in ranks of the Company and therefore he agreed to be deputed into the survey department of Shuja-ud-Daulah on the recommendation of Warren Hastings. In the course of his job, Polier created a niche for himself in Awadh, amassing fortunes via private trade and by assisting Shuja-ud-Daulah in military transactions, especially during the Nawab's fight against the Jats, which involved a siege of Agra's fort. His dual role caused embarrassment for Hastings and compelled Polier to resign in 1775. From France, with love After the demise of Shuja, his son Asaf-ud-Daulah made Lucknow his joined the company again in 1781 and came back to Awadh first in Faizabad and then in Lucknow. Here, he developed an interest in collecting manuscripts and paintings. It was here in 1783 that he met well-known British painters William Hodges and John Zoffany, with whom he developed a long-lasting friendship. Polier figures prominently in Johann Zoffany's famous painting 'Colonel Mordant's Cock-match' (1786) along with another Frenchman in Lucknow, Claude Martin, Nawab Asaf-ud-Daula and others. As an ambitious collector, Polier acquired precious manuscripts, miniatures and calligraphies. He commissioned countless new pictures and made a decisive contribution to the flowering of Indian miniature painting in Awadh. The genre's best-known representative, the painter Mihr Chand, created several notable artworks for Polier. But the most influential Frenchman in Awadh was Claude Martin, who left the French army after the fall of Pondicherry in 1960, deserted to the Bengal Army and was eventually posted in Awadh. In the words of Ira Mukhoty, '(In Awadh) he spent 25 years hanging on to this most lucrative province despite many attempts to dislodge him from there. He used bribery, corruption and extortionate usury to amass a truly gob smacking fortune. Historians described him as being a border crosser, social climber, chameleon and collector.' While others left, Martin became a permanent figure in Awadh's identity through timeless buildings and endowment. Queen of Awadh sleeps in paris Lucknow always lured the British, and therefore, the then British Resident of Lucknow alleged that Awadh was being misgoverned, and banished its ruler Wajid Ali Shah to Calcutta for the rest of his life. In contrast, Shah was seen as a peace-loving ruler of varied interests and refined tastes. Instead of putting his beloved subjects in the adversities of war, he chose to leave for Calcutta, with the intention of travelling to London and convincing Queen Victoria to reverse the annexation of Awadh. The Nawab's mother Jenab Aliya Begum Mallika Kishwar, known for her feisty persona accompanied him. Upon reaching Calcutta, Wajid Ali Shah fell ill, and taking advantage of the situation, the Company imprisoned him at Fort William. But his mother decided to go to England alone which was a daunting task in those days. Hoping that Victoria, ruling queen of England, would hear her out as a mother against the company and restore her family's rights, she sailed on June 18, 1856. The Queen Mother's hopes were shattered as Queen Victoria refused all her initial requests for an audience. In due course, Kishwar understood that Victoria had little to offer to her as real power lay with the British Parliament. Adding to her misery, the Parliament told her that if she wished to travel, she would have to declare herself a 'British subject' to get passports, which she refused. Meanwhile, the Indian royals combined their forces to oust the East India Company in 1857 even as in a fresh try, a despaired Kishwar decided to return to India via France. Exhausted by now, Mallika Kishwar took seriously ill and on Jan 24 breathed her last in Paris. Her simple but stately funeral was attended by representatives of the Turkish sultans and a marble cenotaph was constructed over her tomb at the Pere Lachaise Cemetery. Many Indians visit her grave even today where she lies in the company of the likes of Irish poet Oscar Wilde, American singer and rockstar Jim Morrison, polish composer and pianist Federich Chopin, besides others.
Business Recorder
20-05-2025
- Business
- Business Recorder
Samba Bank appoints Rashid Jahangir as acting president & CEO
The Board of Directors of Samba Bank Limited (SBL) has approved the appointment of Rashid Jahangir as acting president and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the bank. His appointment will be effective from May 22, 2025, 'till the time permanent president & CEO is appointed in due course,' the bank wrote in a notice to the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) today. Before, Jahangir was holding the position of Deputy CEO of Samba Bank. As per Samba's latest financial results, the bank posted a decline of 53% in its profit-after-tax (PAT) for the quarter ended March 31, 2025, against the profit it made during the same period the previous year. SBL recorded a PAT of Rs166.85 million in Jan-Mar 2025, against Rs358.68 million in Jan-Mar 2024. SBL total income declined 10% to Rs1.94 billion in Jan-March 2025 from Rs2.18 billion in the same period last year.
