Do You Know How a Bear ๐ป got its name โTeddy Bearโ ๐งธ ?
#TEDDYBEAR #America #President #Girls #ValentinesDay #USA #India
The name teddy bear comes from former United States President Theodore Roosevelt, who was often referred to as "Teddy" (a nickname which he loathed)
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Feb 15 โข 5 tweets โข 2 min read
Worldโs #RichestPunjabi #Sikh
KuldipSingh & GurbachanSingh Dhingra,
Ranked 38th in #Forbes Indiaโs Richest List with 7.5B net worth
Kuldip was born in 1947 into a Sikh Punjabi Arora family in #Amritsar,#Punjab,India.His grandfather started the paint business in 1898 in Amritsar
The 1941 Photograph of Bhai Kesar Singh Rangwala Family, Race Course Road Haveli , Amritsar.
Kuldip Singh 4th Generation of the Family.
Source of Photo : theglobalsikhtrail .com
Jun 12, 2024 โข 102 tweets โข 54 min read
#Thread #DiscoverPunjab
A Land of Forts and Fortresses
Malwa region of Punjab
More than 40 Forts but Everyone Knows 1,2 or 3 Thats it โฆ..
#Thread
Fort BalianWali (Quila Balianwali)
Near Bathinda ,#Punjab (Malwa)
Built year 1764
Built By : Gajpat Singh Sidhu a Maharajah of Jind and Maternal GrandFather of Maharajah Ranjit Singh of Lahore Punjab
in Ruins : Now a police Station
#Sikh #Heritage #Jat #Sidhu #Bathinda
Built 1764 by Gajpat Singh (King of Jind Riyasat)
12 km NW of Maur Mandi is the village of Balianwali.
It appears to be a normal village but in its centre is a fort built by the maternal grandfather of #MaharajaRanjitSingh
Jun 11, 2024 โข 6 tweets โข 3 min read
Har Maidan Fateh ๐ณโโ๏ธ โ๏ธ
Sub Joginder Singh War Memorial ๐ฎ๐ณ
IndoChina ๐ฎ๐ณ๐จ๐ณ Border
Battle of IB Ridge
#JoginderSinghWarMemorial #BattleOfIBRidge #IndoChinaWar #Sikh #Punjabi #Sikhs #China #India #ArunachalPradesh #War #PakvsInd
SUB JOGINDER SINGH OF 1 SIKH WAS HOLDING THIS LOC WITH A PLATOON MINUS STRENGTH.PORTERS WERE BEING USED TO SUPPLY AMMUNITION FROM KLEMTA ONWARDS TO IB RIDGE.
PORTER, MR TASHI,RESIDENT OF LYO BASTI,78 YEARS OF AGE, IS AN EYEWITNESS TO THE VALIANT ACTS OF SUB JOGINDER AND HIS MEN.
It lies between the #Shivalik foothills of outer #Himalayas and Indo- Gangetic alluvial plains of #Punjab. The structure is situated in a semi- urban setup.
#Jatt Chief Sardar Attar Singh Dhillon of #Manimajra who was the Chief of Faridkot State forces and #PrimeMinister to H.H Bijendra Singh and H.H Maharaja Harinder Singh #Brar of #Faridkot. Circa 1936
Period- C 17th-18th Cent. A.D
This Royal inn was initially built by Babur extended and planned by Mughal architect Hafiz Rakhna. It was rebuilt by Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan along the Mughal military road between Delhi and Lahore, and
Heritage of Amloh and Punjab Is in Ruins Why Puniab Government ?๐ #Amloh was founded by Faiz Baksh, the Governor of Sirhind.
After the fall of Sirhind in 1763,
Amloh was annexed by Raja Hamir Singh, the ruler of #Nabha State
The mosque was built during the late medieval era. it is very popular amongst local Muslims,who offer prayers with full devotion.During festivals.The mihrab has a pointed arch in a rectangular frame along with niches on either side. #PunjabTourism
The Old structure is built of lakhauri bricks and lime mortar. It is coated with lime plaster.
A Dewan in the Court of
Nawab #WazirKhan of Sirhind,Governor of #Sirhind#Punjab During #MughalEmpire.
he is remembered for buying a small piece of land at a very huge price saying the world's costliest land ever bought for the cremation of the dead bodies of Mata Gujri, the mother and Sahibzada Zorawar Singh and Baba Fateh Singh, the two younger sons of 10th Sikh Guru,
It is a historical buildings built in memory of him.He was a great architect and builder of that period.
#PunjabTourism#Tourism#Heritage
It has a bulbous dome supported on a circular drum and decorated with petalled design at the base. There are four kiosks at the front. Within the enclosed walls, there are three graves placed in the center beneath the dome.
Apr 1, 2023 โข 6 tweets โข 5 min read
#Thread
Tomb of Shagird Khawaja Khan in ,Fatehgarh Sahib
(1/5)โฌ๏ธ #Sangrur#Punjab#Jind#Heritage#Tourism#PunjabTourism
Royals of Jind were so impressed by Jaipuri Architecture that Sangrur's Streets and Bazaars are based on the Blueprint of Jaipur when city was expanded in 1850's