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Ammi ji - My Dadi

  Ammiji - My Grandmother Painting by Me Sardarni Surjit Kaur - My grandmother Maiden Name: Gian Kaur Early Childhood: Younger Gian Kaur - My Grandmother Gian Kaur was the eldest of the three siblings and daughter of Sardar Sohan Singh Kharbanda and Balwant Kaur . The Kharbanda family were an affluent wholesale merchant of brass ware from Daska (Shahmukhi: ڈسکا; Gurmukhi: ਡਸਕਾ) in the Sialkot District of West Punjab. The town of Daska gets its name because it is das ("ten") koh (Mughal unit of distance) from Sialkot, Gujranwala, and Wazirabad. Kharbanda's were trading brass ware to distant locations such as Delhi, Rajasthan, Afghanistan, and Iran. Sohan Singh was one of the four sons and assisted his father in the family business. He was married to Balwant Kau r from the Kukreja family of Lyallpur, West Punjab. The young couple had two children. Gian was the eldest and her brother Darshan was just two year old when their father Sohan Singh passed away after a short fev
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What happened to Traitors of Lahore Conspiracy Case?

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The Peacock Throne - Pride of Mughal

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Three Indian Laws - Part III: Uniform Civil Code

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Three Indian Laws - Part II: Citizenship Amendment Act - CAA

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Three Indian Laws - Part I: Article 370-35A

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