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[[File:Panchbati landscape at Dr. Balbir Singh Memorial Dehradun.jpg|thumb|Panchbati Landscape surrounding the memorial]]
'''Dr. Balbir Singh Sahitya Kendra '''<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://punjabiuniversity.ac.in/pbiuniweb/pages/departments/newdrbalbirsingh.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=24 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140729210113/http://punjabiuniversity.ac.in/pbiuniweb/pages/departments/newdrbalbirsingh.html |archive-date=29 July 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> is a memorial, library and art gallery in the name of Sikh scholar [[Balbir Singh (scholar)|Dr Balbir Singh]] , which is the nucleus of advanced study for research in comparative religion, philosophy & culture. It is now a department of [[Punjabi University]] Patiala and located at 20, Pritam road, Dehradun. The place was earlier residence of a Sikh scholar [[Balbir Singh (scholar)]] . It has facilities for visiting scholars & university researchers to carry out research on [[comparative religion]], Sikh studies and history & [[Culture of Punjab (India)|culture of Punjab.]]
[[File:Statue of mahatma Budh at Dr. Balbir Singh Memorial Dehradun.jpg|thumb|Statue of mahatma Budh at Dr. Balbir Singh Memorial Dehradun]]
Kendra houses nearly 9,000 volumes, including rare books on [[Guru Granth Sahib]] and Sikh studies, history and culture of Punjab and religious traditions of India in English, [[Gurmukhī alphabet|Gurmukhi]], Sanskrit, Prakrit, Hindi, Persian and Urdu, gifted by Dr. Balbir Singh. Whole memorial, Library and Art Gallery is gifted<ref name=TI>http://www.tribuneindia.com/2009/20090125/dplus1.htm</ref> from him to Punjabi University. Prayer room, Lounge, morning room study and rest rooms are being preserved by University as these were existing when Dr. Balbir Singh lived here.
Original paintings of well-known artists [[Abdur Rahman Chughtai|AR Chughtai]], [[S. G. Thakur Singh|Thakur Singh]], [[Sobha Singh (painter)|Sobha Singh]], Mehr Singh and Dehradun -based Divijen Ben form part of the gallery collection.

Research on an important research project [[:en:Balbir Singh (scholar)#.22 Nirukta Sri Guru Granth Sahib.22|Nirukat]] an [[etymological dictionary]] of [[Guru Granth Sahib|Sri Guru Granth Sahib]] is being carried out from this Kendra.<ref name=TI/>

For the purpose of promotion of Sikh history in Dehradun, the regional centre of the Punjabi University, Balbir Singh Sahit Kendra, will be converted into the Advanced Centre for Sikh Historical Studies. The centre will also carry out research in the Sikh studies and comparative religion.<ref>{{cite web|title= Sikh studies in Dehradun to get a boost |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2011/20110421/punjab.htm#10|accessdate=2014-11-07}}</ref>

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