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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Pal Singh Purewal''' is a Canadian retired engineer, author, scholar and a teacher.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://purewal.biz/|title=Purewal|website=purewal.biz}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.purewal.biz/purewal2.html|title=Purewal's Page|website=www.purewal.biz}}</ref> He is commonly known as the architect of the [[Nanakshahi calendar|Nanakshahi Calendar]] and the Mool Nanakshahi Calendar.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-11-16|title=Mool Nanakshai Calendar (MNC) Implementation Conference|url=http://www.sikhnet.com/news/mool-nanakshai-calendar-mnc-implementation-conference|access-date=2021-03-22|website=SikhNet|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-12-03|title=Adopt Mool Nanakshahi Calendar, stop confusion, says Sikh Chicago meet|url=https://www.theworldsikhnews.com/adopt-mool-nanakshahi-calendar-sikh-chicago-meet/|access-date=2021-03-22|website=The World Sikh News|language=en-GB}}</ref> He is also known as a role model in the [[Sikh]] community.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ptcnetwork.ca/edmonton-resident-pal-singh-purewal-architect-sikh-calendar/|title=PTC Punjabi Canada - No.1 Punjabi Channel in Canada|first=ptc punjabi|last=canada|date=March 27, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sikhrolemodels.org/community-leaders/pal-singh-purewal/|title=Pal Singh Purewal – SRM}}</ref> He emigrated to the United Kingdom in 1965 and worked as a senior engineer at Texas Instruments. He moved to Canada in 1974. He has authored various research papers establishing the authenticity of the Sikh calendar since 1960s.<br />
His published texts include:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.panjabdigilib.org/webuser/searches/displayPage.jsp?ID=2356&page=1&CategoryID=1&Searched=|title=Panjab Digital Library - Digitization of Jyantri (Calendar) 500 years|website=www.panjabdigilib.org}}</ref><br />
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* '''Jantri 500 YEARS''' - An Almanac, published by Punjab School Education Board in November 1994<br />
* '''Hijri Calendar''' - A book for which he received "lifetime achievement" award<br />
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In his coordinated effort with the Institute of Sikh Studies and after making efforts for several years with other prominent scholars, a prosal to implement and adopt a Sikh calendar, called Nanaksahi Calendar was introduced and was accepted by the [[Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee]] in 1996. Subsequently, at the 300th anniversary of the Khalsa panth, it was released by the SGPC after passing a general house resolution in 1999 and accepted by the Akal Takht (in part) in 2003.<ref>http://www.iuscanada.com/journal/archives/2003/j0502p39.pdf</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/sikhs-around-world-celebrate-new-year-using-edmonton-mans-calendar|title=Sikhs around world celebrate new year using Edmonton man's calendar|website=Edmonton Journal}}</ref> This created controversy in the Sikh community.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sikhsiyasat.net/2014/03/22/pal-singh-purewal-meets-jathedars-nanakshahi-calendar-discussed/|title=Pal Singh Purewal meets Jathedars - Nanakshahi calendar discussed|date=March 22, 2014}}</ref> He introduced implementation of the [[Mool Nanakshahi Calendar|Mool (original) Nanakshahi Calendar]] in 2017, which refers to the pre-altered version of the calendar introduced and first accepted in 1999 which permanently synchronized Mool Nanakshahi (religious) Calendar with [[Common Era|Common Era (CE)]] Calendar.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sikhsiyasat.net/2017/03/14/dal-khalsa-releases-orignal-nanakshahi-calender-samvat-549-shri-akal-takhat-sahib/|title=Dal Khalsa Releases Original Nanakshahi Calender (Samvat 549) From Shri Akal Takhat Sahib|date=March 14, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://patch.com/illinois/skokie/sikh-community-midwest-usa-hosts-honorary-dinner-sardar-pal-singh-purewal|title=Sikh Community of the Midwest, USA hosts honorary dinner for Sardar Pal Singh Purewal|date=March 14, 2017|website=Skokie, IL Patch}}</ref><br />
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