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{{Infobox writer
| name = Sahib Singh
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1892|02|16}}<ref name=Gurmukh>{{cite book|title=Sikh Dharam de Mahaan Widwaan|year=First published 1977 |publisher=Sikh missionary College|location=1051,Kucha No 14, Field Ganj , Ludhiana}}</ref>
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| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1977|10|29|1892|02|16}}<ref name=Gurmukh />
| death_place = [[Patiala]]
| language = [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]
| nationality = Indian
| education = B.A.<ref name=Gurmukh />
| alma_mater = Govt. College, Lahore<ref name=Gurmukh />
| period = 1915
| genre =
| occupation = Professor, essay writer, linguist, translator
| subject = Sikh religious philosophy
| movement =
| notableworks = "Guru Granth Darpan'' (1962-64), ''Gurbani Vyakaran"<ref name=SSP>{{cite web|title=Sahib Singh Professor-The Sikh Encyclopedia|url=http://www.thesikhencyclopedia.com/biographies/modern-scholars-of-sikhism/sahib-singh-professor|access-date=14 September 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304054826/http://www.thesikhencyclopedia.com/biographies/modern-scholars-of-sikhism/sahib-singh-professor|archive-date=4 March 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
| spouse = Agya Kaur
| children = son: Daljit Singh (eye specialist)
| relatives =
| awards =Honorary D. Lit Punjabi University Patiala on 7 Jan 1971<ref name=Gurmukh/>
| website = {{URL|gurugranthdarpan.net}}
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'''Sahib Singh''' ([[Gurmukhi]]: ਸਾਹਿਬ ਸਿੰਘ) (16 February 1892 – 29 October 1977) was a [[Sikh]] academic who made a contribution to [[Sikh]] literature. He was a [[Linguist|grammarian]], [[author]], [[scholar]] and [[theologian]]. He was born in a [[Hindu]] family to father Hiranand and was named Natthu Ram.<ref>Meri Jeevan Kahani - Autobiography of Professor Sahib Singh Ji, B. Jawahar Singh Kirpal Singh and Company, Amritsar</ref>

==Early life==
As a youth, Natthu Ram was apprenticed to a Muslim teacher, Hayat Shah, son of [[Punjabi people|Punjabi]] poet [[Hashim (poet)|Hashim]], to teach him the [[Persian language]].

Whilst at junior school, he saw Sikh soldiers and was so impressed with them that he decided to keep [[Kesh (Sikhism)|unshorn hair]]. In 1906, when he was in the ninth grade he became [[Amritdhari]] and gave himself the name of "[[Sahib]] [[Singh]]". At that time he stopped learning [[Persian language|Persian]] and started learning [[Sanskrit]], which later on helped him in understanding [[Guru Granth Sahib]].<ref name="sikh-history.com">[https://web.archive.org/web/20040504081510/http://www.sikh-history.com/sikhhist/personalities/sewadars/santsohansingh.html]</ref>

==Later life==
After passing the tenth grade, Sahib Singh joined a local school. Later he applied for a job with the postal department, and got the job, borrowing 20 [[Indian rupee|Rs]] from his house maid as traveling expenses.

Later he left home to pursue higher education. He had nowhere to go, having very little money. He later met [[Pundit Vesta Parsad]], a scholarly teacher for help.

Sahib Singh passed his FA{{clarify|date=December 2019}} and BA{{clarify|date=December 2019}} and started work at Frakka college and later joined [[Gujranwala]] Khalsa college. It was at this college that he met Bava Harkrishan Singh and [[Bhai Jodh Singh]]. Sahib Singh's financial situation had improved by this time so that he was able to pay back his debts.<ref name="sikh-history.com"/>

==Employment==

The death of his father made the situation hard for him.{{citation needed|date=December 2019}} He entered [[Dayal Singh College (Lahore)|Dyal Singh College]], [[Lahore]], and then the [[Government College, Lahore]]<ref name="ReferenceA">Gurabni Vyakaran by Sahib Singh, {{ISBN|81-7205-005-4}}</ref> where he obtained his bachelor's degree. In 1917 he joined [[Nanak Khalsa College]], [[Gujranwala]]<ref name="ReferenceA"/> as a lecturer in [[Sanskrit]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sikhsangat.org/2010/10/october-29th-sahib-singh-ji |title=Archived copy |access-date=2011-08-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110814105719/http://www.sikhsangat.org/2010/10/october-29th-sahib-singh-ji/ |archive-date=14 August 2011 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> In 1921 Sahib Singh became the Assistant General Secretary of the [[SGPC]]. Sahib Singh took part in [[Ka Bagh Morcha]] in 1922 and was arrested. In 1923 he was again arrested when he took part in [[Jaito Morcha]]. In 1927 he rejoined [[Gujranwala]] college, where he stayed until 1936. At this time he moved to [[Amritsar]] and joined the Khalsa college as a lecturer in [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]. At the college he met fellow Sikh scholars like [[Teja Singh]], [[Ganda Singh (historian)|Ganda Singh]], Veeram Singh and Mohan Singh. In 1952 he retired from this college to take up a post as Principal at Shaheed Missionary college, [[Amritsar]]. In 1962 he left to join his son at [[Sidhwan Bet]] near Jagroan. When his son moved to [[Patiala]], he took classes at Gurmat college in [[Patiala]]. He was awarded a [[Doctor of Letters|Doctorate of Letters]] by [[Punjabi University]], [[Patiala]] in 1971.<ref>Bhagat Bani Steek by Professor Sahib Singh, {{ISBN|81-7205-041-0}}</ref>

==Health and illness==
Sahib Singh was often afflicted with illnesses.{{citation needed|date=December 2019}} He suffered from [[Parkinson's disease]]{{citation needed|date=December 2019}} and died on 29 October 1977.

==Publications==
Sahib Singh wrote extensively in Punjabi, but most of his works have now been translated into English, [[Hindi]] and other prominent world languages.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jsks.co.in/Professor_Sahib_Singh_Ji.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=2011-08-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110829181202/http://www.jsks.co.in/Professor_Sahib_Singh_Ji.htm |archive-date=29 August 2011 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

* Savaiye Sri Mukhvak Maihla 5 ate Bhatta De Savaiye Steek (1930)
* Jap Ji Sahib Steek (1931)
* Asa Di Vaar Steek (1933)
* Sad Steek (1935)
* Bhattan de Savaiye Steek (1935)
* Sukhmani Sahib Steek (1939)
* Khulhe Maidan
* Jaap Sahib Savaiye Chaupai Steek (1944)
* Dasa Varan Steek (1946)
* Salok Te Shabad Farid Ji Steek (1946)
* Dharmic Loka (1946)
* Gurbani Te Itihas Bare (1946)
* Burai Da Takra (1946)
* Salok Guru Angad Sahib Steek (1948)
* Chanan Munare (1949)
* Salok Kabir Ji Steek (1949)
* Satte Balwand Di Var Steek (1949)
* Gurbani Vyakarn (1950)
* Chara Varan Steek (1951)
* Dharam Te Sadachar (1951)
* Sarbat Da Bhala (1951)
* Siddh Gost Steek (1957)
* Bhagat Bani Steek Pahila Hisa (1959)
* Bhagat Bani Steek Duja Hisa (1959)
* Bhagat Bani Steek Tija Hisa (1959)
* Bhagat Bani Steek Chautha Hisa (1960)
* Bhagat Bani Steek Punjvah Hisa (1960)
* Sikh Sidak Na Haare (1962)
* Jeevan Britant - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
* Jeevan Britant - Sri Guru Angad Dev Ji
* Jeevan Britant - Sri Guru Amar Das Ji
* Jeevan Britant - Sri Guru Ramdas Ji
* Jeevan Britant - Sri Guru Arjan Dev Ji
* Sri Guru Granth Sahib Darpan (Dasa Pothiarn) (1965)
* Jeevan Britant - Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji (1966)
* Jeevan Britant - Sri Guru Hargobind Sahib Ji
* Jeevan Britant - Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji
* Jeevan Britant - Sri Guru Har Rai Sahib te Sri Guru Harkrishan Sahib
* Gur Itihas Patshahi 2 ton 9 (1968)
* Aad Bir bare (1970)
* Sikh Sidak Na Hare
* Sadachar Lekh (1971)
* Simran Diya Barkata (1971)
* Barahmaha, Tukhari Te Maajh (1972)
* Meri Jeevan Kahani (1977)

=== Posthumous===
* Nitnem Steek (1979)
* Babania Kahanian (1981)
* Bani Maihla 9 Steek (2003)

==See also==
*[[Guru Granth Sahib]]
*[[Sikh Gurus]]
*[[Sikhism]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* http://www.sikhsangat.org/2010/10/october-29th-sahib-singh-ji/
* http://www.gurugranthdarpan.net
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