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'''Pratap Singh Giani''' (also Partap Singh Gyani, 1855–1920) was a [[Sikh]] academician, scholar and [[calligraphist]]. | '''Pratap Singh Giani''' (also Partap Singh Gyani, 1855–1920) was a [[Sikh]] academician, scholar and [[calligraphist]]. | ||
He was born in 1855, the son of [[Bhai Bhag Singh Giani]] of [[Lahore]]. As a young boy, Partap Singh learnt [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]], [[Urdu]] and [[Sanskrit]] and studied [[Sikh]] [[scriptures]]. In 1884, he accompanied [[Thakur Singh Sandhanvalia]] to [[England]] to read the [[Guru Granth Sahib]] to the deposed Sikh ruler of the [[Punjab region|Punjab]], [[Maharaja Duleep Singh]] and to re-convert him to Sikhism. Partap Singh remained in [[England]] for six months. On return to [[India]], he worked as a ''granthi'' (scripture-reader) at [[Gurdwara Kaulsar]] in [[Amritsar]]. When Maharaja Duleep Singh was due to come back to India, Partap Singh accompanied Thakur Singh and his sons to [[Delhi]] with the intention of going to [[Bombay]] to receive the Maharajah. On hearing the news of Duleep Singh's detention at [[Aden]], Partap Singh returned to Amritsar while Thakur Singh proceeded to [[Pondicherry (city)|Pondicherry]]. At Amritsar, Partap Singh worked secretly for Thakur Singh distributing his pro-Duleep Singh letters among his confidants and friends. Towards the close of 1887, he was arrested at Amritsar and sent to [[Lahore]] jail. He escaped from [[prison]] and, turning a sadhu, travelled to different parts of the country in the company of holy men. During one such journey he happened to meet [[Max Arthur Macauliffe]], then engaged in translating the Sikh scripture into English. | He was born in 1855, the son of [[Bhai Bhag Singh Giani]] of [[Lahore]]. As a young boy, Partap Singh learnt [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]], [[Urdu]] and [[Sanskrit]] and studied [[Sikh]] [[scriptures]]. In 1884, he accompanied [[Thakur Singh Sandhanvalia]] to [[England]] to read the [[Guru Granth Sahib]] to the deposed Sikh ruler of the [[Punjab region|Punjab]], [[Maharaja Duleep Singh]] and to re-convert him to Sikhism. Partap Singh remained in [[England]] for six months. On return to [[India]], he worked as a ''granthi'' (scripture-reader) at [[Gurdwara Kaulsar]] in [[Amritsar]]. When Maharaja Duleep Singh was due to come back to India, Partap Singh accompanied Thakur Singh and his sons to [[Delhi]] with the intention of going to [[Bombay]] to receive the Maharajah. On hearing the news of Duleep Singh's detention at [[Aden]], Partap Singh returned to Amritsar while Thakur Singh proceeded to [[Pondicherry (city)|Pondicherry]]. At Amritsar, Partap Singh worked secretly for Thakur Singh distributing his pro-Duleep Singh letters among his confidants and friends. Towards the close of 1887, he was arrested at Amritsar and sent to [[Lahore]] jail. He escaped from [[prison]] and, turning a sadhu, travelled to different parts of the country in the company of holy men. During one such journey he happened to meet [[Max Arthur Macauliffe]], then engaged in translating the Sikh scripture into English. | ||
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Partap Singh settled down in a house in [[Kaulsar]] near [[Baba Atal]], in Amritsar, and for several years performed katha expounding the Holy Writ in front of the Akal Bung. | Partap Singh settled down in a house in [[Kaulsar]] near [[Baba Atal]], in Amritsar, and for several years performed katha expounding the Holy Writ in front of the Akal Bung. | ||
[[File:Guru Granth Sahib By Bhai Pratap Singh Giani.jpg|thumb|right|The Bir of Guru Granth Sahib, scribed by Pratap Singh]] | |||
A fine [[calligraphist]], Partap Singh transcribed volumes of the Guru Granth Sahib, the most famous of them being the one still preserved in the [[Harimandir Sahib]]. This copy, completed in 1908, is written in very bold [[Gurmukhi]] characters on large-sized 25" by 28" sheets of [[Kashmiri language|Kashmiri]] paper and is installed on the first floor of the Harimandir Sahib where it is used for the recital of [[akhand paths]] or unbroken readings of the Guru Granth Sahib. The entire volume, 1527 leaves, that is, 8054 pages, with double borders in red, blue and yellow, is written in Giani Pratap Singh's hand and is known as Vadde Baba Ji (largesized Holy Volume). The name of the scribe is mentioned at the end of the text, on a separate sheet. Volumes of the Holy Books transcribed by Giani Partap Singh are also preserved at Baba Atal and [[Takht Sri Hazur Sahib]], Nanded. | A fine [[calligraphist]], Partap Singh transcribed volumes of the Guru Granth Sahib, the most famous of them being the one still preserved in the [[Harimandir Sahib]]. This copy, completed in 1908, is written in very bold [[Gurmukhi]] characters on large-sized 25" by 28" sheets of [[Kashmiri language|Kashmiri]] paper and is installed on the first floor of the Harimandir Sahib where it is used for the recital of [[akhand paths]] or unbroken readings of the Guru Granth Sahib. The entire volume, 1527 leaves, that is, 8054 pages, with double borders in red, blue and yellow, is written in Giani Pratap Singh's hand and is known as Vadde Baba Ji (largesized Holy Volume). The name of the scribe is mentioned at the end of the text, on a separate sheet. Volumes of the Holy Books transcribed by Giani Partap Singh are also preserved at Baba Atal and [[Takht Sri Hazur Sahib]], Nanded. | ||