The Monthly English Organ of the Sikhs (original) | |
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Type | Weekly newspaper |
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Founder(s) | Jodh Singh |
Publisher | Chief Khalsa Diwan |
Founded | 20 September 1903 (first issue) |
Language | English |
Ceased publication | 1923 |
Relaunched | Relaunched as The Khalsa Te Khalsa Advocate (in Punjabi) in 1923 onwards |
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Sikh scriptures • Punjabi literature |
The Khalsa Advocate was a Sikh newspaper in English founded in 1903 by the Chief Khalsa Diwan.[1][2][3] It was one of the most prominent and influential Sikh periodicals prior to 1920.[4][5]
The most important Sikh periodicals were the Khālsā Akhbār in Punjabi and the Khalsa in English, both of which were brought out from Lahore. The Nirguṇiārā and the Khālsā Samāchār in Punjabi and the Khalsa Advocate in English were published from Amritsar.
Also important in focusing the issues and personalities involved in Sikh pamphleteering are articles and correspondence in the three primary Sikh newspapers prior to 1920, The Khalsa Akhbar (Punjabi, c. 1889–1905), the Khalsa Samachar (Punjabi, 1899 to the present), and the Khalsa Advocate (1903–23, then becoming the Punjabi Khalsa Te Khalsa Advocate).