Pal Singh Purewal

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Pal Singh Purewal (1931/1932 – 22 September 2022)

Sikh community.[6][7]
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. His published texts include:[8]

  • Jantri 500 YEARS - An Almanac, published by Punjab School Education Board in November 1994
  • Hijri Calendar - A book for which he received "lifetime achievement" award

In his coordinated effort with the Institute of Sikh Studies and after making efforts for several years with other prominent scholars, a proposal to implement and adopt a Sikh calendar, called Nanaksahi Calendar was introduced and was accepted by the

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 (CE) Calendar.[12][13]

References

  1. ^ Architect of Nanakshahi Calendar, Canada-based Sikh scholar Purewal passes away
  2. ^ "Purewal". purewal.biz.
  3. ^ "Purewal's Page". www.purewal.biz.
  4. ^ "Mool Nanakshai Calendar (MNC) Implementation Conference". SikhNet. 2017-11-16. Retrieved 2021-03-22.
  5. ^ "Adopt Mool Nanakshahi Calendar, stop confusion, says Sikh Chicago meet". The World Sikh News. 2017-12-03. Retrieved 2021-03-22.
  6. ^ canada, ptc punjabi (March 27, 2018). "PTC Punjabi Canada - No.1 Punjabi Channel in Canada".
  7. ^ "Pal Singh Purewal – SRM".
  8. ^ "Panjab Digital Library - Digitization of Jyantri (Calendar) 500 years". www.panjabdigilib.org.
  9. ^ Chahal, Devinder Singh (2003). "New Nanakshahi Calendar - A Brief Description" (PDF). Understanding Sikhism, the Research Journal. vol. 5, no.2.
  10. ^ "Sikhs around world celebrate new year using Edmonton man's calendar". Edmonton Journal.
  11. ^ "Pal Singh Purewal meets Jathedars - Nanakshahi calendar discussed". March 22, 2014.
  12. ^ "Dal Khalsa Releases Original Nanakshahi Calender (Samvat 549) From Shri Akal Takhat Sahib". March 14, 2017.
  13. ^ "Sikh Community of the Midwest, USA hosts honorary dinner for Sardar Pal Singh Purewal". Skokie, IL Patch. March 14, 2017.


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