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Harjinder Singh Dilgeer, a renowned Sikh scholar, an encyclopediast and a historian was born at Jalandhar in the family of S. Gurbax Singh and Jagtar Kaur. Dilgeer took his Master’s degrees in English, Punjabi and Philosophy in 1971, 1973 and 1978 respectively. He started teaching in various colleges in Punjab and finally at the Punjab University, Chandigarh. During his teaching career, he obtained further degrees of M.Phil, LLB, & Ph.D from Punjab University, Chandigarh. Later on, he shifted to Oslo and became a citizen of Norway. He has written so much on Sikh history, Gurbani and Philosophy that no
other scholar of the present times can match in that regard. His works include a detailed account about the concept and the history orf Akal Takht Sahib, Sikh culture, Shromani Akali Dal, the history of Anandpur Sahib and Kiratpur Sahin, Dictionary of Sikh Philosophy etc. The Sikh Reference Book is his magnum opus. The Sikh Reference ook is an encyclopaedia consisting o more than 2400 biographies, complete chronology of Sikh history 400 concepts of Sikh philosophy as well more than 800 Sikh shrines. He has produced a Sikh Encyclopaedia CD-ROM. His latest works are Encyclopaedia of Jalandhar (English) , Banda Singh Bahadar (Punjabi and English), Sikh Twareekh in five volumes (a complete Sikh history, from 1468 – 2007, a Punjabi Sikh History in ten volumes (a complete Sikh history from 1469 to 2011, in English) and English translations of Nitnaym (the Sikh daily prayer) and Sukhmani Sahib. His latest work is English translation (with explanation) of Guru Granth Sahib, in seven volumes (published in March 2016). S. Dilgeer has also written some books other than related to Sikh religion. The same include Collections of Poetry (Bewafaian, Dilgeerian), short stories (Ikki Ghante) and Novelettes (Eskimo Smile and Kamu Ronda Rahega). He has also edited a number of books. For such a tremendous service to literature and history, he has been awarded a number of awards and honors.