Khalsa Akhbar
Khalsa Akhbar Lahore, 15 May 1893. Digitized by Panjab Digital Library. | |
| Type | Weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Owner(s) | Giani Ditt Singh |
| Founder(s) | Gurmukh Singh |
| Publisher | Lahore Khalsa Diwan |
| Editor | Jhanda Singh Basant Singh Maeeya Singh Ahluwalia |
| Founded | 1883 or 13 June 1886 |
| Ceased publication | 1889 (temporary) 1905 (permanent) |
| Relaunched | 1 May 1893 |
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| Sikh literature |
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The Khalsa Akhbar (Punjabi: ਖ਼ਾਲਸਾ ਅਖ਼ਬਾਰ (Gurmukhi), خالصہ اخبار (Shahmukhi)), Lahore, was a weekly newspaper and the organ of the Lahore Khalsa Diwan, a Sikh society. Published from Lahore in the Punjabi language (Gurmukhi script), the newspaper was established in 1886 and functioned sporadically till 1905. Founded by Bhai Gurmukh Singh, a professor of Punjabi at the Oriental College, Lahore, who also established the Khalsa Press in Lahore, the paper was taken over by Giani Ditt Singh, a scholar and a poet. It was one of the most prominent and influential Sikh periodicals prior to 1920.