Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 July 2025
This information is collected from the interviews and the personal collections of the artists and employees of the gurdwaras and the PSB and compiled with reference to the existing collection at the Bhai Mati Das Museum. The PSB does not maintain an archive of the paintings or the calendars. The following list provides the year of issue and theme of the calendar, the descriptions of the paintings, along with the credits as originally published in the PSB calendars. The calendars carried the text in English and Punjabi (and at times in Hindi); I have reproduced the English text here. All illustrations refer to history paintings unless otherwise mentioned; the more recent calendars mostly publish photographs. This is an incomplete list—due to the lack of available information. At times, it was difficult to find all the pages of a calendar or the text accompanying a painting; in some cases, no information was available about the annual calendar, which is visible as a gap or missing year (for example, the years 1977 and 1980–1988). The following text has been slightly edited for clarity and readability.
1974 Important Personalities [title provided by author, original title not available]
Bhai Vir Singh, Bhai Nand Lal Goya, Bhai Gurdas, Sant Mian Mir, Baba Buddha, Bhai Kanhaiya
1975 Women in Sikh History [to mark the UN International Year of Women]
First disciple: Bebe Nanaki
Soul of sacrifice and humility: Mata Khivi
Mata Sahib Devan contributing womanly sweetness to amrit
Mai Bhago leading forty muktas in the battlefield at Muktsar
Bibi Bhani: Guru's daughter, Guru's wife and Guru's mother
Women plying heavy grindstones in Mir Manu's prison, as punishment for their steadfast faith
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