is, 8054 pages, with double borders in red, blue and yellow, is written in Giani Pratap Singh's hand and is known as Vadde Baba Ji (largesized Holy Volume). The name of the scribe is mentioned at the end of the text, on a separate sheet. Volumes of the Holy Books transcribed by Giani Partap Singh are also preserved at Baba Atal and Takht Sri Hazur Sahib, Nanded. In 1902, Partap Singh joined Aitchison College, also known as Chiefs College, Lahore, as granthi and instructor. According to the records of the college, he was employed initially at a salary of Rupees 5 per month, which was later increased to Rupees 50 per month from 1904. He taught in this college as a Sikh religious teacher till his death in 1920. Legacy According to Panjaba Phain, August 1916 issue, he was the first secretary of the Sanatan Singh Sabha (also referred to as Amritsar Singh Sabha). He was also editor of the earliest published Sikh newspaper Akal Prakash, which made its first appearance in 1876. He is also said to have translated into Punjabi Major Evans Bell's book, The Annexation of the Punjab and Maharaja Duleep Singh. Pratap Singh died at Lahore on 20 July 1920. Pratap Singh's son Kartar Singh Giani was a lawyer at Amritsar and was later a member of the Sikh Gurudwara Judicial Commission. His grandsons Harinder Singh Giani and Narinder Singh Gyani were lawyers practicing in the Punjab and Haryana High Court at Chandigarh and Amritsar. His great-grandson Harpreet Singh Giani is an advocate and a barrister currently practicing in the Punjab and Haryana High Court in India and in England and Wales. References 1855 births 1920 deaths Indian Sikh religious leaders Academic staff of Aitchison College Punjabi people 19th-century Indian artists 19th-century Indian non-fiction writers 19th-century Indian scholars 19th-century Indian translators 20th-century Indian educators 20th-century Indian journalists 20th-century Indian non-fiction writers 19th-century Indian journalists Indian expatriates in England People from Lahore Scholars from Amritsar Artists from Amritsar Indian religious leaders Indian calligraphers Punjabi-language writers Sikh writers