Harjinder Singh Dilgeer

Harjinder Singh Dilgeer (Punjabi: ਹਰਜਿੰਦਰ ਸਿੰਘ ਦਿਲਗੀਰ, born 22 October 1965) is an Indian historian and author.

Dilgeer has translated Guru Granth Sahib in English. He has written about the concept and history of Akal Takht Sahib, Sikh culture, Shiromani Akali Dal, the history of Anandpur Sahib, Kiratpur Sahib, etc.

The Sikh Reference Book is his magnum opus. The Sikh Reference Book is an encyclopedia consisting of more than 2400 biographies, a chronology of Sikh history, 400 concepts of Sikh philosophy, and 800 Sikh shrines. He has produced a Sikh Encyclopedia CD-ROM. Dr Dilgeer's greatest work is "Navan Te Vadda Mahan Kosh" which is more than an encyclopedia. It runs through 2748 big-size pages with more than one hundred thousand entries about the language, literature, culture, and history of the Sikhs and Punjab. This is perhaps the only book in Punjabi that gives the Prakrit, Apbhranash, and Pali roots of hundreds of Punjabi words. This has been considered the most important book of the previous 100 years. Dilgeer has also published books about the history and archeology of the Punjab which include Encyclopedia of Jalandhar, Amritsar & Darbar Sahib, and Heritage of the Punjab.