Khalsa Raj
Posted on November 20, 2009. Filed under: Khalsa Raj, Sikh History & Philosophy | Tags: Allard, British, Calcutta, Dost Mohammed, East India Company, India, Khalsa, Lahore, Maharaja Ranjit Singh, Punjab, Punjaub, Runjeet Singh, Seicks, Sikh, The Times London, Zamborah |
Maharaja Runjeet Singh’s Army
Reproduced from The Times (London), August 27, 1833. [Page 6; Column 2]
A discussion has recently been revived by one of the up-country newspapers regarding the means at the command of Russia for an invasion of India. However farcical the scheme may at first sight appear, it is as well not to [...]
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Posted on November 11, 2009. Filed under: Book Reviews, Khalsa Raj | Tags: 1849, Anglo Sikh war, Attariwala, cis-Sutlej, Dhuleep Singh, Dhyan, Dogra brothers, Gholab, Gulab, Hira Singh, History of Sikhs, J D Cunningham, Jammoo, Jammu, Jindan, Khalsa, Lahore, Ranee, Ranjit, Runjeet, Sandhawalia, Satluj, Sikh Battalions, Sikh empire, Sobraon, Suchet, Sutlej |
CAPTAIN CUNNINGHAM’S HISTORY OF THE SIKHS*†
[* A History of the Sikhs from the Origin of the Nation to the Battles of the Sutlej. By Joseph Davey Cunningham, Lieutenant of Engineers, and Captain in the Army of India. London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1849.]
[† Reproduced from Page 7 of The Times (London) of April 06, 1849. [...]
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Posted on April 25, 2009. Filed under: Khalsa Raj, Sikh History & Philosophy, Sikh Studies in West | Tags: Akbar Nama, Akhbarat-i-Darbar-i-Mualla, Aurangzeb, Beveridge, Bhai Nand Lal, Bibliography, Bilgrami, Bute Shah, Farrukh-siyar, Ganda Singh, Jehangir, Mirza, Mohsin Fani, Persian works on Sikhism, Rumi, Saqi, Sheikh Sarhindi, Sikh history sources, Sujan Rai, Urdu works on Sikhism |
[These are some of the commonly used Persian & Urdu sources for researching Sikh history. While referring to these it should be kept in mind that most of the writers have a particular bias which is guiding their pen. For instance, Jehangir writes with a view to justifying his actions, while Bute Shah is writing [...]
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Posted on March 11, 2008. Filed under: Khalsa Raj, Sikh History & Philosophy | Tags: Hari Singh Nalwa, Kashmir, Khalsa Raj, Maharaja Ranjit Singh, Sarkar Khalsa, Sham Singh Attari |
Annexation of Kashmir to The Sikh Kingdom
by Surinder Singh Johar
[Reproduced from The Sikh Review, December 2000]
@ Seer = 850 grammes.
After the astonishing victory at Attock, Maharaja Ranjit Singh gained more confidence and thought of annexing other strategic areas to his empire. Kashmir came to his attention first. Kashmir had great importance because of its strategic [...]
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