A HISTORY OF THE SIKHS
Volume I: 1 4 6 9 - 1 8 3 9
First published in 1963, this remains the most comprehensive
and authoritative book on the Sikhs. The new edition updated
to the present recounts the return of the community to the
mainstream o f national life. Written in Khushwant Singh’s
trademark style to be accessible to a general, non-scholarly
audience, the book is based on sound archival research.
Volume I covers the social, religious, and political back-
ground which led to the formation of the Sikh faith in the fifteenth
century. Basing his account on original documents in Persian,
Gurmukhi, arid English, the author traces the growth of Sikhism
and tells of the compilation of its sacred scriptures in the Granth
Sahib. Volume II covers a range of issues related to the Sikh
struggle for swrvival as a separate community—conflict with the
English and the collapse of the Sikh kingdom; its consolidation
as a part of Britain's Indian empire; religious and sociological
movements born under the impact of new conditions; the growth
of political parties—nationalist, Marxist, and communal; the
fate of the Sikhs in the division of the Punjab and the great
exodus from Pakistan; and resettlement of the Sikhs in indepen-
dent India and the establishment of a Punjabi-speaking state
within the Union.
Khushwant Singh a renowned journalist, is the author of
several works of fiction, and an authority on Sikh history. A
former editor of the [histrated Weekly o f India (1979-80), and
the Hindustan Times (1980-3), he was Member of Parliament
from 1980-6. He returned his Padma Bhushan, awarcled in 1.:74,
in protest against the Union Government’s siege of the Golden
Temple in Amritsar.
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A History of The Sikhs, 1839-2004 (2 Volumes)
by Umair Mirza
Publication date 2004
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Topics English Books, Sikhism, Sikh Empire, History of Sikh
Empire, Maharaja Ranjeet SIngh, Ranjeet Singh, Ranjit
Singh, Punjab, History of the Punjab, Lahore, History of
Lahore, Duleep Singh, Sher Singh, Jind Kaur, Maharani
Jindan, Chand Kaur, Naunihal Singh, Dr. Ganda Singh,
Ganda Singh, Hari Ram Gupta, Sita Ram Kohli,
Sikhism, Sikh Literature, Khushwant Singh
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Language English
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Title: A History of The Sikhs, 1839-2004
Author: Khushwant Singh
Edition: 2004
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