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A History of the Sikhs; 2 Volumes |
Singh, Khushwant
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Book ID : 23815 |
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Delhi |
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1999
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Langauage : English |
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Vol.1: xiii, 419p., Plts., App., Bib., Index, 21 cm. ISBN: 0-19-562643-5.
Vol.2: xi, 525p., App., Bib., Index, 21 cm. ISBN: 0-19-562644-3. |
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| CONTENTS:-
Vol.1: (1469-1839): Part I. The Punjab and the Birth of Sikhism: 1. The Sikh Homeland; 2. Birth of Sikhism; 3. Building of the Sikh Church; 4. The Call to Arms; 5. From the Pacifist Sikh to the Militant Khalsa; Part II. The Agrarian Uprising: 6. The Rise and Fall of Banda Bahadur; 7. Persecution of the Sikhs and the Reorganisation of the Khalsa Army; 8. Ahmed Shah Abdali and the Sikhs; 9. From the Indus to the Ganges; Part III. Punjab Monarchy and Imperialism: 10. Rise of the Sukerchakia Misl; 11. Maharajah of the Punjab; 12. Suzerain of Malwa; 13. British Annexation of Malwa: Treaty of Lahore, 1809; 14. Consolidation of the Punjab; 15. Extinction of Afghan Power in Northern India; 16. Duropeanisation of the Army; 17. Dreams of Sindhu and the Sea; 18. Across the Himalayas to Tibet; Part IV. Appendices; Bibliography; Index.
Vol.2: (1839-1988): Part I. Fall of the Sikh Kingdom: 1. The Punjab on the Death of Ranjit Singh; 2. First Anglo-Sikh War; 3. The Punjab under British Occupation; 4. Second Anglo-Sikh War; Part II. Consolidation of British Power in the Punjab: 5. Annexation of the Punjab; 6. Sikhs and the Mutiny of 1857; 7. Crescat e Fluviis; Part III. Social and Religious Reform: 8. Religious Movements; 9. Singh Sabha and Social Reform; Part IV. Political Movements: Marxist, National, And Sectarian: 10. Rural Indebtedness and Peasant Agitation; 11. World War I and its Aftermath; 12. Xenophobic Marxism; 13. Gurdwara Reform: Rise of the Akali Immortals; 14. Constitutional Reform and the Sikhs; Part V. Politics of Partition: Independence and the Demand for a Sikh Homeland: 15. Sikhs and World War II (1939-1945); 16. Prelude to the Partition of India; 17. Civil Strife, Exodus, and Resettlement; 18. A State of their Own; 19. Prosperity and Religious Fundamentalism; 20. The Anandpur Sahib Resolution and Other Akali Dmands; 21. Fatal Miscalculation; 22. Assassination and After; 23. Elections and the Accord; 24. Foreign Connections and Khalistan; Part VI. Appendices; Bibliography; Index. |
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| An indispensable reference point for an historical and sociological understanding of the Sikh condition. These volumes are a tribute to the capacity for a balanced rendition of Sikh history.
First published in 1963, this is the standard and well-established book on its subject. It is accessible to a general, non-scholarly audience, while being based on scholarly archival research.
Volume 1 covers the social, religious and political background which led to the forming of the Sikh faith in the fifteenth century. Basing his account on original documents in Persian, Gurmukhi and English, the author traces the growth of Sikhism and tells of the compilation of its sacred scriptures in the Granth Sahib.
The transformation of the Sikhs from a pacifist sect to a militant group called the Khalsa led by Guru Gobind Singh is portrayed in detail as is the relationship of the Sikhs with the Mughals and the Afghans, until the consolidation of Sikh power under Maharaja Ranjit Singh.
A companion volume in the series, this work continues Khushwant Singh's history of the Sikhs, taking up the thread at the death of Maharaja Ranjit Singh in 1839, and focussing on the continuing Sikh struggle for survival as a separate community.
The development of religious, sociological, and political movements under British expansionism and the threat of Muslim domination are explored. The author chronicles the years following Indian independence, marked by the demand for a distinct Sikh state, and presents the events leading upto and following 'Operation Blue Star' when the Indian army entered the Golden Temple in 1984. |
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