A writer who records and find historic occasion of the Sikhs from janamsakhi (biography), bibliography from famous writers, such as Cunningham J.D and put in appendix with all the facts and index them in accordance is no other than Khushwant Singh who is regarded as one of the best Indian writer of all times.
The person who turned into a lawyer, diplomat, a journalist, with his vast knowledge and experience with the tour considerably to locations to get facts for his writing on the records of the Sikhs and put in his book called A history of the Sikhs, his success well written history appreciated by the readers.
The book records the history of the Sikhs from 1469 to 1839 gave us the picture little by little so one should apprehend the records and there may be no confusion at the written records of the Sikhs
He began out with the Sikh Homeland from western end that is bounded by way of the river Indus from the point its input the plains to the other point a 1,600.50 miles down streams.in which it meet the Punjab’s rivers at an area maned Panjnad, the 5 streams.The fatherland pf Punjab talking Sikhs was in doab among the Chenab and the Jumna. The call Punjab got here through the Aryans in India. There were seven rivers in Punjab so the Aryans named it Sapta Sindhva, the land of seven seas then the Persians took the name from the Aryans and named it Sapta Hafta Hindva. After the Sarasvati river dried up, the people excluded the Indus from the remainder and renamed it Pentopotamia of the Punjab the land of five water..
During the rule of the Aryans in Punjab caste faith was being practised. This caste device which fits their very own ends. The Hindusm took the opportunity and into their main faith. This prject via way of means of dufferent religions which include Jainism, Buddhism and Islam. The coming of Guru Nanak who based a brand new faith and began out new approach of residing which set alarm to other religion such as Hindiuism and Islam. By the seventeenth century the motion crystalised within the formation of a third faith network with the follow up from the other gurus and the coaching of the Sikhs experts in addition to Hindus and Muslims saints. The following hundred years noticed the increase of a political action alongside the spiritual as the decision to hand the remaining guru Gobind Singh. After the death of Guru Gobind, the peasants made the effort to release Punjab from Mughal rule.
Under the leadership of Banda, the Punjabi attacked the Mughal army and kept them at bay for seven years. After Banda and his followers were brutally slaughtered by Moghul hands, the perks of riot that enlightened burst into flame in the various provinces. The entry of Ahmad Shah Abdali, an Afghan chief who attacked Northern India made matters worse in addition to increasing Punjab nationalism.
The peasants with the new leader Ranjit Singh in A.D 1799 attacked Lahore and put in place the primary impartial state of the Punjab. Ranjit Singh with his proper commander Hari Singh and managed to defeat the Afghanistan forces on most occasions. Now Afghanistan is asking for peace with Ranjit Singh.
The British played their part in order to restore peace with the removal of Ds Mohammed from Afghanistan. A treaty was signed which was called Tripartite Treaty of 1838 between Maharaja Ranjit Singh and Shah Shuja who was put to the throne by help of the British. Now Ranjit was downhearted due to the death of his warrior and right hand Hari Singh and finally his health broke down on December 24, 1839, he turned into afflicted with paralysis and after six months suffering and at the night time of June 27, 1839 precisely 40 years after he had entered Lahore as a conqueror, he Maharaja Ranjit Singh of the Punjab passed away.
