Manohar Singh Gill: An Officer of the People
History
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The Prince Who is Best Forgotten
Read more here →: The Prince Who is Best ForgottenThe Tribune | November 7, 1980 QUEEN VICTORIA’S MAHARAJA – DULEEP SINGH, 1838-93, by Michael Alexander and Sushila Anand. Vikas, New Delhi, Pp. 326. Rs. 150. MAHARAJA DULEEP SINGH first impinged on my consciousness in our village gurdwara. Occasionally Giani Sohan Singh Seetal came there, with his famous “dhadi” jatha to sing stirring ballads about…
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Guns and Battle Flags: Remembering Anglo-Sikh Wars
Read more here →: Guns and Battle Flags: Remembering Anglo-Sikh WarsThe Sunday Tribune [Magazine Section] | December 19, 1976 The Anglo-Sikh wars were the last campaigns fought by the British in India. These battles were also the hardest, of their long career of conquest in the sub-continent, and the Sikhs, perhaps one of the most difficult foes, they had encountered anywhere in the world. On…