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Warrior saints : three centuries of the Sikh military tradition / Amandeep Singh Madra & Parmjit Singh.
Van Pelt Library DS485.P88 M24 1999
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Madra, Amandeep Singh.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sikhs--Wars--History.
- Sikhs.
- Sikhs--Warfare--History.
- Military art and science.
- History.
- War.
- Punjab (India)--History, Military.
- Punjab (India).
- Physical Description:
- ix, 182 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
- Other Title:
- Three centuries of the Sikh military tradition
- 3 centuries of the Sikh military tradition
- Sikh military tradition
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : I.B. Tauris in association with the Sikh Foundation, 1999.
- Summary:
- A collection of over 100 images documenting the history of the Sikh prowess in war commemorates the 300th anniversary of the creation of the Khalsa, the Sikh brotherhood founded by Guru Gobind Singh. The text traces the spiritual and ethical origins of the Sikh call-to-arms from the martyrdom and conflict of the Mughal period through the Afghan and Persian invasions, the rise of the Sikh kingdoms, and the British colonization to Sikh contributions in the world wars and recent conflicts.
- Contents:
- Guru Gobind Singh and the Creation of the Khalsa
- The Rise of the Sikh Confederacies
- The Sikh Kingdom of Ranjit Singh
- The Anglo-Sikh Wars
- The British Raj in the Punjab
- The Great War and the Return Home
- Thee Second World War
- Independent India.
- ISBN:
- 1860644902
- OCLC:
- 42759208
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