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The illustrated history of the Sikhs / Khushwant Singh.
LIBRA DS485.P88 K49 2006
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Khushwant Singh, 1915-2014.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sikhs--India--Punjab--History.
- Sikhs.
- Sikhs--India--Punjab--Pictorial works.
- Sikhism--India--Punjab--History.
- Sikhism.
- History.
- Punjab (India)--History.
- Punjab (India).
- India--Punjab.
- Genre:
- Pictorial works.
- Illustrated works.
- Physical Description:
- x, 278 pages, 40 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm
- Other Title:
- Sikhs
- Place of Publication:
- New Delhi ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
- Contents:
- Part I The Punjab and the Birth of Sikhism 1
- 1 The Sikh Homeland 3
- 2 The Birth of Sikhism 8
- 3 Building of the Sikh Church 21
- 4 The Call to Arms 28
- 5 From the Pacifist Sikh to the Militant Khalsa 34
- Part II The Agrarian Uprising 45
- 6 The Rise and Fall of Banda Bahadur 47
- 7 Persecution of the Sikhs and the Reorganization of the Khalsa Army 54
- 8 Ahmed Shah Abdali and the Sikhs 59
- 9 From the Indus to the Ganges 74
- Part III Punjab Monarchy and Imperialism 83
- 10 Rise of the Sukerchakia Misl 85
- 11 Maharajah of the Punjab 90
- 12 Suzerian of Malwa 98
- 13 British Annexation of Malwa: Treaty of Lahore, 1809 102
- 14 Consolidation of the Punjab 109
- 15 Fall of the Sikh Kingdom 115
- Part IV Consolidation of British Power in the Punjab 117
- 16 Annexation of the Punjab 119
- 17 Crescat e Fluviis 124
- Part V Social and Religious Reforms 127
- 18 Religious Movements 129
- 19 Singh Sabha and Social Reform 134
- Part VI Political Movements Marxist, National, and Sectarian 139
- 20 Rural Indebtedness and Peasant Agitation 141
- 21 World War I and Its Aftermath 145
- 22 Xenophobic Marxism 149
- 23 Gurdwara Reform: Rise of the Akali Immortals 159
- 24 Constitutional Reforms and the Sikhs 169
- Part VII Politics of Partition Independence and the Demand for a Sikh Homeland 177
- 25 Sikhs and World War II (1939-1945) 179
- 26 Prelude to the Partition of India 186
- 27 Civil Strife, Exodus, and Resettlement 190
- 28 A State of their Own 201
- 29 Prosperity and Religious Fundamentalism 213
- 30 The Anandpur Sahib Resolution and Other Akali Demands 224
- 31 Fatal Miscalculation 231
- 32 Assassination and After 241
- 33 Elections and the Accord 245
- 34 Foreign Connections and Khalistan 255
- 35 Politics and Beyond 257.
- ISBN:
- 9780195677478
- 0195677471
- OCLC:
- 64278336
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