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Deep Singh Shaheed: The Man in the Legend

Harisimran Singh

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Description:Based on many years of research spent examining a wide range of Persian,Punjabi and English sources alongside genealogical records, oral traditions anda thorough battlefield study, this work tends to eschew hagiography to groundall research on this spiritual-cum-military leader whose life story interweavesthrough the turbulence of 18th-century Punjab, often referred to as the‘heroic century’.The author successfully brings alive the life and times of Deep Singh asthe quintessential sant-sipahi (warrior-saint), the unofficial patron-saint ofCourage and Resolve, and a rare embodiment of the Khalsa ideology as heseeks to faithfully answer several questions. Why has the Deep Singh narrativeacquired such epic proportions to grip generation after generation? Oftenportrayed in prints with his head in one hand and a broadsword in the other, ishe more myth than reality?In the process of collation, analysis, and synthesis, the dialectic filtering ofinformation through the prism of logic and probability has been an essentialadjunct for the author, especially while trying to boldly separate myth fromcertitude for several contentious issues, including Deep Singh’s last battlefought in November 1757 near Amritsar.This account promises to be the more memorable for its stylistic panache andequally for the generous representation of vaars in the original Gurmukhiscript alongside their English transcreation in rousing rhyme.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Deep Singh Shaheed: The Man in the Legend. To get started finding Deep Singh Shaheed: The Man in the Legend, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 366

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ISBN: 9354472362

Description: Based on many years of research spent examining a wide range of Persian,Punjabi and English sources alongside genealogical records, oral traditions anda thorough battlefield study, this work tends to eschew hagiography to groundall research on this spiritual-cum-military leader whose life story interweavesthrough the turbulence of 18th-century Punjab, often referred to as the‘heroic century’.The author successfully brings alive the life and times of Deep Singh asthe quintessential sant-sipahi (warrior-saint), the unofficial patron-saint ofCourage and Resolve, and a rare embodiment of the Khalsa ideology as heseeks to faithfully answer several questions. Why has the Deep Singh narrativeacquired such epic proportions to grip generation after generation? Oftenportrayed in prints with his head in one hand and a broadsword in the other, ishe more myth than reality?In the process of collation, analysis, and synthesis, the dialectic filtering ofinformation through the prism of logic and probability has been an essentialadjunct for the author, especially while trying to boldly separate myth fromcertitude for several contentious issues, including Deep Singh’s last battlefought in November 1757 near Amritsar.This account promises to be the more memorable for its stylistic panache andequally for the generous representation of vaars in the original Gurmukhiscript alongside their English transcreation in rousing rhyme.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Deep Singh Shaheed: The Man in the Legend. To get started finding Deep Singh Shaheed: The Man in the Legend, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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