The Failure of the Guru ?

(A Challenge of the Majority Community)

By
Ardaman Singh ~hayee
The Bhayee Sahib of Bagrian

Guru Nanai-. _ ;ssion Series, No. 35

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INTRODUCTORY
There must be som~thing very ab~ormaliy offensi.ve in
the treatment meted out to the Sikhs by the majority
community, when a moderate like the Bhayee Sahib ofBagrian (the writer of our tracts no 27 and 29) could not
help blurting out hie deep seated feelings 80 strongly a!lr
he has done in ~he folluwing pages. : These were still ill
printing, when the setter of the question referre.d to
herein-So S. Bal was promoted to the Reader's sc"le by
the Punjab University as so' many other Patils (apostate
Sikhs) a('e being patronised by the Communal manned
ruling party. .
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The UnderSigned oan bear testimony to and vindicate
the fact so correct1y put by the Bhayee Sahib about
Maba tma. Gandhi regarding the-conversion of Dr ..Ambedkar
and 'his people, as he (undersigned, the then manager of
Nankana Sahib) was one of the deputationists (others being,
Jatheder Teja Singh .President of the .Nankana Sahib
Gurdwara (.;ommittee, Bawa .Harkishan Singh Principal,
Master Sujan Singh Secretary Sarab Hind Sikh Mission,
Principal Kasbmira Singh and S. Gurdit Singh Sethi the
then .President Singh Sabha .Bombay-all stillliving) who
conferred with Dr. Ambedkar at his summer residence in
Janjira (a. small island in the Arabian Sea) in May, 1937 a~
the time when the building of the Khalsa College,
Bombay, raised by the Sarab Hind Sikh Mission to meet
Dr. Ambedkar's wishes and then popularly k~own ' as
Dr. Ambedkar's College, was nearing completion and when
the Doctor finally backed out saying .that Gandhiji had
seduced away his followers and that they would .not then
beflome Sikhs even if he -,(the Doctolt) embraced Sikhism. .
The Bhayee Sahib has correctJy diagonosed and rightly
suggested that the 8&Uer element in the majority community
should r~se to the occasion and give it the required lead
towards integration of the Indi!lon Community before it is
too late and the Sikhs-Country's most faithful and loyal
citizens-plan out their course otherwise. Buch a warning
by amoderate Sikh means much.
NARAIN SINGH- '
Secretary
Guru Nanak Millsion

FOREWORD
No malady can he remedied without proper diii,g nosis.

No problem can . be sol~ed Without meet.in:g it fa~e t.~ fuce

and without coming to grips with it. Correct conclUsIons
can only be drawn by thoroughly going into all tile aspects,
good or bad,' i>IeaBa~t or n~i>leasant. It is ' With thili in
:view t'tiat I have tried in these lines to present a. panOi'iunic
and complete picture for deep and thoughtful study . . .
Happily thi mind 'of the rural masses is' sound and as
. yet Unaffected: The ailment lies only j.n urban niiDdS', and
there too it iii c!>Iifined mostly j;o a particUlar commUnal
and intolerant eleniimt. But Unfortunately that element
being voqal i!-nd irifluen tisl; i t i~ spreading the diSease
:J;ather fast :
It is for the wise and farseemg in'telligentsia to probe
,Ieep . and find o.ut ,'Vhere . ~he . virus lies a~d; reJI).edy it.
Without a proper and efficacious treatment of this malady,
. ~o Hi~du
uu'ity, s~ ' ve~Y.' eBBe~ ti~i fo; :;r~~el3.s .a nd
prosperity, for happiness and safety of the Country, wo.uld
be' a lasting phenomena.

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There w~ a time when invaders, like Sans; Kushans.

Huns and Greeks, 'came to India alid. some o.f them
sett.led down i n the Country and were all swallowed. ~nd
assimilated by th~ " Hindu .Sooiety and merged into
~induism. ~ut since, the Muslem invasio. Il .. the co.nditio.ns
have ohanged.
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o.r o.thsr, had to. face and so.lve the problem o.f mi~o.rities.

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This was done in their own . way according to the locaJ
needs and conditions.- The tendency these days is towards narrow nationalism varging: almpst on parochialism. The
IQfty . ideas of one world and Brother-hood of Man are
shelVed in, some cold storage. -The -Islamic Countries are
not at. this moment faced with a.ny big proble~ of religious
or other minorities, but sti11 the dream o~ a Pan-Islamic
State has remained hybernating in the embrionio stage s~
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fa r . Any . In~ian solution -Will have to take all these
. factors into cons ide!:ati,?n, besides the fact that the
minorities are now too stiff and bard to be cracked and
-digested without dyspeptic effects. Axj;y)d~~ ~ o!~troduce
Hindu theocra.cy or an a.ttempt to ~!~l!:t!l_. Q.r ign~e th~
minorities will .create further stiffness, com.E!!cations,
heart-burning, and internecine trouble, _~'l.(Lili!!.tJ?rb . the.
mind and peace of the land.
Practical politics and farseeing wisdom will call for
. carrying the minorities along' in a spirit of comradeship,
cooperation, co-existanca, aoordination, brotherlin'e ss and
go(id will, so that th" minorities too may feel the glow of
freedom and feel proud of being-equal citizens of the land.
Will the majority Commlinity, specially its saner and
wiser"element, rise to the occasion and set the situation
right?

B.i!.grian House
Simla.-2
16-9.68

,ARDAMAN SINGH BHAYEE

The Bhayee Sahib of Bagrian

The Failure of the Guru ?:

The Question
During these days all eyes . and efforts are turned
towards bringing about national and emotional integration.
For orderli and peaceful progress of I~dia ' and for
preservation of'freedom, unity is of paramount importance.
Anyand every thing that may tend to undermine and
jeopardize the solidarity of the Nation should be pioked up
and meticulously removed. 'Posterity will regard it as the
test of wIsdom of the present day leadership.
The question No.4 (Punjab History) :B.A. '( T.D.C.)
Part II set in the Examination of the Punjab University
held in May, 1968, ' oalls for an answer whioh no
student oould give. No sensible examiner would have
expeoted a straight answilrfrom a student whose aimis
only to' ' humour the examiner and get through the test.
Eyen grown up in,telleotuals would hesitate to provide one.
, The 'question reads : "What were thei'eason6 which ~Ij;l Guru Gobind Singh
to come in conflict MIliA-The Mughal Empire.
Account for the,ultimate failure of the Guru ;,
,f?uoh surreptitious s~llies do not oontribute to 'oreation of
' mutual happy relations or good will . . They only add fUel
to the fire. The question has been put in bad taste and
has distressed Sikh ciroles. 'But it has given lndioations
of a deep rooted malady whioh has been, spreading its virus,
specialiy siu'ce last ,40 to 50 years.

It is for the experienced politicians, seasoned statesmen and seniQr, ~e,!,dex.:~of 'p~blic op~n~ou, espeoialli the
saner and 'wiser ele~ent in 'the maj'o rity community and
intelleotual thinkers to diagnose and, fipd out the disease
and prescribe the remedy:" it' is hi gh time they do ~t ll,Ow.
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to' ' h~v~ih~' c~mpie~~ pi~t~~ " b~fore yo~. '
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t.herefore,not so U;uoh as an ~~Bw~r ' t~' , th~ exa.rqitier~~
qU;~~tio~' but to cOII,lplE;lte" ~he pi~t~r~ tp.~t ,1 s,tl).~e belQ~ .
Boi;h~ve~y ' rele~~nt. , and 'c~gent facts of Hi~tory. IiJ.
doing so I have divided , $e sllbject, in fQuI parts (1) The
conflict" (2) Th~ , GUru;s ' ~i~sion, ' (3) Th,~ r'aiiux:~ , and'
(4)Tl:l~malady;
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To '- come, to " the , right ' conclusion, ,tIle difference
between the outloa'k 'and ,mento.lity of the Hindus and: that
of the Sikhs, as regards conflict;, ought to ' be 'propetly
understood and borne in mind. During the RauJayn'a 'and the
Mahabarta periods people: were in: high spirits and in: trends
of glory, ever ready, 'and ' welco'm ing 'o pportunities ' ' to ,face
and overcome conflicui wit;h ' 'c]e~n ' ha.nds; ~o\lrage ' an:d ',
bravery. To .q uote ,an' insta.nce from the 'Ram{tyna, whe~
Hanuman met Seeta inRa'Va.~'s ~aptivity; h e' off~redtotajt'e
her away, but 'she refused,the 'offer' saying it was not right
,J o escape sealthily like ' tli~t;iet Ram ~ome, fight out, aild
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take 'herbBck. We hl:\"I(e 1m e~l:\~ple in the Mah'abharta; ,

also. that ' Dropadi;' s,fter her ' humiliation in ~h.e COllrt, '
refused .to dQ'up her hair until she ha~ wl:\shed them.with the.
hJood of Dusasan, But this spirit !Iondmentality changed
when after the hattIe of Kalinga, Ashoka emhaced Budh.ism.
and abjured "The Sword". For Asboka . persoDI:\]ly -it may
nave been a ~J:eat day. -Some people even glorify it as .
the day of Realiza~ion and Transformatiot;!. In fact it
turned qut to be tbe beginning of the downfall of Hindu
Supretpacy in India. ltenhn~iation and self-defence or
governance do Dot go together. They are antipodes to
each other.
. . Since this abjuratiOn. of the Sword, by.' As.hok~ !I.!nd
emergence of : the cult of, renunciation and non-yj~lenge,
these brave and manly qualities' and high spirits ' begl:\n; to ,
disappear and. the Hindu outlook to,wards c.Q;Uct unden,:ellt.
a complete change.
Another 'f actor which contributed to' the development
of 'this n1en~litywa~ affiu~nce: 'love of ricb~s and" worshlp
oJ Mays, LSkshmL . The all~viaiand fertil~ .sOil of the ' IndoGabgetic' plains ' and ' the other ' rich produ~tive lands of
India' provided them plenty with comparatively little
effort. This maq.e them easy"going and calculative. Goethe
also li~d once said-that everything in the world may be
enduted cexcept . c()n'tinual prosperity . . And the .. weather
made them further indolent.
_ ~~e~e ,w~~yet anothe~cfa9to! which .. gave supp.ort to
this te~den~,v.:. :nu~ was,. ~!i.B : indivi.d,liali~1l1, a.~op.g!lt. the

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Hindus. Their worship and e~ery day life are all individualistio' That iawhy thelr religion a.nd interest are strictly
person'a r and revolve only around the' self. Loyalty ' has
therefore remained oonfined to fati:rily or 'oaste or has been
at the most tribal or regional. There being no opportunity
for community assemblage, there was little neighbonrly
love or sympa.thy. It is a hard fact of History that , therQ ,
~ever been what may be called an ' I~~n , ~~t~,o~. o!.
any" s~1ch idea., much less any feeling or-sentiment, 'o f ,wJl..at
5s called Natio~ali8m,- The ' present day India:~~s~the.
formulation brought ,about for the convenience of British'
Administration.
The first time a picture of India as an integrated whole
was projeoted., was'when
tlie 'Five
Beloved Ones' volunteer,
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ed to offer their heads to the Guru at Anandpur in 1699.
They represented the ,country, as a whole in five regionS and
came from five different castes which were merged into one
C::~B,telesB ,Society by the Guru. Daya Ra!ll ,w as a Khatri
and came from Lahore in the North: Dharam Das wall a
Jat from Delhi in th~ Centr~. ' Mohkaw' Chand a. ' Calicoprinter belonged to Dwarka in the West. Sahib Chand a
barber hailed fram Bidar in the South ' and
iIimmat Rai a
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washe~n from , Jaga~ Nath-Puri in the East. It was
recently in 1965 that first tim~ a oonflic:it created an All'Indla feeling of one Nat~on, l).owllver short lived it was.
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Thus the Hindus deveJoped 'a.mentaliii' whicl). a~ways

tried t~ avoid confliot by even sut:render, prostration, submission, and by appeasement or conrpromise. They could

only harass arid .become aggressiv~ towards . those .wh.o

,happened to b~ we(l.ker, but qu~U~d and quivered .when
confronted by those who were .stronger.
This mentality. therefor~, resulted in opening the floodgates to foreign invaders. to whom the whole country . was
. offered as if on.a platter for plunder, booty, massacre, an~
taking away wealth and men and wom~n as slaves. And it
remained a oneway traffic. India was always a~taoked
. and mutilated, as it lay helplessly prostrate before any. one
who liked to invade it. Hist\?ry tells us that India had
never had the courage or capabilty to make an atta~k
aoorose its borders, though we try to cover this weakness
and imbecility and deceive and please ourselves by oalling
'it our greatness and peace ~ loving tendenoy. Thefirst attack
aCl~oss the Indus from the Indian Bide was made by t~e
Khalsa Army during Maharaja Ranjit Singh's suzerainity
over tbe Punjab.
Consequently we see the Indian borders shrinking from
the Hind1;lkush to the Beas and Hussainiwala on the Sutlej,
and from Duzdab-Zahidan at the Iranian border to Rajasthan. in the West, and fz:om Burma to almost the walls of
Caloutta in 'the East. In the North too Gilgit and half of
Ladakh and Kashmir h~vc been erodcd away.
We have to hang.c,mr heads low when we :ead in our
.!;!istory tliat to avoid oonflict some . Hiridu rulers offered
~eir daughters to the Delhi sovereigns to appea,,,e ' and
please them; and 'Hindu men of influenoe and vested inter!liJtl:l Jo~ned hands with the ~azit persecutors of theirb';n
people.
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The recent divisidn of the "oountry ~na cr~tion" of

Pakistan ire ~n ~videh~et1iil;t tiiis" hlentality arid out160k.
still' persist. M6~t bf ' 61.11.- presefit d8;Y poiicies , als6 ~re
worked out itiider this very obB~s~ibh ' TIie sikh outlook
is jU'flt the dpp<:lsite of it. '
are H~r rEi~dy to i!i.2e and
fudeed weleorne Ii cotIiUct; if it i$ ,again.iit It bUlly tir' an \
oppresSor ' of the weak; They prefer to die than to
sllrrender.

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The' MisSion
Guru Nanak irithe end or tIie 15th CentUry fo'Tirid th'e ,
country in this" sorry stlite. HIS wa.s the first 'voice after
liiimost ODe tnQusa'rid'" ye:ars of sravery; th'at ,was' i-aJsed
agains~ tyranny and injustice , at Eminablia.. dlii-iifg~ Babar's
invasion' of India: H~ not onlY' protested against thc
high-hndedriess and' tyranny of the' aggre'Ssor"'Uivader'/but
a.l~ reinoiliiti'at~d a.gMnst ihe Deihi ' pa.th'ans' who"i:Ould hot
protect' and l!a~'e the precious , cotintry' uIi.dbi 'thei~ chafge.
He also remonstrated , With the sr;1ije6ts'fbT shb'm itting like
sheep and dead in~h -withOut ' rea,1iZh1g 'their ~~iip6~Hji1ities
and' he also complained tti tne' Cteiit6r for' bringiig about
1;h~ scm:uge ' on ' a' ;helplesspeople: -, 'The" miB~ioii. 'of" "the'
Satguru' wa.1t to change this'mentality of helpless'inlbEfcillty,
and to' bring a;bout mahly' quaiities"of sell-respect;' self-help,
self-reliance' a.nd-service;, to_the' - neeayt 'With"'a " wUl and
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conviction not to bow before brute force, injust1ce,

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tyra.n~y.,

or ,high-handedness. The nobl" saintly Virtues,

and GodlY ' values were to 'be prote~t~d' with even our '
Uves, by offering sa~.rillces, and if called ~p~n, by wielding '
, ~e Sword. With an\)hor in one ~od, th~ evilli.nd evildo~rp~
were to be extirpated, 8.J;ld ~he land and ultimately the
Universe made safe , for g06~ and God-conscious men. ' The'
Guru's mission is Bummed up in the words of the 10th
lIIanak, Guru Gobilld Singh, ,himself : -'
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T~ pnold IlfId advance 'righteousne.ss.

anti to emanclp,ate tile good" 'tne Stiint i~ ~s:,
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To extirpate evil and evildoers 1'001 Imd b,ancn.

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The mission was to Qreate a nation of God-consoious people

always rea.dy 'with their 'hea.ds' 'on t~eir palms' to do
service and good to 'others and punish evildoera-. In' ,doing
,ao if imy c6Dflictcomes' ,in" the ' way. it, was" to" be ,faced
and conquered even if life itself has to , b,e offe,r~d and
sacrificed.
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We find that the : Great Shankrach-a,rya. ' ~lso n?ticed
this depra.ved <l,egraaation .brought about hI. the ..co.untry
by this
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untiringly worked to ' re-awaken ' 'the" people ' back to
'manline!ls. As a consequence , of ' his' great' and laudable
,~ff~rts the l>re-Budhistio ' B~ahmanisin was revived and
self-humiliating nonviolent 'Budhism packed out of the
. QP~tr;Y lOck, s~C;>Qk ~p,d b!J.J:-fel. B,it the virus had gone,

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s~, ~e'1p j~,io t~e n.un~, a:nd b!&fus of -t~'e ~~ple that ons

h~anf!:Pall, ~fJ~f't "':~I;'I..Ho~ : i~~ . ~n~)tig~ :to j~~.ple~e the';

task
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Budhism
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~ana~~d ~ e~~ap~ th~ Ol)sla'u ght of the ' d~eB.t ~iriira:'
charya and stayed on in the country.

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It took *e Sj~liGu~~ .tci~ ge~e~a t ioris' to a~ the ' b~ain
washing.
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regeneration of '~an' and res~(;~t1Qn' 'o f Kltiiuin values
and restoration of COhBciousness of the self, and, mental, '
moral, and ~ocial uplift was coi:nplete, ,tbe fifth Guru
annoquced .: -,
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TheM erciful Lord. -hath no'll!'given the Command,
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'il na, all will abide 'in peace;

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. 4.fter ,the martyrdom of the 6th Guru, thlf 'valu;es and

pri~~i~le~,f,~~ ':W~~:h~ g~~ehl'"'~e, :w:e~e ' ~ot ' s~enaeteil.

The' 6,th. , Q;~ ..the n . took up t~e ' 5wO'rd 'to lfpnoid ' 'iiha
pro,tect , t(h~~, : a:,?:d the :ii,ghi: that J v&8 though~, to 'have
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>Worn by the ,6 th Guru', merg~d into one double-edged
S,word !\all(ld ,:Kh~JJ.da: ',l,t b,~o.ar,n~; t~e.. ?~,e~ior: 9f ', a:~ Ip),~r,a
ted ncw' Order when of th\B Khanda th,e Khalsa; and 'then
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' b~c~m~ 'th~ ' Silih a~d. th~ ' Silili, :tlie Guii.L ' ':this ' ~6k two
hu'u dre:a ' ye~r~ , to " bhild ;;. n'ldeiIl'l' of ,Society, ' iJ; " li~h!g
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P'~~pett1ally e~ol~e, guided by cominonBen~eand-,8haDI!-d. Le.
the Omnip'r esence
the Guru,. and' Ilapa;ble , of -: propagating Itself without 'w'aiting for any'Prophets 'al1d;A,vtars-- to
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is b~r~e ~~'t' 'by i~sta:iiceB- " 8.nd happeilirigs/ ' ~;f~w'ofwhich
I have picked up and give bel;;~i :'J:..... ,
During Babar;s invasion ' Suru Nanak, moved ' ;by thc
attrociti~~ ' coin'mitt~d ' by ' thc': inva;a~t; not' onlY 'prot'ested
agahist the bloody aggresBl~n biii' e'Ven 'c ourted arrest. ' He
set' th~ ~x~inple' '"that ~rich ~' corifHct '_ miist -n~t be sidetr8:cked ~~d : shirked or ' s~~ll~wed ' ~bjeetly, b~t'l'ia~ ; g6t' to ,
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The' martyrdoms of the' 5th and' 9th :Gurns -are the

pinn~cie~ oithi~ resurr~ction, ~egeriera'hori;:--and 'reCi1scovefY

~t~ba'~a~,~e~ ~;'d ~anii virt;~~: '. It' ~h~ul,d tE;-"hOt~d '~h~t

h9t4 of'tiiem 'had ' prep~r'~d" \heif"

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wield.. ~he "~.word", . because if passsive and . non-\riolent

effort and saorifice ' failed ' to . out ice, it must. not me'a n
surrender of values '~nd principles. When other PleaDS
hav.e failed it became incumbent to use fo~ce. . The 6th
qu~ ~as il
and the 10th was 9 yea~ ' of age when
they succeeded to the Gnruship.
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~hat this spirit genera~ed by the' Gum and the way of

life . Durtmed and estab}ishe~ by'his nine suceessofs, ha.d
come to stay,~ evident i):om the l!ubsequenihaPllenings..
.
.
In December 1715 Bhaj Gurbaksh Singh Banda Singh
. Ball;adur was arrested by the Mughal Forces after the siege
of .G urdas Nanga} ~nd taken to De~ .a long. wi.t h 140 Sikhs.
They were executed in the beginning ' of March ~7.16, Qne
hundred a day. It is note-worthy that not a single one of
them, a~d $.ere w~re evenso.o:ie teenagers ~ong~t' them,
abjured his faith or faltered.
..
I~ iihe Great ;Holocaust at Kup near Malerkotla in
February 1762 about 30,000 Sikhs were killel:i l)y ,t he
Durranis.and .their native allies'. But .even this d,id notaffect ' t4e moral~
th~ high ' spirits' 'of the sili:b.s ~ho
contuiue4 ihe ~con.uct ~'till fin;} " Vic~.rY ~~ . won, the
Mnghal .E mpire .uprooted, and the whole of Punjab . brought
under then: sway.'

and

A sa-.opie Qf this regenera.~e.d spirit could. be discerned

wlie~ the Durra.ni in';ad~r ~~s .tak~g .aw~Y:~~~ngst. the
booty about 25 to 30 tho~d ~indu .girls : aJI siaves ' to
AfghaniStan . .The s~ uI!~dful o.f :any .~~ ..to their
lives, attacke~ the Durrani h.o~es, rescued 'these 'helpless

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Hindu ' 'women froin their elu'tohes, and ellcoit~d

1!a.f~)y tl:! their res-pectiv6 homes.
'-

them

, Re~nt~y ~~ ~vid~;ce " ~f ' ihi~ " unsubd~8.liie and ever

shining spirit and unP..in~~i~g '~etermj.nation and re~diness
to serve a.nd sacrilice, was 'pr,o vided at' Jait'? arid GuruKaBagh during the Aka)~ 'movement: to 'elllancipate ,the
Gurdwatal!.

Th~ gJori9us d~eqs of the Sik~s both' i:n tbe' Army and

the coun~ry.side durin:g 1962 and i96~ are as o~tstanding

as they are UIiequalled, wh!)n some others trembled 'at the
sight of biood ~nd started to get heart:a'ttackS:

. '

'

".

to

The 'F ailure

NoW-we (lome to what the examiDer oalls the ultimate
failure of th~ G~~u a.nd oausell of hia ~on.fl.ict, with 'i he
Mugha.l :EmPire. ' , '
"
.

. . . , r

'.

,:w~ hAve seen that as far as the Guru's miSsion was

concerned, it was an unpualified ultimate success. The
revolutibnary ' evolution waecomplete. : The, obanga' had
affected the- rnirids of the people. A
W4S' created in
the mas,s ea to ..resist tyranny and to live,c and die,-fcir' an
,a.pproved:tiaua6 ' and "free iue. If justice ' was noi 'given,
it; was' to 'be' exacted. With unflinching ' faith in ~me Go;1;

will

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~ '"

f("arles!! an4 . useful , life .Was to be lived.

Was : -

The ' motto

..DQ not tel'rorize anYone, .nor sf/.bmit to domineel'ing by

. anybody.

i. .a",!- ~. ~3 or.j; ifu i. ..HT03

>J-I'f* I
..
.'

'.

This will :."to .resist :"sud .. nev~r . to .abjectly " snrreI!.d-er

before tYranny and injustice, naturally brought the
--- '-~~ - ~ - ""---

;;;nf.li~ .wi th . the t~an~;;;-'~;;d 'big~tt;d .0 rui~~'3 'of 'the

,'., -;.. -..:... ... ~ .... --- '- .... ~ ..:..,. -~ .. . ~ . --- ... ' . . . . . ' . .~. ~ . . .1:.;. __ .: . . _ _ .. .
country. who happ.eJ).~.4j;o . he..Mugha,J at pelhi .and Hindu

Ji~j~;" in~: the '.fi;lls . . .i.n ~

long dra:;~ -iv~~: ' iattl~s ~~~

so~~ti;;ii -';-~~ ~ a";d" sometimes' eveh ' lost~ B~~t .it "is the
ultimate res~lt. that ~ounts. And the 'p~g~s ~f Hisfury
are over-flowing with the glorious deeds of the Guru's
.S~khs and their success in uprooting the Mughal Empire .
.ias~a Singh Ramgarhia' and Baghel . Singh . K~rorsinghia
with their thirty thousand Sikh fi5hters were ultimately
able ta ride triumphantly into Delhi in '1 790.

If by the utimate failure of ,the .Guru, ., ~he

examiner J."~ers. to .wo,rl41y . ric)les, l~~i(),u~ . f~~.ily life;
;. fl,nd
dominions, . . ~tc~ .. :: ~hat; . a.<?9QrA-i~g :. to. {.his .. {)~n
~aterialistic o:utloQk:,,' .is t~ agr~at. ..e-~tenj; corl!ect'~ ~u:t. p.e is
.. . evidently BQ~JDbling, at .the, . ~a.se, gr,oping . in, the,. d!lor~, or
,. has :d(lli})~rately : bl;~ild!)d; his ..:y.ision,. : ,or ~ay ..be, he is
Qamo~~gipg, his. igno):'3n!l~
" and .. .m~1ely
.ppsing. to"
be. a
.'
.
"
. in~teJ; Qf th~ subject:with,o.utkn.ow~ng .. the v;~ry ele~~,?-~ry
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outlines. of History arid ' is viciously"' cr~ating :misunder- .

stli.nding and bad blood'. The'vcry crux of .t:b.e..teachings
Of the Sa:tguru waS to be above such rq'undane!,
. con~ider-.
'. .
ations'an'd worldly attachments.
~

Mter'rotiti.D:g . the Hindu' Hill Raj~s at, Bhangll-Iii in:

HlS'6 , if he had 'so wlsued; th~ Guru couId ha"il ,occnipieda '
~astierritory that lay : ali hls mercy. Similarly, if thc
Guru l:iiia wish'a d; hEj c-ouldvery easily have tilk.e n. a chunk
of t~e Punj& b for hiirise]f -\thEm he' helped Bahadur Shah in
. th~ w'a:~ of Succellsi6ii' and got hini the Delhi thl;one. '.
'. Lo~king from this angle, Lo'r d krislina's" W:~~' als6a:
similar failure . . ilis strategy and direction haviii~" ~~ti ' the
grea.t war for the Pandus, he ' himself ultimately' felr-to
'fatal arrow in th~ lonely wilde~nessof a Gir fci,rEi~t~" Arid
hlsbrother-in:iaw, the invincible and brave Mjtin, while
escorting the lIidies of the family from Dwarka, waErwaylaid
arid looted by the B-heels. ' The teachings of ..tb,e ,Great
Geeta, tha:t . btoughtArjun back to fulfil hlB .':4uty II:n~
ptotec.t his hOnOlll-, hil'"e b~eh forgotten; and the. qe~ta,
to upholll ihe ideals of which the .greatest -b attle.. Qf Indi~
"'as fOl1ght at Ktukshetra,-has been pigeonholed . in.-B~me
'[teazel' and i-eplacedby 'the 'lifeless ' self-hnmililttirig. nOb:'viblcrit .;Budhlstic itlcll-Iso{ renunciation ... M the .Gandhian
brand which were themselves thrown to th~winds iD],9&2
and' 1965 T:I'i~t wBsthe .great t l'agic.failm;e.
."

of

' Th:elffe '

' g'r~a't men with ' a 'misiiidn. the.;lli"e of
' martyrs~ of service' arid sa.'orific~, i~~ apparently ,bey:t>rtd:cthe
p'ei"specitive .'and , understanding of. S1lch people .-' as ;the

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exariliner who. can onlY 'look low to the base.

.' . ,

The reason ' "which led Guru Gobind Singh to come in :

conflict withthe Mughal .Kmpire" was the w()rd given by,
his father Guru Teg BahOOur to the distre.s sed, persecuted"
and . helpless . HinduS at the hands 9f bigotted Mtighal
rulers, 'that their Dharma ' will . be protected and . Mughal:
t yranny . ~xtirpated .. . Guru Teg Ba~adur and a band . of,
his devoted Sikhs laid down their lives for the cause of:
those HindtlS at . Delhi and for no cause of their
own. In: .
.
the iIiatory of martyrs this BaCJ;ifice, ' offered Jor tM
principles ~[ others and not one~s ow~, is unique and stands
unequaJ~ed. 1)lls . link. '!&II takim up by ' his BOn ~nd
successor, the lOth Nanak, Guru Gobind Singh . .. If he did
o,ot" meet
_'worI.~ly: 1J.li~~L an.d ~ Jo_~g
. . with.. immediate
" '-"'' : ; ' drawn
because the Hindus
.. .... oonflict bad to
......be
-.' fought,
- .- ... ... it was
. .. . -- . ...;.. ..
. . :. ..:.

.~

w _

..

-- - ~. -:---:- - -. -.---

-- - ~

--

theJ:llBe.lves
....._... . .. let
.- him down.:
_. ..
.. .
It were the Hindu Hill .Chiefs who iltarted to harass
and '~ttack the G:;"ru. The
~itl~. ~ ..
~ to fiittt
,-

first

ha.d

~~''a.~~;t the~tt;u;kof t1.~~ ID~du.- Chl.;~;;.:tBh~nga~

n~a~
'PaoRt& -&.hib. . :Be~g' ;;~t~dby-th~
Guru
'th~e
. _ ... " ' . "" " '" _ .' _ . _ __
- - . ' " . _ _ . . . .
. .J
... _ ..
Hindu. R8.ja.s approached the Empe.r_or. 3~ ~~.i. .al}c! b~ought
the MugbQ.rF~rces -~ '&Jp -them aga.ios.t the Gw:u~ So
ih~~- Bindu~ -Tigh~ -tii~" fire a~~ ' th~ ~~~ffi~t "With th~
M~gbal : Empire-

began. ' -.... :- --

. ..... ...

It.should be interesting to note that Mohanimadanlli

. like Rai :Bular and Bbikhan Shah, werethe first to Bee ' the
Light in the Sa.tgmu and.had alwa.YIi I,>,een exercising their
. inf!uflDAl8 in the MIlgbal Go~ . ~. briQg about rapproao~.

'~

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,

ment, understanding and peace with the Gurus. Some of

them like Say;ad ~~dhu ~h~b, Said' Beg,a~d Ma.i~u 'Kh~:
have even ' been fighting 'against' the M~ghal Fo~ces on th~
-%
.'
. : ' .

side of the Satguru as, they appreciated hiB 'ri~htful stand. ,

On the ' other hand there has always been an
, important element among ,t he Hindus that has invariably
opposed the jnterestA and the very existance of the Sikhs
whO-have alway~ been burning their fingers in picking up
c4estnuts from the ' fire for them. Although they 'hav~
?een pJ:ofessing to be brothers and calling the'Sikhs as one
of them, yet in fact they have never been able ' to tolerate
~~eXf8ieiice. - ,By" ~llingt~ ' as . one of them, the~
have, ill realIty, meant the denial ' 'of any sepa~te -Sikh
identity.
, During the , first Holocaust, the 'Lahore fOllees ' were
under th~ p~rs~";'al comma.~d of ~khpa~ Rai, ana i~ !w~ '3;.t'
his ,i nstance that the pr?ciamati~n 'f~r ,e~tirv.a:~io"n df ' the
Sik,hs iil 1746 was issued. . ,',
.' . .
, , " ."
......

"

' :

,',

'.

':'

. ' ~ ~~.:. --.----,,,-, ,,,,, -

.' ,.

<

__Gp~.I)iKhan Il-nd, ~a9i Khan, tf1.e, two. P~/,Ul..brotb.ilis

of :Macl\li.i.war.~, . took the .. Gur.u on.: I!o ' piariq.u.in,~_QJl.. . their'
sItonlders and with the ,ti:Ip,ely aSBis~a,nce qf QaziPir:: .Moh~.
mmad'" g!l.t him,thiough the':eQ.emy ' lin~s to. !lafety ,after ,the'
escape 'from Chamkaur" when the Hindu. and , Muslim'
ImperialF.Qrct}S were ,iu , hi~. pursuit. , They risked their own'
. . . .".
.- " . .
. -', .'. ' . .
lives for him, w,h Be, Gang~ Brahman, an olil ,serva,.Qt of the
family, to who~ tlie ,' two youngest . son~ of, the Gur",-,
inrioceIit ~hilfuen pf 7 ,-8pd . 9 yeaJ;8" along wi,th their gr,and.,
mother; were ' ent~~d, l!etrai~d them to the MughaJ
~

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pffieials; and they were cruelly tortured .and put to death
~ti Sa~hind 'byWazlr Kha~ in~pite 'of the prot~st of thlJl
Nawab. of Malerkotla. The Sikhs have always remembered
with appreciation the noble part pbiyed by the Na~~b and
demonStrated their gratefui feelfugs. as late as even in 191 7
"~,..re&peetmg.....arid" sparing "th-e-" h~Be-of Malerkotl~ ais ever
befer&.- - - , - ,
, . ''', --'""
- _ ._ ~", " . _ , --- - - - -

We kD~w ' the majority~ "of

the' Hj';'d~s 3r';- ciea;;-nd

ali'Ov.eU;- &i1(1" are dear- and "CioiiEi:-tothe 'silills: Some ~f

,:them;n.e""C"lo:sll""f~IatJves 3nasom~ e~enTnteriiiiFry. A gre~~

pm-of"tlte"d'e'V'oTeQ 'Sililiiiev~.-~ho ine called Sehajdharis

. '
"~xl! fn"llfiidu snii"peii.'

.. -----:-

But their voice bejng. D.o ble is gentlr

aJiaIii-not" IieaM aiiir~st the loud dinci! noIsy STogqns and
pmp'a"~ndl ' of ,: ~e Dlgol;t"ea- ' comiiiina:l{;;t;:-,- AB
J!i.tolerant and bigotted element belongs. to the majori.ty
~inm~ty. they . ,in a democratio. set~. ma.squer8de~nd
'pass. olf ~s" . nationalists, while . the "nllnoJ:!ties whlfl.n asking
eveD thE!Ir ~te necessities , fOJ: 's urvlval are, dubbed as
co~list8. TOWsD;ttole"ql.Dce a.g1liDs~ ~he .S~ hilS been
'~o ~m. the .begingi~g and CODtinu~" to, be..80 ,to.'l;l;1i& day. ",
' ~" ' '' '

this

fSr
:< ' .

n baa been the HinduS, like Cbaildu and Siicbanand;

'Who"kept up a , sUstained propaganda : jn ., Mugnal,' pa.rleys

and worked up t'!le wrath of the Ml1ghat rul~rs :against the
S~;"whj~e. ;M1llIljII\ 'men, of God, lik~Ha~lI;t ' ..Mian: Mirand
.JJhik1;Ja,n
,,~d been. e~ertiug... ,tl!-eir j,~.fIueD.ce .: to brfng
-. .
- . Shah
.
.a;l;lo~~.rapproll:Chment."and good, ~~ .:It.was; thi!..::.cla.sa _of
. ~e. lIindDB w}ritl~ ,.br?~t : tlleqllJ'Uc!.~.:.c:.~.I!!<~Wit1Lt~.~
.Hugha-]s, ai~~ ~~i~ ~-~ . :~~h~ :!.itll _~e~p.Ji!\!l1-,e,rs .~~1l n.O,w: _

..

.' - "'---'"

--,..-

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\.

oF. .

..

. :! (. :

. .,. .

. :-:

~.gllliL!ti~~ t]:l~__MuEile.ms, ' W.~,B..!. k~eping , .t~em~elv!ls P8.Q~,

in safet.
'
.'
'
"
: - . - -.. - - ~

.. ~ ,. _ ;r,.__

,. ,_

The pS:inful'fa<;t wo~th no~ing i~ ' ih~~' ~~~~ !!o~e t~p

class Hindu leaders, like ~ahatma 9andhi .anq. Jawahar ' Lal
Nehru, also treated the Sikhs with contempt and diBpla:ye~
rank 'communalism when dealing with them. I give below
just two instances to bear me out.

In ,t he ,middle thirties of 'this Centory, a~ar~ed by ,i;~

spate '.of conversions . of the untouchables
. . to Islam, and
. .
Christianity, the great Pandit Madan Mohal1 Malviya 8.1ld
Dr Am1:iedkar realized that the salvat(on' of the dep~es~,~~'
scheduled castes from the - unjust oppres~ion -a nd cr~~i
grinding tyranny at the hands of theHigber Castes ' sjnci~
times ,immemorial, could only ' lie -in t~eii whol~~i~
oonvel'Sion to Sikhism. ' In their wisdom 'a:nd f~r8,gh~, th~~
drew' up a soheme and' a.greed to a -paot '&:rid started ' 'to
implement it; Dr. Ambedliar- pa.id v'isits 't'o ,'Aml-itsa~ ~~ci
and-left "some of, his' fellow wor,kera tli.er~ "to ' sutdy ~hd
understa.nii : 'S1.khisni 'a;ffd ' its -Institutions.
The " Kh~is'a
-College -at 'Bdmba-y is 'one 'of the otlt'oo'mes'bl"thiS 'very' 'ik);:
But Iio ~ -the 'wi!!fot:tu:Q.c , of. all' ,concetned, -this ' scheme ~as
confided' - t~, :Mahatm&:::gandhi on. "& : s:t~ict -:and , definite
underatlllJ;rding'not to -, let it:.. out till the 'prol,-er- :-tiine, Eut
,unleas:bhe;il\faha-tifua' : wiis- swept '. by. cotiimunii;iism<~nd 'pre~
judice-against::'tlbe :Sriihs~' 'why should h~ . ;h a.~e : thiOwn: ih\'
coriiidenoe 'teposM : in' hlm"- to; the winds '- li.h:d -withdul/-a.~y
qualIDs' of' ' ooD.'Seience1- c;'mJhit ted a --breach" of ' fM'th by '8.'
'prerbatut'e -cdn4emna.ti6n of ,the scheihe; saying-- "It-wpuIil

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be far better that the crores of" untouchables of India get
converted to Islam than they' become Sikhs.;' Eventually
at his threat to fast unto death ihe whole affort, fioppe~.

"-

]:I;a.ving lost that opportuni ty, _the fo lJow:e~~f the

.
.~
Mahatma.
now, when they observe 'their people ' being

'~nvetle.d.~ ,: Qh!!st!anity _and

Ts18,m-,- in-

~b,ei.L,~~ni~

helplessness, begin to supplicate thc Government to B~P

these conversiODI!..Imd banish the missionaries. 'This iS,like
'~d Hind~ G~ds ~~o approaohed the __C)og4;~~,~ D!l!/ra a.m~
'beseaclied her t~xo.tec.t-.and ,~ve them, when they~?.Il-J(L
DOt oil' llieir:;;~n defend theIIJ8e]~~s~aga:~;t--th~' C;~~aught
l> ~~~. Demons,- B~t-theY- should ' ~~tforget that the
-presiding Diety these days is a secular "Goddess", . They
'h~ better study th" thoughtS ~f Pandit Malviya and
Dr. Am1?edkar aga~n with unprejudiced seriousness,
In 1929 Sikhs were:given a solemn assurance by Hindu
('-ougress leaders . like Mahatma Gandhi, Pandit Motilal
N"hm' andPandit .Jawahar Lal and. also . by 'a. ' for.nai
resolution of the All India N&tional Congress at Lahore,
that no, constitution ' of free India shall be framed by the
n;mjority community .unless it is freely accepta.ble to the
Sikhs, . This cwasrepeatedly .. reiter"ted.- Jrom tiJ;ne to time
llt;1till August 1~7.. ..But when later' on . Jawaharlal Nehru
was reminded about it,- he blandly' told the Sikhs : th8.t
~r!lumstances have ohanged now, . As, if pledges are given
to :he.eaten away when,oonvenient. , It is in cot;llmon know!edge that a oiroul~ was passed on iiI'. the Punjab,soon
I!ofter the partition .of
Country that .a o eye be. ,kept on
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the

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the Sikhs, who have since' p~en looked uppn as if t!tey: . Iue
aliens.
It will be worth comparing here the words uttered by
Pandit Jawahar I.al Nehru in Calcutta" in July, 1946. He
then said "The brave Sikhs. of the Punjab are entitled to
special consideration. I see nothing wrong in an area and
a set up in the North wherein the Sikhs can also experience
the' glow of freedom."

'. If Geeta. had been there .!.Ios .the guidfug star, the Maha.
bharta story of Ginn would not ha.vc been forgotten. . Gian
was an old pam'pered servant ef Lord Krishna. Once . his
~!1-so1fllic~ and insubordination annoyed' Sbri Krishna, who
w~Dtod ' to behea.d him. Gian ran fot . ~afety and Krishna
followed in hot parsuit. It was a long chase . . At the
sugga"stion of Narada, Gian. rushed to Arjun and sought his
protection without disclosing who was af~r hiril: Protec
tion was promise(j:and the word given. Arjun did not try
to wriggle out of the word given, when he . came to know
that it was Shri Krishna who was after ' Gian. So a fight
b~tween Krishna and 'A rjun ensued and it b~ca~e so fierce
and gruesome that Brahma had to come down .t o intervene .

.'

. In 1965 this class of Hindus forgot the " sacrifice ' and
~jl.rtyrdom of. their Saviour Guru Teg Bah.adur and threw
stones at his niatj~Qleupl; .Gurduara Silf' Ganj, in Delhi.
'. . When afte~ the conflict with Pakiilt3D, Prime .~ste~
Shastri and s~me other Centrai' l'e~del'/l d~cided to foim the
Pnnjabi pu'~jab': the perfidy of a bigo't ted
Minister
~nd this element in 'the' Centre m"nipnla.ted to 'present a

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tors.a of a Stl!ote (Suba) without~, arms', or legs.
. I have :written these line~ With a very heavy heart as
I have some very close and de'ar :~~i~tions with the Hindu.s.
But when brougp.1, to notice, the qp.estion was such th",t I
felt duty bounli not to let i~ go wl~hout being:dealt with.
-;' I .

The Malady
Inspite of all w.bat is s-tated above, . we !ind . the saner
e.1ements among.s t the Hindus have always predominated.
:I;hey pav!-' considered and treated the' Sikhs 808 their big .
th~ugh younge~' brother. ' D~Dg the co~ct wit4 the
:r4ugha.ls
most
of . the
r'ecruits to. tbe Sikh forces came from.
, .
..
,
llind98. Late~. on, ~e find, eyen cOJ:).versio,n s to SikhisJ:l!.
were mostly f~o~ .t he Hi~d~ f~idB. I~ faot some wise and

i~r.seein~ Hind~" h~ve be.e n .ad~~,~ating

~(i~aB.t on~

th.a t

member of e~~ry .. Wndu . falQ.ily :n.:;u~1; p.~9~1Q,e, '~,Sikh. On

the part of ,the ~~~s~ th;~y have. ~~~~ ~ght~ng .tJi~ ' ba;ttles
of th~Hin~u.s ~grudgingly an1. ~ve aiways been suffering
{or ~~~ sake. ~ ': When t~~ ~teef ~1~shJci' il~d iIas'li~d ."they
cast their die with' the HinduS'" and wh'(;n 'the 'iiUil to' raise
.
;
..
.....
. '
. ':
arms and show hands came they 'toci'Ji' their sIdes. 'Then
~hY ~ii.t,uld 'they still hav~beI'!Ii' ;'invariii;bli : let :dow.n and
theH:' work ' arid "support . and 'sacrifices :go'; un:,appreciattld
~na
'tecognized ? '. On, th'iJ.:"cou-tral'Y , s'U'Spicion.'.' and
bitte~'neli8 ,: aga.iti~t "the ,'Sikhs ': have :' in<frila.8oo "and ar~
'beC6~in:g-;~ufu' dl'y ' 15j day spOOi~ny: "irice lii.st ltWo 'deblid'e s;
t'

.~

-'

..;.

'..

';:._ .

..

-- ~---. .

never

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Space does not. permit here' to narrate the shameful story
of continuous andcalio~~ bet~ayals of the Sikhs throughout
these yea:rs ' and the ' dis~rimina tion made 'against :them
in all walks of Bfe: The communal Hindus 'o f .' the Punj'ab
in collaboration with like minded Hindu 1eaders at the
Centre have been ' trywg to keep the Sikhs "under .their
political subjugation,' Their treatment and behaviour in
dealing with the formation of a Punjabi speaking' State
and falsely ' declaring that .Punjabi was not their mother
t~ngue are ' just some :lnstance~. Th~ -treatment meted out
to the Sikhs outside Punjab speCially 'in HarYl!-na, Himachal
Pradesh, and' tlle Uttar Pradesh 'are other eye openers:
This attack has takcn another shape lately. ,The Sikh
quJture~~ikh History a~d tradition :. th~ Sikh ~eugibn"
,II.~<! , F'ay of Life are being subtly and &urrep,!;!,!;iQ,1!.s1i..
run!lQ~.~, ridiculed and belittled i.n")ook.~~~paperB~l!nIL
~t:xt JloQks_ etc.
The, University Examinati'oIi Jl~~s~to!t'

, u~~~ ~~fef.~t\jle: is_~~~ iD~ia~oo.- Patr(.m8.g~~ ;(~fpl'OJhotioiis,

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is the question which' poses ~ challenge to the majority
,C ommunity i;Q provide an answer, find out the reasons' and
provide the solution.
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probing is called for to find out' 'where the 'virus lies: Let
the saner and wiser elements, rise
the occasion and arrel!t
the spread of th~ 'pol~~~: and' ~rescribe so~~: :r:e~edy' before
it is too lat~.

to

It is always for the majority 'C ommunity to win the

confideuce of the ~inority ruid keep it ~o B'~tiafi.ed that it
may also be, able to feel the glow of Independence and be
proud
being ,counted as an' important "factor of the
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:The 'cost ' of this tra,ct : has been: ccmtnibut'ed

by the io!l~wing persons.

Bkat Sahib of Bagarian.
2. Bhai Pi"ar Si~glI "Jawahar Singh, N'ew. 'Cloth Ma. ...ket.
'Ahlrieda,bad.
3: S , Jaswant Singh &: ,Co., New
cloth Market,
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, Ahmeda.bad.
4,. S. Tara. Singh New Bha~at Jj:ngineering ..Works, ,
JamNa,gar.
5. S, Shamsher Singh, Joint Drreotor (Rtd.) 35 : ~bllo
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6, BediK. Investment, 1O/23. Weiit ' Patel : Nagar; '
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New :Delhi~

7.

S. Ram Singh Makhan Singh, Shori'Ma.rket, Rohtak.

Published by :
Nara.inSingh Secretary
Dera Baba Jassa. Singh
PATIALA.

First Edition
. : 2000
October, 1968

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