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Encyclopaedic History of the Sikhs and Sikhism
Edited
by H.S. Bhatia and S.R. Bakshi.
Contents: Vol. 1. The Sikh Gurus and Sikhism: Preface. 1. The Sikh Gurus. 2. Holy scriptures. 3. Understanding the Sikh scriptures. 4. The Sikh institutions. 5. Origin of SGPC and SAD: An official confidential note. 6. Rituals and Sikhism. 7. The Japuji--prolegomena. 8. The Rahiras. 9. The Sohila. 10. Hymns of Guru Nanak. Select Bibliography. Index. Vol. 2: The Sikh Gurus and Their Hymns: Preface. 1. Sloks of Guru Angad. 2. Hymns of Guru Amar Das. 3. Hymns of Guru Ram Das. 4. Hymns of Guru Arjan Dev--I. 5. Hymns of Guru Arjan Dev-II. 6. Hymns of Guru Teg Bahadur. 7. Bani of Bhagats. 8. Guru Granth Sahib. 9. Compositions of Guru Gobind Singh. Select bibliography. Index. Vol. 3: Religious Traditions of the Sikhs: Preface. 1. The making of Sikh panth and its traditions. 2. Ceremonies and festivals. 3. Sikh way of life. 4. Sikhism. 5. Salient features of a Sikh shrine. 6. A warrior saint. 7. Philosophy of Guru Gobind Singh. 8. The Guru in Sikh religion. 9. Role in the national movement. 10. The vision universal. 11. A universal code of conduct. 12. Message of the Gurus. Appendices. Select bibliography. Index. Vol. 4: Maharaja Ranjit Singh: Preface. 1. Polity and economy under the misls. 2. Emergence of Ranjit Singh. 3. Conquests and consolidation. 4. Court and camp of Ranjit Singh. 5. The Lahore Darbar. 6. Decline of Sikh monarchy. 7. Sikh wars with the British. 8. Wars--the last phase and annexation. 9. The (real) first war of Indian independence! 10. Treacherous chiefs, annexation of Punjab and its administration. 11. Treaties: Punjab vs British. 12. Lessons from Ranjit Singh's rule. Annexures. Select bibliography. Index. Vol. 5: National Movement and the Sikhs: The Martyrdom Tradition: Preface. 1. Sikh tradition of self-sacrifice for a righteous cause. 2. A juvenile martyr. 3. The martial Sikhs: fore-runners of non-violence. 4. Early Sikh morcha. 5. Guru-ka-Bagh. 6. The Nankana tragedy. 7. The Akali movement. 8. The Sikh movement. 9. Gangsar-Jaito Morcha and Jawaharlal Nehru. 10. Shahidgunj Gurdwara movement. 11. Central Sikh League. Select bibliography. Index. Vol. 6: Political Ideology of the Sikhs: Preface. 1. Political ideas of the Sikh Gurus. 2. Law and justice in Sikh religion. 3. Sikhism and Hinduism. 4. Status of woman in Sikhism. 5. When Kuka Sikhs invited Russians to fight British rulers. 6. Sikh politics in the later half of the 19th century. 7. Religion and politics in Sikhism. 8. The Sikh culture and its impact. 9. Sikhs and the war. 10. Political work in Punjab. 11. Revolutionary movements in Punjab (1907-1923). 12. Pre-independence politico-religio Punjab: the role of Sikh leaders. 13. Punjab and the Sikhs. 14. The Sikh political conference. 15. The Khalsa Durbar. 16. Jawaharlal Nehru to Master Tara Singh. 17. Sikh's political fight for Punjab. 18. Political vision of the Sikhs. 19. Sikh homeland. 20. Sikh negotiation with cabinet mission. 21. The princely states and Indian independence. 22. The Sikh demands. 23. The Simla unity conference: the cow, music and jhatka questions. 24. Partition of the Punjab. 25. Post-independence Akali politics. 26. Religio-political happenings in Sikhism. 27. Role of the Sikhs in independence movement. 28. Bloody and bitter (1984) remembrances. 29. Punjab accord: before and after. 30. Declaration of the World Sikh Sammelan. 31. Role of Sikhs in agriculture. 32. From twentieth century into the twenty-first century. Glossary. Select bibliography. Index. [H.S. Bhatia's books include International Law and Practice in Ancient India. S.R. Bhakshi is an eminent scholar of Modern Indian History. His books include The Making of India and Pakistan.] No. 14558
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