Banda Singh Bahadur and Sikh Sovereignty

Author: Harbans Kaur SagooPublisher: Deep & Deep Publications Pvt. Ltd.Year: 2001Language: EnglishPages: 274ISBN/UPC (if available): 8176293008 DescriptionIn this book, the author has made an attempt to study Banda Singh Bahadur's multi-dimensional role in an objective manner and setting at rest to the maximum possible extent the misgivings about him and his career.The author has emphasized that Banda Singh Bahadur had the acumen to plan and the ability to execute. She has also examined his historic role of raising the huge armed struggle for the establishment of mighty Sikh state in Punjab.The early eighteenth century Punjab History witnessed a stiff resistance from the local chiefs (both religious and political), the 'Zamindars' and the peasants to local Mughal officials in their attempt to maintain imperial control. They struggled for greater share in the revenues and in political power over the region, ultimately aiming to establish sovereignty in the different parts of the