Patwant Singh (1925–2009)
Auteur de The Sikhs
A propos de l'auteur
Patwant Singh's books and articles on India, international affairs, the environment, and the arts have been widely published in India, Europe, and North America. He has been interviewed on radio and television in many countries and has traveled and lectured all over the world. The former editor and afficher plus publisher of the international magazine Design, he lives in New Delhi, India afficher moins
Crédit image: Deidi Von Schaewen
Œuvres de Patwant Singh
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1925-03-28
- Date de décès
- 2009-08-08
- Sexe
- male
- Pays (pour la carte)
- India
- Lieu de naissance
- Delhi, India
- Lieu du décès
- New Delhi, India
Membres
Critiques
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 10
- Membres
- 158
- Popularité
- #133,026
- Évaluation
- 3.7
- Critiques
- 6
- ISBN
- 32
- Langues
- 1
The Empire was and still is synonymous with Maharajah Ranjit Singh, an illiterate scion of a prominent Sikh warrior confederacy (Misl) who annihilated the vestiges of an atrophying embryonic Republic to establish a monarchial reign.
Patwant Singh and Rai chart the meteoric rise of the Sikh faith and Empire in this swift-flowing book. The only downsides are that Khusrau is mentioned as being Jahangir's brother rather than son in the context of the fifth Sikh Guru's martyrdom; and attention is barely paid to enigmatic Sikh historic figures such as generalissimo Baba Banda Singh and the Washingtonian Nawab Kapur Singh who paved the way for the rise and consolidation of Sikh sovereignty.
This is a meticulous once in a generation study of a historic figure who precipitated the greatest crisis of confidence to confront the British in the east but has today slowly been effaced from history.… (plus d'informations)