Punjab Through the Ages (4 Vols-Set)

Contents Vol. I. Preface. 1. The Punjab and NWFP. 2. Historical notes. 3. The elements of the Punjab people. 4. Religions. 5. The Lamaistic clergy. 6. Life of Guru Nanak. 7. The Misls. 8. The military administration. 9. Socio cultural movements in the Punjab. 10. Chiefs of the Punjab. 11. Defeat of Tipu Sultan. 12. Annexations and political readjustments. Index. Vol. II. Preface. 1. Political condition. 2. The ancestors of Maharaja Ranjit Singh. 3. Ranjit Singh and his times. 4. Emergence of Ranjit Singh. 5. British interference. 6. The Anglo Sikh relations. 7. Metcalfe's mission to Lahore. 8. Conquests and annexations of Ranjit Singh. 9. The conquests and consolidation of Multan Kashmir and Peshawar. 10. The civil administration of Ranjit Singh. 11. Downfall of the Sikh power. 12. The first Anglo Sikh war. 13. The annexation. 14. Maharaja Dalip Singh. Index. Vol. III. Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Rowlatt bills. 3. Firing in the Bagh. 4. The hunter committee. 5. The Congress committee. 6. Amritsar Congress 1919. 7. Historical background. 8. National education. 9. A fight for crumbs. 10. Congress presidential address of Lajpat Rai. 11. Address to college students. 12. Views on Congress creed. 13. Historical background. 14. Nehru as president. 15. The new ideology. 16. Complete independence. 17. New ideology. 18. Do or die. 19. Resolutions passed by the Congress Working Committee on 8 March 1947 at New Delhi. 20. Partition and independence. 21. Freedom here and now. 22. Letter to Subhas Bose. 23. The Congress and the Muslims. 24. India and the world. Chronology. Bibliography. Index. Vol. IV. Preface. 1. The disturbances. 2. Lord Amherst and William Bentinck. 3. Administration under Lord William Bentinck. 4. Dalhousie's administration and annexations. 5. Sardar Ajit Singh. 6. Socio cultural movements in the Punjab. 7. Early career. 8. Role in politics. 9. Patriotic ideology. 10. Painful history of India. 11. Rights and duties of human beings. 12. Ethics. 13. Practical religion. 14. Guru Granth Sahib. 15. Gems from the Sikh scriptures. Index. The Indian sub continent particularly the north western regions including the Punjab had to face most arduous and difficult situations from time to time. Indeed the affluence of the people of this region was the main target of foreigners. But they were given a bold resistance through the ages. The four volumes deal with various significant phases of the rulers people and their capabilities which in fact paid them rich dividends. The available material has been properly utilised in all these volumes. Hopefully these volumes will be useful study for students researchers and teachers in all academic institutions in our country and abroad. 1470 pp. …