The Other Sikhs: A View from Eastern India Vol. 1

Author :

Himadri Banerjee

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MANOHAR PUBLISHERS AND DISTRIBUTORS

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Publisher	MANOHAR PUBLISHERS AND DISTRIBUTORS
Publication Year	2003
ISBN-13	9788173047367
ISBN-10	8173047367
Binding	Paperback
Number of Pages	279 Pages
Language	(English)
Dimensions (Cms)	20.3 x 25.4 x 4.7
Weight (grms)	372
Subject	Sikhism

The Sikhs are universally respectful and proud of their Gurus` intimate contact with eastern India representing the territories of Assam, Bengal and Orissa under British rule till 1947. The present study seeks to deal with some of the interesting issues recorded in three eastren Indian languages, namely Assames, Bengali and Oriya published over a century between the first Sikh War(1845) and the Partition of India (1947). In the process. It outlinesthe history of the sikhs and reveals how the meassage of Sikhism has been preceived in the context of different local issues by numerous eastern Indian Authors.

Himadri Banerjee

Himadri Banerjee retired as Guru Nanak Professor of Indian History, Department of History, Jadavpur University. He is long engaged in tracing numerous. Sikh journeys of the last five hundred years from Punjab and their settlements in different eastern and north-eastern Indian states. Some of these interesting issues would figure in the second volume of The Other Sikhs. It is getting ready for the press.