Rattan Singh Bhangu
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Rattan Singh Bhangu was a Sikh nobleman who wrote the history of Sikh struggles and rise to power in North India.
In the beginning of the 19th century the British East India Company
approached the Punjab frontier. They wanted to know about the Sikhs and their rise to power in Punjab.
Rattan Singh Bhangu belonged to the family of martyrs and had first-hand knowledge of the struggle and success of the Khalsa. Rattan Singh Bhangu, being a member of the ruling Sikh aristocracy, took upon himself to prove to the British the glory of the Sikh rise to the power in Punjab and the complete legitimacy of Sikh domination. He was requested by Captain Murray, Agent to the Governor-General, to write the history of Sikhs, which he did under the title of the Prachin Panth Parkash.
In the beginning of the 19th century the British East India Company
East India Company
The East India Company was an early English joint-stock company that was formed initially for pursuing trade with the East Indies, but that ended up trading mainly with the Indian subcontinent and China...
approached the Punjab frontier. They wanted to know about the Sikhs and their rise to power in Punjab.
Rattan Singh Bhangu belonged to the family of martyrs and had first-hand knowledge of the struggle and success of the Khalsa. Rattan Singh Bhangu, being a member of the ruling Sikh aristocracy, took upon himself to prove to the British the glory of the Sikh rise to the power in Punjab and the complete legitimacy of Sikh domination. He was requested by Captain Murray, Agent to the Governor-General, to write the history of Sikhs, which he did under the title of the Prachin Panth Parkash.