Debunking The Myth Of Marathas Rebuilding Darbar Sahib

<p>We are joined by savvy historian/historiographer Anmol Singh Rode (<em>Ranneeti Punjab) </em>in debunking the outrightly fallacious claim of right wing propagandists that the Marathas entered the Punjab in the mid-18th century to save Sikhi and rebuild the sacrosanct Sikh <em>Darbar Sahib. </em>Relying primarily on Maratha historians (Besam, Kulkarni, Sardesai, Gordon and Sarkar) as well as contemporary material we evince that the Marathas had:</p> <p><br></p> <p>(a) No interest in being in the Punjab and only arrived when lured by the substantial booty promised by the wily Adina Beg.</p> <p><br></p> <p>(b) Left token garrisons in the region to quieten an otherwise contumacious Adina who feared their return to Pune.</p> <p><br></p> <p>(c) Were summarily annihilated by a returning Ahmad Shah Durrani.</p> <p><br></p> <p>(d) Were viewed by Sikhs and non-Sikh Punjabis as foreign oppressors.&nbsp;</p> <p><br></p> <p>We also expose the genesis of the aforementioned myth; the times in which it was made and the historic facts which arm the Sikhs to battle it.&nbsp;</p> --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/the-sikh-renaissance/message