Rediscovering Banda Singh Bahadur-The Man Behind The Myth

<p>We are joined by special guest Dr. (Prof, Retd.) Balwant Singh Dhillon of GNDU and also Retired Director of Centre For Studies in <em>Guru Granth Sahib</em> (Amritsar) in discussing the life and betrayal of Baba Banda Singh Ji Bahadur as per contemporary Persian sources recorded by eyewitnesses and military/political personalities conversant with the rise and fall of the first Khalsa state. Dr. Dhillon, in a career spanning three decades, has unearthed numerous primary sources in Sikh history and lent new avenues to the world of textual studies. This episode covers:</p> <p>(a) Banda Singh: Pre-Sikh past.</p> <p>(b) Banda Singh: Meeting with Guru Gobind Singh Ji and initiation into the Khalsa.</p> <p>(c) Banda Singh: Paterfamilias of the first Khalsa state.</p> <p>(d) Banda Singh: Revolutionary social engineer.</p> <p>(e) Banda Singh: Betrayal.</p> <p>(f) Banda Singh: Appropriation by Hindu Mahasabha.</p> <p>(g) Banda Singh: Defended by Sikhs.&nbsp;</p> --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/the-sikh-renaissance/message