 Fakir Saif-ud-Din, sixth generation descendant of Fakirs, who held eminent positions in the darbar of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, addresses a press conference in Amritsar on Sunday.
There is a need to look at Sikh ruler Maharaja Ranjit Singh by modern historians and advise present rulers to adopt his secular policies for social and cultural transformation of the region.
Stating this to the media here today, Fakir Saif-ud-Din, sixth generation descendant of Fakirs, who held eminent positions in the darbar of Maharaja Ranjit Singh announced that he would coordinate with Punarjyot, centre for the preservation and promotion of heritage of Punjab, and hold an exhibition displaying various artefacts associated with the Maharaja. He said he would soon take up the matter with the Pakistan government for approval to display these artefacts at the exhibition likely to be held in Amritsar.
Fakir said he also aimed at working on the collaborative project with Punarjyot to revive the concept of Punjabiat founded by the Maharaja. He said through the exhibition, people, who till now had only learnt about the Maharaja, would realise his contribution to art, culture and history. This would also help spread his message of universal brotherhood among people of the region, especially the young generation.
He said his forefathers, Fakir Syed Aziz-ud-din, then foreign minister, Fakir Syed Imam-ud-Din, treasurer of Gobindgarh Fort, and Fakir Syed Noorudin, were pillars of Ranjit Singh’s kingdom and justified the trust the Maharaja had reposed in them. He said even after the death of the Maharaja, the Fakir brothers remained faithful to him when most of the people deserted him. He said loyalty was still intact in the Fakir family even after six generations.
Lauding Manveen Sandhu for making Maharaja Ranjit Singh reach people’s hearts through her book, “Maharaja Ranjit Singh - Personality Extraordinaire,” Fakir said, “We need to re-look at history from our perspective and not only through foreign accounts”. He said foreign rulers had tried to malign the visionary king Ranjit Singh by needlessly generating a controversy over his alleged liaison with Moran, the nautch girl. He said according to facts Moran was from an established dancers’ gharana and the Maharaja had married her to uplift the families of those involved in cultural activities of that era.
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