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Amarinder busy with book on Anglo-Sikh war |
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Written by Varinder Singh, Tribune News Service,Patiala
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Wednesday, 02 January 2008 |
 The linking of Amarinder Singh to Pakistani journalist Aroosa Alam might have attracted media and his detractors, but what has skipped attention of all is that he has been equally or even more deeply involved elsewhere also.
It is his long-cherished dream - a well-researched book on the Anglo-Sikh war. The book, focusing on the facts and the Indian point of view regarding the Anglo-Sikh war, was likely to go for printing towards February end.
“Today, I am doing a chapter on the battle of Ferozeshah. I have got my hands on a lot of material on the subject. In fact, the literature hitherto available on Ango-Sikh war has generally been written from the British point of view. The Lahore darbar at that time or in the aftermath of Maharaja Ranjit Singh may have been hobnobbing with the Britishers but it was a fact that the Sikh soldiers had fought very valiantly. They displayed their chivalry to such an extent that they nearly routed the British forces in the battles of Ferozeshah, Sabhrawan, Chllianwali and Gujrat, despite the fact that they had been stabbed in the back by their own masters,” said Amarinder while talking to The Tribune.
For collection of historical evidence, Amarinder has already visited a number of places in India and abroad. “In fact, I have been working on the book for the past about 10 years or even much before I had taken over as the Chief Minister in 2002. I have already been to the Queens Museum in England and to Lahore for fetching relevant material. Besides, we have so much of matter lying in our archives in Patiala, Chandigarh and Delhi. I have also been to Kathmandu in Nepal where Maharani Jindan had been detained at the instance of Britishers. Almost 120 pages of the book are ready and the remaining part would be accomplished by the last week of February when I plan to send it to the Press,” he added.
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