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happened. On the contrary, that brief interlude of half a century is still recalled in Pakistan with a certain feeling of nostalgia and warmth. Nijhawan is to be complimented on having made this exceedingly important literary text available to a wide-reading public. It is for the more preceptive amongst them now to draw their own inferences. To what extent they, and in particular the social scientists, agree with Shah Mohammed's perception, is for them to decide. 2/26, Sarv Priya Vihar, New Delhi. May 18, 2000 (17) AMRIK SINGH
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS It is a pleasant duty to acknowledge my heartfelt debt of gratitude to: • Dr. Giani Bhajan Singh who not only supplied me the text of jangnamah but remained my only resource person during the entire period I worked on this subject. • Dr. Amrik Singh, formerly Vice-Chancellor, Punjabi University, Patiala, has been my friend, philosopher and guide in all matters literary. The critic in him is very parsimonious in praising most literary efforts. However, in this case he has gladly contributed the foreword which enhances the value of this rendition manifold. • Sardar Tarlochan Singh (now Vice-Chairman, National Commission for Minorities in the rank of a Union Minister of State), my chum and valued colleague of yester years and a lover of all causes Punjabi. Not just that, he dotes over me as a lover would. • Professor Prithipal Singh Kapur, formerly Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar and now Editor-in Chief, Encyclopaedia of Sikhism, Punjabi University, Patiala, who as a perceptive historian immediately accepted the idea that the First Anglo-Sikh War should more appropriately be called the First Punjab War as the spirit of Shah Mohammed so compellingly conveys and then agreed to get its publication sponsored by Maharaja Duleep Singh Foundation. • Sardar Gurtej Singh, formerly ofIndianAdministrative Service, of the Institute of Sikh Studies, Chandigarh also deserves my very special thanks because he critically went through the manuscript ofEnglish rendition. Infact, hefound it veryuseful for the batch of Sikh students who had come to Chandigarh from the United States to learn more about Sikhism. (8) P.K. NIJHAWAN
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