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MAIN CURRENTS OF FREEDOM STRUGGLE IN PUNJAB107<strong>of</strong> India. The author deals in detail with first ministry formation inPEPSU.The book also contains a detailed account <strong>of</strong> the Jallianwala BaghTragedy and its impact on freedom movement. Besides, the book haschapters on The Akalis in the National Struggle for Freedom, and The CongressMovements in the Punjab which are <strong>of</strong> great interest to the people <strong>of</strong>Punjab. The book is full <strong>of</strong> information on various aspects <strong>of</strong> <strong>Sikh</strong>s’contribution to the struggle for ousting British from India and will beuseful to writers <strong>of</strong> history. However, a notable omission is the role<strong>of</strong> Maharaja Duleep Singh, the deposed ruler <strong>of</strong> Punjab, whosecontribution to struggle against the British is tremendous. He travelledto Paris in July 1886 and from there wrote letter to the “British princesand Nobles and the people <strong>of</strong> beloved Hindustan” calling upon them‘to be not cowards but be brave and worthy <strong>of</strong> your great forefathers’by rising against the British. He proclaimed himself to be sovereign<strong>of</strong> the <strong>Sikh</strong> Nation. He had also contacted the Emperor <strong>of</strong> Russiaand guaranteed an easy conquest <strong>of</strong> India with the help <strong>of</strong> the people<strong>of</strong> Punjab.But all said and done, the book is a valuable addition to books <strong>of</strong>history on Punjab which anyone interested in Punjab history can ignoreat his own peril.¤God’s slave is called the sublime saint.He obeys God’s order and obtains peace.Whatever placeses Him,He accepts as true and Lord’s will he abides within his mind.Say Kabir, listen O saints, false is to indulge in egoism.Breaking the bird’s cage, the death takes away,And bird and the threads and yarns, are shorn.– Guru Granth Sahib, p 480hir jnu aUqmu Bgqu sdwvY AwigAw min suKu pweI ]jo iqsu BwvY siq kir mwnY Bwxw mMin vsweI ]khY kbIru sunhu ry sMqhu myrI myrI JUTI ]icrgt Pwir ctwrw lY gieE qrI qwgrI CUtI ]
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