CONTENTS

• Publisher's Note vi • From the Editor viii • Foreword xi • Preface xvi • Introduction xxi • Acknowledgements xxiii

SECTION I ARTICLES 1. Assassination of Votaries of Truth 1 2. In the Memory of A.V.M. Harjinder Singh 3 3. Public Debate on Law and Order 7 4. Government-making in New Delhi and London 9 5. A Burning National Question 11 6. India's International Standing 27 7. The Punjab Tangle -1 31 8. The Story of a Betrayal 33 9. The Sikhs and Cows 35 10. The Sikhs as Patriots and Citizens of India 37 11. The Punjab Tangle - II 59 12. Political Migration 62 13. A Brutalised System 64 14. Give Peace a Chance 66 15. The CFD Report and the National Anguish 68 16. The Future of Green Revolution 71 17. Roots of Turbulence 77 ii FRAGMENTS OF HALF A CENTURY

18. Guru Gobind Singh — Whose Devotee? 79 19. When Fate Intervenes 81 20. A People in Distress 83 21. Guru Gobind Singh Ji 85 22. Annihilation of Species — Human and Animal 94 23. Simultaneous Poll for LS and Assemblies 95 24. Bhatt Wahis 96 25. Saintly Sardar Daljeet Singh 101 26. Anglo-Sikh Wars 104 27. Sikh Gurdwaras in History and Role of Jathedar Jhabbar 153 28. Ottawa Sikh Sangat Honours Former Commissioner Norman Inkster of the R.C.M.P. 188 29. Our Forgotten Brethren - Vanjaras, Lobanas and Sikligars 191 30. The Future of America 194 31. Apostasy among Sikh Youth - Its Causes and Cures 203 32. The Presidential Form of Government 212 33. Remembering the Sage - Prof Jagjit Singh 215 34. The Saga of Nankana Sahib and Jathedar Kartar Singh Jhabbar 223 35. Pritam Singh of Poonch I (by Lt. Gen. Harwant Singh) 245 36. Pritam Singh of Poonch II 257 37. Sikhs in Holland 259 . 38. 300 Years of Khalsa: The Celebrations 260 39. Remembering the Golden Temple Holocaust of June 1984 274 40. The Spy Who Exonerates Sikh Militants of 1985 Air India Crash 275 41. The Sikh Maharaja Ranjit Singh . 277 42. Sikhs - The Persecuted Children of God 283 43. The Punjab Termination of Agreements Act, 2004, Punjab, India 291 44. Unfair Allegations 296 45. Epilogue 302 46. Postscript 350

SECTION II LETTERS

1. Pioneers of Freedom Struggle: To Dr Fauja Singh, Head, Department of History, Punjabi University, Patiala 361 CONTENTS iii

2. Amazing. To Dr Ganda Singh, Editor, Punjab Past and Present 363 3. Courtesy Demands-. To Malik Hardit Singh, I.C.S. (retd.), Lt. Generals Aurora and M.S. Wadalia, New Delhi 364 4. Role of Lord Wavell: To Sir E.P. Moon, U.K 365 5. Mechanise Farming. To Sh. S.S. Ray, Governor, Punjab 366 6. Raise the Image of India: To Prime Minister Narsimha Rao 367 7. End Campaign of Calumny: To the Editor-in-Chief, The Tribune, Chandigarh by S. Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa 376 8. Render unto Sikhs: To S. Parkash Singh Badal, Chief Minister, Punjab 379 9. Desire Fulfilled: To S. Bhagwant Singh Dalawari, Saint of Tapovan 381 10. Let us Not be Found Wanting. From Saint of Tapowan 382 11. The Koh-i-noor. To the Editor, The Ottawa Citizen 384 12. Lest the Opportunity Slips-. To Jathedar Gurcharan Singh Tohra President, SGPC, Amritsar (Punjab) 387 13. Opportunities Slipping By: To S. Parkash Singh Badal, Chief Minister, Punjab 390 14. United We Rise-. To Capt. Kanwaljit Singh, Finance Minister, Punjab 393 15. Wanted a Giant Literary Effort. To S. Saran Singh, Editor, The Sikh Review, Calcutta 394 16. Hideous Imbalance: To S. Patwant Singh, New Delhi 396 17. Placed in Proper Perspective: To Justice Choor Singh of Singapore Supreme Court 398 18. Look Before You Leap: To Justice Kuldip Singh, Panchkula 401 19. Planned Coincidence-. To President Bill Clinton of America 408 20. Enhance the Morale: To Defence Minister George Fernandes, New Delhi 411 21. Martyrs in India and Abroad: To Brig. Harwant Singh, Chandigarh 413 22. Unity is Strength: To Chief Justice Ranjit Singh Narula, New Delhi 416 23. Unite to Rise. To Capt. Amrinder Singh of Patiala 420 24. Pool Intellectual Resources', (o Giani Joginder Singh Vedanti, Jathedar Akal Takht, Amritsar, Punjab 421 25. Maharaja Ranjit Singh — The Legendary Hero: To S. Parkash Singh Badal, Chief Minister, Punjab 425 iv FRAGMENTS OF HALF A CENTURY

26. Involve Alh To S. Parkash Singh Badal, Chief Minister, Punjab 428 27. Truly Secular Maharaja: To Prof. Kirpal Singh, Former Head, History Deptt, GNDU, Amritsar & Punjabi University, Patiala 431 28. The Queen with Manly Understanding. To S. Tarlochan Singh, Vice-President, National Commission for Minorities, New Delhi 433 29. The Holy City: To S. Surjit Singh Barnala, Governor, Uttranchal Pradesh 436 30. Hardyals Formula: To the Editor, The Ottawa Citizen 438 31. A Friend Indeed: To Hon'ble David Kilgour, Secretary of State, Southeast Asia Pacific, Government of Canada 439 32. Who is in the Dark?: To Columnist David Warren, The Ottawa Citizen AA1 33. History in the Fabricating. To the Editor-in-Chief, The Tribune^ Chandigarh 452 34. Rename Raja Sansi Airport. To S. Tarlochan Singh, Chairman, National Commission for Minorities, New Delhi 455 35. Purpose Defeated: To Sh. PL. Rahi, Secretary General, Guru Tegh Bahadur Foundation, New Delhi 457 36. Down the Memory leaner. To Prof. Emeritus Harbans Lai, Ph.D. 459 37. Deeply Touched: To Jean Mymryk 461

SECTION III ANNEXURES I. A letter from the Sikh sangat of Burma 463 II. An article, It Began with the British 465 III. A Memorandum of March 6, 1983, by Punjab Congress Legislative Party, Chandigarh 467 IV. Power of Brahmins by Khushwant Singh 487 V. Photographs of Mutilated Body of Avtar Singh Shatrana and the Enquiry Report by the Punjab Human Rights Commission 489 VI. An article, Canada's host Son host No More' 491 VII. An article, A Year After Their Martyrdom, Their Families Have host all Hope 493 VIII. Letters to the Editor, 'Operation Golden Temple Complex', Hindustan Times, New Delhi 495 IX. A letter from Emili Clarke - Sister of Sir E.P. Moon 496 X. A letter from a British Historian who visited CONTENTS V

Golden Temple, Amritsar 497 XI. The Punjab River Waters Decision — A Crippling Blow to Punjab and The Sikh Standpoint — Punjab Crisis, by Council of Sikh Affairs, Chandigarh 503 XII. An article, "rte mPZK tft £ t& msr f^" 511 XIII. An article, "iftro % ^fow t iraft § ferot ^ 7^5" 512 XIV An article, Pakistan or The Partition of India 516 XV A letter from an Advocate of Delhi High Court 517 XVI. A letter from Jean Mymryk 518 XVII. A letter from President of WS.O. to Hon'ble R.C. Lahoti 519 XVIII. A pamphlet, The Real Ran/it Singh by Faqir Syed Waheeduddin 527 XIX. An article, Jinnahs Goodbye to Constitutionalism and an illustration, Muslim League Decided to Resort to Direct Action 537 XX. An article, The Relevance of Sikhism 539 XXI. A letter from Bhim Sen Sachar 541 XXIL A letter from Parkash Singh Badal 542 XXHL A letter from Surjit Singh Barnala 543

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 1. A.V.M. Harjinder Singh 3 2. Thomas Jefferson 11 3. Guru Gobind Singh 85 4. Jathedar Kartar Singh Jhabbar 153 5. Baltej Singh Dhillon 188 6. Members, Institute Of Sikh Studies, Chandigarh 215 7. Pritam of Poonch 245 8. 300 Years of the Khalsa 266 9. Maharaja Ranjit Singh 277 10. Prince Charles and Crown Prince of Arabia 283 11. The Last Days of the Raj 302 12. The Court of Lahore 431 13. Maharani Jind Kaur 433 14. At the Time of Transfer of S. Karnail Singh, District Panchayat Officer, Amritsar 452