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In a book called "The Sikh Religion", published by Max Arthur Macaliffe in association with the Singh Sabha leaders such as Bhai Kahn Singh of Nabha as well as Bhai Hazara Singh, Bhai Sardool Singh and Bhai Dit Singh, a brief (not to mention false) sakhi of Sri Guru Tegbahader Sahib Ji was composed on page 381 which reads as follows: "One day as he was on the top of story of his prison, the Emperor thought he saw him looking towards the south in the direction of imperial Zanana. He was sent for the next day and charged with the grave breach of Oriental etiquette and propriety. The Guru replied, "Emperor Aurangzeb, I was on the top of the story of my prison, but I was not looking at the private apartments or at the queens. I was looking in the direction of the (Topi wala Sikhs) Europeans, who are coming from beyond the seas to tear down the Pardas and destroy thine empire.". It is further mentioned in this book that: "A Sikh writer stated that these words became battle-cry in the assult on Delhi in 1857 A.D. under General John Nicholson and that thus the prophecy of the ninth Guru was gloriously fullfilled.". As today Bharat is no longer under the government of british, there is no longer any neccesity for this piece of fabrication to be as widely published. However, as a piece of documented historical literature, it does affect the reader's perspectives to think that Guru Sahib would have ever sent the Malechas to torture His own Sikhs. A search through numerous volumes of Sikh Literature written before the initiation of Singh Sabha movement yields no results regarding the mentioned 'sakhi'. Neither did the Sikhs who had any amount of Sikhi left in them viewed the englishmen as saviours. It is therefore crystal-clear that this entire fairy-tale is nothing more than a well documented proof of what the english-devouted-sikhs were doing, and were willing to do, in order to brain-wash the public and help the englishmen conquer their own land, hence giving birth to english-oriented punjabis who were willing to give up their heritage in order to embrace the temporary treasures provided by the englishmen. |
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