chapter-2 political movements

up due to the neglect of the teachings of the Gurus and in doing so the
Sikhs had lost their empire. 160 The Babbers exhorted the Sikhs that if
they were not willing to raise weapons against the British, they had no
right to be called as the Sikhs of the Gurus. The Sikhs were reminded of
bravery of Baba Banda Singh Bahadur and during the reign of
Maharaja Ranjit Singh at the time of victory of Multan with the help
of the cannon of the Bhangi Misl was recited. 161 The decline
in the character of the Sikh nobility and the treachery of some
Sikh sardars that was responsible for the extinction of the Sikh empire
was used as a matter of consciousness for the future developments. 162
The Sikhs were usually reminded of that they were the followers of Guru
Gobind Singh and therefore it was their duty to raise weapons against
injustice. 163
The annexation of Punjab by the British was compared to the
medieval epic of Sohni Mahiwal in which both were killed by deceit. 164
160 MZyV }[bw dk id'I nkD S[fNnk, d[ZyK Bkb bkfJnk pkr frnk g[fNnk
r[o{ ih d/ tke n;K rJ/ G[b ih, osB p/ehwsh dk e"vh w[b ih
- - - - - - - - - - -
bZyK ;h; d/e/ pukfJnk d/;a ih, nkJh r'oh v?D gJh Svh w/w ih.
iZE/dko bkG f;zx, e'oVk Szd, T[jh, gzBk 13H
161 bZy bkDsK f;zx ;d"D/ Bz{ eoB i'r/ i/ ;h; dk dkB j? Bh
Bhbh bkj e/ Nzr feogkB Svh, izr t/ye/ u{fgnk gkB j? Bh
fJN u[ed/ Bz{ gZEo u[ehJ/ Bk fco r[o{ d/ f;zx dh ;akB j? Bh
pkp/ pzd/ dh b?e/ f;Zfynk Bz{, bkj/ ;{fpnK d/ ed/ xkB j? Bh
s'g phV e/ GzrhnK tkbVh Bz{, s'V ;[Nd/ febk w[bskB j? Bh
id'I ykb;k s/r Bz{ X{ fgnk nVB/ s[oe;skB :{BkB j? Bh.
T[jh, gzBk 16, 17H
162 id'I f;zxK dk oki ;h B;aN j'fJnk, nkr{ pD/ ik e"w rdko d;'.
v'o jZEhI nkJh id'I rzfdnK d/, d/;a wkfonk wz{j d/ Gko b'e'.
p?Is, T[jh, gzBk 15H
163 f;zx pDe/ d;aw/;a ih d/, f;zx g[D/ d/ coi T[sko SZv',
wkbk s'V wko' go/ XkfrnK dh, gfjD bZe d/ Bkb sbtko SZv'.
T[jh, gzBk 16H
164 iVQK g[Ne/ b[Ne/ xkN e[b/ d[X'I X'sV/ nkg ;dk p?m/.
wjhItkb s/ ;'jDh d/ wkoB/ Bz{, xVk tKr BDkB tNk p?m/.
T[jh, gzBk 30H