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from Dasam Granth. 177 The events of the Sikh history including
Maharaja Dalip Singh's exile to England, his conversion to Christianity
and cutting of his hair along with the annaxation of Punjab are mentioned
time and again. 178 During the trials of the Babbers in the British courts
the attitudes of the lawyers alongwith the repressions and humiliations of
the police were compared with the acts of the people like Mir-Manu. 179
Again for the welfare of the Sikh nation Guru Gobind Singh made
sacrifices of his entire family that ultimately resulted in the formation of
the independent Sikh state under Maharaja Ranjit Singh. But the role
played by the traitors after Maharaja Ranjit Singh's death led to its
decline and the Babber literature is full of such citations. 180
The Babber literature also appears to have been impressed by the
methodology adopted by the Namdharis through which the Namdhari's
177 uz{ eko nia jwk jhbs/ do r[ia;as
jbkb n;s p[odB p;aw;aho d;s##
dkyb rbh j' ;h; Bz{ sbh Xoe/,
d/;a ;/tk dh gqhs Bk s'V p?mhI
pZpoK d/ fpnkB, pkp{ ;zsk f;zx ;?eNoh @pZpo nekbh iEk# dk ;?;aB iZi NkJhg
;kfjp dh ndkbs ftu fBXVe fpnkB, fJB T[jh, gzBk 66H
178 ;kv/ f;zx dbhg wjkoki sKJh, b? rJh ftZu tb?s p[fonko d/y'
e/; eN Jh;kJh eo fbnk T[;Bz{, ehs/ g[ie/ nfsnkuko d/y'
tkg; BjhI ehsk X'y/pki pD rJh, ;ko/ G[b rJh e"b fJeoko d/y',
oki y' fbnk fJ; soQK Bkb X'y/, wb' wbh dh pDh ;oeko d/y'.
T[jh, gzBk 76H
179 fgzvh dk; ;oekoh tehb Bkb/, ;h nkJh vh ciab nwkw b'e'
fBod';a f;zxK s/ i[bw ew"D G?V/, J/; rb Bz{ ikDd/ nkw b'e'
b[uzs g?jbk s/ d{;ok who wzB{, fbyh n;K d/ rb Bk ykw b'e'
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j'fJnk T[jBK dk nzs Bz{ jkb G?Vk, w/N ;e/ Bk f;zx dk Bkw b'e'.
T[jh, ;ajhd pkp{ ;zsk f;zx dk ndkbsh fpnkB, p?s, fJB T[jh, gzBk 97H
180 ebrh tkfbnk nkD e/ t/y ibdh,
T[iV fojk i' s/ok r[biako, ;kJhI
pkr bkfJnk ;h y{B d/ Bkb fijVk
ykD br gJh T[;/ Bz{ tkV ;kJhI.
ykso pkr dh fgsk s/ wks Bkb/,
tko/ firo d/ N'N/ ;h uko ;kJhI
eoB bJh gqc[bs fJ; pkr skJhI,
;opz; fdZsk ;h nkg B/ tko ;kJhI. H
T[jh, gzBk 101H