Secret History of the Khalsa Durbar

Author: G Carmichael SmythPublisher: National Book shopYear: 2002Language: EnglishPages: 199ISBN/UPC (if available): 8171163068 DescriptionThis book has been compiled partly from native manuscripts, and partly from information collected from Sikh Sirdars, and European officers in Maharaja Ranjit Singh's service; but chiefly from the notes of a Captain Garner of the Sikh Artillery, who supplied important information to the British Government.This book was originally published under the title 'A History of the Reigning Family of Lahore' in 1847 just after the Anglo-Sikh wars and annexation of Punjab by the British thus bringing to close the Sikh Raj that was established by Maharaja Ranjit Singh in 1801. To prepare this book, the editor had consulted notes fed by the British intelligence network.Among the principal intelligence gatherers for the British was one Col. Gardner, an American, who was the head of Ranjit Singh's artillery. The other who worked with British intelligence were th