Re-exploring Baba Ram Singh and Namdhari Movement

Navtej Singh

Published by Punjabi University, Patiala, 2010

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22x14cm, iv,276 pp., Published in an edition of 500 copies. Contains 29 papers presented at a seminar on 150 years of Namdhari Movement : A Recontemplation , held at Patiala on 7th May 2008. Includes: A note on the social backround of the Namdhari Sikhs of Punjab; Social milieu in Punjab & the Kuka movement; Hukamnamas of Baba Ram Singh: Impressions & apprehensions of the Namdhari movement; Namdhari beliefs and practices as reflected in the Hukamnamas of Baba Ram Singh; Controversial death of Guru Ram Singh; British attitute towards Namdharis; The Kukas, Patiala Maharaja & the British; Punjabui literature on the Namdhari movement; Was the Kuka (Namdhari) movement a rebellion against British government?; The Kukas: A millenarian sect of the Punjab; Origin of the Namdhari Sikhs: Some historiographical aspects; Contradition in the British records on the Kuka history; Namdhari Deras of District Amritsar: A profile; etc.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Re-exploring Baba Ram Singh and Namdhari Movement
• Publisher: Punjabi University, Patiala
• Publication Date: 2010
• Binding: orig.boards
• Condition: Minor rubbing. VG.
• Seller catalogs:
  • Sikhism