Rattan Singh Bhangoo's magnum opus (1841) is one of the primary historical chronicles and seminal works about the origin and evolution of the Khalsa Panth, more specifically about the 18 century of the Sikhs, the most gory and violent period so far in the entire history of the Sikhs. It came to be written under special circumstances soon after the British capture of Delhi from the powerful Marhattas and the siege of Delhi by the Khalsa forces under the command of ...