{"id":9860,"date":"2023-01-17T12:41:45","date_gmt":"2023-01-17T07:11:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/akalidalamritsar.in\/?p=9860"},"modified":"2023-01-17T12:41:45","modified_gmt":"2023-01-17T07:11:45","slug":"hindutva-writers-must-write-facts-and-mention-the-contributions-of-sikhs-simranjit-singh-mann","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/akalidalamritsar.in\/?p=9860","title":{"rendered":"Hindutva writers must write facts and mention the contributions of Sikh\u2019s. &#8211; Simranjit Singh Mann"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-vivid-red-color has-text-color\"><strong><em>Hindutva writers must write facts and mention the contributions of Sikh\u2019s. &#8211; Simranjit Singh Mann<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color\"><strong><em>The Tribune dated 14 January, 2023<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"828\" height=\"456\" src=\"https:\/\/akalidalamritsar.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/tt14.1.23.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9861\" srcset=\"https:\/\/akalidalamritsar.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/tt14.1.23.jpg 828w, https:\/\/akalidalamritsar.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/tt14.1.23-200x110.jpg 200w, https:\/\/akalidalamritsar.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/tt14.1.23-768x423.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 828px) 100vw, 828px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-luminous-vivid-orange-color has-text-color\"><strong>Shiromani Akali Dal ( Amritsar) states that majoritarian writers usually ignore facts. The Younghusband expedition to Tibet included a contingent of Sikh\u2019s which the author refuses to mention.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-luminous-vivid-orange-color has-text-color\"><strong>Similarly the Lahore Darbar (Sikh Empire 1799-1849) annexed Ladakh in 1834 but in the Parliament and Hindutva historians mention General Zorawar Singh, a Dogra, having annexed Ladakh. This is true as General Zorawar Singh was a General of the Lahore Darbar.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-luminous-vivid-orange-color has-text-color\"><strong>Conversely can we Sikh\u2019s say that Lt. General Harbakhs Singh in the 1965 war against Islamic Pakistan saved North India from going into the hands of Islamic Pakistan, had he withdrawn his forces to the left bank of the Bias, river as ordered by the Army Chief in Delhi, General Choudary.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-luminous-vivid-orange-color has-text-color\"><strong>The fact that he disobeyed the Chief\u2019s orders and fought the battle to the last inch of the Hindu Indian state, didn\u2019t it mean the Sikh\u2019s had saved Hindu India.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-luminous-vivid-orange-color has-text-color\"><strong>Then in 1971 war with Islamic Pakistan, it was Lt. General Jagjit Singh Arora and Major General Shubeg Singh, the two Sikh Generals who brought about the creation of Bangladesh. Would it mean that the Sikh\u2019s liberated Bangladesh?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-luminous-vivid-orange-color has-text-color\"><strong>We hope Hindutva writers will be honest and not skip facts to prove their manhood. Facts must be placed as facts. No Hera &#8211; Pheri, we are watchful.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#072de3\"><strong><em>Simranjit Singh Mann,<br>President,<br>Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar).<br>Email simranijtsinghmann@yahoo.com<br>Website: https:\/\/akalidalamritsar.in\/<br>Facebook page: @sardarsimranjitsinghmann<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hindutva writers must write facts and mention the contributions of Sikh\u2019s. &#8211; Simranjit Singh Mann The Tribune dated 14 January, 2023 Shiromani Akali Dal ( Amritsar) states that majoritarian writers usually ignore facts. The Younghusband expedition to Tibet included a contingent of Sikh\u2019s which the author refuses to mention. Similarly the Lahore Darbar (Sikh Empire [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9861,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-comments"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/akalidalamritsar.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/akalidalamritsar.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/akalidalamritsar.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/akalidalamritsar.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/akalidalamritsar.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9860"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/akalidalamritsar.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9860\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9862,"href":"https:\/\/akalidalamritsar.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9860\/revisions\/9862"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/akalidalamritsar.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/akalidalamritsar.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/akalidalamritsar.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/akalidalamritsar.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}