10-29-2007, 02:28 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-Mudy+Oct 28 2007, 03:25 PM-->QUOTE(Mudy @ Oct 28 2007, 03:25 PM)<!--QuoteEBegin--><!--QuoteBegin--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->1860s onwards<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I think in 1857 they realized, we are unable to convert them, how about destroying them. If you think this was only martial group created to protect rest of India and were positioned at most volatile Western front.
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in 1857, Sikhs were with British. Not just with them passively, like the Rajputs and some Maratha-s, but pro-actively and combatively helped angrej crush the 1857 raising. Anti-British sense ended with Maharaja Ranjit Singh in 1830s. After that British used Sikhs in their Afghan-side of the great game. So they found Sikhs to be useful. Dilip Singh was converted and was buried in London.
Sikhs did turn around later in the next cenury, but never realized the larger game fully or completely. Nor did the rest of the country. Or turn of events were too fast. Even now, how many realize the game Angrez played! Angrez that killed millions of our ancestors directly! How many even feel bitter about the colonial history!
I think in 1857 they realized, we are unable to convert them, how about destroying them. If you think this was only martial group created to protect rest of India and were positioned at most volatile Western front.
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in 1857, Sikhs were with British. Not just with them passively, like the Rajputs and some Maratha-s, but pro-actively and combatively helped angrej crush the 1857 raising. Anti-British sense ended with Maharaja Ranjit Singh in 1830s. After that British used Sikhs in their Afghan-side of the great game. So they found Sikhs to be useful. Dilip Singh was converted and was buried in London.
Sikhs did turn around later in the next cenury, but never realized the larger game fully or completely. Nor did the rest of the country. Or turn of events were too fast. Even now, how many realize the game Angrez played! Angrez that killed millions of our ancestors directly! How many even feel bitter about the colonial history!