Maharaja Ranjit Singh And Khalsa Raj

[Bijla Singh]

Many times I have heard and read many Sikhs insult Maharaja Ranjit Singh. I am posting the following information for everyone to read and realize that he was a good person with a sense of morality and provided better leadership than today's governments. We should never forget what he accomplished and how he protected Punjab and India. Please keep the negativity out of this topic. Purpose of this topic is to show his another side which many times is ignored by today's 'critics'. The information is taken from Bahumullay Itihaasak Lekh.

[Punjabi_Link]

who said he wasn't a good person?

[ocelot]

I edited my post For respect to Bijla singh, i am not giving any of my views which would be negative.

[Bijla Singh]

Every person has some good and bad in them. Don't blame him for everything. My point is to highlight what he accomplished. He was the one to unite Sikh misls and stop foreign attacks of 800 years. He took back Punjab from Afghanistan and reduced pathan rule by half its size. maybe not as a Sikh but as a Punjabi I am proud of him. Every Indian should also be proud of him since he protected India and stopped foreign invaders once and for all. He used to go out at night in disguise to ensure that his people were not suffering and took strict measures to stop bribery and corruption. How many leaders do that today? He has done a lot but we never appreciated him. Thanks for editing your post, ocelot. I request others not to turn this topic into a personal fight. I will be posting more info on him soon so that we learn good side of him and learn from his mistakes so that in future when we have our own country we won't repeat them.

[Punjabi_Link]

Okay, who exactly criticize him to be a bad person? Yes, there are some people who criticize him not being a good Sikh (and consider him not being a Sikh at all), but I doubt they ever said he was a bad person in general. Heck, even some Pakistani Punjabis have a lot of respect for him.

[Bijla Singh]

I am not pointing at someone in particular. I have read this on some forums and many people always criticize him and never learn his good side. So I am posting this for people to learn something about him.

[S1ngh]

I am currently reading a book "Man who would be King, First American in Afghanistan".. Josiah Harlan from PA, US was Mahraja Ranjit Singh's personal Physician for limited time and he did mentioned lots of stuff about Mahraja Ranjit Singh's raj.. I just started reading this book so will post stuff later on.. He wrote his memoirs throughout his travel from US to calcutta to punjab to Afghanistan where he tried to established his own raj but was ousted by British later on..

I will read bijla singh's clipping to learn more about him...

[Bundha]

I agree, too many people are quick to critisize M.Ranjit Singh. He was a great leader and did much for the sikhs.

No one is perfect but I have also seen posts that totally decimate his character. Sikh leaders are few and far between we should hold on to them and promote them.

[parmjit]

there are some things which are no good with ranjit singh but he was a good king and we have no one like that now, he employed people from the west to govern his army which is a great task and deserves alot of respect.

fateh

[Shaheed_Fauja]

If we ignore all the criticisms about him, we have to appreciate that Maharaja Ranjit Singh KNEW what he was doing while maintaining Khalsa Raj!