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materials to us and asked us to take up this project. We are very happy
that we could fulfil our duty to bring the truth to light.
S. Jarnail Singh, a retired army official, spent several months
exploring the Lohgarh Fort zone by actually visiting hundreds of hills.
All materials about the structure and geographical location of Lohgarh
Fort was done by Gagandeep Singh. Similarly, most of the materials
about the battles of Lohgarh, the Vanjaras and the Sikligars, background
of Sadhura, life of Pir Budhu Shah too was written by Gagandeep Singh.
All the pictures, which have been published in this book, were taken by
Gagandeep Singh, Gurvinder Singh and Jarnail Singh.
We are thankful to Baba Sukha Singh, Diljeet Singh, Prithi Pal Singh,
Harjinder Singh, Parmjeet Singh, Manmohan Singh, Gurvinder Singh,
Gurbhax Singh, Gurpreet Singh, Harjeet Singh, Narinder Singh, Shiv
Shankar Pahwa, Hardev Singh, Charan Singh Arvinder Pal Singh, JS
Mirpur, Rishi Pal Singh, Sukvinder Singh, Gobind Singh, Joginder Singh,
Satinder Singh all associated with Lohgarh Trust, Yamuna Nagar, who
made noteworthy contribution in unveiling facts pertaining to the
Lohgarh-Khalsa Rajdhani. A special thanks to Adarshdeep Singh, Deputy
Superintendent of Police, Govt. of Haryana, for providing the necessary
support during the survey of the Fort Lohgarh. We are also thankful to
the concerned Sarpanches, Gram Sachivs, Patwaris and the staff of DDPO
office, Yamuna Nagar, who helped in compiling the important
information in the context of Lohgarh. We also wish to record our thanks
to the Haryana Academy of History & Culture, Kurukshetra for publishing
this study.
Our sincere thanks to Shri Manohar Lal Ji, the Honourable Chief
Minister of Haryana, for writing some kind words for our research work.

Harjinder Singh Dilgeer
Gurvinder Singh, (Chairman, Lohgarh Trust)