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38. Ganesh Das Vadhera, Risala Sahib Numa, p 197.
39. Ajay Singh was born to Sushil Kaur of Chamba. Banda Singh had married
her in the last days of 1710 and even if he was conceived in the first day
of marriage, he must have been born after September 1711; hence he
was less than five years old at the time of his martyrdom.
40. Mohammed Qasim Aurangabadi, Ahwaal-Ul-Khaakeen, pp 121-124.
41. Khafi Khan, op.cit., chapter 2, pp 766-67.
42. Amar Singh Kamboj was the son of Raghupati Sahai Kamboj (a dedicated
Sikh of the time of Guru Tegh Bahadur), and was a landlord of Khemkaran.
He and his brother were a part of the army of Guru Gobind Singh. He had
participated almost in all the battles of Banda Singh Bahadur. When Banda
Singh was arrested from Gurdas Nangal, he had gone to his village.
43. Sahib Kaur presented this turban to Amar Singh, who kept it as a siropao
(robe of honour), and he preserved it as relics. Later, his companions
began claiming that due to this turban Amar Singh was the chief of the
Sikh Panth. Due to this, the companions of Amar Singh began tying turbans
of red colour.
44. Lala Ganda Mall Wadhawan, Twareekh-i-Sohdra, as quoted by Giani Garja
Singh in Shaheed Bilas.
45. Karam Singh Historian (in his book Banda Singh Bahadur), commenting
upon Giani Gian Singh says, “It is bad luck of the Sikhs that their history
writers were like those of Giani Gian Singh.” In another article “Ablawan
tay Sikh “Karam Singh Historian comments that “Giani Gian Singh was
fond of gossip-mongering.”
46. Sewa Singh, Shaheed Bilas, written in 1790.
47. Khafi Khan, Muntkhab-ul-Lubab, pp 765-67.
48. Haqiqat Bina-va-Aruz-i-Singhan, published in India Historica Quarterly,
March 1942.