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instructions against injustice. On the other hand, the Muslim rulers
always committed atrocities on the Sikhs; they raised, many a times,
jehad (holy war) against the Sikhs to wipe them out. Bahadur Shah had
issued orders to kill all the Sikhs indiscriminately; one such order had
been issued on the 10 th of December 1710, and, repeated time and
again. Thus, to call Banda Singh as anti-Islam is a grave injustice to Banda
Singh and is rape of history.

Endnotes
1. This justice-loving nature of Banda Singh finds mention in Kesar Singh
Chhiber’s book Bansavalinama Dasan Patsahian Da, stanzas 43-45.