My Malice and Bias

Impression of Makhan Shah Lohana Before his untimely death in Delhi,  Guru Harkrishan Rai had named ' Baba Bakala " as his successor to be the next Guru. No one understood who 'Baba Bakala" was and left the Sikhs leaderless for some time The Sikh community elders discussed the possibilities but no conclusive decision could be made on who was the eighth guru was referring to. Among the Sikh elders searching for the 9th Guru was Bhai Makhan Shah , a wealthy merchant from Kathiawad in Gujarat. Bakala Town Map of Bakala, Punjab Bakala is a small historic town in Majha region of Punjab located at 31°33′18″N 75°15′56″E, on Batala Road, near Amritsar, Punjab, India. The town is located about 26 miles) away from Amritsar, 29 miles northwest of Jalandhar and 120 miles northwest of the state's capital of Chandigarh.  The region was famous for the cultivation of 'Bakala' or Buckwheat . The buckwheat Common was domesticated and first cultivated in inland Southeast As...

Deval Devi (representation) Deval Devi was the princess and daughter of Kanha Dada aka Karna Deva  (the last sovereign of the Vaghela  dynasty from Gujarat state in Indiaa. According to medieval chronicles, Delhi Sultanate ruler Alauddin Khilji invaded his kingdom in 1299, Gujarat was one of the wealthiest regions of India at that time. Conquest of Gujarat Alauddin's army captured Gujarat easily in a very short time. The Jain chronicler Jinaprabha Suri states that Khliji's forces routed Kanha's army at Ashapalli (present-day Ahmedabad). Karna weighed his options and his ministers advised him to flee the country and return after the departure of the invaders. Karna fled with his queen Kamala Devi and family towards south. His queen, Kamla Devi, fell into the hands of the invaders and was sent as booty to Alauddin Khalji. Allauddin fell in love with the Gujarati queen and married Kamala Devi, the first recorded marriage between a Hindu queen and a Muslim ruler. ...