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...

Badh Khalsa Village in Sonipat, Haryana The small village of Badh Khalsa in Sonepat district of Haryana has its name inscribed in the Sikh history in golden letters. The village is proud of the supreme sacrifice of their ancestor, Bhai Kushal Singh , a follower of the ninth Sikh Guru, Guru Teg Bahadur, the ninth Sikh Guru. Bhai Kushal Singh Dahiya Badh Khalsa village is located 13 miles from Sonipat and about 50 miles from Delhi. The total geographical area of village is 257 hectares. Badh Khalsa has a total population of 2,642 people with about 529 houses belonging mostly to the Dahiya clan of Haryanvi Jaats.  Badh Khalsa Village, Haryana Background Guru Tegh Bahadur , the ninth Guru of the Sikhs is revered as the Hind di Chaadar,  literally means the "Honor of India". The period from 1658 to 1707 is considered a dark period in India's history when Aurangzeb , the Mughal emperor ruled India enforcing Sharia law with ruthless fanatical zeal.  He authorized compilatio...