Title: Miscellaneous articles
Author surname(s): Singh Grewal
Author forename(s): Jagtar
Publisher: Guru Nanak university, Amritsar
Pages: 162
ISBN: none
Publn 1974 (original publication date: 1927)
Location: shelf 22.1 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: y
Overview: A collection of articles by this historian covering Punjab's history and up to Ranjit Singh's rule. Two articles are; a) how the Gurus ruled; b) the state of Sikh studies, including historians who wrote about Sikhs. c) the book Char Bagh i Punjab by Ganesh Das on the evolution of the Sikhs. 
An archived copy (some pages are missing) is available here: https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.107989/page/153/mode/2up

Title: British relations with the CIS-Sutlej states
Author surname(s): Farooqi
Author forename(s): Mian Bashir Ahmed
Publisher: Language Dept, Punjab, Patiala
Pages: 54
ISBN: none
Publn 2002 (original publication date: 1942)
Location: shelf 22.1 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: y
Overview: The book describes the interactions between Ranjit Singh, Punjab Hill chiefs and the British.  The book shows the Chiefs sought the assistance of the Brits to prevent Ranjit Singh from possessing lands of the Chiefs and used the Brits to keep the peace between them and Ranjit Singh and among themselves.  It covers the period 1809-1823.  There is a bibliography

SVariousTitle: Farooq Abdullah Kashmir's prodigal son
Author surname(s): Sinha
Author forename(s): Aditya
Publisher: UBS Publishers
Pages: 256
ISBN: 8174760725
Publn 1996 (original publication date: 1996)
Location: shelf 21.5 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: y
Overview: A biography of the person in the title.  I have included it in the catalogue only because it includes sections about Sikhs or Sikhi.

Title: The fall of the kingdom of the Punjab
Author surname(s): Singh 
Author forename(s): Khushwant
Publisher: Orient Longman
Pages: 165
ISBN: none
Publn 1971 (original publication date: 1962)
Location: shelf 20.7 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: y
Overview: It covers the decade 1839-1849

Title: A history of the Sikh people 1469-1978
Author surname(s): Singh 
Author forename(s): Gopal
Publisher: World Sikh university press, New Delhi
Pages: 762
ISBN: n
Publn 1979 (original publication date: 1979)
Location: shelf 19.1 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: n
Overview: "A  thick book covering a long time period."  I cannot believe I wrote this description of this book.   This is the first edition.  The following text is about the second edn.  The second edn (1988) is on shelf 27.1 or 27.2 and is an updated and revised version of first edn (1979).  It was reprinted 2002.  The books has many chaps on the gurus and their lessons and their lives and times.  There is a section on the "socio-political conditions of India as depicted in the Adi Granth".  The chap on Gurdas gives his views on the Sikh way of life.  Subsequent chaps describe Sikh history and struggles and the sovereignty of Punjab and its demise as an empire.  There is a chap on Ranjit Singh.   There are chaps on: Anglo-Sikh wars; reviving Sikhi; the fight for freedom from the Brits and the transfer of power after independence.  The decade 1978-88.  Appendix 1 & 2: Akali Dal demands (1981); Appendix 3: Anandpur Sahib Resolution; Appendix 4: Opn Blue Star; Appendix 5: Sikh popln across India; Appendix 6: Rehat; Appendix 7: hukamnammas; Appendix 8: extracts from Bachittar Natak; Appendix 9: zafarname; Appendix 10: the meaning of 'raj karega Khalsa'; Appendix 11: Miri Piri; Appendix 12: Sikh congregational prayer in English (Ardas); Appendix 13: 1920 debate on Jallianwala Bagh in UK Parliament; Appendix 14: letters bween the author and others.

Title: Was Bhindranwale a Congress creation?
Author surname(s): Singh 
Author forename(s): Baldev
Publisher: Baldev Singh
Pages: 360
ISBN: 9789351968511
Publn 2015 (original publication date: 2015)
Location: shelf 18.5 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: n
Overview: "This book is result of his [the author's] 40 years ground level impartial study, without mincing words or concealing facts, for or against any leader."  The book is not easily defined - it covers many aspects of the period from 1980s onwards and especially the militancy, politics, SGPC, and events affecting Sikhs, Bhindranwale, the immoral behaviour of Ranjit Singh, the lapses of Sikh youths in Punjab today, the authenticity of DG; academic dishonesty; the failure of Sikhs during the Partitition negotiations; and much more besides.  There is a bibliography.

Title: Stories from Sikh history book 7
Author surname(s): Singh and Singh Dhillon
Author forename(s): Kartar and Gurdial
Publisher: Hemkunt
Pages: 128
ISBN: 9788170101772
Publn 2002 (original publication date: 1975)
Location: shelf 18.5 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: y
Overview: The book (aimed at school children, but useful for all ages) covers the period from Ranjit singh to 1989.  Test Qs are provided (without answers).

Title: A year on the Punjab frontier in 1848-49
Author surname(s): Edwardes
Author forename(s): Herbert
Publisher: ns
Pages: 591
ISBN: none
Publn 1965 (original publication date: 1965)
Location: shelf 17.7 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: n
Overview: Not easy to understand what the book is about but I think it is an account of the battle between the Brits and  Dewan Moolraj in the siege of Mooltan.Not clear to me who were the foreigners and who were the owners of the land.  There are accounts of Ranjit Singh - who conquered the land but perhaps that came after the battle that is the subject of this book.Moolraj eventually surrendered to the Brits. "The Mooltan rebellion was the father, not the son, of the second Sikh war."

Title: At them with the bayonet the first Sikh war
Author surname(s): Featherstone
Author forename(s): Donald
Publisher: Jarrolds publishers, London
Pages: 197
ISBN: none
Publn 1968 (original publication date: 1968)
Location: shelf 17.6 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: y
Overview: "Out-gunned and in the field and sustaining heavy losses, the English soldiers won four pitched battles in a month to defeat not only an army but also a race of fanatics.An account by a British person of the Sikh battles with the British, and includes information on the Khalsa and the strategy and actions of Ranjit Singh.  There is a bibliography.  "Policy prevented me publicly recording my sentiments of the splendid gallantry of a fallen foe, and I declare, were it not for a conviction that my country's good required the sacrifice, I could have wept to witness the fearful slaughter of so devoted a body." said Hugh Gough (Brit commander-in-chief) of the Sikh army slaughtered at Sobraon.  The author writes "when a red coated British Army, with colours flying and bands playing, marched off to the other side of the world to take on a native kingdom, no one expected any other result than the complete rout of the natives, who were not expected to possess the same high qualities that bring success to white troops."

Title: Winston Churchill's account of Anglo-Sikh wars & its in-side tale
Author surname(s): Singh 
Author forename(s): Karnail
Publisher: SGPC
Pages: 160
ISBN: none
Publn 2007 (original publication date: 1968)
Location: shelf 17.6 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: y
Overview: The book is the 2007 edition, and the 1984 edition is also on the same shelf.  Both editions are identical except the 1984 edition has a page at the back of errors. The 2007 book considers "Winston's [Churchill's verdict] regarding Anglo-Sikh relations after the death of Maharaja Ranjit Singh…is neither borne out by history nor by the evidence of those eminent English-men who handled affairs in India and in England at the time of those ill fated happenings."  The book covers the period around the Anglo-Sikh wars and also mentions Jind Kaur and Duleep Singh.  I think in essence, the book is a response to reject the history according to Churchill and other Brits and set the historical record straight.  

Title: Maharaja Ranjit Singh
Author surname(s): Singh Grewal
Author forename(s): Jagtar
Publisher: Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar
Pages: ns
ISBN: none
Publn 1982 (original publication date: 1982)
Location: shelf 17.4 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: y
Overview: The book is aimed at the young reader, but will be useful to older readers.  Part of the book is missing.

Title: History of the Sikhs
Author surname(s): Cunningham
Author forename(s): Joseph Davy
Publisher: S Chand & Co, New Delhi
Pages: 402
ISBN: none
Publn 1966 estd. (original publication date: 1966 estd.)
Location: shelf 17.4 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: y
Overview: The book is an edited version (editor: Garrett HLO) of Cunningham's book that was first published in 1849. Cunningham spent 8 years among Sikhs.  His book is considered an accurate account.  His book "told the whole truth-the unpalatable truth, regarding the first Sikh war; it exposed the real strength of the Sikh army; the conduct of, and the negotiations with, the Sikh chiefs...But a despotic Government cannot endure truths which seem to reflect on the justice of its policy.  Looking at the policy of annexation from the basis of Cunningham's book, that policy was undoubtedly unjust." Cunningham's book covers the gurus and other religions and the history of the Punjab from around AD 800 and the surrounding states that came under Sikh control or influence.  It covers the period of Ranjit Singh and his battles with the Brits through to around 1846. There are many appendices that present treaties and information about GGS and DG scriptures, and a variety of other information.

Title: The Sikhs
Author surname(s): Gordon
Author forename(s): John
Publisher: Language Dept, Punjab Govt
Pages: 236
ISBN: none
Publn 1988 (original publication date: 1970)
Location: shelf 17.4 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: y
Overview: The book is based on the 1883 book by Gordon about his time among Sikhs.  It is therefore a book about Sikhs, including Sikhi as a religion, Ranjit Singh, battles with the Brits, and Brit Raj.  Unfortunately, some pages are blank.

Title: The fall of the Sikh empire
Author surname(s): Gardner
Author forename(s): Alexander
Publisher: National Book Shop, Delhi
Pages: 132
ISBN: 8171162312
Publn 2007 (original publication date: ns)
Location: shelf 17.4 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: y
Overview: The book (edited by Baldev Singh Baddan) is based on the memoirs of a western soldier of fortune, Gardner, employed by Ranjit Singh around 1831, and then by Gulab Singh.  The appendices provide data on prominent people of the time.  There is a bibliography and a book list of useful books on Sikh history.

Title:How the Sikhs lost their Kingdom
Author surname(s): Singh
Author forename(s): Khushwant
Publisher: UBS Publishers
Pages: 194
ISBN: none
Publn 1997 (original publication date: 1996)
Location: shelf 17.4 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: y
Overview: The book tells of the fall of the kingdom and covers the decade after Ranjit Singh.

Title: Maharaja Ranjit Singh
Author surname(s): Singh Bhatia and Bakshi
Author forename(s): H and SR
Publisher: Deep & Deep publications, New Delhi
Pages: 279
ISBN: 8176291331
Publn 2000 (original publication date: 2000)
Location: shelf 17.2 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: y
Overview: The book deals with the history of the Punjab and the life and times of Ranjit Singh including the Koh-i-Noor diamond and his relationship with the Brits.  There is a bibliography.

Title: The real Ranjit Singh
Author surname(s): Waheeduddin
Author forename(s): Fakir Syed
Publisher: Punjabi university, Patiala
Pages: 212
ISBN: none
Publn 1981 (original publication date: 1981)
Location: shelf 17.2 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: y
Overview: "This book does not pretend to be a standard biography or a work of historical research.   It is a plain and simple pen-portrait of Maharaja Ranjit Singh as my ancestors know him in real life [based on material preserved by the author's ancestors]"  There is a glossary but no bibliography.

Title: The Khalsa generals
Author surname(s): Singh 
Author forename(s): Gurbaksh
Publisher: Sikh Missionary College, Ludhiana
Pages: 87
ISBN: none
Publn 2013 (original publication date: 2013)
Location: shelf 16.5 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: y
Overview: The purpose of the booklet is to make Sikh youths "become aware of their great and heroic past, feel proud of being connected to it and are inspired to live their lives as brave Sikhs committed to their faith.  The book will also meet the needs of those persons who are interested in having an overall view of the Sikh struggle for human rights during the 18th century."  The generals mentioned are: Banda Singh Bahadur; Kapoor Singh; Jassa Singh Ahluwalia; Jassa Singh Ramgharia; Phoola Singh; Hari Singh Nalwa; Ranjeet Singh.  Their lives cover the period 1670 - 1839.  There is a glossary.

Title: The Khalsa and the Punjab studies in Sikh history, to the nineteenth century
Author surname(s): Banerjee
Author forename(s): Himadri
Publisher: Tulika Books
Pages: 192
ISBN: 8185229716/8185229724
Publn 2002 (original publication date: 2002)
Location: shelf 16.4 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: y
Overview: The book (part of a series on Sikhi marking 300th anniversary of Khalsa formation) is a collection of 15 papers on Sikhi, including: the Khalsa at the time of guru Gobind Singh; the Marathas; Sikh territorial chieftainships; the Maratha-Sikh treaty; Sikhs in the South; Ranjit Singh; Ventura's Jagir; Khalsa ideology and politics; Raja Lal Singh; Jind Kaur; agrarian conditions in GGS; Sikh painting. There are two ISBNs bec one miight be for a hardback version.

Title: Story of maharaja Ranjit Singh
Author surname(s): NS
Author forename(s): NS
Publisher: Hemkunt
Pages: 80
ISBN: none
Publn date: NS (original publication date: NS)
Location: shelf 4.7 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: NS
Overview: Pages are missing from the early part of the book so details about the book's publication are not available.  It is a biography of Ranjit Singh.

Title: Stories about Sikh traditions
Author surname(s): Kaur
Author forename(s): Kanwaljit
Publisher: Hemkunt
Pages: 56
ISBN: 8170103517
Publn date: 2007 (original publication date: 2006)
Location: shelf 4.7 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: n
Overview: A book aimed at children that describes Sikh stories about Nanak, the birth of guru Gobind Singh, and Sikhi and Sikh traditions: Vaisakhi, langar, plus maharaja Ranjit Singh.

Title: Ranjit Singh the lion of Punjab
Author surname(s): Singh 
Author forename(s): Rahul
Publisher: Amar Chitra Katha Pvt Ltd, Mumbai
Pages: 32
ISBN: 9788184820959
Publn date: 2012 (original publication date: 1974 estd.)
Location: shelf 4.7 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: n
Overview: A comic-style book on his life.

Title: A glimpse of the ten gurus
Author surname(s): Singh Kaushal
Author forename(s): Biiba
Publisher: sikh missionary soc UK (southall)
Pages: 12 estd.
ISBN: none
Publn date: NS (original publication date: NS)
Location: shelf 4.7 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: n
Overview: very brief details of the geneology of the gurus, Ranjit Singh, and on the back cover there is a portrait of 5 "great heroes of the faith"

Title: The city of Amritsar: an introduction
Author surname(s): Singh
Author forename(s): Fauja
Publisher: Punjabi University, Patiala
Pages: 127
ISBN: none
Publn date: 1990 (original publication date: 1977)
Location: shelf 15.4 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: yes
Overview: The first edition is on shelf 13.7.  The third edition is on shelf 15.3.  This (second) edition is dated 1990.  The aim is to give "an insight into the secrets of Amritsar's great charm and fascination as also into factors which have been at work to make it the premier city of Punjab…A larger work on the subject will follow shortly."   Chapters include: the life of guru Amar Daas, the golden temple, compilation of GGS, akal Takht, heroes (martyrs) associated with Amritsar. Appendices describe Amritsar during the periods of the Misls and of Ranjit Singh, gardens and other notable developments in Amritsar, and a calendar of notable historical events in Amritsar from 1577 to 1969. 

Title: The city of Amritsar: an introduction
Author surname(s): Singh
Author forename(s): Fauja
Publisher: Punjabi University, Patiala
Pages: 125
ISBN: 8173806361
Publn date: 2000 (original publication date: 1977)
Location: shelf 15.3 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: yes
Overview: The first edition is on shelf 13.7.  This (THIRD) edition is dated 2000.  The aim is to give "an insight into the secrets of Amritsar's great charm and fascination as also into factors which have been at work to make it the premier city of Punjab…A larger work on the subject will fiollow shortly."   Chapters include: the life of guru Amar Daas, the golden temple, compilation of GGS, akal Takht, heroes (martyrs) associated with Amritsar. Appendices describe Amritsar during the periods of the Misls and of Ranjit Singh, gardens and other notable developments in Amritsar, and a calendar of notable historical events in Amritsar from 1577 to 1969.