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: 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: Sikhdom
Author surname(s): Singh Sihra
Author forename(s): Kirpal
Publisher: Sikh Commonwealth, England
Pages: 88
ISBN: none
Publn 1985 (original publication date: 1985)
Location: shelf 18.1 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: y
Overview: The booklet is an attempt to "redress the resulting imbalance in world opinion [caused by the Indian government propaganda following Op Bluestar and assassination of Gandhi and the branding of Sikhs as "terrorists" and "extremists" by the media]".  It discusses the Brit-Sikh relationship from the time of the Raj and the 1947 partition and the loss of a Sikh homeland as a result.  It also discusses 1984 and the relationship beween Gandhi and Bhinderwale.  It also talks of a "Sikh kingdom" and Sikh politics.

Title: Sikhs in the eighteenth century
Author surname(s): Singh Ghandi
Author forename(s): Surjit
Publisher: Singh Brothers
Pages: 741
ISBN: 8172052170
Publn 1999 (original publication date: 1999)
Location: shelf 17.6 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: y
Overview: The book is wide-ranging and begins from the revenge of Banda Singh Bahadur, to the efforts by mughals, afghans and marathas to eliminate or oppress the Sikhs; Sikhs' response by forming Sikh organisations and concepts to counter such forces. There is also a section about Sikh Misls; Sikhs and the Marathas; Sikhs' incursions towards Delhi.  There is a section on Sikhi developing into an offshoot of Hinduisim as a consequence of control of gurdwaras, and a section on the emergence of casteism among Sikhs.  The book also highlights failures and successes of Sikhi in the 18th C.  There is a bibliography.

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: 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: The making of the Sikh empire the role of Banda Bahadur and the Misls
Author surname(s): Singh Mahal
Author forename(s): Bhupinder
Publisher: S Tallim & Co
Pages: 229
ISBN: 9780968673614
Publn 2013 (original publication date: 2013)
Location: shelf 17.4 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: n
Overview: The book is primarily about the Misls but also has a lot to say about Banda Singh Bahadur and it does not agree with many other accounts of his life and his achievements.  There is a glossary but no bibliography.

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.