Title: Perspectives on Sikh polity
Author surname(s): Singh 
Author forename(s): Kehar
Publisher: Dawn Publishers
Pages: 279
ISBN: none
Publn 1993 (original publication date: 1993)
Location: shelf 20.4 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: y
Overview: The book is a collection of essays by various writers, and is an "overview of ideological and political developments in the Sikh community from the times of..." Nanak to date  It includes political ideas and values of the gurus and the demand for Khalistan. "The book will help the reader better appraise the demand for Khalistan which can no more be dismissed as that of the 'lunatic fringe.' "

Title: The invasion of the golden temple
Author surname(s): Singh Kapoor
Author forename(s): Sukhbir
Publisher: ns
Pages: 80
ISBN: none
Publn 1984 (original publication date: 1984)
Location: shelf 20.3 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: n
Overview: The book "deals with the preparations and reasons for the invasion of the Golden Temple…and its aftermath."  Includes quotes of Bhindranwale.

Title: Sikh ethnonationalism and the political economy of Punjab
Author surname(s): Purewal 
Author forename(s): Shinder
Publisher: OUP
Pages: 215
ISBN: '0195651804
Publn 2000 (original publication date: 2000)
Location: shelf 20.3 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: y
Overview: The book is based on the author's PhD.  It looks at the political and social reasons for the formation of Sikh 'militants' in the 1980s and 1990s.  It also discusses the evolution of capitalist farmers in the Punjab and their influence, and the influence of SGPC and related religious and political parties.  A very confusing account partly because of its jargon and lack of clarity and connectedness of events.  There is a glossary and a bibliography.

Title: Agrarian system of the Sikhs
Author surname(s): Banga
Author forename(s): Indu
Publisher: Manohar publications, New Delhi
Pages: 260
ISBN: none
Publn 1978 (original publication date: 1978)
Location: shelf 20.2 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: y
Overview: The book is "a study of the agrarian system of the Sikhs as it evolved under the Sikh rulers in the socio-economic context of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century India."  In other words, this book is about "the nature and development of many of these [political and social] institutions, especially Rakhi, the Gurmata, the Dal Khalsa and the Misl."  There is a glossary and bibliography.

Title: The sovereignty of the Sikh doctrine
Author surname(s): Singh Ahluwalia
Author forename(s): Jasbir
Publisher: Singh Brothers
Pages: 272
ISBN: 8172053703
Publn 2006 (original publication date: 1983)
Location: shelf 20.1 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: y
Overview: "this book was conceived to discover, afresh, the essential doctrinal sovereignty of Sikhism in contemporary context, idiom and (ontological, epistimological) categories of thought…If Sikhism has to play its due role in the making of the new global civilization ...the Sikh community would have to update its contemporary praxis and re-orientate its mindset." [This is a load of unintelligible words, typical of pompous writers trying to dazzle with their vocabulary but at the same time denying readers of the understanding they seek and expect.]  The book is about Sikh identity and its distinct form separate from Hinduism; about the relationship of Sikhi with Marxism, and the significance of Jats.  The book "is considered an authoritative text on Sikh philosophy."

Title: The politics of Sikhs
Author surname(s): Kaur
Author forename(s): Jitinder
Publisher: National Book Organisation, New Delhi
Pages: 280
ISBN: n
Publn 1986 (original publication date: 1986)
Location: shelf 19.1 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: y
Overview: The book  "is an attempt to understand the political perceptions of Delhi Sikhs through a study of [DSGPC]." The book looks at Delhi SGPC and its approach compared to the approach taken by Sikhs of Punjab and SGPC, Amritsar.  A possible reason for the different approaches is Sikhs in Delhi are a minority amidst hindus.  "their [Delhi Sikhs vs Punjab Sikhs] political situations and the consequent percepions are widely different." There is a bibliograpohy.

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: Sikh pilgrimage to Pakistan
Author surname(s): Singh Chowdhary and Singh Choudry
Author forename(s): Hardip and Anup
Publisher: Gurbani Cassette Centre, UK
Pages: 32
ISBN: n
Publn 1985 (original publication date: 1985)
Location: shelf 18.7 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: y
Overview: It "introduces most of the Sikh shrines in Pakistan connected with the founding Guru…[and its aim is to] assist and encourage prospective pilgrims to visit these shrines."  There is also a chapter on Sikh history and the current (1985) political status.

Title: Directory of martyrs Indo-Sikh War, June 1984
Author surname(s): Singh Dhillon
Author forename(s): Jaspal
Publisher: Dal Khalsa, Amritsar
Pages: 305
ISBN: n
Publn 2006 (original publication date: 2006)
Location: shelf 18.6 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: y
Overview: The book is "about those who preferred to die, than surrender.  For the Sikh nation they are the martyrs of faith." The directory is incomplete "we have nit been able to trace names and families if all those who laid down their precious lives".  The directory includes a brief account of the events before and during the attack on Darbar Sahib in Jun 1984

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: Importance of the teachings of sri Guru Granth Sahib in present era & Punjab waters SYL canal
Author surname(s): Singh & Singh
Author forename(s): Kirpal & Gurdev
Publisher: Institute of Sikh Studies, Chandigarh
Pages: 83
ISBN: 8185815194
Publn 2002 (original publication date: 2002)
Location: shelf 18.4 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: y
Overview: The book is a collection of papers presented at a seminar on two subjects (stated in the book's title).

Title: Operation black thunder an eyewitness account of terrorism in Punjab
Author surname(s): Singh 
Author forename(s): Sarabjit
Publisher: Sage Publications, New Delhi
Pages: 358
ISBN: '076199596x; 8178291584
Publn 2002 (original publication date: 2002)
Location: shelf 18.4 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: n
Overview: Even with a Forward and a Preface, I still do not know what this book is about.  I think it is about the rise of militants in Punjab post 1984 and how they were quashed and the political and police actions during these decades up to 2000.  The back cover says "[this book] analyses the factors responsible for the rise and growth of terrorism in Punjab, including the role of Pakistan in promoting terrorism in Punjab...[and the author] criticises the role of politicians and the Congress government of Delhi"  The book covers the period of the 1980s to the early 1990s.  There is a glossary but not a bibliography.

Title: 25 years after 1984 assault on Durbar Sahib laying the foundation of Khalistan
Author surname(s): Singh Sekhon
Author forename(s): Awatar
Publisher: London Institute of South Asia
Pages: 208
ISBN: '0954892941
Publn 2009 estd. (original publication date: 2009 estd.)
Location: shelf 18.4 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: n
Overview: The book is a collection of essays by writers on "Laying the foundations of Khalistan"; "Operation Bluestar"; "From Tagore to Ghandi to attack on the Guru's Durbar in 1984"; "Colonising the Punjab"; "Persecution of minorities in India is widespread".  There is also  a detailed introduction.

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: Some confidential papers of the Akali movement
Author surname(s): Singh 
Author forename(s): Ganda
Publisher: SGPC
Pages: 320
ISBN: none
Publn 1965 (original publication date: 1965)
Location: shelf 17.7 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: n
Overview: The book sets out some confidential correspondence to or from the Akali movement and its political agitation to overthrow the Brits and other objectives, including winning control of gurdwaras.  It is not possible to get a feel of the aims and achievements of the correspondence or what the movement tried to achieve and its successes and it's failures. Nor is there information on the movement's organisation.  It appears to me to be a collection of correspondence lacking in direction or connection.

Title: A guide to sources Ghadar Movement
Author surname(s): Singh Tatla
Author forename(s): Darshan
Publisher: Guru Nanak Dev university, Amritsar
Pages: -
ISBN: 8177700561
Publn 1993 (original publication date: 1993)
Location: shelf 17.7 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: y
Overview: The book is damaged (no cover or back cover and many pages are missing and what is left is in two pieces).  The contents show over 283 pages, yet what is left ends at page 72.  The book provides details of sources of information about the Ghadar Movement.  "I hope with the publication of this guide to scattered sources of the Ghadar movement across the globe, it will generate fresh research and debate on the movement which became synonymous with the 'heroic tradition' of the Punjab."

Title: Akali politics in Punjab (1964-1985)
Author surname(s): Singh
Author forename(s): Devinder
Publisher: National Book Organisation, Publishers
Pages: 259
ISBN: 8185135703
Publn 1993 (original publication date: 1993)
Location: shelf 17.7 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: y
Overview: The book "describes the socio-historical background to Akali Politics in the Post-Independence periods.  A thorough analysis of the party's ideology, organisation and political strategy clarifies much of the confusion surrounding the political situation in...Punjab."  Several political events are also mentioned, including Anandpur Sahib Resolution, Operation Blue Star, Punjab Accord, plus: the role of religion in Sikh political life, secular issues, and regional economic and political issues.  There is a bibliography.

Title: The Akali struggle a retrospect
Author surname(s): Singh
Author forename(s): Mohinder
Publisher: Atlantic publishers, New Delhi
Pages: 272
ISBN: 8171562698
Publn 1988 estd. (original publication date: 1988 estd.)
Location: shelf 17.7 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: y
Overview: "The present work provides a comprehensive account of the Akali struggle in the past and highlights the essentially peaceful nature of the movement…the book throws new light on many significant issues of the Akali struggle."  There is a bibliography.

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: Shiromani Akali Dal religio-political study 1947-90
Author surname(s): Singh 
Author forename(s): Ajit
Publisher: Arman publications
Pages: 312
ISBN: none
Publn 2005 (original publication date: 2005)
Location: shelf 17.4 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: y
Overview: The author has been supported by Badal and Tohra so not sure how unbiased and true its contents are.

Title: The only option for Sikhs
Author surname(s): Singh Dharam
Author forename(s): Santokh
Publisher: ns
Pages: 255
ISBN: none
Publn 1986 (original publication date: 1984)
Location: shelf 17.4 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: y
Overview: The book is an account of the political and religious events leading to 1984 Operation Bluestar, including a section on Bhindranwale.  It is "an attempt to present…a factual unbiased account of horrifying happenings in Punjab."  It does not include the massacres outside Punjab in late 1984 and beyond.

Title: The Ghadr directory
Author surname(s): ns
Author forename(s): ns
Publisher: Government of India
Pages: 298
ISBN: 817380415x
Publn 1997 (original publication date: 1934)
Location: shelf 16.6 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: y
Overview: The directory "will kindle the imagination of the young generation and arouse their interest in the chronicle of the mighty role that had been played by the heroes of the Ghadr movement in the service of India in bondage.  The Ghadr Directory will acquaint many of us with the lives and deeds of those who had symbolized a tremendous passion in the cause of the freedom of India from the foreign yoke."

Title: Vaisakhi 1999
Author surname(s): ns
Author forename(s): ns
Publisher: SGSSS
Pages: 16
ISBN: none
Publn 1999 (original publication date: 1999)
Location: shelf 16.4 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: y
Overview: this pamphlet commemorates 300th anniversary of creation of the Khalsa.  It covers the Khalsa; 5Ks; politics; Rehat; the daily routine of a Sikh; principles of Sikh embedded in GGS; Sikh institutions and takhts.