The Last Sunset: The Rise and Fall of the Lahore Durbar (Roli Books) - Hardcover
The Last Sunset: The Rise and Fall of the Lahore Durbar recreates the history of the Sikh empire and its unforgettable ruler, Maharaja Ranjit Singh of the Shukarchakia dynasty. An outstanding military commander, he created the Sikh Khalsa Army, organized and armed in Western style and acknowledged as the best in India in the nineteenth century.Ranjit Singh's death in 1839 and the subsequent decline of the Lahore Durbar, gave the British the opportunity to stake their claim in the region till now fiercely gaurded by Maharaja Ranjit Singh's army.
Amarinder Singh chronicles in detail the two Anglo-Sikh wars of 1845 and 1848. The battles, high in casualties on both the sides led to the fall of Khalsa and the state was finally annexed with Maharaja Duleep Singh, the youngest son of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, put under the protection of the Crown and deported to England.
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A comprehensive hisory of the Lahore Durbar, the glorious reign of Maharaja Ranjit Singh and his exemplary orginizational skills that led to the forming of the formidable Sikh Khalsa Army, and the fiercely fought Anlo-Sikh wars.
Amarinder Singh, who is from the royal family of Patiala, was educated at the Doon School. After graduating from the National Defence Academy at Khadakawasla and the Indian Military Academy at Dehradun, he was commissioned into the 2nd Battalion of the Sikh regiment. During the 1965 war with Pakistan, he was ADC to the GOC-in-C, Western Command, in whose theatre of operations the entire war was fought. Later, as member of Parliament , he was a member of the Parliamentary Defence Committee. Amarinder Singh spent four terms in the Punjab Legislature once as Minister and then as Chief Minister of Punjab from 2002 to 2007. He presently represents the state Congress Party. He has authored two books: Lest We Forget: The History of the Indian Army from 1947-65 and A Ridge Too Far: War in the Kargil Heights 1999
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- PublisherRoli Books Private Ltd
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 8174367799
- ISBN 13 9788174367792
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages348
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