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Falcon, R.W. (Captain, 4th Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force), Handbook on Sikhs: for the use of Regimental Officers Printed at the Pioneer Press, Allahabad, India, 1896,


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This is a very interesting work because it gives a clear insight of how colonialists (who had recently 'annexed' Panjab) perceived certain Sikhs. It's basically a manual to guide recruitment into the army published in 1896, so roughly about 50 years after the second anglo-Sikh war. 

This bit is telling:

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On 1/9/2019 at 4:35 PM, dalsingh101 said:

This is a very interesting work because it gives a clear insight of how colonialists (who had recently 'annexed' Panjab) perceived certain Sikhs. It's basically a manual to guide recruitment into the army published in 1896, so roughly about 50 years after the second anglo-Sikh war. 

This bit is telling:

falcon_slow.png.e7be3b08f9777dd89b53ec6cea6676a8.png

Sounds like they are describing some 'special needs' type. 

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9 hours ago, Guest Kalyug da bhoot said:

This book also mentions hari singh nalwa as a jatt instead of a khatri, your thoughts?

I'm not remotely surprised it has errors. I think such works can be described as:

 

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