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THE CHARACTER ASSASSINATION OF MAHARANI JIND & DEBUNKS

1) Debunks- Bangla Sahib was built by Baba Baghel Singh Ji.

Sohan Lal Suri was in contact with British agent Wade which influenced his Umdat ut Twarikh.

Claims by Smyth such as accusing Ranjit Singh father of matricide shows the level of character assassination they planned.

2) Lal Singh was in contact with British contemporaries and offered bribes to Currie to push agenda of isolating Rani Jinda. He was deemed untrustworthy by both Sikhs & British.

British passed false allegations on the family of Maharaja Ranjit based on rumors & contradictions

3) Britishers attempted to malign Jinda , they abandoned all logic & decency.

Lorde Hardinge was always in contact with Currie (who was in contact with Lal Singh) and had plans to compromise the people around her to separate her son from her (who they could educate
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4) Maharani Jind held a strong British stance that she was seen as a threat as she even sent dispatches to Multan during the rebellion.

Smyth contradicts himself various times such as when writing that Manna (father of Jind) didn’t know of Ranjit & next saying he worked for him

5) Gulab Singh was called the “greatest rascal in Asia” by British Hardinge. His untrustworthiness reflected in contact with British long before 1845 for opening communication

Dogra brothers led to the death of the successors of Maharaja Ranjit Singh,this also led to their death

6) Smyth made affair allegation against Jinda connecting with Lal Singh who was contact with British.

Contemporary reports viewed Jind as mother of Dalip Singh

Gossip & rumors were passed of Ranjit Singh k*lling his own mother. These attacks were due to envious individuals.

7) False accusations are passed against mother of Kharak Singh to malign image of Ranjit Singh based on gossip & rumor.

Cunningham admitted of having an aggressive policy against Sikhs & provocations of EIC in violating the treaty.

8) Debunking Gullo Makshi- water carrier - a story of trying to vilify due to rumor & heresy as evident in the contradictory of British accounts of Smyth & Dalhousie.

British viewed Jinda as a threat and looked to isolate her as she was the first women to understand the British

9) Maharaja Ranjit had both named Dalip Singh & was fully expecting. his son and acknowledged him. Jinda always held anti British stance even when in Jail. British had prepared for both for espionage and military buildup.

10) British propaganda justified their right to rule over India & gave them reasoning to attack various places in India in their long term game of divide & rule which they did with Sikhs aswell.

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