History and Culture of Panjab attempts to provide students, scholars, and others interested in Punjab with an authoritative work containing papers on different aspects of its history and culture. Prominent contributors to this anthology are Dr. Ganda Singh, Prof. Bipan Chandra, Prof. V.N. Datta, Prof. S.S. Bal, Prof. Attar Singh, Dr. Darrol Bryant, Dr. W. Owen Cole, Dr. James Lewis, Prof. Mulk Raj Anand, Prof. K.S. Duggal, Mrs. Satya Rai, and Dr. R.K. Perti. Articles included in this anthology are—History and Culture of Panjab through the Ages, Guru Nanak’s Vision of Religious Humanism, Guru Gobind Singh in Bengali Writings, The Guru in Sikhism: Some further Considerations, The Sikh Philosophy of God, Inter-religious Dialogue and Understanding, Images of Sikhism in the Writings of early Orientalists, Modern Panjab: An Overview, The Singh Sabha Movement, The Chef Khalsa Diwan: A Study of its Representative Character, Encounter with Bhai Vir Singh, Sikh Educational Movement: Past and Present, Economic Dimensions of the Arya Samaj Movement in Panjab, The Ahmadiya Movement in Panjab, The Nationalist Press in the Panjab: 1880–1900 Dayal Singh Majithia and the Tribune, Panjab’s response to Rowlatt Bills’ Agitation, The Akali Movement, A New Phase of Revolutionary Movement in the Panjab, Some Aspects of Socio-Economic Changes in Panjab, The Ubiquitous Panjab Zamindar and the Unionist Party in Panjab, Partition of Panjab—Machinery for Division, Position of Women in Punjabi Society, Role of Women in the Freedom Struggle in Panjab, Evolving Trends in Punjabi Writing, Could Jallianwala Bagh Massacre be Prevented?, Art and Architecture of Panjab, Partap Singh Kairon: Builder of Modern Panjab, The Delhi Sikh Gurdwara management Committee, Punjabi Academy, Delhi: Its Horizons, A Survey of Sikh Studies and Sikh Centres in the West, and Sikhs and Sikhism in the United States.
Dr. Mohinder Singh was the Director of the Guru Nanak Foundation, New Delhi. He taught History at S.G.T.B. Khalsa College, University of Delhi, and Punjab University, Patiala. In 1974, he was awarded a fellowship by the Indian Council of Historical Research to carry on in the United Kingdom his field work on “The Akali Movement”, which later earned him his Doctorate degree. He is the author of several works on Panjab history, The Akali Movement (Macmillan, 1978) being one of them. He is also the founder Editor of the bi-annual Journal of the Guru Nanak Foundation, Studies in Sikhism and Comparative Religion. A widely travelled person, Dr. Singh is a member of the Editorial Committees and Advisory Boards of several national and international organisations.
