Sewaram Singh Thapar

Sewaram Singh Thapar was a Sikh writer active during the Singh Sabha movement. He is credited as being the first Sikh to write a work refuting the previous works of Western writers on the topic of Sikh history.[1]

Biography

Originally from a sehajdhari background, he became baptized into the Khalsa.[2] He was originally a lawyer and later a District and Sessions Judge.[3] He, alongside Khazan Singh and Bhagat Lakshman Singh, belonged to a group of English-educated and middle-class Sikh writers in the early 20th century whom wrote with the idea that they were correcting previous works by Western writers that they believed misrepresented the Sikhs. Judging previous writers, Sewaram agreed more with Joseph Davey Cunningham and refuted the conclusions drawn on the Sikh religion by Ernest Trumpp.[1][4] Sewaram Singh authored The Divine Master in 1904, a monograph on Guru Nanak.[1][3] Sewaram was also part of the seven-member Sikh deputation to London, England on 11 July 1919, alongside, Shivdev Singh Uberoi, Sohan Singh, and Ujjal Singh, where they demanded 33% representation for Sikhs in the Punjab Legislative Council.[5][6][7] His son was Major General Harkirat Singh, who was involved with Hemkund Sahib and the Baba Nanak Shrine in Iraq.[8][9]

Bibliography

References

  1. 1 2 3 Grewal, Jagtar Singh (2011). "Study of Sikhism, Sikh History and Sikh Literature". In Bhattacharya, Sabyasachi (ed.). Approaches to History: Essays in Indian Historiography. Indian Council of Historical Research. pp. 285–290. ISBN 9789380607177.
  2. ↑ Pruthi, Raj (2004). "Sikh Tradition: Competing Organisations and Ideology". Sikhism and Indian Civilization. Discovery Publishing House. p. 38. ISBN 9788171418794.
  3. 1 2 Banga, Indu. “J.S. Grewal on Sikh History, Historiography and Recent Debates.” Journal of Punjab Studies, vol. 20, no. 1/2, Mar. 2013, p. 306. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=102850516&site=eds-live&scope=site.
  4. ↑ Banga, Indu; Grewal, Jagtar Singh (2009). "11: The Study of Regional History". In Ray, Bharati (ed.). Different Types of History. Pearson Longman. p. 207. ISBN 9788131718186.
  5. ↑ Myrvold, Kristina, ed. (2 December 2024). Sikh News in India, 1864-1924: Colonial Reports on Vernacular Newspapers of Punjab. Vol. III: Migration, Representation, and Reform. Brill. p. 1465. ISBN 9789004707108.
  6. ↑ Dilgeer, Harjinder Singh (1997). The Sikh Reference Book. Edmonton, Alberta: The Sikh Educational Trust. p. 670.
  7. ↑ Nijjar, Bakhshish Singh (1974). Panjab Under the British Rule, 1849-1947: 1902-1932. K. B. Publications. p. 119.
  8. ↑ The Divine Master: Life and Teachings of Guru Nanak Dev by Sewaram Singh, original version in 1904, Rawalpindi; reprinted by Gian Publishing House, New Delhi, 1989, with foreword by Dr. Gopal Singh, Governor of Goa and author of the book titled "History of the Sikh People (1469-1978) and also translator of the entire Sri Guru Granth Sahib into English.
  9. ↑ Gurdwara in the Himalayas: Sri Hemkunt Sahib by Suparna Rajguru and M. S. Siali, Hemkunt Publishers, New Delhi, 2001.
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