With reference to the rise of independent Rajput states and the establishment of the Sikh kingdom, answer the following questions:

Question

Answer the following questions briefly:

With reference to the rise of independent Rajput states and the establishment of the Sikh kingdom, answer the following questions:

(a) Why did the resurgent Rajputs fail to establish an empire in India?

(b) To what extent was Guru Gobind Singh responsible for the transformation of the peace-loving Sikhs into a martial race?

(c) Discuss the achievements of Ranjit Singh.

Answer 1

(a) The Rajputs fail to establish an empire in India because they were busy in looking for their individual goals and interests which were often divergent and conflicting. They made no efforts to establish a Rajput empire, instead they were busy in finishing their energies in petty quarrels. The Rajput courts like the Mughal one’ were busy in conspiracies and ****, which led to their **.

(b) Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth and last Sikh guru, organized a military brotherhood of Sikhs called the Khalsa. He instilled in the peace-loving Sikhs a martial spirit that would help them to carry on their struggle against the persecution of the Mughals.

(c) Ranjit Singh, chief of one of the misls, was a bom leader. He brought all the Sikh chiefs to the west of the Satluj under his control and made himself master of Punjab by the end of the 18th century.