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Even after over 150 years of his death, Ranjit Singh is still remembered by all Punjabis. Even in Pakistan there are two characters of the recent history who are reverently remembered-Ranjit Singh and Bhagat Singh, in that order. Called Lion of Punjab, he was a legend in his own lifetime. Having inherited a fractured polity he attempted to unify it. After his first success in the capture of Lahore in 1799 he launched himself on a career of conquest. He built an empire touching Tibet and China in the west-in all an empire of roughly 2,00,000 square miles yielding a revenue of three and half crore of rupees annually. His was secular state. In his state muslims were preponderent, being three-fourth of the population. He had the vision of the unity of his nation. Average Muslim was not only happy with him but admired him. He established a beingn rule free from bigotry, injustice, inhumanity and cruelty, which were features of alien rules the nation had suffered for long. This is the story of Maharaja Ranjit Singh researched and written by noted hisltorian of Punjab, Syad Muhammad Latif. ISBN 8171163114
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Pages : 146
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