GURU GOBIND SINGH

THE TENTH SIKH GURU

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Mala Singh lllustrotions

Ram Waeerkar EdHof

Anant Pai

Amar Chitra Katha Pvt Ltd O Amjr Chilrj Kjihj IM ltd, 1972, Kcpcintcd June 2010, ISBN 81 84021-Z/ B

Published & Primed by Amar Chilra Katha Pvl. ltd., 14 Marthanda, 4th floor,

84 Dr. Annie Besant Road, Mumbai 400 018. India

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/ GOBINPfCOME HERE! YOUR ( (VIOTHER IS CALLING YOU, \ WE HAVE SOME BAD

^ V MEWS FOR VOU. ^

VOUR FAITH

TE6H BAHAPUR.yOU ARE NOW AT MV MERCV! IF > you ARE A SAINT AS PEOPLE SAy, THEN PERFORM SOME MIRACLE OR ELSE RENOUNCE/

I WILL TIE A CHARM

AROUNP My NECK AND

yOUR SWORP WILL NOT BE

ABLE TO V HARM ME!

you ARE NOW THE LEAPER OF THE SIKHS! VOU ARE THEIR TENTH 6URU.

I SHALL DRIVE THE TURKS AND (VIU6HALS OUT OF OUR MOTHERLAND. OUR WAR- CRV WILL BE *’SATSRI AKAL- SOD IS TRUTH. WHO WILL JOIN ME IN THE DHARMA- yuPDHA?

THE MUSHALSy I WILL TEACH ARE THE >( THE SPARROW MISHTIEST S\ TO HUNT POWER IN WtHE HAWK. ASIA. HOW CAN WE FISHT A6AINST THEM?

SAT SRI AKAL

NOT SO SOON! THE MUSHALS MAV ATTACK

-AGAIN!

VICTORY TO OUR

^ GURU.

WE HAVE HAP OUR FIRST BAPTISM IN STEEL. WE MUST BE EVER REAPV FOR WAR. I WILL RAISE an army of SOLPIER SAINTS

a/iRLV //V /6Wi9 G(/aCf GOe/A^O /W TOMVaMSLa

I WANT ONE HUMAN

HEAP

GORO GGE/A/D RERRPER/^ED, U/E CiA/ORO (A//IQ ST/RAA/eO REO mm SLOOP.

GURU 008/A/O TOOR TRE OECOA/O VO(/A/3 /i^m//VTO ms TSA/T I-

ms SRA/^E R/IPPEA/EO mm T//REE OTZ/SR VO(/A/S A^EA/ /A/RO [/OLC/A/TEEREO TRE/R L/l/EO FOR GC/RU GOS/A/P.

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THESE ARE MV BELOVEP PIVE -MV PANJ PAVARE.

THEIR FAITH HAS LAIP THE FOUNDATION OF

A NEW COMMU¬ NITY- THE KHALSA OR

/IVEVAREAU. ALIVE* BUT HOW WAS HIS SWORP PRIPPING WITH /HE WAS

BLOOP? TE6TIN6

US.

TREE ea/^ eoe/EO ROREO ROR m /ROE t/ESOEL lEE/CE EE fVLCEO CE/TE WRTER. TO TE/O EE R/OOEO

SUERR (EE/CE EE ST/RREO/E (E/TE

HENCEFORTH VOU SHALL ALL BE KNOWN AS SIN6H5/

(5R0W^/ ANP VOU WIL VOUR HAIR I SANP BEARP..fe

THE FEE PISCtPLES WERE 6E£N THIS AMRfT.

WHV MUST WE GROW OUR HAIR ANP

VBEARP?

HAIR IS THE EMBLEM OF THE INDIAN ASCETIC. VOU WILL BE SOLDIER SAINTS. A COMB TO KEEP VDUR HAIR TIDV SHALL BE VOUR SECOND EMBLEM.

HE HAS GIVEN FIVE EMBLEMS ALL BEGINNING

WITH THE LETTER K- KESH, KAN6MA KACCHA, KADA

ANP KIRPAN..

AND HE HAS GIVEN US ONE NAME- WE ARE ALL

SINGHS.

AND REMEMBER VOU ARE THE PURE- THE KMALSA. NEVER

RAISE VOUR ARMS AGAINST THE WEAK,

NEVER MOLEST A WOMAN.

REGARD ALL HUMAN BEINGS

AS VOUR BROTHERS. .

' GURLS IS OF THE KHALSA AS MUCH AS THE KHALSA ^

IS OF "fHE V GURU. #4

AS YOU HAVE BAPTISED/ SO BE IT. THE US. WE BAPTISE YOU. YOU ARE NO LONGER 60BIND RAI, BUT 60BIND SINGH. THE RULES THAT APPLY TO US WILL APPLY TO YOU.

SMUT THE GATES OF THE FORT KEEP THE ENEMV AT ^

A DISTANCE. /

THE MUGHALS ARE SURROUNDING , ANNANDPUR.

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THE SIKHS WILL \ NOT LET OUR MEN SET NEAR THE

WALLS. WHAT SHALL ^'-^-xWEDO?

/ WE SHALL PRETENP TO ATTACK ANNANPPUR FROM THE

REAR. MEANWHILE CHARGE THE MAIN GATE WITH OUR WAR ELE-

—n -PHANTS. >1

HOW CAN WE FI6HT PEOPLE AS LET BRAVE AS yUS WITHDRAW THESE? TO A SAFE

PISTAWCE ANP THEM

INTO SC/RREN-

SIRE. THE MUGHALS WON’T FIGHT US BUT WE HAVE FINISHED ALL OUR STOCKS OF FOOD. WE WILL DIE OF HUNGER.

HAVE FAITH I AT NIGHT \ WHEN THE MUGHALS

SLEER SEND PARTIES OUT TO GET FOOD. IF VOU ARE AMBUSHED.

FIGHT VOUR WAV

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I WILL CHALLENGE GOBINO TO FIGHT ME SINGLE-HANDED

TO SETTLE THE ISSUE. SEND AN

TO HIM.

mEP TRE AAUePAL EPVOV ARR/l/EO-

KHAN, I’LL AWAIT HIM OUTSIDE i-^

THE GATE, TOMORROW

V MORN ING.y-^

THE CHALLENGER MAKE THE >

FIRST MOVE.^^

PAINDA KHAN IS THE BEST Jr TELL PAINDA MARKSMAN IN THE MUGHAL ARMV. DO NCT ACCEPT THIS CHAL- LENGE.M-^;

SINCE VOU ARE

AND THE LAST VOU HAVE ASKED FOR DEATH. I’LL

GIVE IT TO VOU.

PBXTCAY.^

NOW IT IS MV TURN. BE ON VOUR GUARD.

VOUR REED ARROWS CANNOT SCRATCH MV STEEL ARMOUR.

VOUR MAJESTV. WE WILL

DEFEAT THE > V SIKHS! ^

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THEM OUT!

HOW CAN AN UNTRAINED HANPFULOF PEASANTS HOLD OUT, ASAINST A VAST ARMY OFj PRO¬ FESSIONAL SOLDIERS?

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YOU TOLD US TO SERVE

ALL THOSE L IN NEED.^

I CAUGHT HIM GIVING -THE WOUNDED ^ ENEMIES ■ WATER!^

WELL SAID! X you HAVE TRULY

UNDERSTOOD THE WORD OF THE

GURUS!

WE HAVE BEEN BETRAYED, THE

MU6HALS ARE ON US! ^

y LET THE \ / WOMEN AND 1 I CHILDREN BE ) y TAKEN TO ^-^

SAFTV. OTHERS HOLD ^ THE REAR.

ATL/IST THE /k?</6H/)L GO(/EH/VOE ^CL/f/REO 7mr/EC6/^ 6«^/V0 GEt/E UP /immOPUR FOR R i^H/LE, HE ^VOULO CERl/E Rm RLOHE RA/O RETURH THE FORTRESS. GURU GOe//VD AGREED TO THE PROPOSAL.

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NEVER! WE HAVE NOTHIN6 ASAINST ISLAM. BUT WE ARE SIKHS ANP SIKHS we WILL REMAIN.

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ia/e have LOST MOST OF

OUR ARMV- ONLY A

. HANPFUL I REMAIN, SINGH

VOUR WORD IS MV COMMANP. TO PIE IN A

RIGHTEOUS CAUSE IS

NO, WHEN THE CALL FOR PUTV

COMES you MUST NOT WASTE A

IT IS MV TURN NOW. CAN I FIRST DRINK SOME WATER? I AM THIRSTY.

SENP FOR MY

SON AJIT

NEVER! WHAT IF TWO OF MV SONS HAVE BEEN KILLED,

SEVERAL THOUSANI^ ARE STILL

V ALIVE. J r ^

OUR ARMV IS DESTROVEO. VOUR SONS HAVE BEEN KILLED. SHALL WE NOW SUE FOR PEACE?

MV SON RESEMBLES THE SURU. WE WILL. DRESS HIM IN THE GURU’S CLOTHES AND FOOL THE ENEMV-SON. WHAT A GREAT HONOUR! <

(A/H/LE TfY6 ENEMV tA//iS CELESJ^AT/m TNE A(/LL,GaE(/

WHEN HE REACHEP THE TOWN, TWO FRIENPLY PATHANS HELPEP /V//W ESCAPE,

ALLVOUR SONS ARE DEAP.THE VOUNGER BOVS

ki&WERE KILLEP BV THE^

ONE D^V A S/f<N CAME TO eORU SOB/NO S/A/SN,

WHAT IF FOUR ARE PEAP!

A HUNPREP b THOUSANP I SIKHS ARE I STILL ALIVE.

GURd GOefNO O/NEN INROTE A LOA/e LETTER TO AURANGZEB ROLO/NG R/M REQRO/VS/8LE FOR TRE OEEDQ OF R/0 OFF/aALG.

VOUR MAJEGTV ^ IS TOO KINP! I NEEP

NOTHING FOR MVSELF, ONLY/t^

^ FOR MV SL^SIKHS!^,,fd||iF

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so YOU ARE GURU S08IND! WHAT HAVE I YOU COME TO THE i keOPAVARI FOR? y

TO MAKE YOU A

. DISCIPLE,

ONE

1 NAME you BANPA 5IN6H/ BAHAPUR.60 BACK THE PUNJAB ANP T A'V' AROUSE MV SIKHS/i TO PUNISH THE / PERSECUTORS OF THE SIKHS/

yOUR ORDERS WILL BE CARRIED OUT, MV euRu.

QURU GOBtNP S/NSH fiNEW H/S EA/P WBS A/EBR.

I AM THE LAST <5URU OF \ THE S/KH5. NOW THE ]

GRANTH* WILL GUIPE HOU / ^ WHENEVER HOU ARE /

INpouBT. -

W^^ir'u^v.

* TME AfOL*f BOOAf OE TA^E S/AfAAS

... THE OTHER WAS CHASEP ANP h/LLEP H/S FOLLOWERS.

MONTHS PAS5BP. ONE EVEN/NG

eURUGOB/NP *

S/NGH WAS ALONE tN H/S tent when

TWO PATHANS SUPPEA^f/ ENTEREP W/TH

HNfVES /N HANPS.

WHO ARE THE^STABBEP THE GURU BUT HE STRUCH ONE OF H/S AS5A/LANTS PEAP...

DO NOT MOURN MY N DEATH! AS RAIN SUSTAINS

THE SEED WHERE IT FALLS, SO SHALL MV WORDS REMAIN

WITH YOU. MV V KHALSA AND BEAR .

FRUIT! X/i

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GURU GOBIND SINGH

VISIONARIES

'Sat Sri Akal!' Guru Gobind Singh's stirring war-cry achieved miracles. It converted a gentle, peaceable people into a fighting force that brooked no injustice. His band of Khalsas - the 'pure', who wore their hair long and were never without their breeches, their distinguishing bracelet and a handy comb and dagger - challenged the mighty Mughal armies. Guided by the teachings of their brave Guru, they have remained to this day the Singhs (or lions) of their native Punjab.

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