A History of the Sikhs

by Khushwant Singh

Published January 1978
In this new edition of his second volume, which deals with Sikhism since 1839, Khushwant Singh examines the recent troubled and momentous events of recent Sikh history, including 'Operation Bluestar', when the Indian army was ordered into the Golden Temple. Numerous additional appendices supplement the documentary information available on Sikhism and related matters, covering the period from the mid-1960s to the mid-1980s.