Hyde
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When it comes to historical figures you will always see difference of opinionYou need to read what Waz wrote above. Post #94.
Ranjit Singh was a mass murderer and a tyrant among many other things. You cannot change historical facts by mentioning his statesmanship.
for example Aurangzeb is portrayed as Great Sufi type of person by Muslim historians including Allama who was all-praise for him but a tyrant by non Muslim people for forced conversions etc
in my opinion there is little to criticise about Ranjeet Singh given the circumstances and I have read about him a lot… of course Muslims will have their version as well because he basically carved out the Mughal and Afghan empires to raise his Kingdom but if I be fair on him, he was a great Punjabi King. As far as I remember he was a King with mere 6% Sikh population in his empire so he was bound to keep both Hindus and Muslim happy under his governance. His throne is in Victoria and Albert museum and it is made by a Muslim