MP Vikramjit Singh Sahney pays tribute to Maharaja Ranjit Singh: ‘Stopped invasions’

Punjab MP Vikramjit Singh Sahney Tuesday paid floral tributes at the bust of Maharaja Ranjit Singh in New Delhi’s Barakhamba Road on the 184th death anniversary of the Sher-E-Punjab. Speaking on the occasion, Sahney said the Sher-e-Punjab Maharaja Ranjit Singh Cultural Heritage Centre is being built at Rouse Avenue in Delhi. The MP is the secretary general of the Maharaja Ranjit Singh Trust, which is developing the cultural centre.

Sahney said the Maharaja Ranjit Singh Cultural Heritage Centre will be the first such Punjabi centre in the heart of the national capital. The centre, he said, will propagate the “rich ideals of Sher-e-Punjab Maharaja Ranjit Singh and promote Punjabi culture and heritage”. “From this place, today’s youth will get to know about his regime and how it was the most exemplary and secular where all communities lived peacefully in brotherhood and prosperity and there were no forced conversions,” Sahney added.

Remembering the warrior king, Sahney said: “He was the last sovereign of India… and stopped the invasions and ruled a vast empire of Punjab ranging from Kashmir to Sindh and even conquered Peshawar and Kabul. The Britishers signed a treaty with him and promised not to cross the Sutlej River.”

Sahney also appealed to the youth across the nation to read the biography of Maharaja Ranjit Singh and other related literature to learn about the valour and gallantry of Sher-E-Punjab. “Maharaja Ranjit Singh used to roam around in his state as an impersonator to check if everything was fine under his regime and no one was going to sleep on an empty stomach,” he said.