Menpes, Dorothy [Hrsg.]; Menpes, Mortimer [Ill.]: The Durbar (London, 1903)

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Thus Teg Bahadur sealed his own fate. He was
beheaded immediately. His words lived among
the Sikhs afterwards, and his prophecy was spread
far and wide; while his memory was kept green
by the next Guru, the wise Govind Sinh. On
the day when the Sikhs helped us so bravely
at the assault of Delhi, and the Mogul rule was
ended, Govind Sinh shouted out as a battle-cry
the name of Teg Bahadur. That is partly the
reason why the Sikhs are so friendly towards us.
They feel that British rule in India has come to
stay, and that it was the wish of Teg Bahadur, the
great Guru, that it should be. The name of this
great and glorious martyr acted as an impetus to
their courage, and the Sikhs flung themselves
boldly into the thick of the fight. The day of
the Durbar the Sikhs made a pilgrimage to the
tomb of Teg Bahadur to renew their vows of
loyalty to the King Emperor. Their sacred book,
the Granth Sahib, was brought forward, and they
saluted it reverently while their bands played
"God Save the King!" It was on this same
anniversary that the screaming fanatic we saw at
Jind clothed his pony in breeches and made a Sikh
of him.

On another day, Major Dunlop Smith ordered