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<p class="C1">&#65279HARSARAN D&#256S was newswriter of the British government at the Sikh capital of Lahore who sent his reports to the political agent at Ludhi&#257&#7751&#257. His despatches cover the period of political turmoil at Lahore from the death of Ka&#7749var Nau Nih&#257l Si&#7749gh, 8 November 1840, to the assassination of Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 Sher Si&#7749gh, 15 September 1843. He refers to the differences that arose between the Sikh Darb&#257r and the British government, particularly on account of the Darb&#257r's plans to occupy the two frontier territories of Sw&#257t and Buner. Harsaran D&#257s had reported in his diaries that Sikhs had received a secret agent from Nep&#257l and that the Gorkh&#257 general, Mat&#257bar Si&#7749gh, had paid a clandestine visit to Lahore.</p>
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BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1">Griffin, Lepel, and C.F. Massy, <i>Chiefs and Families of Note in the Punjab</i>. Lahore, 1909<BR>
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