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<p class="C1">&#65279<i>SIKHER KATH&#256</i> (<i>kath&#257</i>, i.e. story, of the Sikhs) by Jatinderan&#257th Samaddar, published in 1912, is a five-act drama, in Bengali language, dealing primarily with the life and work of Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh. It has, in all, about thirty characters including a few historical personalities such as Emperor Aura&#7749gz&#299b, Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur, Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh, S&#257hibz&#257d&#257 Aj&#299t Si&#7749gh and R&#257m R&#257i. The play begins with the martyrdom of Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur who laid down his life espousing the cause of the freedom of belief. Sudev, a youth of Magadha, who had undergone the rites in response to the call of Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh at Anandpur on the Bais&#257kh&#299 day of 1699, acts as a mouthpiece of the playwright several of whose enunciations, such as the one about Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh's resort to arms being a departure from Gur&#363 N&#257nak&#8217s teaching, are contrary to Sikh understanding.</p>
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