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{{Infobox writer<br />
| name = Rattan Singh Bhangu<br />
|image =File:Sikh warrior and wife Wellcome L0028067.jpg<br />
|caption = [[Nihang|Akali-Nihang]] Rattan Singh Bhangu with his wife<br />
| birth_date = Late 18th century (Sikh [[Misl]] Period).<br />
| death_date = 1846- [[Battle of Sobraon]] ([[Sikh Empire]] period)<br />
| occupation = [[Historian]]<br />
| notableworks = ''Prachin Panth Parkash''<br />
}}<br />
'''Akali Ratan Singh Bhangu Nihang''' was a [[Sikh]] historian and [[Nihang]] who wrote about the Sikhs' struggles and rise to power in [[Punjab region|North India]], in his book Prachin Panth Prakash.<ref name=":0">[https://www.oxfordscholarship.com/view/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198070740.001.0001/acprof-9780198070740-chapter-14 OxfordScholarship: History, Literature, and Identity: Four Centuries of Sikh Tradition]</ref><ref name=":1">[https://www.vidhia.com/Rattan%20Singh%20Bhangu/Pracheen_Panth_Parkash.pdf Vidhia: Pracheen Panth Parkash]</ref> This work describes how the Sikh people came to dominate Punjab in the 1700s and remains one of the few historical accounts of the era.<ref name="britannica">[https://www.britannica.com/topic/Prachin-Panth-Prakash Britannica: Prachin Panth Prakash]</ref><ref name="museum">[http://www.sikhmuseum.com/nishan/significance/chronicles.html SikhMuseum: Significance - Sikh Chronicles ]</ref><br />
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== Life ==<br />
Bhangu was born in the late 1700s, but the exact date is unknown. His grandfather, Sardar Mehtab Singh Mirankotia, was a famous Sikh warrior who helped save the [[Golden Temple]] from marauders.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|date=2007-10-14|title=Welcome to The Institute of Sikh Studies-->Publications|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014035357/http://www.sikhstudies.org/Periodicals.asp?TtlCod=1750|access-date=2021-02-11|website=web.archive.org}}</ref> He began his work as a historian in 1809, and died in 1846 at the [[Battle of Sobraon]]{{Citation needed|date=February 2021}}.<br />
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== Early life and works ==<br />
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Bhangu is primarily know for his historical text, Prachin Panth Prakash.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=q0ZpAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA200&lpg=PA200&dq=ratan+singh+bhangu&source=bl&ots=Iw0LefbqNo&sig=ACfU3U380GkNcL0k9VPAZPUHsbfXMQkmCw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi3k-yqnI7nAhVTuZ4KHQIYCn44ChDoATASegQIChAB#v=onepage&q=ratan%20singh%20bhangu&f=false When Sparrows Became Hawks: The Making of the Sikh Warrior Tradition, 1699-1799]</ref> He was approached by the [[East India Company|British East India Company]] who wished to know how the Sikhs rose to power in the [[Punjab]] Region. He began his historical book in 1809 and completed it in 1841. The original manuscript was discovered in 1914 and published that year.<ref name="museum" /><br />
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Bhangu was a member of the ruling Sikh aristocracy and had first-hand knowledge of the struggle and success of the [[Khalsa]]. Due to lack of written records at the time, the work was primarily compiled from [[Oral history|oral histories]], including interviews, family history, and information collected from British and French officers in Punjab. The work describes how the Sikh people successfully came to rule over Punjab. This work remains to this day one of the only historical accounts of the Sikh people during this era.<ref name=":2" /><br />
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