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2 hikds and demolishing graves and tombs, things which the members of the
3 sect regard as objects of idolatrous worship, and, on occasions of religious
4 assemblies, those present were frequently (like some revivalists) worked up
5 into a religious frenzy. Suspicions having been aroused that the objects of
6 Ram Singh and his disciples were not merely religious, but that, under
7 the guise of a religious reformer and a teacher of moral precepts, he
8 harboured deep political designs, the Guru was, for some years, detained under
9 strict surveillance in his village ; but, no tangible proof of disloyalty having
10 been adduced against him, he was released from his quasi-imprisonment, and
11 allowed the same religious freedom which the leaders of all well-conducted
12 sects enjoy under the British Government. Tor some time after obtaining
13 his liberty, Ram Singh behaved well, but, as he gained more importance by
14 making converts, his teachings became more political in their nature. His
15 followers assumed an air of arrogance, and instances were not wanting in
16 which they disturbed the public peace at fairs and public gatherings by their
17 intolerant behaviour. The first proofs of their being a dangerous sect appeared
18 in June and July, 1871, at Amritsar, and at Réi Kot in the Ludhiand District,
19 when some Mahomedan butchers being found to have been murdered on
20 account of the slaughter of kine, the investigation and trial that followed
21 showed that the instigators and perpetrators of the murders were Kukds,
22 On 14th January, a party of 200 Kukds attacked the town of Malodh, and
23 after doing some damage and wounding a Sikh sardar, against whom they
24 appear to have entertained some degree of animosity, they proceeded to
25 Malerkotla, their numbers having in the meantime been augmented. The
26 attacked the town and rushed through the streets to the treasury, but, after a
27 sharp fight, were repulsed by the Nawdab’s men, and driven out of the town.
28 British troops were immediately sent to the scene of strife, but the outbreak
29 had, in the meantime, completely collapsed. The rebels, discouraged by
30 their repulse at Malerkotla, fled to the forest, where they were hunted
31 down by the troops of the Patidldé State, and all either slain or captured. The
32 Kuké sect remained under surveillance for some time after, but the restric-
33 tions which it had been considered expedient to place upon it at the time
34 of the outbreak, were gradually withdrawn. Ram Singh, the leader of
35 the sect, who had been seized and removed to Allahabad, was sent to
36 Burmah, where he subsequently died. nn :
37 In January, 1876, the Panj&b was honoured by a visit by His Royal
38 Highness the Prince of Wales. Never before in the annals of India had
39 there been a more passionate outburst of loyalty than on the occasion of
40 the visit of the heir-apparent to the crown of England. The people and the
41 chiefs of India felt that they were united by a firmer tie to the English
42 people, and that their country was incorporated with the vast and splendid
43 empire ruled over by Her Majesty the Queen.
44 His Royal Highness with his suite, consisting of the Duke of Sutherland,
45 Sir Bartle Frere, Lord Suffield, Lord Alfred Paget, Earl of Aylesford, Major-
46 General Probyn, Mr. Sydney Hall, and Secretaries, and Aide-de-camps, ar-
47 rived at Delhi on January 11th. The entry of His Royal Highness the
48 Prince within the ancient capital of Hindostdn, the scene of so many
49 dramatic episodes in the history of India, and the site of a multitude of
50 monuments and other historical reminiscences, was attended with a pomp and
51 magnificence suited to the occasion and the place.” The entire way from the
52 Railway Station to the Royal Camp was lined with troops. Great was the
53 enthusiasm displayed by the people on seeing the heir-apparent to the throne
54 of England and India, and every face flushed with joy. As His Royal
55 Highness came in sight of the Jummé Masjid, in front of which were
56 But seemed subse-
57 quently to entertain
58 political notions,
59 or
60 They become dis-
61 derly,
62 A party of them
63 attack Malodh,
64 And proceed to
65 Malerkotla,
66 The outbreak is sup-
67 pressed,
68 Ram Singh is
69 removed from the
70 P.
71 anjab,
72 His death,
73 Visit of His Royal
74 Highness the Prince of
75 Wales to the Panjab,
76 1876.
77 Ww
78 The joy of the people
79 nprecedented,
80 His Royal Highness
81 é Delhi,
82 at Di
83 The Jumma Masjid.
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