Hari Singh Nalwa is more of an internet meme. He was a forgotten character until his name was revived by Sikhs on internet in 21st century, through trolling.
There is not a single folk tale or Pashto proverb or couplet about Nalwa among Pashtuns. He only ruled Peshawar for
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There is not a single folk tale or Pashto proverb or couplet about Nalwa among Pashtuns. He only ruled Peshawar for
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two years, died as a defeated general and was quickly forgotten. The claim that Pashtun mothers scare their children with the name of Nalwa to this day, is more of a wishful fantasy of certain people.
A Lahori story-teller by name of Salman Rashid fabricated a lie that he
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A Lahori story-teller by name of Salman Rashid fabricated a lie that he
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himself heard mothers in Kohat scaring their children with name of Nalwa. The fact is, Nalwa never stepped foot in Kohat, and within the year Nalwa became governor of Peshawar, Kohat was restored to Sultan Muhammad Barakzai by Ranjit Singh.
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The general whose name was remembered by Peshawaris, was Paolo Avitabile (remembered as Abu Tabaila), not Hari Singh Nalwa. But even Avitabile's brutalities were confined to Peshawar city and immediate surroundings.
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The hype around Nalwa, that he was second coming of Alexander the Great, is a 21st century internet phenomena stemming from trolling.
The most able and talented generals of Ranjit Singh, were the European mercenaries in his service, some of whom had served in the army of
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The most able and talented generals of Ranjit Singh, were the European mercenaries in his service, some of whom had served in the army of
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Napoleon. British refrained from pouncing upon the Khalsa kingdom as long as there was a single European general in the service of Sikhs. Ranjit Singh used to dispatch a European general to assist Nalwa whenever the latter was routed by Pashtuns: pashtunhistory.com
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