Author: Group Captain (Retd.) D.S Saggu VSM Devinder Singh Saggu is a retired Indian Air Force (IAF) officer who has a diverse experience in handling the sophisticated war machines. He graduated from the higher Military Command and Engineering Academy, Odessa, Ukraine (erstwhile USSR). As a commandant of the Guided Weapons Training Institute, he imparted qualitative training to a large cross section of officers and men of IAF on various systems of surface-to-air guided missiles. Having armed with rich experience in the offensive and defensive war techniques, he attempted to scan through the most agonizing period of the Sikh history of eighteenth century to unfold, as to how the Sikh warriors driven to dire straits, took the Mughals and Afghans head-on? And what methodology and military tactics did they devise to destroy their foes - the mighty Islamic rulers of those times? At the age of 71, the author started learning Persian and researched for over six years to ferret out the information of various military engagements from the Persian sources. Eighteenth century was an intense period in the history of the Sikhs. Extreme persecution continued unabated for over six decades. The Sikhs were virtually crushed by the mighty Islamic powers–Mughals and Afghans. Their main objective was to extirpate the Sikhs because they were the biggest impediment to their complete domination of Hindustan. A handful of the Sikhs were fighting the battle of their survival. With sheer strength of their arms, resoluteness and indomitable courage, they came out from their hideouts and spread over the entire Punjab.The essence of amazing battle tactics extensively devised and deployed by the Sikh warriors, their sterling courage, unmatched military skill in wielding the weapons, rapid regrouping and military acumen to launch sudden surgical shock attacks is capsuled in this book, which hitherto remained unknown. A rare piece of historical evidence that speaks volumes of the indomitable courage of the Sikhs by their most embittered enemy.