Usage in Sikh States
Banda Singh Bahadur introduced an official seal for his Hukamnamas and Furmans, or letters and orders. It bore the inscription:
Deg-o-Tegh-o-Fateh Nusrat-i-bedirang,
Kettle (the means to feed the poor), Sword (the power to protect the weak and helpless), Victory and Unhesitating Patronage
Yaft az Nanak Guru Gobind Singh.
(are) obtained from Nanak Guru Gobind Singh.
This inscription was later adopted by the Sikh Misaldar Sardars and rulers on their coins. It was the national anthem of the princely state of Patiala during the Sikh Confederacy. This national anthem had been sung in all the Sikh States until 1948. Bhai Kahn Singh Nabha, too, has mentioned it in his magnum opus Mahan Kosh (at page 1165 of the 1999 edition).
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