Acts such as publicly shaving off the heads and beards of religious Sikh officials were performed to humiliate and demean the Sikh religion. Amidst all this political discontent, Singh sought to revitalize the Sikh culture and religion through peaceful means, by writing a myriad of novels, epics, and poems. With the fall of the Sikh Empire and the modernization of Christian, Muslim, and Hindu movements of proselytism, the Sikh faith began to wane until scholars and theologians of the religions, Singh being a leading one, began revitalizing life into Sikhism through their works of literature.
Publicly shaving off the heads and beards of religious Sikh officials was done to humiliate and demean the Sikh religion. Amidst political unrest, Singh sought to reinvigorate Sikh culture and faith by writing numerous novels, epics, and poems. With the fall of the Sikh Empire and the rise of Christian, Muslim, and Hindu missionary movements, Sikhism began to decline until scholars and theologians from different religions, with Singh as a prominent figure, started reviving Sikhism through their literary efforts.