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.
Acts such as publicly shaving off religious Sikh officials' heads and beards were performed to humiliate the Sikh religion. During political turmoil, Singh aimed to reinvigorate Sikh culture and faith by writing various novels, epics, and poems. With the decline of the Sikh Empire and the influence of Christian, Muslim, and Hindu missionary movements, scholars and theologians from different religions, including Singh, began reviving Sikhism through their literary works.