How long does it take to read A History of the Sikhs?
A History of the Sikhs by Khushwant Singh takes about 8 hours 39 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 8 hours 39 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1963. 472 pages, about 129,800 words.
18 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 14 hours 25 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 8 hours 39 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 25 minutes |
The page count is the median across 8 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
In this new edition of his second volume, which deals with Sikhism since 1839, Khushwant Singh examines the recent troubled and momentous events of recent Sikh history, including `Operation Bluestar', when the Indian army was ordered into the Golden Temple. Numerous additional appendices supplement the documentary information available on Sikhism and related matters, covering the period from the mid-1960s to the mid-1980s.
Subjects: Punjab, History, Sikhism, Sikhs
