تلخیص
Just after the partial annexation of Punjab in 1846 by the East India Company, Sardar Bahadur Lala Amin Chand joined the Company’s administrative service and became a prominent civil servant of Punjab. He wrote, translated, and compiled nine books during his service. He visited major cities across India from September 1850 to December 1852 and penned a travelogue named Safarnama Amin Chand—one of the earlier travelogues written in Urdu. This article introduces and presents the critically edited text of his autobiography. Besides, appraising the “Tawarikh-i Qaum-i Kshatriyan” (an introductory account of Kshatriya, a renowned Indian caste), the article brings out Amin Chand’s major biographical yet formative events for first time in Urdu.