[note 1][1][4][2][3] The newspaper was founded by two Hindu youths, Munshi Hari Narayan, who was the editor, and Firaya Mal, the manager.

[5] It was printed on lithographic limestone from a handwritten copy as a Gurmukhi type was not yet available in Amritsar at the time.

[3] According to Narinder Singh Kapoor in Punjabi Patarkari Da Vikas, the newspaper was pro-establishment.

[5] The newspaper did not remain in circulation for long after its founding and it ceased production.

[1] Most Gurmukhi newspapers that followed also met an early demise, until the longer-lasting Khalsa Akhbar came around in 1883.