[1][2] Published from Lahore in the Punjabi language (Gurmukhi script), the newspaper was established in 1886 and functioned sporadically till 1905.

[6][7] The newspaper was published with effect from 13 June 1886 through the efforts of Bhai Gurmukh Singh from Lahore.

[8] It was a weekly newspaper of the Khalsa Diwan society being published in lithography and in Gurmukhi script.

[2] In the 1 January 1887 new-year issue of the newspaper, it stated the following regarding the management situation of the Golden Temple in Amritsar, being one of the earliest precursory voices of the Gurdwara Reform movement:[9] We appeal before the Khalsa community and the Government ... that the present committee for the management of the Golden Temple is neither based on the principles of the Khalsa Panth nor on Government legislation ...

[2] Giani Ditt Singh was an excellent writer of Punjabi prose and poetry and wrote many of his editorials in verse.