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...ndence relating to Holkar's intrusion into the [[Punjab]], cis [[Sutlej]] Sikhs, and general principles of British policy in the trans - Yamuna region (18

...y, and hence the title. Its last part divided into six sections deals with Indian Timurides (i.e. the Mughals), with an account of Nadir Shah and the Durrani ...story include martyrdom of the sons of Guru.Gobind Singh; practices of the Sikhs;

...Committee, Mr Montagu and others. The deputationists claimed seats for the Sikhs on the same principle as was being applied in the case of Muslims in Bihar 1. Gurmukh Nihal Singh, Landmarks in Indian Constitutional and National Development. Delhi, 1963

...nia from January 3, 1957-January 3, 1963. He was the first Asian American, Indian American and Sikh member of the US Congress. ...f South Asian descent were called at that time (although many of them were Sikhs and Muslims), to become naturalized citizens. After the Luce-Celler Act was

...e to gather more proof and evidence of the Chittisinghpura mass murders of Sikhs, their families and their children in Kashmir valley. This massacre or select killings of Sikhs took place in the Kashmir valley in February 2000. I have now come to be in

...es are no longer recognised. To get a marriage license in "secular India", Sikhs have to sign a form entitled "The Hindu Marriage Act of 1951" ...d socially by the Partition with Pakistan. Instead of Government help, the Sikhs began facing economical, social and religious discrimination.

...khs constitute only 1.8% of the total population and as such any turbanned Indian you see behind the plough or in the street is not necessarily a Sikh. ...Africa and dark blue with 'Akalis'- a reigio-politico organisation of the Sikhs.

...Force''' is a [[Sikh]] militant outfit comprised mainly of [[Jammu]] based Sikhs that advocates the creation of an independent Sikh majority state called [[ ...d the Khalistan Zindabad Force draws the majority of its support base from Sikhs from [[Jammu]].

...khs around the world. Most crucially, he describes the torture of Sikhs by Indian police between 1983 and the present and discusses the images of tortured Si

The insurgency in the Indian state of Punjab originated in the late 1970s. There roots of the insurgency ...dus decided to put Hindi as their native language instead of Punjabi. Many Sikhs viewed Punjabi Hindus as traitors for abandoning the cause of Punjab and Pu

...ipture is written in [[Gurmukhi]] script spanning several languages of the Indian subcontinent including [[Punjabi]], [[Hindi]], [[Urdu]], [[Sanskrit]], etc. ...i Granth Sahib Ji''', is more than just a scripture for the [[Sikh]]s. The Sikhs treat this [[Granth]] (''holy book'') as a living [[Guru]]. The holy text s

'''Afghan refugees in search of Indian identity''' ...f her life in New Delhi. She looks, sounds and behaves like an Indian. "My Indian friends are shocked when I tell them I am an Afghan. They say it's not poss

...tate of India is where the majority of Sikhs live; an estimated 21 million Sikhs are to be found in this state. ...]] and [[Bangladesh]] and all of Jammu & Kashmir. The Mughals called their Indian Kingdom, Hindustan (Land of the Hindus), but before Muslim rule, India wa

Although this gotra of Khatri clan has similar spell with Sethi clan of Jatt sikhs. Both are entirely different gotras although they have similar spell, '''j Indian Sethis are mostly Hindu and Sikhs whereas in Pakistan they are mostly Muslims.

...[[Shankar Dayal Sharma]]. He was one of the leaders of [[1984 Massacre of Sikhs]] and 3 Sikh militants later murdered him to take revenge of this massacre. ...ad Lalit Maken in the top 5 politician who had lead the mobs to kill the [[Sikhs]] in [[Delhi]]

'''Sir Henry Fane''' (1778-1840), commander-in-chief of the British Indian army, visited the Punjab in 1837 to attend the marriage of Kanvar Nau Niha Sir Henry Fane made a detailed appraisal of the Sikhs' military power which, according to him, consisted of 6,070 regiments of in

...own language, is to be flawlessly learned by all those who call them self Sikhs. The Saptahik path thus is a formal and social routine in Sikh Society exac ...ent times of the writings, flawlessly structured in the background of pure Indian classical Raags, makes the stream of words flowing out of the reader sound

.... Whether in the British Indian Army or the post-independence Indian Army, Sikhs have always been disproportionately represented martially. ...y since the late 19th century. While it may not have been accurate to mark Sikhs as particularly more warlike than any other ethnic group, it's undeniable t

...his services to his countrymen. He was told to continue serving with the Sikhs and be a secret agent of the British. He returned to Lahore and kept the

...ar andWararigal. According to Captain A.H. Bingley, Sikhs A Handbook for Indian Army, 1918, their total number, evidently based on the 1911 census, was 4,6 ...such as the Sikhs of the Punjab now wear under the turban. As true Govindi Sikhs they are careful observers of the five kakkas and conform strictly to the o