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    religion, is a Sikh. Male Sikhs generally have Singh ('lion') as their last name, though not all Singhs are necessarily Sikhs; likewise, female Sikhs have Kaur...
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    name'). Baptised Sikhs are obliged to wear the five Ks, which are five articles of faith which physically distinguish Sikhs from non-Sikhs. Among these include...
    206 KB (22,593 words) - 10:22, 26 March 2025
  • minimum required by all initiated Sikhs. Although lacto vegetarianism is practiced and recommended by some Sikhs, many Sikhs refrain from eating non-vegetarian...
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    food is served in the Gurdwara (Sikh temple) but Sikhs are not bound to be meat-free. The general consensus is that Sikhs are free to choose whether to...
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    separate Sikh state within the Punjab, Sikh leaders started to mobilize meta-commentaries and signs to argue that Punjab belonged to Sikhs and Sikhs belong...
    208 KB (20,395 words) - 17:07, 31 March 2025
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    The 1984 anti-Sikh riots, also known as the 1984 Sikh massacre, was a series of organised pogroms against Sikhs in India following the assassination of...
    115 KB (11,967 words) - 14:20, 25 March 2025
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    most of them Sikhs, travelled south to the United States of America. The Gur Sikh Temple opened on February 26, 1911; Sikhs and non-Sikhs from across British...
    218 KB (15,798 words) - 19:02, 30 March 2025
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    Five Ks (redirect from Sikhs Five Ks)
    Singh, in 1699, commanded Khalsa Sikhs to wear at all times. They are: kesh (ਕੇਸ਼, keś, unshorn hair and beard since the Sikh decided to keep it), kangha (ਕੰਘਾ...
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    there were 22,519 Sikhs in Assam, out of which 4,000 are Assamese Sikhs. Assamese Sikhs follow the Sikh religion and celebrate Sikh festivals as they...
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    related to Sikh women. Wikiquote has quotations related to Women in Sikhism. Sikh women Guru Quotes on women www.sikhs.org Important women in the Sikh History...
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    from both organised armies of the Khalsa Sikhs as well as irregular Khalsa militias based in villages. The Sikhs had appointed own zamindars, replacing...
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  • Italian Sikhs". Hindustan Times. Up to 150,000 Sikhs now live there, making it the largest Sikh Community in Europe after the one in Britain "The Sikhs Spearheading...
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    Guru Nanak (category Indian Sikh religious leaders)
    attracted a large number of Sikhs. The Sikh community leader Giani Sant Singh did not like this, thus starting a festival at the Sikh shrine of the Golden Temple...
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  • physical attributes for soldiery. According to R. W. Falcon, Jat Sikhs (alongside other Sikhs) were seen as a good source for recruitment. According to Captain...
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    11th Sikh Regiment from the 14th King George's Own Ferozepore Sikhs, the 15th Ludhiana Sikhs, the 45th Rattray's Sikhs, the 36th Sikhs, the 47th Sikhs, and...
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    accessed: https://archive.org/details/khalsa_dharam_shastar/page/n289/mode/2up Gupta, Hari Ram (1984). History of The Sikhs - The Sikh Gurus 1469-1708 (2008 ed...
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  • caste-system is practiced by both Sikhs living in the subcontinent and diasporic Sikhs. Whilst repudiated officially by the religion, Sikh castes do exist and plays...
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    S2CID 147000068. "Sikhism Religion of the Sikh People". Sikhs.org. Archived from the original on December 28, 2008. Retrieved March 31, 2015. I.J. Singh, Sikhs and...
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  • rulers killed many prominent Sikhs for refusing to obey their orders, and for opposing the persecution of Sikhs. Of the ten Sikh gurus, two, Guru Arjan and...
    170 KB (21,737 words) - 15:52, 29 March 2025
  • killings and massacres of Sikhs following the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi by her Sikh bodyguards in 1984. Sikhs for Justice was banned...
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