Sikh Rajputs
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Sikh Rajputs are the followers of Sikhism
belonging to the Rajput
Ethnic group
. Rajputs are a warrior clan.
According to the 1901 British census of India, there were 20,000 Rajput converts to Sikhism.
During the Mughal era
, many Punjabi families followed the teachings of the Guru and were baptized as Khalsa
and joined the Guru's order of followers. Many Punjabi Rajput families also enrolled in the Guru's Army, or Khalsa Panth, and baptized as Khalsa Sikhs.
There are many Sikh Rajputs in the history of Sikhism
: Banda Singh Bahadur,
Baba Nidhan Singh of Hazoor sahib, Bhai Sangat Singh Minhas
, Bhai Bachittar Singh
Minhas
and many families whose kin are followers of Sikhism today. There are many Sikh Rajputs today with common Rajput family names.
Sikhism
Sikhism is a monotheistic religion founded during the 15th century in the Punjab region, by Guru Nanak Dev and continued to progress with ten successive Sikh Gurus . It is the fifth-largest organized religion in the world and one of the fastest-growing...
belonging to the Rajput
Rajput
A Rajput is a member of one of the patrilineal clans of western, central, northern India and in some parts of Pakistan. Rajputs are descendants of one of the major ruling warrior classes in the Indian subcontinent, particularly North India...
Ethnic group
Ethnic group
An ethnic group is a group of people whose members identify with each other, through a common heritage, often consisting of a common language, a common culture and/or an ideology that stresses common ancestry or endogamy...
. Rajputs are a warrior clan.
According to the 1901 British census of India, there were 20,000 Rajput converts to Sikhism.
During the Mughal era
Mughal era
The Mughal era is a historic period of the Mughal Empire in South Asia . It ran from the early 15th century to a point in the early 18th century when the Mughal Emperors' power had dwindled...
, many Punjabi families followed the teachings of the Guru and were baptized as Khalsa
Khalsa
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and joined the Guru's order of followers. Many Punjabi Rajput families also enrolled in the Guru's Army, or Khalsa Panth, and baptized as Khalsa Sikhs.
There are many Sikh Rajputs in the history of Sikhism
Sikhism
Sikhism is a monotheistic religion founded during the 15th century in the Punjab region, by Guru Nanak Dev and continued to progress with ten successive Sikh Gurus . It is the fifth-largest organized religion in the world and one of the fastest-growing...
: Banda Singh Bahadur,
Baba Nidhan Singh of Hazoor sahib, Bhai Sangat Singh Minhas
Sangat Singh Minhas
Sangat Singh Minhas was the first Doaba Sikh Rajput to join the army of Guru Gobind Singh. He came from the village of Padhiana in the Jalandhar district, and joined the Guru’s forces with his two brothers and many other Rajput chiefs...
, Bhai Bachittar Singh
Bhai Bachittar Singh
Bhai Bachittar Singh , often known with the honorific "Shaheed" , was a Minhas Sikh Rajput hero, a warrior under Guru Gobind Singh.-Early Life:...
Minhas
Minhas
Minhas or Manhas or Minhas-Dogra is a Suryavanshi Rajput clan from the Punjab region and Jammu & Kashmir in India and Pakistan. It is an off-shoot of Jamwal-Dogra Rajputs, the founders of the city and state of Jammu and its rulers from ancient times to 1948 CE...
and many families whose kin are followers of Sikhism today. There are many Sikh Rajputs today with common Rajput family names.
External links
- The Sikh-Rajput Relations During the Eighteenth Century
- http://www.babanidhansingh.com