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Instead of getting involved with the Sikhs, he made a rapid advance to Delhi. The Khalsa decided to collect revenues from Lahore to prove to the people that the Sikhs were the rulers of the state. The Governor of Lahore closed the gates of the city and did not come out to fight against them. The Sikhs laid siege to the city.
Map of Punjab, where Sikhism originated, against present-day borders. Sikhism originated around the 15th century. [174] Guru Nanak (1469–1539), the founder of Sikhism, was born in the village of Rāi Bhōi dī Talwandī, now called Nankana Sahib (in present-day Pakistan). [175] His parents were Punjabi Khatri Hindus.
Sikhs (singular Sikh: / s ɪ k / SIK or / s iː k / SEEK; Punjabi: ਸਿੱਖ, romanized: sikkh, IPA:) are an ethnoreligious group [84] [85] who adhere to Sikhism, [86] a religion that originated in the late 15th century in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, based on the revelation of Guru Nanak. [87]
The Sikh Empire, officially known as Sarkār-i-Khālsa and Khālasa Rāj, [citation needed] was a regional power based in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent. [7] It existed from 1799, when Maharaja Ranjit Singh captured Lahore, to 1849, when it was defeated and conquered by the British East India Company in the Second Anglo-Sikh War.
Sikhism reveres Guru Nanak as the first Sikh Guru of the faith who taught of the one divine creator, WaheGuru. The Guru Gaddi , the symbolic seat of the Guru, has been filled by the ten Sikh Gurus , who have guided the Sikh people ( Panth ), and is now occupied by the Sikh holy text, Guru Granth Sahib .
Sikhism (/ ˈ s iː k ɪ z əm / SEEK-iz-əm), also known as Sikhi (Punjabi: ਸਿੱਖੀ Sikkhī, [ˈsɪk.kʰiː] ⓘ, from Punjabi: ਸਿੱਖ, romanized: Sikh, lit. 'disciple'), is an Indian religion and philosophy that originated in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent around the end of the 15th century CE.
[92] [93] Some groups view Sikhism as a tradition within Hinduism along with other Dharmic faiths, [94] even though the Sikh faith is a distinct religion. [95] Historically, Sikhs were seen as the protectors of Hindus, among others, and were even considered by some right-wing Hindu political organizations like the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh as ...
The following outline is provides an overview of Sikhism, or Sikhi (its endonym).. Sikhism has been described as being either a panentheistic or monotheistic religion—emphasizing universal selflessness and brotherhood—founded in the 15th century upon the teachings of Guru Nanak and the ten succeeding Gurus.