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The Chuhras claim descent from Balmiki, composer of the Ramayana.. The word "Chuhra" is derived from the word "Shudra", one of the varnas in Indian society.[17]The Bhangis claim descent from Balmiki (also known as Lal Beg or Balashah), a Brahmin who composed the Ramayana and who is worshipped as a Hindu patron saint by the Bhangis.
The roots of the Sikh tradition are, states Louis Fenech, perhaps in the Sant-tradition of India whose ideology grew to become the Sikh religion. Fenech states, "Indic mythology permeates the Sikh sacred canon, the Guru Granth Sahib and the secondary canon, the Dasam Granth and adds delicate nuance and substance to the sacred symbolic universe ...
Baj Singh (died 1716), Sikh general, governor, scholar and martyr; Bajrang Bahadur Singh (1906–1973), Lieutenant Governor of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh (1955–1963) Bakht Singh of Marwar (1706–1752), Maharaja of Jodhpur and Marwar; Bakht Singh (1903–2000), Christian evangelist in India; Bakshish Singh (1928–1970), Indian ...
There have been thirty-seven Sikh MPs, nine Sikh Cabinet members, and one Sikh Senator in Canadian history. [ r ] Currently, there are zero Sikh Senators, fifteen Sikh MPs, and three Sikh Cabinet members; Sikhs make up 0% of the Senate , 4.44% of the House of Commons , and 7.69% of the Cabinet , while making up 2.12% of the Canadian population.
The Sikh community in Vancouver is the oldest, largest and most influential across Canada, having begun in the late 19th century. [2] By 1995, Vancouver had one of the two largest Sikh populations in the world outside of India. [3] In 2003, Sikhs became the largest group in Greater Vancouver who did not practice Christianity. [4]
Sikhism is the most common faith in Punjab, numbering over 16 million people representing 57.69% of the population, making it the only Sikh-majority state in India. Around 38.49% of the population (10.68 million) follow Hinduism , while Islam is followed by 1.93% of the population (535,000) and Christianity 1.26% (350,000). [ 43 ]