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Punjabi Sikhs are the second-largest religious group of the Punjabis, after the Punjabi Muslims. They form the largest religious community in the Indian state of Punjab . Sikhism is an indigenous religion that originated in the Punjab region of South Asia during the 15th century.
Punjabi Christians are adherents of Christianity who identify ethnically, linguistically, culturally, and genealogically as Punjabis. They are mainly found in the Pakistani province of Punjab , forming the largest religious minority.
Hinduism is the oldest of the religions practised by Punjabi people, however, the term Hindu was applied over a vast territory with much regional diversity. [5] The historical Vedic religion constituted the religious ideas and practices in the Punjab during the Vedic period (1500–500 BCE), centered primarily in the worship of Indra.
Following personalities have been identified by scholars to be Punjabi or of Punjabi origin, but there is yet to be a scholarly consensus: Ayn-Al Mulk Multani (d. 1325), general of Delhi Sultanate [6] Muzaffar Shah I (1342–1411), founder of the Muzaffarid dynasty of Gujarat [7] Khizr Khan (1351–1421), founder of the Sayyid dynasty. [8]
Pages in category "Punjabi Sikhs" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 309 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
Punjabi Hindus are adherents of Hinduism who identify ethnically, linguistically, culturally, and genealogically as Punjabis and are natives of the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent. Punjabi Hindus are the third-largest religious group of the Punjabi community, after the Punjabi Muslims and the Punjabi Sikhs .
Following is a list of famous and notable Punjabi people, an ethnic group belonging to the Punjab region. It contains people mainly from what is today Punjab, Pakistan and Punjab, India , and people with Punjabi ancestry or people who speak Punjabi as their primary language.
Punjabi, sometimes spelled Panjabi, [g] is an Indo-Aryan language natively spoken by the Punjabi people. Punjabi is the most popular first language in Pakistan, with 80.5 million native speakers as per the 2017 census , and the 11th most popular in India, with 31.1 million native speakers, as per the 2011 census .