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Politics in reorganised present-day Punjab is dominated by mainly three parties – Indian National Congress, Aam Aadmi Party and Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal). [1] [2] Since 1967, Chief Minister of Punjab has been predominantly from Jat Sikh community despite its 21 percent state population.
Jat Sikh or Jatt Sikh (Gurmukhi: ਜੱਟ ਸਿੱਖ) is an ethnoreligious group, a subgroup of the Jat people whose traditional religion is Sikhism, originating from the Indian subcontinent. They are one of the dominant communities in the Punjab, India , owing to their large land holdings. [ 2 ]
Sardar Ajit Singh Sandhu was born into a Jat Sikh [1] family from Punjab in India. He was born on 23 February 1881 at Khatkar Kalan village in Jullundur district (now in Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar). He studied up to metric at Saindas Anglo Sanskrit School Jalandhar, and later joined Law College, Bareilly (UP). During this period he became ...
Earlier this year, Sikh protesters pulled down the Indian flag at the country’s high commission in London and smashed the building’s window in a show of anger against the move to arrest ...
The Sikh Review Calcutta noted these and past incidents of forced shavings and police assaults on Sikhs, ongoing Arya Samaj newspaper attacks on Sikh gurus, and vandalisms and burnings of various gurdwaras, all without redress from state or central governments. Internationally, a Malaysian Sikh convention at Punjabi School Kuala Lumpur also ...
Senior U.S. officials met with Sikh advocates on Thursday to discuss threats facing Sikhs in the United States, including a foiled murder plot against a prominent activist last year, several ...
The U.S. and Canada have alleged Indian agents were involved in assassination plots in their countries last year against campaigners for 'Khalistan', a Sikh homeland they want carved out of India ...
Punjabi Sikh soldiers constituted a significant chunk of the British Indian Army due to their distinguished service in action. [ 14 ] [ 15 ] Despite being only around 2% of India's population, Punjabi Sikhs constitute around 20% of the Indian Armed Forces , with the Punjab province being the 2nd largest contributor for manpower after Uttar ...