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One of the most prominent early Punjabi Christians in the UK was Duleep Singh, who first landed in the country in 1854, he was the Sikh Prince kidnapped by British at young age and converted without his knowing. He left Christianity at a later age and converted back to his Sikh beliefs.
The following is a list of people who converted to Sikhi. The religion of Sikhi emerged from 15th century South Asia. The first Sikhs came from Hindu and Muslim backgrounds from the Punjab region. [1] Following 20th century, the growth of the Sikh diaspora enabled the spread of Sikhism, thus allowing for more people to similarly embrace the faith.
This is a list of 1,089 early Christian saints before 450 AD in alphabetical order by Christian name. Alphabetical list. Christian saints before 450 AD Saint ...
Name Nationality Notes Refs Krishna Mohan Banerjee: Indian Prominent educator, linguist, and missionary [1] [2] Michael Madhusudan Dutt: Indian Bengali poet. [3] Bobby Jindal: American former Louisiana governor. [4] [5] Rabi Maharaj: Trinidadian-born Indian
The Sikh gurus (Punjabi: ਸਿੱਖ ਗੁਰੂ; Hindi: सिख गुरु) are the spiritual masters of Sikhism, who established the religion over the course of about two and a half centuries, beginning in 1469. [2] The year 1469 marks the birth of Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism.
Fariduddin Ganjshakar (1188–1280, buried in the Shrine of Baba Farid, Pakpattan, Pakistan and developed Punjabi literature through poetry) [17] Fazl Ahmad Khan (1857–1907), Indian Sufi teacher Fuzuli (1494–1556), considered one of the greatest poets of Azerbaijani literature )
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 [7] Muzaffar Shah I (1342–1411), founder of the Muzaffarid dynasty of Gujarat [8] Khizr Khan (1351–1421), founder of the Sayyid dynasty. [9]
Punjabi Christians, on the other hand, were always treated with contempt due to their caste and their dark skin. [8] Within the three major Christian branches in South Asia, there were historically and are currently different levels of caste acceptance.