Sikh Rajputs

Sikh Rajputs

Bhai Bachitter Singh , a famous Sikh Rajput
Languages
• Punjabi • English
Religion
• Sikhism
Related ethnic groups
• Rajputs • Punjabi Rajputs

Sikh Rajputs are followers of Sikhism belonging to the Rajput ethnic group. Sikh Rajputs are a group of Rajput princes and their descendants who converted to Sikhism under the great influence of the Sikh Gurus. These Rajput princes played an important role in the Khalsa army by militarising common Sikhs who were mostly peasants and traders into well trained soldiers. They taught their Shastravidya to the common Sikhs which was before exclusive to Rajput princes only.

Such was the affection of the Sikh Gurus that these Rajput princes sacrificed their lives in saving the Guru's Panth which awarded them high ranking positions in the Khalsa army. These Rajputs had successfully annexed the Punjab from Mughal rule and established a new Sikh rule under the rakhi system.[1][2]

Sikh Rajputs are the highest castes among Sikhs along with Brahmin Sikhs as per Indian caste system , (casteism however is discouraged in Sikhism) both of whom have made a major mark in sikh history in all ages. They fought along with their other Sikh brothers most of whom were vaishyas(traders) shudras (farmers) leaving aside their extreme caste pride and abiding by Sikh Gurus' teachings against caste based discrimation .

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References

  1. ↑ McLeod, W. H. (2009). The A to Z of Sikhism. Scarecrow Press. p. 127. ISBN 978-0-81086-344-6.
  2. ↑ Jakobsh, Doris R. (2003). Relocating Gender in Sikh history: Transformation, Meaning and Identity. Oxford University Press. p. 236. ISBN 978-0-19566-315-0.
  3. ↑ Ganda, Singh (1990) [1935]. Life of Banda Singh Bahadur : based on contemporary and original records. Punjabi University/Khalsa College. p. 1. OCLC 25748134. His father Ram Dev was an ordinary ploughman Rajput.
  4. ↑ Sambhi, Piara Singh; W Owen Cole (1990). A popular dictionary of Sikhism. Curzon. p. 49. ISBN 978-0-913215-51-7. OCLC 59977906. Born a Rajput, he was a Bairagi yogi until his conversion

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