Community from Northern India that follows Sikhism
Mazhabi Sikh
Portrait of three unknown Mazhabi Sikh men from Lahore, ca.1862–72
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Mazhabi Sikh (also known as Mazbhabi, Mazbhi, Majhabhi or Majabhi) is a community from Northern India, especially Punjab region, who follow Sikhism. Mazhabi are part of wider category of Sikhs, who convert from the hindu rangrette . The word Mazhabi is derived from the Arabic term mazhab (Mazhab means religion or sect), and can be translated as the faithful. They live mainly in Indian Punjab, Rajasthan and Haryana.
MazhabiSikh (also known as Mazbhabi, Mazbhi, Majhabhi or Majabhi) is a community from Northern India, especially Punjab region, who follow Sikhism. Mazhabi...
Siṅgha (1993). A History of the Sikh Misals. Publication Bureau, Punjabi University. p. 241. Deep Singh Shahid, a mazhabisikh and resident of the village...
Mazhabi and Ramdasia Sikh Light Infantry, with the first battalion being raised on 1 October 1941. Recruitment was then opened up to Ramdasia Sikhs....
from other Muslims. Chuhras who converted from Hinduism to Sikhism became known as MazhabiSikhs. According to the 2001 Census of India, the Balmikis formed...
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...
castes with both Hindu and Sikh sections are the Khatri and Arora. Distinctive Sikh castes are the Ramgarhia, Ahluvalia, Mazhabi, and Ramdasia. Cole, W....
specified class, such as Jat Sikhs and Mazhabi and Ramdasia Sikhs. Kundu, Apurba (1994). "The Indian Armed Forces' Sikh and Non-Sikh Officers' Opinions of Operation...
the two Dalit castes, known in Sikh terminology as the Mazhabis (the Chuhras) and the Ravidasias (the Chamars). Sikhism is the fifth-largest amongst the...
lesser extent MazhabiSikhs; under the influence of enthusiastic army officers and Christian missionaries. Large numbers of MazhabiSikhs were also converted...
Arora is a Punjabi caste, comprising both Hindus and Sikhs. The name is derived from their native place Aror. In 712, the Arora people are said to have...
Saraswat Brahmins Hussaini Brahmins McLeod, W. H. (1989). Who is a Sikh? : the problem of Sikh identity. Oxford: Clarendon Press. ISBN 0-19-826548-4. OCLC 19125681...
clan established the Phulkian Misl, one of the misls (confederacies) of the Sikh Confederacy. His descendants, the Phulkian Maharajas, became the kings of...
on. During World War I the single-battalion regiments of the Mazhabi and Ramdasia Sikh Pioneers – the 23rd, 32nd and 34th Pioneer Regiments – were expanded...
legislating the Punjab Land Reforms Act of 1972, ensuring reservation for MazhabiSikhs and Valmikis in education and public employment and repatriating the...
western Gangetic Plain in the 17th and 18th centuries. Of Hindu, Muslim and Sikh faiths, they are now found mostly in the Indian states of Punjab, Haryana...
from Hissar Division)[need quotation to verify] Sardar Nanu Singh Saini(Sikh army General and well Known Jagirdar in Phulkian Rayast)[need quotation to...
the snow-covered Shandur Pass. The regiment recruited the MazhabiSikhs and Ramdasia Sikhs of Punjab province. Despite being Pioneers by name, the regiment...
(Healthy, Happy, Holy Organization), also known as Sikh Dharma of the Western Hemisphere or Sikh Dharma International, is a controversial American organization...
region. The Sandhus played an important role in the Sikh history. During the period of the Sikh Confederacy, Sandhus ruled several sovereign states (misls)...
The Guru Nanak Temple is a Sikh Gurdwara situated in the town of Gravesend, Kent. It is the largest Gurdwara in Europe and also one of the largest outside...
Dictionary of Sikhism. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-4422-3601-1. John Stratton Hawley; Gurinder Singh Mann (1993). Studying the Sikhs: Issues for North...
last human Sikh Guru. He was a warrior, poet, and philosopher. In 1675, at the age of nine he was formally installed as the leader of the Sikhs after his...