Sikh & india

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History[edit]
Main article: History of Sikhism
Gurdwara Nankana Sahib

Guru Nanak (14691539), founder of Sikhism, was born to Mehta Ka

The Samadhi of Emperor Ranjit Singh in Lahore, Pakistan

Golden
Sikh Temple
Total population
A Sikh Khalsa Army sowar's battle helmet
[1]
After defeating the Afghan,
27 million Mughal and Maratha invaders, the Misls w
Regions with significant populations
Sikh armour and weapons [2]
India 20,815,730
After the annexation of the
United States Sikh kingdom by the British, the latter rec
500,000700,000
[3][4][5]

[6]
The
CanadaBritish colonial rule468,673 saw the emergence of many reform moveme
[7][8][9]
United Kingdom 432,429
The
Malaysia
later part of British 100,000 colonial rule saw the emergence of the Akali
[10]

The months leading up 72,000

Australia to the partition of India in 1947 were marked
[11]

[12]
Tensions
Italy arose again during 70,000 the late 1970s, fueled by Sikh claims of
[13]
Thailand 70,000
During
Pakistan
the 1999 Vaisakhi, Sikhs worldwide celebrated the 300th ann
50,000
[14]

Culture and religious observations[edit]

United Arab Emirates 50,000
[15]

[16]
Daily
Philippinesroutine[edit] 30,000
[17]
New Zealand 19,191
From
Germany
the Guru Granth Sahib,
10,00020,000
[45]
[18]

One
Singaporewho calls himself a Sikh of the Guru, the True Guru, shall rise in
15,000
[19]

Fourth Mehl (GuruLanguages Ram Das), Guru Granth Sahib, Pg 305

Punjabi (Gurmukhi script)
Five Ks[edit] Religion
Main articles: Khalsa Sikhism and Sahajdhari
Kanga, Kara and Kirpan: three of the five Sikh articles of faith

The five Ks (panj kakaar) are five articles of faith which all baptized S