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Sikhs have a given name and one or both of a surname and a Khalsa name. The surname may be a family name (based on the name of the ancestral village) or a caste name. Different castes still exist today in some aspects of Punjabi culture; similarly to the Hindu caste system, this system is based on employment [citation needed] (ex. jatt signifies the farming caste).
Singh (IPA: / ˈ s ɪ ŋ / SING) is a title, middle name, or surname that means "lion" in various South Asian and Southeast Asian communities. Traditionally used by the Hindu Kshatriya community, [1] it was later mandated in the late 17th century by Guru Gobind Singh (born Gobind Das) for all male Sikhs as well, in part as a rejection of caste-based prejudice [2] and to emulate Rajput naming ...
Banda Singh Bahadur was a Sikh warrior and a commander of Khalsa army. He was among the most hallowed martyrs in Sikhism. Baba Banda Singh Bahadur was executed at Delhi in 9 June 1716; Baba Deep Singh is revered among Sikhs as one of the most hallowed martyrs in Sikhism; Bhai Mani Singh was one of the most hallowed martyrs in Sikhism. Bhai Mani ...
Under Maharaja Ranjit Singh, the Sikh ruler of Punjab, a large variety of soldiers served as generals of the Sikh Khalsa Army. Though many of these generals were Sikhs , many others hailed from a diversity of clans, castes, and regions.
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 ]
Indian Punjabi Sikh armies during their military training The militarization of Punjabi Sikhs began after the execution of Guru Arjan Dev (5th Guru in Sikhism ). Following his execution, a conflict erupted between the Mughal Empire and Sikhs which led to the last guru, Gobind Singh , establishing a militarized order known as the Khalsa , in ...
From then onward, Sikh men were given the name Singh ("lion"), and the women Kaur ("princess"). The next five (out of a total of ten) to undergo the Pahul were Ram Singh, Desa Singh, Tehal Singh, Ishar Singh, and Fateh Singh. [15] This group is termed as the Panj Mukte. [15]
Ranjit Singh was born in a Sandhawalia Jat Sikh family on 13 November 1780 to Maha Singh and Raj Kaur in Gujranwala, Punjab region (present-day Punjab, Pakistan). His mother Raj Kaur was the daughter of Sidhu Jat Sikh ruler Raja Gajpat Singh of Jind .