District de Tarn TaranTarn Taran district is one of the districts in the Majha region of Punjab, India. The main cities are Tarn Taran Sahib, Bhikhiwind, Khadur Sahib and Patti. The City of Tarn Taran Sahib is a holy place for Sikhs. Tarn Taran district was formed in 2006 out of Amritsar District. The declaration to this effect was made by Captain Amarinder Singh, Chief Minister of Punjab, during the celebrations marking the martyrdom day of Sri Guru Arjan Dev Ji. With this, it became the 19th district of Punjab.
Sikhism by countryMost of the 25-30 million followers of Sikhism, the world's fifth-largest religion, live in the northern Indian state of Punjab, the only Sikh-majority administrative division on Earth, but Sikh communities exist on every inhabited continent. Sizeable Sikh populations in countries across the world exist in India (20,833,116), Canada (771,790), England (520,092), Italy (220,000), Australia (210,400), and the United States (~200,000), while countries with the largest proportions of Sikhs include Canada (2.
Dynastie DograLa Dynastie Droga (ou Dynastie Jamwal) est une dynastie (des Rajput parlant le dogri) hindouiste qui a formé la maison royale du Jammu-et-Cachemire, État princier au sein du raj britannique. La région était bouddhiste et hindoue avant de devenir progressivement musulmane au . Les Mongols s'emparent de la vallée du Cachemire en 1586, suivent les Afghans, puis les Sikhs. Lors de la colonisation par l'Empire britannique, à la fin de la première guerre anglo-sikhe et au traité d'Amritsar qui a suivi, en 1846, le Cachemire devient un État princier gouverné par la dynastie Dogra, hindoue, avec une population très majoritairement musulmane.
Diaspora sikheLa diaspora sikhe est constituée par l'ensemble des Sikhs vivant hors du Pendjab, leur région d'origine, soit dans le reste de l'Inde, soit dans d'autres pays. 80 % d'entre eux vivent au Pendjab. En Inde, on estime que la communauté sikhe compte quelque de personnes, soit un peu moins de 2 % de la population indienne ; ils sont nombreux dans la région de Delhi. Ailleurs dans le monde, on trouve aussi d'importantes communautés sikhes: au Pakistan, au Royaume-Uni et dans les anciennes colonies britanniques — Canada, Australie, Singapour, Kenya, etc.
SainiSaini () is a caste of North India who were traditionally landowners (zamindars) and farmers. Sainis claim to be descendants of a king, Shurasena, as well as of Krishna and Porus, and to be related to the ancient Shoorsaini clan, noted in Puranic literature. The Saini community is given representation in government jobs and educational institutes as an Other Backward Class (OBC) in the states of Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh.
Saraiki peopleThe Saraikis (), are a northwestern Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group native to the Southwestern region of the Punjab province of Pakistan. They are multi-ethnic in origin and speak the Saraiki language. They are mainly found in a region of southern Punjab known as Saraik or Saraikistan, as well as in most parts of Derajat, which is located in the region where southwestern Punjab, southeastern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and northeastern Balochistan meet. Derajat is bound by the Indus River to the east and the Sulaiman Mountains to the west.
AroraArora is a community of Punjab, comprising both Hindus and Sikhs. The name is derived from their native place Aror. In 712, the Arora people left Aror and started to settle in the cities of Punjab. Historically, the Arora section of the Khatri community had been principally found in West Punjab, in the districts to the south and west of Lahore. Scott Cameron Levi, believes that they are a "sub-caste of the Khatris". After Partition of India, Punjabis who migrated from erstwhile West Punjab were mostly Khatris and Aroras.
KacheraKachera (ਕਛੈਰਾ) are an undergarment for the lower body that is specially tailored for shalwar with a tie-knot naala or naada (drawstring) worn by fully initiated Sikhs. They are similar to European boxer shorts in appearance. It is one of the five Sikh articles of faith called the Five Ks (ਪਂਜ ਕ੍ਕਾਰ), and was given from Guru Gobind Singh at the Baisakhi Amrit Sanskar in 1699. Kachera have been worn by initiated Sikhs (Khalsa) since a mandatory religious commandment given by Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Guru of Sikhism, in 1699.
Sikh scripturesThe principal Sikh scripture is the Adi Granth (First Scripture), more commonly called the Guru Granth Sahib. The second most important scripture of the Sikhs is the Dasam Granth. Both of these consist of text which was written or authorised by the Sikh Gurus. Within Sikhism the Sri Guru Granth Sahib or Adi Granth is more than just a scripture. Sikhs consider this Granth (holy book) to be a living Guru. The holy text spans 1430 pages and contains the actual words spoken by the Gurus of the Sikh religion and the words of various other Saints from other religions including Hinduism and Islam.
Martial raceMartial race was a designation which was created by army officials in British India after the Indian Rebellion of 1857, in which they classified each caste as belonging to one of two categories, the 'martial' caste and the 'non-martial' caste. The ostensible reason for this system of classification was the belief that a 'martial race' was typically brave and well-built for fighting, while the 'non-martial races' were those races which the British considered unfit for battle because of their sedentary lifestyles.
