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Write short essay on Evolution of the Khalsa Panth.

  • UPSC 2008
  • Economy and Society in the 16th and 17th Centuries

The Khalsa Panth, founded by the tenth Sikh Guru, Guru Gobind Singh, at Anandpur on Baisakhi Day, 1699, marks the culmination of a century-long process rather than a sudden invention.

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  • From Spiritual Fellowship to Hereditary Guruship
  • The Turn Toward Persecution and Militancy
  • The Founding of the Khalsa, 1699
  • Principles and Social Character of the Khalsa

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