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Write short essay on Evolution of the Khalsa Panth.
- UPSC 2008
- Economy and Society in the 16th and 17th Centuries
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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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