10-28-2007, 08:40 PM
Bharatvarsh,
What was British role in S.G.P.C formation and control of Gurdwara? Any idea when British stopped remote controlling SGPC or did it ever stopped? This happened after British missionaries failed to convert Sikhs and Hindus in Punjab.
Arur Singh, Raja Sir Daljit Singh and Gajjan Singh of Narangwal were British representative who even allowed demolishing wall of Gurdwara Rakab Ganj during transfer of the capital from Calcutta to Delhi in 1911.
My objective is go beyond what is current internet fora is saying.
I am trying to connect dots. What happened before that? Who instigated whole process, is it still under British control?
British so-called started reform, whenever British started so-called reform, actually it was to destroy that religion or group. It was always a long term project. If you look current situation, Sikhism is shrinking and from 1980-1990 they had received some breather from outside, and were pitched against their own people (Hindu or India). Weapons were given to them to protect Hindus from Islamic warriors. Now there is sea change in objective of Sikhism.
Whether current Sikhs believe or not, Sikhs were created as warrior group among Hindus on Western India during previous Islamic invasion (I consider current time is another wave of Islamic invasion in Indian Sub-continent).
Now they give more stress to Sufism side of Sikhism and completely erased warrior side of Sikh.
What was British role in S.G.P.C formation and control of Gurdwara? Any idea when British stopped remote controlling SGPC or did it ever stopped? This happened after British missionaries failed to convert Sikhs and Hindus in Punjab.
Arur Singh, Raja Sir Daljit Singh and Gajjan Singh of Narangwal were British representative who even allowed demolishing wall of Gurdwara Rakab Ganj during transfer of the capital from Calcutta to Delhi in 1911.
My objective is go beyond what is current internet fora is saying.
I am trying to connect dots. What happened before that? Who instigated whole process, is it still under British control?
British so-called started reform, whenever British started so-called reform, actually it was to destroy that religion or group. It was always a long term project. If you look current situation, Sikhism is shrinking and from 1980-1990 they had received some breather from outside, and were pitched against their own people (Hindu or India). Weapons were given to them to protect Hindus from Islamic warriors. Now there is sea change in objective of Sikhism.
Whether current Sikhs believe or not, Sikhs were created as warrior group among Hindus on Western India during previous Islamic invasion (I consider current time is another wave of Islamic invasion in Indian Sub-continent).
Now they give more stress to Sufism side of Sikhism and completely erased warrior side of Sikh.