How did your ancestors become Sikhs?

[proactive]

Gyani Ditt Singh of the Lahore Singh Sabha wrote his book Sultan Puara against the worship of Sakhi Sarwar during the late 19th century. 

Panjab Digital Library - Digitization of Guga Gapora Te Sultan Puara (panjabdigilib.org)

[Premi5]

Sunil Jakhar is from Hindu Jatt family 

 

Sunil Kumar Jakhar is a Politician belonging to very powerful Jat family from Panjkosiin Punjab

Family

Sunil is son of Bal Ram Jakhar, grand son of Zaildar Raja Ram Jakhar from village Panjkosi, Abohar district Fazilka in Punjab. His brother Sajjan Jakhar was many times MLA from Abohar Vidhan Sabha and agriculture minister of Punjab in 1992. Another brother Surinder Kumar Jakhar was many times Chairman of Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited (IFFCO).

 

[Premi5]

At uni, there was a Chahal who said his family were from Delhi and they were Buddhist

[Jacfsing2]

2 hours ago, Premi5 said:

At uni, there was a Chahal who said his family were from Delhi and they were Buddhist

Probably they converted. 

[proactive]

4 hours ago, Premi5 said:

Sunil Jakhar is from Hindu Jatt family 

 

Sunil Kumar Jakhar is a Politician belonging to very powerful Jat family from Panjkosiin Punjab

Family

Sunil is son of Bal Ram Jakhar, grand son of Zaildar Raja Ram Jakhar from village Panjkosi, Abohar district Fazilka in Punjab. His brother Sajjan Jakhar was many times MLA from Abohar Vidhan Sabha and agriculture minister of Punjab in 1992. Another brother Surinder Kumar Jakhar was many times Chairman of Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited (IFFCO).

 

His family are the stragglers, instead of coming to Sikhi like 99.99% of the Jathera and Sakhi Sarwar worshipping Jats did his family became  Arya Samajis. There are a few of them in Ferozepur and Hoshiarpur. In Ludhiana in 1931 there were 3500 of these Jathera and Sakhi Sarwar worshipping Jats but now you will not see a single non-Sikh Jat in Ludhiana district. The British only counted the caste numbers up until 1931 and the 1941 war census was pretty basic. If they can collected caste data in 1941 as they did in 1931 then the Jat Sikh population would have shown another increase and the 'Hindu' Jats would have shown another decrease. 

[Premi5]

1 hour ago, proactive said:

His family are the stragglers, instead of coming to Sikhi like 99.99% of the Jathera and Sakhi Sarwar worshipping Jats did his family became  Arya Samajis. There are a few of them in Ferozepur and Hoshiarpur. In Ludhiana in 1931 there were 3500 of these Jathera and Sakhi Sarwar worshipping Jats but now you will not see a single non-Sikh Jat in Ludhiana district. The British only counted the caste numbers up until 1931 and the 1941 war census was pretty basic. If they can collected caste data in 1941 as they did in 1931 then the Jat Sikh population would have shown another increase and the 'Hindu' Jats would have shown another decrease. 

interesting...how aware are these Hindu Jats of their history and do they secretly or openly not like Sikhs, or do they get on ?

[Jacfsing2]

9 hours ago, proactive said:

Sakhi Sarwar

Sakhi Sarwar was a Muslim fakir?

[proactive]

13 hours ago, Jacfsing2 said:

Sakhi Sarwar was a Muslim fakir?

Yes, he was a Sufi from Baghdad and he was worshipped by the Jats prior Sikhi and a lot of the Jats who became Sikh were former Sultanis - the name that his followers were known by. Those Jats who worshipped him were the least educated and they were looked down upon by Sikhs. 

The increase in literacy is also linked to the conversion of Jathera/Sultanis to Sikhi. These Jats who were classed as Hindu Jats by the British had the worse literacy rate throughout the period of the British censuses. Only in 1931 did they surpass the Muslim Jats in total literacy and that was after years of the Arya Samaj education efforts especially in the Haryana area. 

In 1891 literacy of Sikh Jats was   2.47% which increased to 4.75% in 1931   or  1 in 21  Jat Sikhs was literate

Literacy of Muslim Jats was 0.075% which increased to 1.6% in 1931  or 1 in 63 Muslim Jats were literate 

Literacy of 'Hindu' Jats was 0.073% which increased to 1.7% in 1931  or 1 in 59  'Hindu' Jats were literate

For female literacy it was even worse for 'Hindu' Jats.

Female literacy of Sikh Jats was  1.49%  in 1931   --- 1 in 83 Sikh Jat females were literate 

Female literacy of Muslim Jats was 0.3%  in 1931 --- 1 in 416 Muslim Jat females were literate 

Male literacy of 'Hindu' Jats was 0.2% in 1931 ---- 1 in 561 'Hindu' Jat females were literate

So we can see why there was such an attraction for these Jathera/Sultani Jats to become Sikh Jats. Becoming a Sikh Jat meant that one was instantly aligned with the most progressive and forward looking and industrious Jat community in Punjab. The Muslim Jats were far behind the Sikh Jats. The Singh Sabha movement also contributed to the spread of education in the rural areas. 

 

 

[GurjantGnostic]

On 2/3/2022 at 9:52 AM, proactive said:

Yes, he was a Sufi from Baghdad and he was worshipped by the Jats prior Sikhi and a lot of the Jats who became Sikh were former Sultanis - the name that his followers were known by. Those Jats who worshipped him were the least educated and they were looked down upon by Sikhs. 

The increase in literacy is also linked to the conversion of Jathera/Sultanis to Sikhi. These Jats who were classed as Hindu Jats by the British had the worse literacy rate throughout the period of the British censuses. Only in 1931 did they surpass the Muslim Jats in total literacy and that was after years of the Arya Samaj education efforts especially in the Haryana area. 

In 1891 literacy of Sikh Jats was   2.47% which increased to 4.75% in 1931   or  1 in 21  Jat Sikhs was literate

Literacy of Muslim Jats was 0.075% which increased to 1.6% in 1931  or 1 in 63 Muslim Jats were literate 

Literacy of 'Hindu' Jats was 0.073% which increased to 1.7% in 1931  or 1 in 59  'Hindu' Jats were literate

For female literacy it was even worse for 'Hindu' Jats.

Female literacy of Sikh Jats was  1.49%  in 1931   --- 1 in 83 Sikh Jat females were literate 

Female literacy of Muslim Jats was 0.3%  in 1931 --- 1 in 416 Muslim Jat females were literate 

Male literacy of 'Hindu' Jats was 0.2% in 1931 ---- 1 in 561 'Hindu' Jat females were literate

So we can see why there was such an attraction for these Jathera/Sultani Jats to become Sikh Jats. Becoming a Sikh Jat meant that one was instantly aligned with the most progressive and forward looking and industrious Jat community in Punjab. The Muslim Jats were far behind the Sikh Jats. The Singh Sabha movement also contributed to the spread of education in the rural areas. 

 

 

Post british literacy rates. 

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