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Sandeep Singh: U.P. Sikhs Strictly Uphold Sikhi Yet Face Discrimination From Punjabi Sikhs

Ajmer Singh feels that many Punjabi Sikhs discriminate against them for speaking Hindi, even though U.P. Sikhs have largely stayed truer to Sikhi

Jan 13
 
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Image Photo Credit: Sandeep Singh | Guru Gobind Singh Chowk, Lakhimpur Kheri, UP.

Sandeep Singh
January 13, 2022 | 5 min. read | Original Reporting

The Lakhimpur Kheri massacre in October 2021 brought with it greater awareness and attention to the existence of old Sikh communities in Uttar Pradesh (UP). 

Baaz visited some villages in the area to garner a better understanding of how local Sikhs live and their, at times problematic, experience with Punjabi Sikhs.

Amritpal Singh, 40, is a local farmer and shares that the history of Sikhs in UP is long. 

“Since Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s era, Sikhs are living in this region. Actually, it is our 13th generation living here. This story passed from generation to generation and we only have heard oral stories.” 

His village, Diva, is in UP’s Baharaich District. There are nearly 300 Sikh homes, and about 20 Hindu ones. 

“There are 7-8,000 Sikhs in four to five villages between Dhanauli Khurd, Ghora, Matera, and Chotepur of this district,” shares Amritpal Singh. 

The majority of local Sikhs are dependent on farming, with some working as home guards in the UP police. 

“Sikhs here are extremely poor but they have built a huge Gurudwara Sahib and Langar Hall where they organize Langars on Gurupurab and invite Gatka teams for competition.” 

 

 

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From my understanding a lot of UP Sikhs moved to UP post partition.

I have some relatives in UP, Delhi and Gurgaon.

They do predominantly speak Hindi or at least speak Punjabi with  Hindi accent where they use thee instead of si. 

There is a bit if mickey taken out of UP Sikhs. I have heard some comments about the paan spitting of Bhaiyas and how their state is disgusting. 

However, it does make a change where Punjabi speakers are made fun of and how our boli sounds crude to the Hindi speaker.

 

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2 hours ago, ChardikalaUK said:

We're probably the only faith in the world so obsessed and tied to one language. It really shuts other people out. Do Buddhists in South East Asia speak any Indian language? Do Indonesians speak Arabic? Do European Christians speak Aramaic? Do western Jews speak Hebrew?

It's one of the reasons Sikhi never spread much beyond Punjab.

I agree.

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