Eighteenth-Century Political Formations — Social Studies STD 7 — Question
CBSE BoardEnglish MediumSTD 7Social StudiesEighteenth-Century Political Formations5 Marks
Question
Which were the many practices started by the Sikhs?
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Answer
The entire body used to meet at Amritsar at the time of Baisakhi and Diwali to take collective decisions known as 'resolutions of the Guru (gurmatas)'.
A system called rakhi was introduced, offering protection to cultivators on the payment of a tax of 20 per cent of the produce.
Guru Gobind Singh had inspired the Khalsa with the belief that their destiny was to rule (raj karega khalsa).
The khalsa declared their sovereign rule by striking their own coin again in 1765.
This coin bore the same inscription as the one on the orders issued by the khalsa in the time of Banda Bahadur.
The Sikh territories in the late eighteenth century extended from the Indus to the Jamuna.
They were divided under different rulers.
One of them, Maharaja Ranjit Singh, reunited these groups.
He established his capital at Lahore in 1799.
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