The sikhs Flashcards
who had seized the rich province of the Punjab and the
Sarkar of Sirhind from the Mughals ?
Ahmad Shah Abdali
What did the Sikh system called rakhi do?
jathas offered protection to cultivators on the payment of a tax of 20 per cent of the produce
How did the sikhs declare their soverign rule ?
they declared their sovereign rule
1) by striking coins in the name of Guru Nanak and Guru Gobind Singh
2)by establishing their own administration between the Sutlej and the Jamuna.
what was the name of a number of sikh bands ?
jathas
how did the Khalsa declare their sovereign rule?
by striking their own coins again in 1765
where,when
and why did the jathas meet ?
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)
which year did guru gobind singh die in ?
1708
which year was khalsa instituted ?
1699
under whose leadership did the khalsa revolt against the mughals ?
Banda Bahadur
what did guru gobind singh inspire the khalsa?
with the belief that their destiny was to rule (raj karega
khalsa)
what were the jathas known as ?
the grand army (dal khalsa).
What was the name of the Sikh system where jathas offered protection to cultivators on the payment of a tax of 20 per cent of the produce?
rakhi
which year was banda bahadur captured and executed in ?
captured- 1715
executed-1716
what were the features of the khasa coins issued in 1765 ?
this coin bore the same inscription as the one on the orders issued by the Khalsa in the time of Banda Bahadur.
what were the boundries of the sikh territories by the late 18th century ?
extended from the Indus to the Jamuna
