Sikhs of Amritsar found the first Singh Sabha in answer to Christian missions, Hindu reform movements, and the fear that Sikh identity was dissolving into Hindu practice; the movement's schools, newspapers, and scholarship define modern Sikh identity and campaign, over decades, for the community's control of its own gurdwaras.
Tagged: Sahajdhari Sikh The Khalsa Panth
The Event
- Date
- 1873 (exact)
- Era
- Reform and Colonial; Standard periodization of Sikh history
- Location
- Amritsar; today Punjab, India
- Traditions
- Sikhism
- Streams
- Sahajdhari, The Khalsa Panth
- Key figures
- Thakur Singh Sandhawalia, Bhai Gurmukh Singh
Primary Sources
- The Singh Sabha newspapers and pamphlets
Secondary Sources
- Oberoi, The Construction of Religious Boundaries (Chicago, 1994)
- Grewal, The Sikhs of the Punjab (Cambridge, 1990)
Provenance: HIST-0524; confidence 0.95; accessed 2026-10-27.
Related on This Site
- The Guru Granth Sahib, Enthroned Art Entry
- Adi Granth compiled History Event
- Birth of Guru Nanak History Event
- Guru Angad History Event
- Guru Hargobind History Event
- Guru Nanak's travels History Event
- Jallianwala Bagh massacre History Event
- Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur History Event