6. JATHA

JATHA, from Sanskrit yutha meaning a herd, flock, multitude, troop, band or host, signifies in the Sikh tradition a band of volunteers coming forth to carry out a specific task, be it armed combat or a peaceful and nonviolent agitation. It is not cle...

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7. MISLDARI OR MISALDARI

MISLDARI OR MISALDARI, a system of political relationship as well as of land tenure which came into being with the rise of Sikh power in the eighteenthcentury Punjab. The Sikh warriors who, since the execution of Banda Singh Bahadur in 1716, had live...

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8. MISLS

MISLS. Misi is a term which originated in the eighteenthcentury history of the Sikhs to describe a unit or brigade of Sikh warriors and the territory acquired by it in the course of its campaign of conquest following the weakening of the Mughal autho...

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9. NISHAN SAHIB

NISHAN SAHIB is the name for the tall Sikh flag which marks all gurudwaras and other religious premises of the Sikhs. Nishdn is a Persian word with multiple meanings, one of these being a flag or standard. Sahib, an Arabic word with the applied meani...

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10. PATTIDARI

PATTIDARI, lit. cosharing or shareholding, was, like mislddri, a system of land tenure during the Sikh period. The basic principle was traceable to the timehonoured institution of joint family and inheritance of property in equal shares by descendant...

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