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Educational institutions, Research institutions, Traditional Sikh schools, Sikh reformist movements, Sikh political institutions and movements, Gurdwara Management committees, Social and voluntary organisations
 
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Social Institutions and Movements/Gurdwara Management committees
U.P. SIKH PRATINIDHI BOARD, formed on 19 July 1947 at Lucknow, is, as the name indicates, a representative body of the Sikhs of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The Board came into being in consequence of a ban imposed, in 1946, by the government o...
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87. UDASI
Social Institutions and Movements/Traditional Sikh schools
UDASI, an ascetical sect of the Sikhs founded by Sri Chand (14941629), the elder son of Guru Nanak. Udasi is derived from the Sanskrit word udasin, i.e. one who is indifferent to or disregardful of worldly attachments, a stoic, or a mendicant. In Sik...
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