Who were the Sikhs? How did they emerge as a political power? – InterviewSolution

1.	Who were the Sikhs? How did they emerge as a political power?
Answer» Khalsa’s were the sikhs. Open wars started between the Sikhs and the Mughals after Ninth Sikh Guru, Guru Tegh Bahadur was executed on Aurangzeb’s order. Aurangzeb and his successors had to face continous trouble from the sikhs. After Aurangzeb’s death, his successors failed to check the rising power of the Sikhs. The Sikhs gradually emerged as a political power.

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